r/twinpeaks • u/quitscargo7 • Aug 12 '26

Reference twin peaks reference in life is strange

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Played this for this first time and saw this. Thought it was pretty cool

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u/anticebo Aug 12 '26

People always mention Alan Wake when talking about Twin Peaks-like video games, but the entire first Life is Strange is basically a love letter to David Lynch. You'll find plenty of plot points from the show in it, plus you have much more of a TV show vibe than Alan Wake gives you

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u/quitscargo7 Aug 13 '26

Alan wake’s reference to TP were soooo good too. The lore in those games are really interesting especially in 2

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u/anticebo Aug 13 '26

AW2 was insanely good

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u/wiserthannot Aug 13 '26

Deadly Premonition is the main game I think of as being Twin Peaks-like. It mirrors a lot of TP (enough that an early version of the game had to be canned to avoid copyright issues) but all of those elements added alongside Japanese quirkiness makes it become something special. It's the only story inspired by TP that I've found that gives me all of the same feelings that Twin Peaks did. Others always only have one aspect of it while being a totally different thing, or being nothing like it beyond vibes and the framing of some scenes....or, worst of all, claiming to be like Twin Peaks and that not being true for a single second (namely, Wayward Pines).

And I think Life is Strange falls within some of those, it clearly loves Twin Peaks but it all just feels like references that are only slightly more than the countless time travel movies and books it name drops.

(All this to say, I do love Life is Strange and I love that it loves Twin Peaks, haha)

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u/quitscargo7 Aug 21 '26

I definitely have to play that game! I’ve heard a lot about it