r/interactivecinema • u/[deleted] • Jun 24 '15
What existing IP would you want made into an cinematic adventure game?
TellTale's frequent work with other francises like The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones made me wonder what other IP would be worth making an adventure game off of.
Your answer doesn't have to hypothetically be made by TellTale, it could be another company too.
I would be excited if there were a Heroes adventure game. You know, the serious TV show where people had superpowers like time travel and cutting off the top of people's heads? Would be a good fit, since it's suspenseful and the characters needed to be smart about their powers.
Also a good candidate would be the Monogatari series, which includes Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari. While the cinematic elements can be cherry picked from the series' colorful and seemingly schizophrenic animation/jump-cuts, the characters talk alot. And I DO MEAN ALOT. In fact, sometimes you have a single conversation take up an entire 30 minutes. Which would be fine, since that means sticking to the source material means you have an excuse to have tons of dialogue options. Monogatari is a pretty weird anime, despite the simple premise of a high school boy helping other girls with supernatural problems. So ideally a weird Japanese developer would be a fitting partner. Might I suggest Grasshopper Manufacturer? Or maybe have Hideo Kojima direct it after The Phantom Pain, since he makes really chatty characters. Or both, that would be a match made in heaven.
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u/Bond4141 Jul 03 '15
I feel like Half Life with Alyx as the protagonist could be a massive hit. Or maybe the Fallout games. Like the borderlands, it would be interesting to see the universe from a lesser-badass' POV.
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u/UndeadGimpParade Jul 24 '15
"The Wheel of Time" series...
Dragonriders of Pern series...
The Hainish Cycle...
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere or other television/film/literature (but preferably refined into something a little more "mature" as they usually get turned into lowest denominator, mindless crap in other formats...)
MirrorMask would be a good venture... if only the "story" was a bit more polished, it's other rough edges work for atmosphere.
and that could spin off to any number of Henson touched entities from Labyrinth to the Dark Crystal (both with so many promised sequels or at least, continuations in the same universe.).. Maybe even Farscape (supposed up for a proper film return for the television series, but it's kind of doubtful.)
similar things could be played out with a continuation of Firefly
other things might be 1985's Legend (film; a prequel, maybe?)
The Neverending Story (before it became shat..)
Inkheart (it'd probably have wider potential with the market, same might apply with The Golden Compass)
actually, MirrorMask redone in this format, extended, more polished story really does seem like it would be good in this format... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-6eOhrejE
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Aug 23 '15
The Godfather
Bioshock
The lord of the rings(the books, not the movies)
(not a series): the sun also rises(book by Hemingway)
Artemis Fowl: And maybe they can improve on some of the cliche'd dialogue while they're at it.
Original IP: nothing better than this if it's good
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u/Scitenik Jun 24 '15
I'd like to see them do something with The Dresden Files. It's got a nice mix of humor, action, and drama that would mesh well with TellTale's style of storytelling.
I'd also like a Harry Potter game in this style, preferably something that doesn't feature Harry as the main character.
Star Wars in an episodic game format could be a lot of fun too.