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Anisoptera
04/09/18 6:39:45 PM
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A game that accurately retells the stories of The Bible, but has gameplay interesting enough to appeal to the mainstream audience.
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ultimate reaver
04/09/18 6:41:59 PM
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You don't
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Minute
04/09/18 6:42:36 PM
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The You Testament
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Blitz4532
04/09/18 6:42:46 PM
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A Japanese company tried it with a game called El Shaddai (I think) it's based on Old Testament stuff about a group of angels defecting from heaven, leavin you and Satan (yes HIM) to either bring them back or kill them.
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s0nicfan
04/09/18 6:42:49 PM
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Anisoptera posted...
A game that accurately retells the stories of The Bible, but has gameplay interesting enough to appeal to the mainstream audience.


If you actually did an accurate retelling of like half the stories in the bible it'd be metal as hell, and your last stage would be Revelations which is basically Bayonetta.
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DavidWong
04/09/18 6:43:19 PM
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is pretty historically accurate/has a lot of religious themes
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thronedfire2
04/09/18 6:43:45 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnB5QrQWA8" data-time="

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Darkrobotisback
04/09/18 6:44:03 PM
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>faithful to the Bible
>fun enough to attract a mainstream audience

Pick one
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CapnMuffin
04/09/18 6:45:07 PM
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I want to see a QTE to betray Jesus.
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Kombucha
04/09/18 6:46:29 PM
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i wish someone would do this and release it on steam but if the main character begins to stray from the light it transforms the game into some deviant tentacle manga.
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Anisoptera
04/09/18 6:46:34 PM
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The Book Of Daniel
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Still__Rippin
04/09/18 6:46:58 PM
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Let me know how that goes. To do that youd need to steal all the removed hidden books of the Bible the Vatican removed before they deemed it appropriate enough for mass consumption.
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mario2000
04/09/18 6:48:03 PM
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Super 3D Noah's Ark
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thecoolgu
04/09/18 6:48:51 PM
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You'd play as a protagonist that isn't even in the Bible in a point and click graphic adventure game.
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CapnMuffin
04/09/18 6:49:01 PM
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Still__Rippin posted...
Let me know how that goes. To do that youd need to steal all the removed hidden books of the Bible the Vatican removed before they deemed it appropriate enough for mass consumption.

In the back of my mind Ive always had an idea of an rpg about Jesus three days in hell. Default weapon would be longinus spear.
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KILBOTz
04/09/18 6:50:52 PM
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mini games?

garden of eden game, have to name animals and eat forbidden fruits.
Samson game, beat em up with donkey jaw bones as your power up
noahs ark, basically copy the old game of noahs ark
moses and later Joshua could be the main game. open world religious adventure. does moses lead the Israelites or do a heel turn and kowtow to Pharoah?
resurrection QTE that is impossible to win but you keep thinking you can win, something to show only jesus can resurrect
then you get into another fun part of the game which is proselytizing without being martyred. would be another open world adventure game. need to convert Caesar to get platinum.
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ThePieReborn
04/09/18 6:51:41 PM
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Samson simulator. Slay a thousand men with an ass's jawbone. :D
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mario2000
04/09/18 6:53:52 PM
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ThePieReborn posted...
Samson simulator. Slay a thousand men with an ass's jawbone. :D

so it would be like the kim kardashian simulator, only difference is there's no jawbone
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KILBOTz
04/09/18 6:55:16 PM
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mario2000 posted...
ThePieReborn posted...
Samson simulator. Slay a thousand men with an ass's jawbone. :D

so it would be like the kim kardashian simulator, only difference is there's no jawbone


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LinksLiege
04/09/18 6:56:13 PM
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Rhythm-based shoot-em-up.
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LIsJustice
04/09/18 6:58:40 PM
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Press f to pay respects to Jesus
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AuthenticZac
04/09/18 6:58:57 PM
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I think "Zoo Race" did a pretty good job >_>

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athomas917
04/09/18 7:07:10 PM
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A Bible game in the style of Elder Scrolls would be epic. You could use your Bible as a hint guide. You wouldn't even have to put it all in one game:

The Bible Scrolls: Genesis
The Bible Scrolls: Noah
The Bible Scrolls: Enter the Christ.
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MorganTJ
04/09/18 7:13:50 PM
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I'd rather have a Biblical Cinematic Universe. We have enough adaptations of Jesus and Moses, but I want some of the less-known books to get Guardians of the Galaxy-levels of new exposure. Old Testament stuff is hilariously awesome sometimes.
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Darmik
04/09/18 7:16:11 PM
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CapnMuffin posted...
I want to see a QTE to betray Jesus.


