The Bible makes little to no sense, so it would be hard to make a coherent game based on it. Most bible games are educational anyway, which explain why they may not be designed for fun.
My theory as to why all bible games have been terrible.
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I know, my point was that description on the devil and his minions where only really written AFTER the Bible was made.KeyMaster45 said:
Just a few ideas about bible-based games:
RTS: The discovery and conquest of Kanaan
RPG: Being one of the prophets. Or delivering the message to the Romans.
There can no doubt be games based on the bible, like there are games that are based on (and not belong to) greek mythology, like God of War. That game isn't part of greek mythology, it just borrows the setting. You can easily use the settings that are given in the bible, and build a game around it, any game actually. You can even make Jesus a time traveller from the future, holding big guns and killing Romans. (It wouldn't be a good game though)
The main reason for these games not existing is probably because christianity is a contemporary religion. Imagine the hate from various religious movements when such a game would be made. Instead of that, developers go with the less inflammable Greek, Norse, Chinese and whatever mythology.
RTS: The discovery and conquest of Kanaan
RPG: Being one of the prophets. Or delivering the message to the Romans.
There can no doubt be games based on the bible, like there are games that are based on (and not belong to) greek mythology, like God of War. That game isn't part of greek mythology, it just borrows the setting. You can easily use the settings that are given in the bible, and build a game around it, any game actually. You can even make Jesus a time traveller from the future, holding big guns and killing Romans. (It wouldn't be a good game though)
The main reason for these games not existing is probably because christianity is a contemporary religion. Imagine the hate from various religious movements when such a game would be made. Instead of that, developers go with the less inflammable Greek, Norse, Chinese and whatever mythology.
Oh, sorry, I read that at like 4 am, so the letters just blended together. I get what your saying now. My bad. Yes, Activision will pretty much publish anything that involves you hitting the "start" button.Sgt. Sykes said:
Learn some history cause the difference between Lutheranism and Catholicism is very clear and it goes back to the Medici family.SuperMse said:
Oy vey, now he's starting a flame war with me. My point was that the Bible is not clear, as is evidenced by the existence of numerous groups with different viewpoints towards it, such as Lutherans and Catholics. If it were clear, there would have been no reason for anybody to contest the viewpoints of the Catholic church, you see?Skullkid4187 said:
maybe because of the attitude that rings clear from these kinds of threads: You wouldn't give a bible game a chance, so why would a talented team bother making it?
SuperMse said:
Start...no you did that by commenting on something i put, now you're trying to act like you didn't start this, but you did. The Bible is clear, it's just certain people believe that the Bible is centered on them,, example blacks in the Civil War, mormons.SuperMse said:
That's pretty much it right there. Like movie games, they're just quick and crappy cash-ins to rake in some dough from unsuspecting consumers.thiosk said:
Also, I have a very hard time figuring out what kind of genre a GOOD bible game would be, and what the objectives would be?
being a jewish zealot against the romans would probably be awesome, though, spoiler alert, you die in the end.mjc0961 said:
edit: sort of like spartan total warrior but without the mythological stuff and monsters and more gritty. It would have some things taken a little bit from that game and assassin's creed and maybe a little bit of the brutal legend's RTS'ness(though it would have tobe used better)
I suspect it's more a matter of designers. No major game company is going to make a deeply religious video game, so these games need to be made by worse developers. Also, the source material is still religion. A lot of people would be very angry with a game that does to their religion what, say, God of War did to Greek mythology.
I'm a Christian, so I know well that Christian media companies often just try to rip off something more mainstream and make it more tame and give it some kind of lesson (which is not often scriptural). They do this with a lower budget than their non-Christian counterparts, and what is produced is often a hokey, cheap feeling clone of whatever they were trying to rip off.
They're also often under such creative restraints due to the fact that they have to be so safe as to not offend their target audience (who is easily offended) and those who are funding them (who probably have little knowledge about the medium). I steer clear of media that arise from these types of situations. Christians can be creative and shouldn't isolate themselves.
They're also often under such creative restraints due to the fact that they have to be so safe as to not offend their target audience (who is easily offended) and those who are funding them (who probably have little knowledge about the medium). I steer clear of media that arise from these types of situations. Christians can be creative and shouldn't isolate themselves.
Still haven't said why though...right now all I'm getting is that you have made an absolute decision that you will never sway from, which hardly makes you sound any better than said religious groups.Limzz said:
this. there are quite a few movies and stories that are easily relateable to bible/bible stories, its just adding on tid bits here and there that would make them interesting. and i think people would be too worried and critical about the game trying to "convert" people. if there was a bible game, that i checked out, and it looked good, i would play it, regardless if there is a bible or not, after all its just a gameLullabye said:
Of course, but what am I, a mind reader? All I can do is fill in the blanks and right now he just sounds like he is blindly following a sentiment. I'd love to hear what his reasons are actually.Heresy101 said:
I think assuming that he's "blindly following a sentiment" is a much greater leap than assuming he has a reason for his distaste. If I was going to guess, I'd say he was an atheist (and therefore doesn't believe religion is true and presumably sees it as a spreader of untruth) and perhaps an anti-theist (because of religion's immoral teachings and practices in certain areas). If that was the case (and I assume I'm close to the mark) then he has every reason to boycott a religious company. I do the same with religious charities.BlindMessiah94 said: