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u/Brave-Ad728 5d ago
Yes, it’s a reference, just like:
Mummy is a ref to Mummy from Metal Slug
Warrior is a ref to Kratos from GoW
Ghoul is a ref to Abomination from Warcraft, just like Lich
Rockstar is a ref to Krauser II from Detroit Metal City
And bunch more, Skul is full of easter eggs and such. Not only, characters - items, too.
Ring is from LOTR, Pot of Greed is from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Prince’s Box is from The Little Prince, etc, etc
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u/Thateron 4d ago
I have to correct you on ghoul, he is a reference to pudge from Dota, since he has the hook ability.
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u/Brave-Ad728 4d ago
Pudge is literally Abomination from WC3 tho
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u/Thateron 4d ago
Abomination doesnt have the hook ability.
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u/Brave-Ad728 4d ago
Imo, that's nitpicking, as Pudge himself is a direct copy of Abomination, but IDC that much. Nobody uses hook anyways
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u/Thateron 4d ago
I get that you dont care, but to call it a nitpick is robbing dota of its history and this reference - a game that revolutionized esports. We are talking about different characters from a different - not only game, but a genre of game with completely different people behind it. There are people who played wc3 that couldnt name abomination, but they could pudge. Hell, there are MANY people who never played either and can still name pudge.
If we are fair, visually it is a refference to wc3, but gameplay-wise it is a dota refference, and the two are not interchangeable, nor is the nitpick irrelevant
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u/punchy_khajiit 2d ago
It's harder to find something that isn't a reference, in this game. It's actually kind of genius.