>>96294515
The thematic through line is that of darkness and oppression in a decaying world without restraint, wrapped up in early twentieth-century aesthetics, retrofuturistic technology and film noir influences. The main setting is a dark city not unlike Zaun or Rapture, full of ingenuity and danger, but much more debased and corrupted.

From Arcane in particular, I wanted to take the social stratification (i.e., rich Piltovans vs. poor Zaunites), oligarchic governmental structure, body modification and anachronisms in technology and style. Thematically, there's overlap with the likes of BioShock and Metropolis, yet those have a stronger influence on the world, with Lustful Sacraments having the strongest.
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>>96294628
So, fantasy mobsters?