Lack of Twilight Game Has Cost Industry Millions

[Plurralbles]

if it creates the windfall a company needs to make the next Okami after this shitty game comes out, I don't care.

 

[Scumpernickle]

Just because its possible doesn't mean its a good idea.

 

[zana bonanza]

I swear I'm one of the only 20 something females around that completely hates this godawful franchise. When the craze started I thought "fine, I'll read the book." I regret telling myself that, it's so bad it makes my brain hurt. Doesn't help I've always pretty much hated vampire lore (zombies are superior!), but the writing and story concepts are so bad. And they get so much worse, like in the fourth(?) book Edward has to bite into Bella's stomach for a vampiric c-section? WHAT IN THE CRAP?

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
I actually read the book when it first came out, before it was popular, because I'm one of those weird people who enjoy reading. When I finished, I thought was it rather mediocre and promptly forgot about it, moving on to my next library book. Then later on it started popping everywhere and I was very confused. And the more people praised it, the more flaws I saw. And the sequels just made things even worse. For example, not only does Bella get a vampire c-section, her half-vampire daughter has psychic powers and grows abnormally fast, and rival love interest Jacob imprints on her, which basically means he's gonna bang her when she's old enough. It's just all kinds of fucked up. (Which does make me curious to see how they handle this for the movie.)

I have no idea how they would make a game out of it. Would you play as Edward and have stealth missions via stalking Bella? Or maybe have a level where you fly through the trees with her on your back and you have to avoid crashing into one of them? A quick time event to stop the van from hitting her? (Except that wouldn't work because Edward is PERFECT and cannot fail, so even if you didn't hit the right button, it would go on like you did anyway.)

 

[One of Many]

A glimpse of the future; an old man tells his grandchildren of the past.

"We didnt see it coming, we were so busy fighting each other, xbox vs sony, wii vs pc. Then the fan girls came, we spent so long fighting each other we couldnt unite against them. Now the world belongs to them, and we let it happen..."

All that matters is that.... a couple million stand against many. And if you do not listen? Then to hell with you!

Crom! Grant me revenge!

ye gods, if they make a Twilight video game, there will be blood!

 

[TheSquirrelisKing]

Now comes the question. If you can make money from an idea, does that mean it is the right thing to do so?

On a slightly related matter next month there is a "Twilight day" at the cinema where I work. All employees are encouraged (read: forced) to get into the spirit of the event by dressing up, or participating in the fun and games. Therefore I shall go into work wearing...

<spoiler=This>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sJmpiYbaE9E/SxZCXP1YAKI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/_N_o2cysXSw/s320/300.jpg

You sir are a wonderful person.

 

[Kanima423]

The guy who wrote this just wants to play a modernized version of E.T. right?

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Now comes the question. If you can make money from an idea, does that mean it is the right thing to do so?

On a slightly related matter next month there is a "Twilight day" at the cinema where I work. All employees are encouraged (read: forced) to get into the spirit of the event by dressing up, or participating in the fun and games. Therefore I shall go into work wearing...

<spoiler=This>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sJmpiYbaE9E/SxZCXP1YAKI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/_N_o2cysXSw/s320/300.jpg

You sir are a wonderful person.

I haven't looked forward to going to work since last Halloween when I wore:
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt18/freemind62/7d4c3c11.jpg

 

[MR T3D]

Now comes the question. If you can make money from an idea, does that mean it is the right thing to do so?

On a slightly related matter next month there is a "Twilight day" at the cinema where I work. All employees are encouraged (read: forced) to get into the spirit of the event by dressing up, or participating in the fun and games. Therefore I shall go into work wearing...

<spoiler=This>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sJmpiYbaE9E/SxZCXP1YAKI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/_N_o2cysXSw/s320/300.jpg

yeah, you've been quoted on this a lot, but still
FUCKING-A, MATE

 

[roguetrooper96]

When it comes to twilight I agree completely with Blunty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sq7nodUrno

 

[SnipErlite]

Because it would be shit. Is that reason enough?

So tell me ... when has that EVER stopped them from making a game based on a movie?