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RoboLaserGandhi
04/09/18 7:27:37 PM
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You play as Susej, Jesus' little known antihero brother in a gritty hack and slash revenge story against the Romans who crucified your brother.
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Prestoff
04/09/18 7:30:16 PM
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Darmik posted...
CapnMuffin posted...
I want to see a QTE to betray Jesus.


Press X rapidly to hammer in nail


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Mistere Man
04/09/18 7:33:38 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnB5QrQWA8" data-time="

I knew someone that had that!

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Lonestar2000
04/09/18 7:47:02 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FKEg2__57c" data-time="

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Antifar
04/09/18 7:48:44 PM
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There are some really great stories in the Bible, the problem would be the fact most people know how they end
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athomas917
04/09/18 9:17:06 PM
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chill02
04/12/18 3:59:59 AM
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Far Cry 5
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EverDownward
04/12/18 4:03:19 AM
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The mistake is trying to be accurate to the Bible. The best you could hope to do is create a game that has themes of Christian mythos without being too on the nose about what means what. Symbolism is fine, but be subtle.
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Kaliesto
04/12/18 4:20:14 AM
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Xenogears
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Trayvon
04/12/18 4:22:13 AM
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The battle where Jesus takes off his belt and starts whipping the crap out of his fellow jews for disrespecting the temple and turning it into a market and place of gambling
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Guerrilla Soldier
04/12/18 4:27:05 AM
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i always thought a bible game could work in the same vein as TLoU or other cinematic-heavy games where gameplay is a really minor part.

we're all used to cartoonish and silly renditions, but a really serious and flashy game could fit a ton of the different stories and themes in the bible.

getting it released would be extremely difficult and probably not profitable, though.
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JustMonika
04/12/18 4:28:30 AM
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God of War but with Jesus as the main character.

Just mutilating enemies with the cross.
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Dash_Harber
04/12/18 4:32:42 AM
#38:


Darkrobotisback posted...
>faithful to the Bible
>fun enough to attract a mainstream audience

Pick one


Yeah. Let's not forget there is literally just a list of like 1,000 names interrupting the narrative to establish a family tree from Adam to David (IIRC).
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Kaliesto
04/13/18 5:32:04 AM
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I was serious about the Xenogears example, it was pretty brilliant at the time since not everybody caught the resemblance of what the story was a retelling of until years later when everyone from that generation grew up and learned about it.
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fuzzylittlbunny
04/13/18 5:48:18 AM
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If they can make a video game where you're a defense attorney, they can make one about the Bible...
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Foppe
04/13/18 5:59:30 AM
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The world is a pretty fucked up place in those defense attorney games, so if we follow that logic...
Left Behind: Eternal Forces?
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Tyranthraxus
04/13/18 6:23:52 AM
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There's an old NES game called Spiritual Warfare that is basically Legend of Zelda but actually The Bible
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HotMaladorianAI
04/13/18 6:25:32 AM
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thronedfire2 posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnB5QrQWA8" data-time="


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SpiralDrift
04/13/18 6:50:44 AM
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Dynasty Warriors style game where you play as God and just go around destroying sinners, complete with J-rock covers of Stryper songs.
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Foppe
04/13/18 7:06:27 AM
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16-BITTER posted...
Dash_Harber posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
>faithful to the Bible
>fun enough to attract a mainstream audience

Pick one


Yeah. Let's not forget there is literally just a list of like 1,000 names interrupting the narrative to establish a family tree from Adam to David (IIRC).

Not to mention the one book that's mostly the construction specifications for a temple. The guy who said Xenogears is kind of on point, because if you gave equal weight to each of the testaments, you'd be spending most of the New one reading letters.

Also let's not forget the old testament is pretty rapey.

It could be done pretty well with an Age of Empires clone.
Gather resources to build the Ark.
Book of Kings could be a horde mode with 10 waves. Complete it and you will unlock the Horde minigame, where each name is a wave or something like that. Complete it and you will earn a resource bonus.
Tempel... more resource gathering.
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JollySantaLover
04/13/18 7:17:29 AM
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GTA San Jereuseum. Take your gang of disciples to rival cities Sodom and Gommarah and burn them to the ground
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JollySantaLover
04/13/18 7:20:58 AM
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"All you had to do was follow the damn 3 Wise Men JC" - Big Judas
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Foppe
04/13/18 7:23:29 AM
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Go Saints Row and pimp the shit out of those camels.
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