Forget Dante's Inferno 2, Visceral Wants Macbeth
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Oh God.
Why are these hacks allowed to violate out literature? I wouldn't mind if they made decent sodding games.
Why are these hacks allowed to violate out literature? I wouldn't mind if they made decent sodding games.
I'm not sure Macbeth would work in a game sense. Provided you play as Macbeth, you yourself are responsible for, I believe 1 murder in the story. Unless the game happens to focus on the talking, 'cause the guy sure knew how to talk.
Anybody else notice that this article doesn't quote any source on Macbeth and the writer just pulls it out of their arse to pad a story of, "game may not have sequel".
That could be a cool game if they focused in on the right parts of the story.
They made him a pretty kickass character in Gargoyles.
However, I think I'd rather see them make a game for Much Ado About Nothing: sarcasm quick time events might actually be tolerable.
They made him a pretty kickass character in Gargoyles.
However, I think I'd rather see them make a game for Much Ado About Nothing: sarcasm quick time events might actually be tolerable.
huh, well there is a lot of violence that is MENTIONED in Macbeth but the viewer/reader never sees any of it. This might be a good way of expanding the play or something, I don't know. Anyway, have a Quick Time Event where you play as Lady Macbeth cutting off her hand and you may be on to something. (Joking on the last piece)
In Paridiso's case, its because it would be the most boring thing imaginable.ryuutchi said:
Then again, outside of names and the vaguest of geographies, its not like, "Inferno" bears even a passing resemblance to the poem.
I'm actually intrigued by the idea of a Macbeth game. On one hand, the only thing that bothers me about the Inferno game is that they are trying to pass of a homage at best as a video game interpretation. It's not. It's a hack and slash power fantasy. Which is fine. Its just not "Inferno. However, if they are thinking that there is a potential for mainstream games to have emotional impact, and want to go in that direction as opposed to having a cyborg armed Macbeth wielding psionic daggers escorting a Lady Macbeth past mutant undead nuns to a nunnery, then they could have something that's great, not simply pulpy, fun nonsense. My personal guess is that this could be possible if Heavy Rain manages to be successful. Guess we will have to wait and see.
I'd sort of vote for "The Tempest" I'd think.
But honestly, while this article is "old" I had the rocking idea that maybe they should coordinate with EA's other divisions and actually make the Elcor Hamlet as a sci-fi horror game spun off from Mass Effect... I mean I can envision it now, two Elcor duelling with giant tank cannons, one of which is secretly loaded with exploding gas shells in the finale....
It could be called "War Sloths: Hamlet's Revenge!"
But honestly, while this article is "old" I had the rocking idea that maybe they should coordinate with EA's other divisions and actually make the Elcor Hamlet as a sci-fi horror game spun off from Mass Effect... I mean I can envision it now, two Elcor duelling with giant tank cannons, one of which is secretly loaded with exploding gas shells in the finale....
It could be called "War Sloths: Hamlet's Revenge!"
Well, good thing the "Hamlet: the Game" jokes were just that. Though a Summer Olympics-style minigame where Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlet rate Ophelia's suicide dive would have a certain dark humor to it...
Now I can't help but visualize some sort of pan-Shakespeare Mario Party knockoff. Damn you, imagination!
Now I can't help but visualize some sort of pan-Shakespeare Mario Party knockoff. Damn you, imagination!
Isn't that kind of a... stupid thing for a video game developer to say?Andy Chalk said:
I mean, I'm not going to deny that I enjoy "action and killing things" in video games, but isn't there a lot more to it than that? If a video game developer works under the assumption that video games are all about killing people, isn't he kind of ridiculing video games as a medium? I mean, I'm not 100% sure I want that guy to turn any more literary works into video games, actually, I kind of want him to stay away from great literary works... forever.
Macbeth is one of most famous plays and a great tragedy of Shakespeare. It is also named as ?The Scottish play?. The title itself suggests the name of the protagonists. The whole play revolves around the protagonists Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth. "Macbeth" means "son of life", and is a Christian name rather than a patronymic. The themes that are depicted in the play are that of fate, ambition, treachery and deception. The drama is rich in imagery.
Moreover, the idea prevalent is that the state of nature affects the state of the world, where there is thunder, lightning, doom and gloom. Shakespeare's main source for Macbeth, written in c.1603-1610, was Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland". Holinshed got inspiration from Hector Boece's Scotorum Historiae, written in 1527.
Moreover, Shakespeare?s portrayal of Holinshed's "weird sisters? were derived from the portrait of other fictional witches. He was also inspired by King James VI/I's book ?Daemonologie?.
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Moreover, the idea prevalent is that the state of nature affects the state of the world, where there is thunder, lightning, doom and gloom. Shakespeare's main source for Macbeth, written in c.1603-1610, was Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland". Holinshed got inspiration from Hector Boece's Scotorum Historiae, written in 1527.
Moreover, Shakespeare?s portrayal of Holinshed's "weird sisters? were derived from the portrait of other fictional witches. He was also inspired by King James VI/I's book ?Daemonologie?.
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