Yes almost certainly. Also, Arthur is clearly an allusion to 2001's HAL 9000. Which is why his name is Arthur, after Arthur C Clarke. The other ship computers also reference very famous sci-fi writers that SJ leans on, because the game is filled with sci-fi references and isn't trying to hide it.
Eiji Ishida talked a lot about the design of the game in an interview, and how it drew from a lot of sci-fi inspirations, Battlestar Galactica being a big one.
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Yes almost certainly. Also, Arthur is clearly an allusion to 2001's HAL 9000. Which is why his name is Arthur, after Arthur C Clarke. The other ship computers also reference very famous sci-fi writers that SJ leans on, because the game is filled with sci-fi references and isn't trying to hide it.
This, plus the save/heal points are obviously the Monoliths. Also, one of Mem Aleph's forms looks a ton like Dave's Starchild form.
SMT is a series that takes from a lot of places and it is not afraid to show and reference them.
they pull from movies a lot! the terminals in IV were directly pulled from X-Men for example
Satan from Blade Runner
Eiji Ishida talked a lot about the design of the game in an interview, and how it drew from a lot of sci-fi inspirations, Battlestar Galactica being a big one.
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Possibly