What game series would be completely ruined with a gritty reboot?
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I'm gonna put an interesting twist on this thread and pick a "gritty" games series and make it cute. Because I can.
Gears of War
Just picture it! The comically sized arms legs and head and cutesy eyes and face of Marcus Phoenix with a cute tiny little body! He has his little chainsaw gun and they'll make it a cute little platformer. The locust can also be just like goombas, with big heads and cute angry faces! And it will be awesome!
Gears of War
Just picture it! The comically sized arms legs and head and cutesy eyes and face of Marcus Phoenix with a cute tiny little body! He has his little chainsaw gun and they'll make it a cute little platformer. The locust can also be just like goombas, with big heads and cute angry faces! And it will be awesome!
Everything is ruined with a gritty reboot. Any game that has its own charm, personality, or identity loses all of it when you dunk it in the grit. DMC is a perfect example of it.
However, some games could be hilarious if they were gritted up but self aware. Imagine Kirby with a Gears of War skin on it....
However, some games could be hilarious if they were gritted up but self aware. Imagine Kirby with a Gears of War skin on it....
I actually have written a rated-T pokemon mystery dungeon script, it's not grit and blood and swearing but it's hella dark compared to other stuff.Sylveria said:
It's not fanfiction if I haven't put it out to the public, also it's not shite in story telling.
I don't think it would sell well, great reviews but it'd end up like Psychonauts probably.....
War Penguin said:I'm gonna put an interesting twist on this thread and pick a "gritty" games series and make it cute. Because I can.
Gears of War
Just picture it! The comically sized arms legs and head and cutesy eyes and face of Marcus Phoenix with a cute tiny little body! He has his little chainsaw gun and they'll make it a cute little platformer. The locust can also be just like goombas, with big heads and cute angry faces! And it will be awesome!
Too late (This is not photoshopped)
Yes... YYYEEESSS!!!Terminate421 said:War Penguin said:I'm gonna put an interesting twist on this thread and pick a "gritty" games series and make it cute. Because I can.
Gears of War
Just picture it! The comically sized arms legs and head and cutesy eyes and face of Marcus Phoenix with a cute tiny little body! He has his little chainsaw gun and they'll make it a cute little platformer. The locust can also be just like goombas, with big heads and cute angry faces! And it will be awesome!
Too late (This is not photoshopped)
Now all we need to do is give it a cartoony anime art style and we'll be golden!
Kingdom Hearts
Of course, one could argue that Kingdom Hearts is already (comparatively speaking) a gritty reboot of the Disney universe itself.
But if it got grittier? Oh, my.
Isn't that sort of what the Legend of Spyro trilogy was? That's probably why I didn't like it.Owen Robertson said:
Pretty much any of Nintendo's properties.
Yeah pretty much this, although I can't comment on the new DMC as I've never really been into that series anyway.Sylveria said:
God damnit, she was going through PTSD! It was natural for her to behave like that!emeraldrafael said:
the funny thing is i didnt even think about that game until i got through with the sentence and realized that happened.saintdane05 said:
actually, Mario might be interesting as dark and gritty - a bit like there will be brawl with Mario as a cop and Bowser as a crime bossNomanslander said:Mario game.
Nuff said.
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Okay, I'll speak a bit more.
I mean - excluding the fact of how gritty the war machines in Mario 3 sorta looked - this series has been the Disney-esque franchise of video game industry. The games have been mostly bright, colorful, and cheerful looking. So to imagine them taking on a dark dystopian setting being-
wait a sec...
THE MOVIE!!
There you go! Take the Super Mario Bros. movie, and you can see just how wrong the series would go if it ever attempted this.
Any idea could possibly work, but this is one of those that would take a lot of effort and luck to do so.BNguyen said:
me thinks.
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Stop predicting and stealing my thoughts! It's creepy!PieBrotherTB said:
Yeah, I can't even begin to imagine what a gritty katamari would look like, but it wouldn't be fun anymore.
I`m leaning myself out of the window but i like to point out a game that isn`t even released yet.
The change of an upcomming TPS from Insomaniac. Overstrike turned to Fuse. I`m pretty sure you people remember the nice, charming trailer for Overstrike? That was the game i was waiting for not the shooter that reminds me of the GoW franchise.
The original trailer did get so much positive feedback, i still don`t get the change (i know that Insomaniac stated that it`s their own choice, but it smells fishy, like EA).
The change of an upcomming TPS from Insomaniac. Overstrike turned to Fuse. I`m pretty sure you people remember the nice, charming trailer for Overstrike? That was the game i was waiting for not the shooter that reminds me of the GoW franchise.
The original trailer did get so much positive feedback, i still don`t get the change (i know that Insomaniac stated that it`s their own choice, but it smells fishy, like EA).
Max Payne - wasn't the entire point tracking down those responsible for his wife/baby's murder?
Mass effect - It's not a reboot but some sort of prequel/continuation. The last thing players need are more plotholes to mess up the already messed up ending. If it's a prequel they will still somehow have ammo
Mass effect - It's not a reboot but some sort of prequel/continuation. The last thing players need are more plotholes to mess up the already messed up ending. If it's a prequel they will still somehow have ammo
Yeah, while 2 and 3 were certainly a little darker in tone than the first I would hardly call that a gritty reboot. It was still a colourful platformer with a wisecracking side kick and a pretty good sense of humour. It was hardly Jak Ops: The Line or anything.Fiz_The_Toaster said:Jak was funny and awesome.The Tall Nerd said:
So, the opposite of that.