Films That Should Be Games

[The_Führer]

Any Idea what movies should be games?

For me i would like

28 Days later or 28 Weeks later
Nothing against the spectacular Resident Evil games, but slow, shambling zombies who repeatedly bang their heads into the side of a house while mumbling "brains" over and over again is SO 1980's Michael Jackson. The contemporary zombie is smarter than that, quick on its feet, a lithe eating-machine looking to wash down some cerebellum with a tall glass of respect. And if you're looking for that kind of zombie, you're looking at the rageaholics from the stylish horror-fest 28 Days Later or its equally bloodthirsty sequel. Can you imagine free-roaming around an infected Britain while fighting off the toughest undead bastards since the one who wrestled a shark in Lucio Fulci's legendary film Zombie? Talk about a no-brainer.

Children of Men
One moment you're walking down the sidewalk minding your own business, the next, a bomb has exploded, your ears are ringing and a fascist police battalion is trying to turn you into a skid mark. Such sudden bursts of incidental action turned Alfonso Cuaron's riveting sci-fi film into something of a survival horror masterpiece, and we're simply flabbergasted that it's yet to be turned into a game (though Valve's Half-Life 2 comes pretty close). The setting alone -- a dystopian future in which women are incapable of reproducing -- is worth a digital treatment, but dig deeper and you'll find the makings of a bona fide hit: unlikely hero, smart pacing, tight action, big explosions, and, best of all, no kids in sight to ruin all the fun.

The Happening <.< this would be intresting

[shifted]

Most games that turned into movies sucked.. perfect example: DOOM. What a pointless bit of crap.

Hitman was a good incarnation though, very decent, and Godfather was also a good take, so it is a bit of a hit and miss..

I guess there would be a few good ones out there but a fair few are useless.

[clh3785]

you just mixed two categories shifted,
movies made into games
and games made into movies.



depending on the director, many games made into movies can be good ( as long as its not uwe boll) Hitman was decent, i cant think of any others off the top of my head but there are other decent ones.

but games being made into movies? Most people believe that any movie made into a game will automatically suck because most do. Most major movies that have coresponding games the developers have a deadline of releasing the game before, or at the same time of the movie. The majority of these movie liscened games suck because they dont have enough time. Ex: Iron Man, Land Of The Dead Road To Fiddlers Green. etc.

However, movies that are made into games and the release dates dont have to correspond are often pretty damn good. So yeah id love to see movies made into games, as long as the developers have propper time to make it truely worthy of being a movie liscenced game.

I too would love to see a 28 days/weeks later game, but if you want a taste of something that it could be like, id recommend checking out the game condemned or condemned 2. They aren't zombies, but they are fast, ruthless, coked out criminals that could easily resemble the fast zombies in a way.

I would also enjoy seeing Red Dawn as a game. That movie is a classic and has a great action story line.

I would also like to see the departed or the boondock saints. We havent had many great mob/gangster movies lately. Sure there was gtaIV and the godfather(which was like 5 years ago) but both of those movies have such good stories and characters that i would love to see them as games.

A great movie i think is the crow or Blade, which could easily be made into a good superhero esque movie. Most superhero movies that dont tie in with movies are great (Marvel Ultimate Alliane etc.) so since the movies have been out for a long time i think that this game, given to the propper development team could become a great game,

And this is a little related but i would love to see a Marvel Zombies Game. Based on the comics/line of action figures. It would be combining two of my nerd passions in one. Or at least make them unlockables in games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

[shifted]

where?

Hitman was originally a game, before it was made into a movie..

unless i am confused somewhere else lol

edit: i see now, im talking about games that became movies, but this topic is about movies that turn into games lol

[clh3785]

well first you mention hitman which is game then movie
then you mention godfather
which was movie then game.

[shifted]

yeah lol, my bad ;)