– Give some examples where you see games being clearly influenced by other work?

In the survival horror game, Resident Evil 7, it is clear that the movie Texas massacre chainsaw had an influence on the production of the game. The dysfunctional, inbred family in the Texas massacre chainsaw movie live in an isolated, derelict house and have scattered idols of human bones around different locations just as the Baker family’s rotting mansion. The Baker family dinner scene in Resident Evil 7 borrowed heavily from the scene in Texas chainsaw massacre, as both introduce the disturbed minds and sadistic nature of the family members, that the protagonists and player would have to escape from.In the action role-playing game, Dark Souls, designs of characters, tombs and monsters resembled many of those from the Anime Berserk. Siegmeyer from Dark Souls is a large character, his bulkiness and round shaped armour is almost identical to Bazuso from Berserk as he shares the same proportions and round onion-like shapes.