Never. But maybe, just maybe, this time they did the sensible thing........... Unlikely I admit.

 

[shogunblade]

As long as Duke Nukem Forever doesn't see the light of day and Bruce Campbell doesn't climb to Mt. Olympus with a sword in his chin to steal Stephen Hawking's Mech Suit will Twilight: The Game (Not Twilight: Scene it) exist.

If a game is going to be made, rather unfortunately, it will be made.

 

[Sazzlysarah]

When I first saw this for sale at work. I was concerned for the future of the videogame industry.

 

[Bosola]

It may have lost the industry millions, but it has saved us all.

 

[Tuddle]

How would you do a Twilight game though? Just finding different adjectives and metaphors for Edward's face?

All the game has to do is have Edward's shirt off for 10 minutes and that would be the game.
The game would make billions!

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

t.............t......tttt..........twilight game? *shuder* the movie is shite enough but a GAME!!!!!?????????*shudder*

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Now comes the question. If you can make money from an idea, does that mean it is the right thing to do so?

On a slightly related matter next month there is a "Twilight day" at the cinema where I work. All employees are encouraged (read: forced) to get into the spirit of the event by dressing up, or participating in the fun and games. Therefore I shall go into work wearing...

<spoiler=This>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sJmpiYbaE9E/SxZCXP1YAKI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/_N_o2cysXSw/s320/300.jpg

yeah, you've been quoted on this a lot, but still
FUCKING-A, MATE

You're the 20th.

I'm also going to wear my silver bullet pendant for those Jacob fans out there.

There's a "Best Dressed" contest as well. I may be in with a chance (Twilight isn't realy known for it's costume design).

 

[j0frenzy]

As long as Duke Nukem Forever doesn't see the light of day and Bruce Campbell doesn't climb to Mt. Olympus with a sword in his chin to steal Stephen Hawking's Mech Suit will Twilight: The Game (Not Twilight: Scene it) exist.

If a game is going to be made, rather unfortunately, it will be made.

Actually, I think I would enjoy a game where I play as Bruce Campbell climbing Mt. Olympus to kill Hawking. A sort of new God of War. Someone get a good game developer on the phone!

Also, I love how everyone thinks that there only is not a Twilight game is because it would suck. My best guess, is that it is because most game developers don't expect that most Twilight fans buy games. They are not all going to rush out and buy a 360 just to get more Edward.

 

[Outamyhead]

How would you make a game of equal crap quality as the movies, I can't even imagine a game developer lowering their standards to the festering pile of shite known as the twilight series, although Spore and sims 3 are sign of where that company is going so you never know.

Edit: Actually Sega have given up on trying to keep sonic fresh after the 2nd one, so that's two potential developers.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

So what exactly fo you do in a Twilight game? I notice that while he says there should be a game marketed to the 20-30 females (because let's be honest, what serious or casual gamer would buy this thing? In fact, what sort of functional human being with a rational world view would buy this game?), he doesn't say what the game should be about.

Puzzles don't work because solutions fall into the characters' laps, and most of their 'problems' revolve around how beautiful and immortal they are, an action adventure wouldn't work because the adventure part would consist of walking around a school very slowly and 'Adonisly' staring at underage girls, and the action would happen offscreen in the last minute while your character is unconscious in a corner. RTS doesn't fit, RPG doesn't fit because you're already immortal and invincible and have maximum glitter-potential, FPS wouldn't work and for God's sake not even that ball bouncing Peggle game or Pacman would fit unless it was about trying to bounce your vampiric blue balls into an emotionally dead 17 year old.

Sometimes there are other reasons a game hasn't been made, like no genre fitting, and I feel that in this case defying genre would be an idea right up there with making ET again.

In fact, I wholly support the idea of a Twilight game, because it would be so excrementally boring whatever they made that it might even penetrate the minds of the fangirls that this is not a good series, and it can go die under a pile of shit.

If given the choice of another ET game (EXACTLY the same as the Atari one) and Tiwlight game, I'd go with ET, who wouldnt