Video games with enough story depth and lore that could be made into a t.v.series?
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Dwarf Fortress. 
No, seriously. Select "1000 Years" and max out all the other options, select "Generate", then make a TV show out of what gets spat out. I'd watch.
No, seriously. Select "1000 Years" and max out all the other options, select "Generate", then make a TV show out of what gets spat out. I'd watch.
I'd love to see a Fallout TV series it's got so much of it's own style and atmosphere. Maybe a town like Megaton holding it's own against the wastes and a group of traders that go out from it.
I think putting people in the Fallout universe then making you care about them, then making them deal with rad-scorpions, mutants, feral ghouls and other wasteland problems would make for epic viewing.
I mean has anyone ever thought about raising a child in the wasteland? That on it's own is a pretty horrific prospect right there.
I think putting people in the Fallout universe then making you care about them, then making them deal with rad-scorpions, mutants, feral ghouls and other wasteland problems would make for epic viewing.
I mean has anyone ever thought about raising a child in the wasteland? That on it's own is a pretty horrific prospect right there.
THIS.blipblop said:
And Halo. Definitely Halo.
And as someone who doesn't enjoy Fallout... Fallout would DEFINITELY work. I wouldn't be a fan of it myself, but all the pieces are there. Put the right people in charge, and it could be an amazingly well made show.
Check out the Myth-series that Bungie made way before Halo. Would make an excellent late-night mature tv-series similar to A Game of Thrones.Brutalis317 said:
Story depth AND lore? hmm...
I'd suggest Elder Scrolls, but none of those have much 'story depth' to them, aside from Morrowind, maybe. Starcraft has story depth, but is a little short on lore, but it might work. Hell, even Warcraft?
STALKER would do well has a horror series.
I'd suggest Elder Scrolls, but none of those have much 'story depth' to them, aside from Morrowind, maybe. Starcraft has story depth, but is a little short on lore, but it might work. Hell, even Warcraft?
STALKER would do well has a horror series.
Wild arms series . It would be a childrens show , sure , but it would be the damn best childrens show ever!
Final fantasy 13. Would make a pretty good anime series , it's already half way there. ( ba-zing-ga)
Poke-OH WAIT!
Dead space would make a good movie ( not The animated movie )
Final fantasy 13. Would make a pretty good anime series , it's already half way there. ( ba-zing-ga)
Poke-OH WAIT!
Dead space would make a good movie ( not The animated movie )
Just get Ubisoft to keep him on a creative leash so he doesn't go completely off the walls and be unable to keep a hold of it all. Then I would watch the shit out of it. Hell, you wouldn't even need Abrams. AC: Embers and AC: Lineage were really good, (Embers more so, Lineage probably would have actually worked way better as a TV series).synulia said:
Baldur's Gate has enough story depth and lore to make endless TV shows, but thats due to the already humungous background of the Forgotten realms, still, a show in the Forgotten realms could easily be the best show of all time, no exaggeration.
I personally don't like TV series as a medium as they are too segmented, leading to difficulty in delivering any kind of message but...
Blazblue
Assassin's Creed (its already doing movies)
Dragon Age
Maybe Elder Scrolls
Blazblue
Assassin's Creed (its already doing movies)
Dragon Age
Maybe Elder Scrolls
A thousand times Bioshock! That is something I could honestly see being pulled off, with the first season being devoted to Rapture's construction and the subsequent clash of Ryan's standard, no-nonsense philanthropy against a fucking underwater wonder-city. You could have a theme the whole time of rich vs poor, with the first season showing characters like workers building the city (maybe even Jacob Norris) and their growing disdain for Ryan. Hell, maybe even add to that by showing the formation of Pauper's Drop.
This could work so beautifully! And then as time goes on this sense of reform and change degrades (much like the citizens of Rapture post-splicing, that way you could show that visually too with a bit of monster-shop makeup) and you can spice the show up with a bit of action in the subsequent seasons. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Besides, a thing I liked about both Bioshock games that would translate well to a slick tv series is that in each of them you'll find quite a number of different story arcs that play out over the game (be it the whole thing, like Mark Meltzer in number 2 or just over small sections, like Masha Lutz).
This could work so beautifully! And then as time goes on this sense of reform and change degrades (much like the citizens of Rapture post-splicing, that way you could show that visually too with a bit of monster-shop makeup) and you can spice the show up with a bit of action in the subsequent seasons. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Besides, a thing I liked about both Bioshock games that would translate well to a slick tv series is that in each of them you'll find quite a number of different story arcs that play out over the game (be it the whole thing, like Mark Meltzer in number 2 or just over small sections, like Masha Lutz).
