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10 Games that need movie adaptations

February 21, 2010 in Top List comments 17

With the growth of technology in video games, the industry has seen an increased emphasis on compelling stories. The Movie Pool has highlighted 10 games that beg to be made into films.

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    Storm* Feb 21, 10
    Have any major movie adaptations of games done well in reviews/box office? :S I can't recall any. The list is decent, but for the sake of not ruining the franchises, I'd be against film variations.

    Indeed, NFS is somewhat like Fast and Furious, heh.
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    reaver11 Feb 21, 10
    MGS, Blood Omen/Soul Reaver, God of War. Thats all
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    FinalFantasyFanaticc Feb 21, 10
    Gears of War, Halo, Warcraft (Not world of, just Warcraft) MGS and Half Life please.
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    TurMoiL911 Feb 21, 10
    They should really remake the Doom film only so it doesn't suck so much the next time. Film the majority of the film in the first-person perspective like the five-minute sequence near the end and actually reference Hell instead of calling it a science experiement gone wrong.
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    Fury Feb 21, 10
    Assassin's Creed would make a great movie, if anyone could figure a way to integrate the time spent in the Animus into the movie without making it repetitive.
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    ShadowGuard Feb 21, 10
    wow horrible list... Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid have got to be on that list...

    take warcraft and starcraft and legend of Kain off that list...
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      Storm* Feb 21, 10
      Why take Legacy of Kain off the list? Great, underrated series imo.
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      reaver11 Feb 21, 10
      Its Legacy of Kain. And no, that game stays on the list. And to say to take it off simply means you haven't ever played/understood the games.
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        ShadowGuard Feb 22, 10
        I have not played the game because I have not heard too many good things about it. The ones I listed would do much better than the Legacy of Kain.
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          reaver11 Feb 22, 10
          Trust me. Other than the MGS storyline, the complexity, lore, and sheer size of the LOK series far outweighs any other game on that list. This is coming from one of those "cult followers" the writer mentioned. As storm said, it is very underrated.

          But the games themselves, I play for the story and (now) the nostalgia. The gameplay was never really the benchmark of the series. Though SR1 did revolutionize games at the time for its "no load times". They are definitely worth a buy on the PSN though.
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          Miss Razz Feb 26, 10
          The LoK games are freakin' awesome back in the day (excluding BO2). They were doing crazy, convoluted stories back when Snake's most bizarre enemy was a mindreader in a gas mask. XD

          But would LoK make a good movie? Probably not. Not unless it was all done in CGI, and even then, it'd probably end up cheesy and over-the-top.
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    Aussie Legend Feb 22, 10
    Only ones I could see happening and somewhat working:
  • Halo
  • Gears of War
  • Bioshock
  • Assassins Creed
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    JugJug Feb 22, 10
    List fails, no bioshock 1 or 2.
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    Capn Droid Feb 23, 10
    Movies of video games are almost guaranteed failures, aren't they?
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    Twin_Master Feb 26, 10
    What the hell. Who wants to see a GTA movie!?
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    Paradox Feb 27, 10
    Assassins Creed, Gears of War, Fallout 3.

    All of those games have good storylines and can be incorporated into a movie.
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    ShadowJ Feb 28, 10
    Technically GTA has already been made into a movie, back in 77...it just doesn't feature someone wildly going on a crime spree or stirring up gang wars Though really today's GTA would just be like any action movie and would ruin the GTA series

    Halo and Bioshock would work

    Half Life series would only work if they left Gordon Freeman as a mute or had an awesome person that understands the game to give him lines

    The only problem with making some games into movies is that most games allow customisation, multiple methods of playing and aimed at one specific person.

    This leaves out most games that have awesome storylines. Games like Mass Effect would work because straight away they have defined Shepard as a male but in game you can choose to be male or female.

    Games like Fallout on the other hand leave too much choice to the player, meaning the movie would attract 50% of the gaming audience or would only make it 50% successful

    This is why everyone says a "warcraft" movie would be good but not a "world of warcraft" movie.

    Again Assassin's Creed would be good because you already have choices such as gender, role etc. set for you.

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