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Did CRYPTIC get this from Doctor Who or is it merely coincidence?

vengefulfuryvengefulfury Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited February 2014 in Off Topic
So i was doing quests killing mobs and then they said "BURN WITH ME!!!" both me and my girlfriend looked at eachother and were like "Did they get that from Doctor Who, the episode called 42?"

The reason i say this is because Doctor Who, and this episode, were out in 2007 so it can't be the other way around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXrZTo0yaQ

I kinda hope it's a reference to the show and nothing more... Wouldn't be the first time I've read or heard things in this game that reference other games, tv shows or even movies.

I'm a Doctor Who fan so this one kinda annoyed me a little bit and i hope that it's either a coincidence or a reference and not a stealz.
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  • baronvonboombaronvonboom Member Posts: 536 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    lol.. yeah maybe..

    I cant help but think of this scene from Young Guns when those little Gnarlroots say it an then start spinning "Reap The Whirlwind"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gfdHStTAj4
  • vengefulfuryvengefulfury Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    That was a good movie xD

    Some of the mobs sound like Golum from LOTR. I also noticed the "Wilhelm scream" which is a stock sound movies have been using for about 50+ years (can be heard when you open the drawbridge on Storming the Keep.)

    I also hear mobs sometimes say "ARROW TO THE KNEE!" but i deem that one to be a comical tribute if anything.
  • tundrrabloomtundrrabloom Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 297 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I took it as a homage to a cool episode;)

    a easter egg find:)
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  • chaoscourtesanchaoscourtesan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Might be, or it could as easily be a reference to the song 'Heaven's on Fire' by Kiss, or 2 dozen other songs that used the phrase before Y2K.

    Either way, it probably is a nod to something.

    Coolest Dr. Who reference I ever saw in a video game was in one of the FallOut PC games where the Tardis actually appears briefly in a random encounter. =)
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    There are tons of pop culture references in the game. I think the orc warcry of "axe to the head" is a reference to the "boot to the head" sketch by The Frantics
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  • chaoscourtesanchaoscourtesan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Haha!

    The nod in the game that hits me as funniest is seeing the slaves in Dread Ring say "work work..." which may have other roots, but I remember the troll workers saying that from the PC games that preceded WoW (which I've never played, I only played up to WC3, and offline.)
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  • vengefulfuryvengefulfury Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    chaoscourtesan wrote: »
    Might be, or it could as easily be a reference to the song 'Heaven's on Fire' by Kiss, or 2 dozen other songs that used the phrase before Y2K.

    Either way, it probably is a nod to something.

    Coolest Dr. Who reference I ever saw in a video game was in one of the FallOut PC games where the Tardis actually appears briefly in a random encounter. =)

    Really? Don' think I've seen that, I'll have to look it up lol.
  • mystagoguemystagogue Member Posts: 322 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Cryptic is really big on homage/Easter eggs in their games. Can't help but think it's more than a coincidence.
  • chaoscourtesanchaoscourtesan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    From YT...

    Tardis
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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    vengefulfury wrote: »
    Really? Don' think I've seen that, I'll have to look it up lol.

    Fallout 1, it was a random encounter out in the wilderness, IIRC.

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  • badgerpants999badgerpants999 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    whenever I hear the "Arrow to the knee" comment, I think, That guy's dead!
  • ambisinisterrambisinisterr Member, Neverwinter Moderator Posts: 10,462 Community Moderator
    edited February 2014
    A lot of NPC's say innuendos if you pay attention.

    "What would Gruumsh do?" and the Courier in the Tower District who has an arrow in his knee just to name a couple off the top of my head.

    In short I wouldn't doubt that it is intended. :)
  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Not like Doctor who copies driders or anything.
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  • doctordnadoctordna Member Posts: 65 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Hello I am trying to just download this game but my ticket is not being answered.

    Yes, many online games uses famous movie and TV lines. Guild Wars (not 2) not only uses famous quotes but each character depending on the profession has a different dance. For example;

    Warrior males is from "Saturday Night Fever" and females from "Pulp Fiction". Monk's dance is used by Zhang Ziyi in "House of the Flying Daggers". Female Necromancers do Michael Jackson's "Thriller" while the males headbang and hold up the sign of Satan. Mesmers do clogging like "River Dance" or "Lord of Dance". Male Elementalist do a weird dance from Seinfeld and Friends in the episode entitled "The Little Kicks". Dervish males dance like Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Ritualists do the dance from movie "Napoleon Dynamite".

    It really is no surprise the devs slip in lines from their favorites. I just was hoping to get an answer today and support has been nothing for 2 days now.
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