That's a good one to take inspiration from.
The actual media which inspired Hopes to create DeLuca was this Turkish Crime series that he happened to watch on TV.
I think he also said so for one of his FAQ for his Patreon iirc.
It's just that subject of John Wick films came up when he and I were discussing the game (this was actually months ago, back in 2023, heh). I had recently watched John Wick 4 (love the entire franchise, but this 4th one was really special to me), and mentioned to Hopes "You know, in a way, the world of JW kinda reminds me of DeLuca world."
This was his reply:
So yeah.
I'm not surprised there are others who mention John Wick on this thread too.
thanks for the information
it's make a good plot twist though, if we, the players, are misguided by the game and also by hopesgaming about the mc. i kind of hoping hopesgaming can give us a little more information about the mc past life, the life he had, right before he was escorted by wilfred.
Well, Hopes already has a set arc in regarding how MC will develop/grow as a character.
Don't get me wrong, I love John Wick (as in my reply to Jimayo above), but Wick from the first film is already a fully formed character.
MC of this game is the complete opposite of that.
As for MC's past life before the Contract, well we are given breadcrumbs throughout season 1;
- When he got into school, he met Jalen Kaskar, and the two of them formed a friendship, and he ended up living with the Kaskar Family for a while, enough to the close with the Family (Pops, Aunt Layla, Charvi and probably also Jalen's uncle as well).
It is implied he eventually moved out to live on his own, before the DeLucas came to him with the forced contract.
- There is a bit of a gap between the poison gas flashback with his mom and his meet with Jalen at school, which I'm guessing will be explored further in season 2; especially when it's time for our MC to have his reunion with his mother Rina.
i just finished reading all the codex, but i haven't play deluca for a long time now
JJJ84 can i ask your theory? i may be conflating things here from reading all the codex and jumbled memory of playing deluca back then
is the third serpent that reportedly died in the fire dante? is dante the one that went to Silverino house?
Or is MC's dad a Tradimano?
Are we already in the know of what the conflict between Lumina and Cordia is about?
Also I guess one last thing, do you think Mysterious Six has something to do with Scialdone?
MC's father is the one who is advisor to the Silverino Don.
He also married the eldest Silverino daughter Serafina and have a son called Nero (who is, yes. MC's half-brother).
Dante I'm guessing will most likely be the original third Serpent, as well as the current "Serpent." (sniper, the High Five guy)
Elektra, in the second meet with MC in the Frog Queen event, mentions Dante was originally engaged to Rina until she betrayed the DeLucas.
Lumina, from what I can tell is not mentioned in the visual novel part (i.e. rendered sections) of the game.
However, if I'm recalling correctly, there is her grave in the cemetery with tombstone in Lucania freeroam which states her name and her..... obituary?
Codex is where it was explained in depth about Lumina's character though. So at this moment, the player who read the Codex I'm guessing knows more about MC himself.
All MC would know would be that Cordia had a sister, but not what really went down between them.
As for Mysterious Six and Scialdone, uh who knows.
That's for Hopes to decide. I'm guessing any info about Mysterious Six, he's gonna keep those cards pretty close to his chest until ready cause they would be huge spoilers.
Not much, but I hope that answers some of your questions.
