Real world science fiction architecture

I went to Kowloon Bay the other evening for dinner and noticed an uncanny resemblance to the architecture in the city sections of 2 games I've been playing recently (Mass Effect 2: The Lair of The Shadow Broker DLC and Halo Reach). Here are some pics for comparison:

Kowloon Bay:

Mass Effect 2:

Here are a couple of screenshots from an upcoming game called Deus Ex: Human Revolution to compare:

Part of the reason for my surprise was that Kowloon Bay used to be an industrial area and looked like this:

This metamorphosis started with a shopping center called "Megabox" which was in itself quite modern in design:

Now Kowloon Bay seems to be rapidly developing into a modern business and entertainment area.