Nolan Planning Inception Videogame
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I'm sure I can't have been the only one who wanted to pick up a controller during that snow castle bit. It was pretty fine. A lot of elements in that film could transfer to a video game brilliantly.
Well it sounds even more awesome than the idea of a Matrix videogame but... It all depends on the execution.
Sandbox would be awesome but tricky, but maybe not as tricky as doing linear well.
Sandbox would be awesome but tricky, but maybe not as tricky as doing linear well.
I second this opinion. Having a game based off a generally creative idea would be loads of fun, especially if they used absolutely none of the characters from the movie. Then they could start fresh and use the idea of inception as the foundation and build up from there, instead of escorting the player through a series of references and comfort, which, considering the style of the movie, should be anything but.Timmaaaah said:
I like the idea of having it take place in the same world, but without the same characters. The idea is great. Just turning the film itself into a game would be a bad idea.
Fuck yes, I was thinking about this as soon as the film came out. And Nolan has the best idea to keep within the universe and not just make a sequel. A sequel would completely destroy the point of the last scene in the movie. You know, the one that leaves your mind fucked? A sequel would un-fuck it, and this is not appropriate
That's exactly what they said they were doing.Flishiz said:
So many people have commented without even reading the article...Christopher Nolan said:
Ot: I wouldn't be as interested were it not for Nolan's personal involvement. It sounds like he's doing it because there's good reason to. I'm looking forward to this.
Actually, this seems like a really good idea. At the end of the day, Scott Pilgrim has proved that decent video-games can possibly be made from films, because it didn't tie itself down with following the film story. Scott Pilgrim followed the books instead, and yet even then focused on gameplay and made it an homage to the old-school brawlers that the books themselves take inspiration from. SO when the developers open their minds and don't let themselves be shackled by the constraints so many adaptations suffer from, genius has a chance to rear it's head, just like in any other form of media.
Quite frankly, I can already see the amazing possibilities for puzzles, storylines, and simply just trying to give the players a massive mindfuck. If the team do work on this, and actually focus on making something over several years (with a good development team, time, budget, etc.) and treat it as something new, and don't let themselves be drawn into the trap of being tied down by the film (which refused to be tied down itself by traditional cinematographic techniques), then this could be something really unique and awesome. Something I'd possibly consider buying at midnight on release day
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Quite frankly, I can already see the amazing possibilities for puzzles, storylines, and simply just trying to give the players a massive mindfuck. If the team do work on this, and actually focus on making something over several years (with a good development team, time, budget, etc.) and treat it as something new, and don't let themselves be drawn into the trap of being tied down by the film (which refused to be tied down itself by traditional cinematographic techniques), then this could be something really unique and awesome. Something I'd possibly consider buying at midnight on release day
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It could be awesome, so long as it's not based on the events of the film. Say, Cobb in earlier days nicking shit from people's brains. That would be awesome.
This could actually be really good. The protagonist can be the "architect" of the dream world and manipulate his/her surroundings to their advantage, whether for combat or exploration/travelling purposes.