Games that would make good Films/TV series

[Jonny2284]

HAving a gander through my library:

I'm surprised Jack Black never tried to get Brutal legend made as a film
Deus Ex could a be a great series.
Red Faction could be interesting, though if they time skip again we're probably not far off for all mankind just doing that.
Monkey Island is just begging for an adaptation, though it'd probably just get called a pirates of the carribean knock off now.

 

[Shamikebab]

Oh Brutal Legend is a great shout, you could make a really fun film out of that.

 

[Efour]

Civ 6

 

[Maundie]

Was going to mention Farming Simulator but Clarkson's Farm shows what happens when someone who hasn't a clue how to run a farm or drive a tractor is given keys to the kingdom

 

[midweek]

Bioshock would be a great setting but you couldn't do the game storyline very easily. It was almost like a deconstruction of the (almost) wordless protagonist following instructions over the radio.

I think Netflix are doing a Bioshock movie

 

[arknor]

Civ 6

Stargate atlantis pretty much did that but with only 2 civilizations

The Game » GateWorld

Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now stand on the brink of war.

www.gateworld.net

 

[Efour]

Lol that's true I guess

 

[Flibster]

Mad Max.

Oh... Wait....

 

[Trusty]

Stalker?

Metro already mentioned and i think that's a great shout.

Kingdom Come Deliverance?
Elder Scrolls i suppose

 

[m@rty]

Goat simulator

 

[Cern]

Mass Effect would make a good multi-season series. But they'd need to write a better ending or cancel it before the ending

Horizon Zero Dawn would make for an epic series, could see it being a bit of a mashup between Terra Nova and The 100.

Cyberpunk 2077, but it's so close to cinematic anyway there's probably not much point.

 

[GIBURROWS]

Red dead redemption, Ark, COD Ghosts, Halo.

 

[arknor]

Amazon or apple should do mass effect
Stalker would be good too but that's a movie already pretty much

 

[JonRGV250]

Manhunt.

 

[a1ex2001]

X-Wing - it already spawned one of the best series of books in the Star Wars expanded universe which could happily be the basis of a Disney plus show think the dirty dozen meets top gun!

Would probably turn out terrible, I had high hopes for wing commander and the movie was dire!

 

[Rroff]

Albeit is isn't a unique premise or setting, I'm surprised there has never been a Deus Ex movie, though the scope and atmosphere to do it proper needs a director with vision and some really good writing and not just reproducing the game on screen. There is a pretty solid timeline to work with going back 100s of years.

There is a whole lot more going on in and around the original game than the game portrays very well - at the start is supposed to be a massive time of upheaval with things really kicking off as well as a huge pandemic.

EDIT: To really do it justice and all the different timelines and character arcs it would need a TV show really.