Not sure that second one is a fact. And as such, I don't think you have a big enough crossover market. That, and I don't think any big dev what's to be known as 'the guys who made twilight: the game.
Why is there no Twilight game?
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Queen Michael said:
This second fact is the issue. A movie/book-licensed game isn't gonna be turned into the sort of game that tween and teen girls are perceived to play a lot of. For a somewhat fair comparison, lets look at the Harry Potter games. All of em (or mostly all of them) sucked ass but they at least had you do game-like stuff such as exploring and adventuring and fighting monsters. Some of them even had an entire theme of that broom-football thing they play as a pseudo sports game. They had a cinematic feel and mainly followed what the movies did. You can't really make such a game thrilling when the actual plot is about basically Abstinence Metaphors-tm and you need much higher levels of talent to turn a movie game into anything OTHER than a generic action game than what is on offer from companies making licensed games. You're asking about a visual novel...well...these people fail at making generic action games exciting most of the time, do you really think they comprehend even the most basic fundamentals about making an obscure genre such as VNs are in the west anything resembling good? I sure don't wanna see em try lol.
Because no one would want to play a game where you just stand around staring blankly at other characters while actively trying to show as little emotion as possible? 
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Beyond that, a visual novel would be pretty much the only way you could pull it off, though there's still room to argue as to whether visual novels count as "games" or not. Either way, the majority of visual novels come from Japan and aren't based off of western teen novels.
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I'd say this about sums things up.Z of the Na said:
Beyond that, a visual novel would be pretty much the only way you could pull it off, though there's still room to argue as to whether visual novels count as "games" or not. Either way, the majority of visual novels come from Japan and aren't based off of western teen novels.
Because even AAA gaming companies have a line they won't cross. xD And thankfully this is that line.
Ohh, A Hunger Games game could actually be pretty awesome if it was done well - An open world style stealth hunting game with unforgiving mechanics and deadly environment. Maybe even leave out the wider uprising and revolution and have it more or less be a straight up open world survival game.Z of the Na said:
I dunno, people seem to love Bethesda games.RJ 17 said:Because no one would want to play a game where you just stand around staring blankly at other characters while actively trying to show as little emotion as possible?
OT: My joke upon reading the thread title has been taken. Twice.
Serious answers have mostly been taken as well.
Jeez, it's getting to a point where a guy doesn't even need to post around here anymore because everything has already been said.
So instead I'll say hey,Loonyyy said:
Who would you play in the game? Bella? She's designed from the ground up to be shallow, vapid, and utterly featureless so as to be phenomenally easy for the book's target audience to identify with. The kind of people who read the books wouldn't want to play as Edward, or any of the other characters - they'd want to interact with them instead.
And, remember, a not insignificant amount of the fanbase.. are not teenage girls. They're much older, and not of the game playing generation.
Of course, there's always the fact that they'd need someone willing to put it together and I'd like to think that not even a shovelware studio could manage to subcontract anyone who'd take the money.
And, remember, a not insignificant amount of the fanbase.. are not teenage girls. They're much older, and not of the game playing generation.
Of course, there's always the fact that they'd need someone willing to put it together and I'd like to think that not even a shovelware studio could manage to subcontract anyone who'd take the money.
So.. the Tomb Raider reboot?Hero in a half shell said:
If they tried to make it like an action game, it would look/seem incredibly silly and would probably be a critical failure at least. I haven't watched/read the twilight series but I think it's safe to assume there's very little action and it's more of a drama/romance series.
Honestly, the only western genre I can think of that it could work decently would be a point and click adventure game. If they want to be cheap, it would probably stay on the cheap shelves for a while and make it a puzzle/hidden object game.
I think the most appropriate genre for it would be a visual novel, but as a western franchise it will probably struggle to sell, depending on how popular twilight is in Japan.
And then there's an issue in whether Twilight deserves a video game spinoff... Probably not, which is why it never got made.
Honestly, the only western genre I can think of that it could work decently would be a point and click adventure game. If they want to be cheap, it would probably stay on the cheap shelves for a while and make it a puzzle/hidden object game.
