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What video games do you think are crying out to be made in to movies??

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    gds1972gds1972 Posts: 6,613
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    I think the fallout series would make a good film.
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    The Gabriel Knight mystery series:
    Zombies in Sins of the Fathers.
    Werewolves in The Beast Within.
    Vampires in Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned.

    Clock Tower - the scissorman goes on a rampage.

    Sanitarium - craziness infests a town. It's a cross between In the Mouth of Madness and The Crazies.

    The Game with No Name - it's like Ringu, but this time it's a cursed video game that will change your environment. You have seven days to beat the game or you die. Oh, and while you try to figure your way out, you have to slaughter zombies along the way. A cross between Silent Hill and Saw.

    Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy) - it's a thriller involving Lucas Kane whose memory is so patchy that he has to figure out why he's killing all these people.

    The Longest Journey - two worlds are merging and it's up to our heroine April to balance them by travelling between two halves.

    There is no way anyone can make Monkey Island work.

    Second thoughts, better not. I'm still traumatised by the goddamnawful Alone in the Dark film. It practically raped the classic game.
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    Mark AMark A Posts: 7,692
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    Far Cry 2
    Borderlands

    Regards

    Mark
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    nightporternightporter Posts: 981
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    microsoft Train Simulator.
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    JimothyDJimothyD Posts: 8,868
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    Grand Theft Auto!!!!

    (but not the latest one, GTA IV - that lacked humour).

    The earlier GTA's, particularly GTA3 set is 1980s Liberty City would make a brilliant film. It would be stylish, cool and funny. They could even style it like the game a bit - have all the helicopter and bodywork-mounted camera angles, plenty of larger than life characters, inspired soundtracks and the radio stations. If it was produced as a comedy then it would work brilliantly. If it was done seriously, it would be garbage.
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    JimothyDJimothyD Posts: 8,868
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    Something that would make a great movie would be an original script based in the world of 'Day of the Tentacle' and 'Sam and Max Hit the Road'. The locations and characters in those games were always original and amusing. A detective story set in this warped version of small town America would be a real treat. Throw in a bit of crazy science/zombies/circus freaks and we've got ourselves a movie!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 971
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    uncharted
    Spyro The Dragon
    God of War
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    Uncharted definitely ... Even if they just take the cut scenes, slap them together and release it, that'll do !!

    Also, Pacman !
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    NinjyBearNinjyBear Posts: 8,317
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    I'd like to see GTA, but not live action.
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    Speccy128kSpeccy128k Posts: 409
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    nightporter wrote: »
    microsoft Train Simulator.

    Lol ! :D
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    jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    *sigh*

    HALF
    LIFE

    *end le sigh*
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    StrmChaserSteveStrmChaserSteve Posts: 2,728
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    nightporter wrote: »
    microsoft Train Simulator.

    made me laugh

    Bus Simulator

    How about more Silent Hill movies

    The one with Sean Bean wasn't half bad, i just love that silent hill soundtrack. it's perfect horror music
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    NinjyBearNinjyBear Posts: 8,317
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    StrmChaserSteve wrote: »
    How about more Silent Hill movies

    The one with Sean Bean wasn't half bad, i just love that silent hill soundtrack. it's perfect horror music

    The sequel has probably finished filming by now.
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    bbclassicsbbclassics Posts: 7,806
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    GTA Vice City would be amazing.
    Hotel Dusk Room 215
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    brangdonbrangdon Posts: 14,110
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    Mark A wrote: »
    Far Cry 2
    I'd prefer Far Cry 1. I think it has a better, more SF-oriented story.
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    Johnny ClayJohnny Clay Posts: 5,328
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    brangdon wrote: »
    I'd prefer Far Cry 1. I think it has a better, more SF-oriented story.
    Uwe Boll made a Far Cry film a few years back.

    Film as in 'loosely connected scenes of ineptitude', of course.
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    brangdonbrangdon Posts: 14,110
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    The games I've enjoyed most probably wouldn't make for good films. I suspect that what transfers well is the visuals, music and tone, and I'm not too bothered about those in games. For example, I love old games like Deus Ex and System Shock 2, even though visually they don't have much worth copying. They have good stories, but I don't think they'd transfer well. Generally the successful movies haven't stayed close to the game.
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