off the top of my head:
Current play through, I checked my craft menu and noticed it said I could make improvised lockpicks, looked at the description and noticed it mentioned MacGyver!
same playthrough, dead zombie had a Linux t-shirt on Advertising Ubuntu, whelp, I guess Linux is dead now
also, Hospital Scenario, possible The Walking Dead Reference with how it starts with Rick waking up in a abandoned Hospital after being in a coma from being shot
Try using tools on yourself.
Not really a reference but rather a direct shout-out - Amigara Horrors.
Also the âdogâ.
Iâve found several Mobile Meth Labs (a variation on the RV) with a âpork pie hatâ in the front seat. Upon looking up what a pork pie hat actually is, I learned that itâs the style that Heisenberg popularized in Breaking Bad.
Zombies in the barn on farms = walking dead reference.
Room filled with water in labs = resident evil (1st movie) reference
Irradiated Wanderers = fallout series
Spitters, boomers, smokers = left4dead
(Witches when? "You hear a woman crying from the northwest"
Saving game⌠)
Mi gos = cthullu mythos reference
Aluminum can of orange soda = real life reference
orange soda just ruins the immersion. I get that itâs a reference to a popular MMO but it doesnât fit Cataâs lore at all.
Whatâs with orange soda?
âŚPretty sure nothing?
Thereâs a markiplier reference in the Animatronic monsters.
I guess none of yâall have bothered to check the descriptions on the sports jerseys?
Doesnât work without z-levels, no Roof Attack. And Iâm not familiar with most of the others .
Do references to us forum members count?
Fishing bowl. The description says there is âa fish with horns in it. A message on it says: To Ed, from Harvâ Or something like that.
after watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBkpBucYqe0 and looking up boomers, I found out they are from L4D
As are Spitters and Smokers.
I have literally drunk orange soda in real life, how could that possibly ruin immersion?
Some of the survivor notes have references, Iâve been collecting them. Lots of references to The Walking Dead, other zombie movies, and Cthulhu. Decided I might as well spoiler these:
Some guy is walking through the horde without a scratch. Please tell me theyâre docile now. Please fucking tell me.
The Green Fever shall purge the land for His Chosen Children. I have seen His black fire shining in the eyes of the afflicted and eagerly await the day He shall consume us all. Phânglui mglw Cthulhu Râlyeh wgahânagl fhtagn.
Thereâs even references to earlier versions of CDDA: âMy friend gave me lit dynamite, but is hasnât exploded yet⌠I donât think thatâs supposed to happen. God help us.â
And nobody has even mentioned Thriller Zombie or Triffids?
Itâs obviously a reference to the TV show Keenan and Kel.
Absolutely immersion destroying.
Everything is ok as long as you donât get lemon-lime instead of orange one.
Everything is ok as long as you donât get lemon-lime instead of orange one.[/quote]
That link is really broken.
Lobotomizer old world blues(fallout new vegas) references. At least it seems highly unlikely someone would add that without the intent of having it refer to fallout.
The lobotomizer? Thatâs a World War Z reference. The book anyway, never saw the movie. Basically the new military started converting their entrenchment tools into weapons, sort of an axe shovel. Thus why you can dig and cut down trees with it.
It was already mentioned, but boomers, spitters, smokers, and hulks are L4D zombie types.
Edit: The hospital scenario could also be a 28 Days Later reference. Seems somewhat fitting. The Walking Dead works too though.
Edit2: Also, the towel description is a Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy reference.
In addition to the above WWZ reference, Max Brookâs Zombie Survival Guide can be found. Ironically the game describes it as useless because of misinformation (the guide tells the reader that games and movies are filled with misinformation).
The Samurai Bookâs description is a 7 Samurai reference, just as the Western Bookâs description is a The Magnificent 7 reference. The adventure novel description is a nod to Joseph Conradâs Heart of Darkness. Hitchhikerâs Guide to The Cataclysm. Another reference to HGTTG. The Guy Fawkes Maskâs description is an Anonymous reference. The S&W 629 makes a small âDirty Harryâ reference, and the .44 Magnum ammunition description mentions the movie by name. Finally, the last I think I know is that the Grabboids are a âTremorsâ reference.