The eternal Darkness one is so true! Except that both follow up games were terrible...
Gaming's Movie Equivalents
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 On 07/22/2013 at 07:01 PM by Casey Curran See More From This User » |
I remember my friend here whatsacow has put a few blogs on what if video games were movies. I enjoyed these, but felt there were a few games that were missing, namely because there are a few games he hasn't played and there are some not everyone realizes. I'm not going for the obvious ones either because we all know Uncharted is Indiana Jones, Dead Space is Alien, and Batman is....Batman. Here's some ones we don't really think about though.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 --> Prometheus
This one you have to think about a little more. Both take a series which has not once been about answering any big questions. They were just sci-fi stories that entertained the viewer and if they ever said anything. Yet then this game comes and they're bringing out serious questions. Kotor 2 talks about the consequences of every small action and how everything's connected together while Prometheus answers the biggest one of all: Where did we come from?
Yet these were both criticized for their serious flaws and not seen as good as their predecessor. Then they just stumble at the end. Kotor 2 because it was rushed and Prometheus because....I still can't decide whether it's because the writers are hacks or it's them saying that question will never be answered.
Persona 4 --> The Breakfast Club
At its core, I think of Persona 4 like a good John Hughes movie. It's about teenagers coming to terms with their own personal problems and accepting who they are. Where their similarities really shine is how perfectly each captures what being a teenager is like. Their problems are relatable and many even remember being in these same situations. The only difference is that they're battling demons inside a strange world they access through a television instead of just being in detention together.
Heavy Rain --> Avatar
This is the strangest one of my picks, but just think about it and you'll realize why it's on here. Both claim to be some bold new innovation for the medium, but when you stop and think about it, you realize no one in their right mind would want gaming/films to turn into this. It's a nice distraction, but nothing revolutionary or that we need to take notes on. And despite these innovations, it has serious flaws in both characters and plot structure. Not something bad, just....don't turn the medium into this.
Not to mention both of their creators have annoyingly big egos.
Eternal Darkness --> The Sixth Sense
It's not that these are both horror games. Rather, it's the legacy they created. Both are fantastic pieces of entertainment that are brilliant in different ways. Then their creators went onto make something flawed, but still good. Then something pretty bad. Then something absolutely horrible. Now we just want them to go away.
What I'm discussing here will become more clear.
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