Best Game Franchises Never Made Into Movies
screenrant.comThe upcoming movie is an example of how video game film adaptations are becoming more common occurrences, giving them a chance at a second life and new audience. Likewise, several games are themselves adaptations from existing IPs, such as (which spanned comics and TV before moving into games) or any of the games, showing a strong connection between the two mediums. Despite the recent deluge of video games being adapted to films, there remain countless video game titles with compelling stories that have yet to be recreated for the silver screen.
Games like and have seen varying levels of success as faithful film adaptations of games in the past. Flops in box office figures and fan reception like and, however, prove the necessity of taking the right care. Games suited to adaptation should have a strong premise with iconic characters or a complex plot, rendering popular, ever-evolving games like poor options. The film should also be able to add something players can't find in the original IP. Given these parameters, here are several video games that would make excellent movies.
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Most of the games have all the elements for a successful fantasy movie, telling an epic tale of light versus dark spanning the diverse kingdom of Hyrule. Such an adaptation could add some spectacular cinematic elements to, and could finally give silent protagonist Link a voice. The movie also has high potential to garner support from many fans, as the games have been popular since first released in the 1980s.
However, fan fervor would also run the risk of being the undoing of a movie adaptation. If players perceived any aspect of the movie as done wrong, or disagreed with casting
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