I didn't find a thread like this; apologies if I missed it.
Have you ever read a book and thought, "Y'know, this would make a great video game"? This is a thread for that.
For discussion value, give a quick description of the book and why it would be a good video game? What sort of game would it be? What sort of art style would it use (over-the-top cel-shading/gritty realism)? How would it play (serious like Heavy Rain/lighthearted like TF2)?
As for my entry, I'll say World War Z. The book reads like a documentary, exploring how the world would react if a zombie apocalypse actually happened from numerous perspectives. There are stories from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa (that I can remember, there are probably ones from South America as well). The stories cover everything from hospital workers to soldiers to thermonuclear submarine commanders.
The game would be played much like a documentary, with each chapter profiling the events that happened to an individual or an area, told from a point of view suited to profiling said events. These events would be played in a style that suited them (though almost all would be told from a first-person perspective, narrated by the individual being played). Some chapters might just be a cutscene if they wouldn't work as playable sections (the bit about European castles would probably end up like this). Not all chapters would need to end with the PC's survival, though I think they all do end like that in the book.
The first-person segments would probably be most like first-person shooters, but without all the flash and glamour, since the book is very toned-down. You would need to shoot/melee the zombies in the head in order to kill them, since they never completely die otherwise. There probably wouldn't be crosshairs, only the iron sights on whatever gun you happened to be using.
I should state that the purpose wouldn't be to make Left 4 Dead 3 with an international cast (though that would be pretty cool). The purpose of the game would be to provide calm and rational insight as to how the world would function in the case of a zombie apocalypse.
Never thought I'd type that sentence. What do you have to say, fellow Escapists?
Have you ever read a book and thought, "Y'know, this would make a great video game"? This is a thread for that.
For discussion value, give a quick description of the book and why it would be a good video game? What sort of game would it be? What sort of art style would it use (over-the-top cel-shading/gritty realism)? How would it play (serious like Heavy Rain/lighthearted like TF2)?
As for my entry, I'll say World War Z. The book reads like a documentary, exploring how the world would react if a zombie apocalypse actually happened from numerous perspectives. There are stories from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa (that I can remember, there are probably ones from South America as well). The stories cover everything from hospital workers to soldiers to thermonuclear submarine commanders.
The game would be played much like a documentary, with each chapter profiling the events that happened to an individual or an area, told from a point of view suited to profiling said events. These events would be played in a style that suited them (though almost all would be told from a first-person perspective, narrated by the individual being played). Some chapters might just be a cutscene if they wouldn't work as playable sections (the bit about European castles would probably end up like this). Not all chapters would need to end with the PC's survival, though I think they all do end like that in the book.
The first-person segments would probably be most like first-person shooters, but without all the flash and glamour, since the book is very toned-down. You would need to shoot/melee the zombies in the head in order to kill them, since they never completely die otherwise. There probably wouldn't be crosshairs, only the iron sights on whatever gun you happened to be using.
I should state that the purpose wouldn't be to make Left 4 Dead 3 with an international cast (though that would be pretty cool). The purpose of the game would be to provide calm and rational insight as to how the world would function in the case of a zombie apocalypse.
Never thought I'd type that sentence. What do you have to say, fellow Escapists?
