Is it possible to make a good Bible game?
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Hell yeah! You get to be Jesus and do all kinds of awesome stuff, and kick demons asses and save people and shizzle and free the holy land from sin by acquiring followers by saving cities and villages and what not. You could put points into different skill sets to different skills like holy avenger skills or blessed healing and that kind of RPG related jumbo. Have your own way with Jesus' adventures. For a twist, multiple ends, good, bad and neutral! I don't think the church would be all for it though. Anything that depicts religion as remotely not tedious and / or terrifying is blaspehmy.
As long as it has a positive message, I don't think that the Vatican would have any issues.JC175 said:
If they made a game like the "Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This!" joke from Family Guy that would be funny.
Sorry, but I really can't see how this can be made into a decent game. I like to keep my bible far away from my Xbox.
Considering how ridiculously violent parts of the bible are, it could be done. I for one want to lead the armies of god against the antichrist in a fiery climactic showdown.
Oh, I think it's very well possible to make a game that covers the events from the Bible..but it might get a little tricky if you actually want to make it a game with the same theme and moral conclusions. I mean, the parts in the Bible that are 'gameable' are mostly action scenes. All the moral stuff is way too boring for a game.
They tried this in the NES era.DrDeath3191 said:
The problem tend to be who are you marketing to?
The problems they befell the nes games is they where meant primary for very young children.
I can see the possibility of a good one being made. I just can't see anyone making it.
Personally, I could easily see an Assassin's Creed/Eternal Darkness style setup with the plot specifically taking place in the future, but the gameplay focuses on events that happened in the past (entirely, or almost entirely, in the Old Testament), simply because there's a variety of game styles that could be accommodated. Pretty much anything involving the Hebrew/Phillistine wars could be an action-oriented setup, with heroes like Samson, Saul, or David, possibly the same with Gideon and Jericho, and almost everything Elijah did was worthy of a third-person action or story game. The Judith or Ehud stories could conceivably fit a stealth game, and I could see Esther, Joseph, or early Moses fitting an intrigue game.
Might suffer from lack of focus, but like I said, I don't think anyone could make it in the first place. We can only <url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15699_9-most-badass-bible-verses.html>fantasize.
Personally, I could easily see an Assassin's Creed/Eternal Darkness style setup with the plot specifically taking place in the future, but the gameplay focuses on events that happened in the past (entirely, or almost entirely, in the Old Testament), simply because there's a variety of game styles that could be accommodated. Pretty much anything involving the Hebrew/Phillistine wars could be an action-oriented setup, with heroes like Samson, Saul, or David, possibly the same with Gideon and Jericho, and almost everything Elijah did was worthy of a third-person action or story game. The Judith or Ehud stories could conceivably fit a stealth game, and I could see Esther, Joseph, or early Moses fitting an intrigue game.
Might suffer from lack of focus, but like I said, I don't think anyone could make it in the first place. We can only <url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15699_9-most-badass-bible-verses.html>fantasize.
Agreed for the most part. They aimed for what seemed to be the appropriate audience at the time. This really does not excuse the lack of quality in the titles, though. Most, if not all of those games were made to make a quick buck. They added colorful backgrounds to appeal to kids, and Bible quizes to appeal to parents. That is the true failing of Bible games.Stevedave00 said: