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Trunchisholm

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I watched Nightcrawler the other day and I thought it could make for a sweet open world/ sim game with really interesting mechanics. Just imagine driving around a city at night, intercepting police transmissions and rushing to accidents or crime scenes and getting cash bonuses for being the first to get footage; taking pictures or recording video while avoiding detection for extra points; upgrading your equipment -buying more and faster cars, better recording and editing equipment-; hiring more staff and upgrading their stats as they get more experience; and, eventually, climbing up the corporate ladder until you become the owner of your own news network.

Do you know of any other movies that could make for great games?
 
Not a movie, but a book about a movie being made

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Gone Girl would be a spectacular point n' click
John Wick could be a badass TPS
Matri- oh. Right.


Telltale's Fifty Shades of Grey is something I would pay a massive amount of money for.
 
I like your idea, it could be a great game if made properly. I think the Blade movies with an environment and gameplay like Shadow of Mordor would be cool.
 
Compbros said:
I've always felt that with Survival being so big right now an online "Hunger Games" game could work. You have 24 player rooms and follow the way the series goes: Start running towards supplies or run away with what you have then you must survive for 3 days (hours) and, if the number of dead tributes is not at a certain amount, then the game throws random things at you (harsh weather, enemies, what have you).


Edit: To add to this, you can do certain challenges to get "sponsored" for supplies you need.
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Compbros said:
I've always felt that with Survival being so big right now an online "Hunger Games" game could work. You have 24 player rooms and follow the way the series goes: Start running towards supplies or run away with what you have then you must survive for 3 days (hours) and, if the number of dead tributes is not at a certain amount, then the game throws random things at you (harsh weather, enemies, what have you).


Edit: To add to this, you can do certain challenges to get "sponsored" for supplies you need.
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ARMA 3 actually has a hunger games mod.
 
Good call on Nightcrawler.

I know I thought of others before. But the only thing that comes to mind is Attack the Block
 
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I always felt Coraline would've made an awesome adventure game. So many interesting and peculiar characters, nice environments...
 
Gravity. An intense scifi survival thriller where the enemy/monster is the vacuum of space itself.
 
I don't think the aliens in Edge of Tomorrow would be fun to shoot. Also it'd be a fairly generic military game with some future stuff like Advanced Warfare? I see what everyone is getting at.

Bill Paxton yelling at you during the tutorial might be funny.
 
I always thought the movie "gamer" could make an interesting concept. If your character was fully aware of the player and could engage with you during then gameplay and talk directly to you ("let's go this way" "we shouldn't trust this guy). The whole thing could set up a nice story arc where the character turns out to be an "unreliable narrator" and had been toying with you the whole time. That would be pretty neat.
 
supernormal said:
I always thought the movie "gamer" could make an interesting concept. If your character was fully aware of the player and could engage with you during then gameplay and talk directly to you ("let's go this way" "we shouldn't trust this guy). The whole thing could set up a nice story arc where the character turns out to be an "unreliable narrator" and had been toying with you the whole time. That would be pretty neat.
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"Pretty neat"?? That's fucking amazing.

Lots of Stanley Parable-esque potential of the 'gamer' being pissed off at you for not following his instructions.
 
Aguirre: The Wrath of God

You start out as a well-equipped crew on a journey to find lost treasure.

Over time, everyone starves to death or gets killed by natives as you get nearer the end.

Would play.
 
Mellahan said:
DREDD.

The film, itself, is structured so much like a game it's unbelievable.
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I badly want a Dredd game by Rocksteady, I dunno if they would be willing to do a M-rated shooter, but it would be glorious.

Karl Urban is very passionate about it too, it would be so easy to get him to mocap/voice act Dredd if we can't get a movie sequel.
 
supernormal said:
I always thought the movie "gamer" could make an interesting concept. If your character was fully aware of the player and could engage with you during then gameplay and talk directly to you ("let's go this way" "we shouldn't trust this guy). The whole thing could set up a nice story arc where the character turns out to be an "unreliable narrator" and had been toying with you the whole time. That would be pretty neat.
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Stanley Parable?

But yes, I'd loved it if more games played around with the meta-aspect of gaming. I actually thought AC:Unity-- with the game's menu screen being Abstergo's actual menu screen itself was a pretty neat little concept.
 
Rise/Dawn Planet of the Apes - Uncharted type platformer with brutal melee (sleeping dogs style) with bits of gun play inbetween lol.


Departed/IInfernal Affairs - Play as the two protagonists who're undercover , each choice you make affects the other.


Divergent - Could be a cool mass effect style game as it has different factions and stuff .. I enjoyed the movie too.



And the most obvious one




























JURASSIC WORLD


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I dont want this lego shit, give me an action/survival (slight horror)
 
Blade Runner - Action / Adventure / Open-World ?

I mean, I guess there's already a Blade Runner game, but I was thinking one that plays more along the lines of modern open-world TPSs, but with a heavy mystery narrative that you have to (and are compelled to!) follow.

Actually, although it wouldn't be directly ripped from the movie in this case, a more polished L.A. Noire type game set in Blade Runner's universe could be awesome. Have your own apartment and a persistent open-world, but under-take various self-contained cases in that world.
 
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