I think fallout would make a good T.V show. I imagine it would be something like The Walking Dead. Long as they don't mess with the canon. Would also be pretty cool to have the events of the games affect the show. A scene where the main character hides in an abandoned subway as a fleet of vertibirds fly to the North (or south could work...just not east or west I guess) with Enclave insignia on them. BUT THE ABANDONED BUILDING He/She WALKS INTO IS FULL OF GHOULS!!!!! Where he meets...raiders!!! So the main character...distracts the ghouls chasing him/her with the raiders! Then he/she escapes and sees...a town in the distance! But when he/she get's there...it's full of slavers!!! He/She slowly backs away but has to pretend to be a buyer when found! Unable to bluff the slavers he/she...runs and hides in a room! When he/she thinks he/she's completely buggered he/she see's a computer and...hacks it! Just barely! and...it controls a old turret! And...I feel like reading some fan-fiction.
Have you -seen- cable TV? Pong could probably make it as a show as long as there was sexual tension between the two paddles.
More relevantly to the actual intent of the topic: If we're talking about a cool TV series, then you should definitely just play through a Campaign of Mount and Blade: Warband and make a series off of the main character's quest to become the king. I'd watch the crap out of that show, and I don't watch TV very often.
More relevantly to the actual intent of the topic: If we're talking about a cool TV series, then you should definitely just play through a Campaign of Mount and Blade: Warband and make a series off of the main character's quest to become the king. I'd watch the crap out of that show, and I don't watch TV very often.
Considering the overwhelming answers in favor of Mass Effect and Fallout, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Skyrim, considering it also follows a similar format...
L4D might also make a good TV series, though we already have The Walking Dead...
L4D might also make a good TV series, though we already have The Walking Dead...
Definitely Mass Effect. Every time a story surfaces about a Mass Effect movie I think; why? It would make a much better TV show. A movie doesn't have nearly enough time to even scrape the surface of the level of depth to the Mass Effect universe. Additionally, Mass Effect has always been as much about the characters and their relationships and development as it has been about the actual plot. A TV series will have plenty of time to explore all of that, in addition to the countless possible adventures said characters could get themselves mixed up in.
Fallout could work, but I don't know that it would be successful. It blends retro-futurism with post-apocalypse in a very unique and stylised way, and I don't think it could draw in a large enough audience to support a show that would doubtless require an enormous budget.
Bioshock could definitely work pre-downfall. It has all the potential for the political intrigue of Game of Thrones, as well as some truly spectacular fights and battles. While I don't think it would have the same level of trouble pulling viewers as a Fallout show, it would probably take your average TV viewer a while to get their head around. Don't forget, your average TV viewer is the reason smart, witty shows like Arrested Development didn't last. Bioshock is about an art-deco steampunk underwater city in the 1950s for complex politic reasons. People there regularly inject themselves with a substance that genetically modifies them with spectacular powers. Brainwashed little girls trot around looking for corpses, escorted by lumbering diving-suited man-monsters. There's a class divide, groups of people facing off for political reasons, everyone has a different idea of what the utopia should be and none of them like each other. To you and I, it sounds fascinating and great. But the average TV viewer was frightened by Arrested Development. So...yeah.
Alan Wake could be pretty fantastic. American Horror Story proved highly serialised horror shows can work on TV, and that they needn't have a brain-shaking budget, either. It's worth noting, thought, that putting Alan Wake (or Silent Hill, which could also work) on TV would put it in direct competition with AHS, a well-received, well-established critical darling.
Splinter Cell would definitely work, but it would have high competition from countless other shows. It would have to land in perfect spot, where it was different enough to stand above and apart from other shows, but be similar enough to them that it won't frighten people away.
Fallout could work, but I don't know that it would be successful. It blends retro-futurism with post-apocalypse in a very unique and stylised way, and I don't think it could draw in a large enough audience to support a show that would doubtless require an enormous budget.
Bioshock could definitely work pre-downfall. It has all the potential for the political intrigue of Game of Thrones, as well as some truly spectacular fights and battles. While I don't think it would have the same level of trouble pulling viewers as a Fallout show, it would probably take your average TV viewer a while to get their head around. Don't forget, your average TV viewer is the reason smart, witty shows like Arrested Development didn't last. Bioshock is about an art-deco steampunk underwater city in the 1950s for complex politic reasons. People there regularly inject themselves with a substance that genetically modifies them with spectacular powers. Brainwashed little girls trot around looking for corpses, escorted by lumbering diving-suited man-monsters. There's a class divide, groups of people facing off for political reasons, everyone has a different idea of what the utopia should be and none of them like each other. To you and I, it sounds fascinating and great. But the average TV viewer was frightened by Arrested Development. So...yeah.
Alan Wake could be pretty fantastic. American Horror Story proved highly serialised horror shows can work on TV, and that they needn't have a brain-shaking budget, either. It's worth noting, thought, that putting Alan Wake (or Silent Hill, which could also work) on TV would put it in direct competition with AHS, a well-received, well-established critical darling.
Splinter Cell would definitely work, but it would have high competition from countless other shows. It would have to land in perfect spot, where it was different enough to stand above and apart from other shows, but be similar enough to them that it won't frighten people away.