Marauders devs influenced by Star Wars, anime, and Star Citizen
If you've read our Marauders preview, you'll know Small Impact's upcoming extraction shooter has been heavily influenced by games like Escape From Tarkov, Rust, DayZ, Vigor, and Sea of Thieves. But it's not just games that have helped influence this space shooter - plenty of films and anime have too.
According to Cameron Small, the lead developer on Mauraders, Small Impact has leaned heavily on its cinematic influences, particularly those with dystopian, used future, and sci-fi elements. It'll come as no surprise that films like Star Wars have served as an influence, but what about neo-noir science fiction anime?
"It's a bit of a mess," Small jokes when we ask him about where the ideas for Marauders spawned from. "We grew up with James Cameron and all his movies, so we like that tone; that dystopian, low-tech sci-fi vibe. We also like used future stuff and Star Wars where they're all sci-fi vehicles but they look older than my car.
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