I think the most appropriate genre for it would be a visual novel, but as a western franchise it will probably struggle to sell, depending on how popular twilight is in Japan.
And then there's an issue in whether Twilight deserves a video game spinoff... Probably not, which is why it never got made.
Because there is practically nothing to turn into a game. It is quintessentially a "romance" story with all the typical angst, misunderstandings, love-triangles and baby-imprinting... okay, that last one may be a bit less common, but you get my point.Queen Michael said:
There are a few action scenes, but aside of the final battle at the end of Breaking Dawn (which was pretty much a dream-sequence to begin with) there is really nothing that could be turned into an action game, and since this is mainly a supernatural harlequin romance, there is not enough plot to turn it into an adventure game.
The closest thing I can imagine to a Twilight "game" would be a visual novel, possibly doing the ages old adaptation "thing", where they allow other routes and scenarios beside the canon one to please the shippers, but they would never actually do it simply because it would mean they either have to simply adapt the book verbatim (which the fans wouldn't like because they would feel you would be selling them the book over again) or re-write the entire thing (which the fans wouldn't like because you would probably end up with something better than the original (not a hard feat) and it would shatter their image of the original).
That, or a complete spinoff game. Like, say, a point-and-click adventure game following the Cullen family in a historical era (like in the late 19th century) setting up their life while trying to avoid being outed as vampires, using the special abilities of each family member to solve puzzles, maybe even with some Telltale Games style QTEs and decision-making.
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Shit, suddenly I want to play this...
Believe it or not, Otome visual novels are some of the most common OELVN (Original English Language Visual Novel) genres. It's just that, well, most of them are pretty much rubbish.Saetha said:
The Japanese on the other hand make a lot Otome VNs every year, and their translations have became slightly more common in recent years, so there's that.
From a money perspective I can see why companies might want to make one since you'd almost be guaranteed a profit if enough of the Twilight fandom are of the game playing variety.
Outside of a visual novel or a dating sim I can't really see how a romance book would function as a game in the current climate (in the west). Right now a lot of the more well known games have quite a bit of action, conflict, etc. The action scenes in the Twilight series are quite minimal and usually restricted to the tail end of the books. The only way I could really see it working is if they did it as a side-story that took place in the world with the same lore, similar to games like Shadow of Mordor. However, then you'd probably lose a lot of the fanbase since my guess is they'd want a game with the core characters as the main focus where we come back to the problem of minimal action or conflict.
As for a visual novel... Well, I have no idea how well that would sell since I'm unaware of the popularity of visual novels in the west or the popularity of Twilight in Japan and South Korea.
Outside of a visual novel or a dating sim I can't really see how a romance book would function as a game in the current climate (in the west). Right now a lot of the more well known games have quite a bit of action, conflict, etc. The action scenes in the Twilight series are quite minimal and usually restricted to the tail end of the books. The only way I could really see it working is if they did it as a side-story that took place in the world with the same lore, similar to games like Shadow of Mordor. However, then you'd probably lose a lot of the fanbase since my guess is they'd want a game with the core characters as the main focus where we come back to the problem of minimal action or conflict.
As for a visual novel... Well, I have no idea how well that would sell since I'm unaware of the popularity of visual novels in the west or the popularity of Twilight in Japan and South Korea.
Hatoful Boyfriend 2!: Twilight Edition!
Seriously that would actually make sense, considering in the first game you play some crazy girl who sleeps in a cave and has a pigeon fetish, and is clearly dillusional in thinking they have a society and stuff. Fits in perfectly with Bella. xD
Seriously that would actually make sense, considering in the first game you play some crazy girl who sleeps in a cave and has a pigeon fetish, and is clearly dillusional in thinking they have a society and stuff. Fits in perfectly with Bella. xD
It'd be pretty difficult to pull off without completely missing the tone of the books. Maybe make it multiplayer? I'm not sure how you'd keep the stakes appropriately high.Hero in a half shell said: