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X-Pac_Heat posted...

The only video games that could work as a movie are shitty walking simulators or games like Uncharted which are practically movies anyways.

Otherwise, it doesn't work because there is such a huge difference in storytelling style between video games and movies. Video games tend to be long burns where the vast majority of the storytelling is told through the experience and the gameplay as much as the exposition.

That isn't easy to transfer to movies, so a lot of short cuts and just making shit up happens that fans of the game do not like, and actual film fans find to show a low quality of filmmaking.

If Hollywood can make a great LotR trilogy from the books, then there is no reason they can't take a video game and do the same.

It is easy to transfer to movies, that's why let's plays and video walk through's are popular. The issue is that too many directors take too many liberties and end up with a product that the original fanbase doesn't want and the casual moviegoers still doesn't care about.
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