Why Video Game Adaptations are Good Now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- (I'm aware the Witcher was originally a book series, and the TV show is more or less an adaptation of those. So it might've been a little misleading to include it here.)
Just a few years ago, video game adaptations were the laughingstocks of the film world and were basically unheard of on TV. More recently, though, we've seen success stories like Five Nights and Freddy's, Mario, Arcane, The Witcher, Castlevania, Sonic, and The Last of Us. Not all of these movies and shows are amazing and some might rely too heavily on fanservice, but it's clear that some things have changed in the video game adaptation landscape and I want to talk about that.
i feel like good isn't the right word for what's happening with video game adaptations, i feel like video game adaptations have gotten more enjoyable over the years because not only are they reaching out to more audiences now more than ever but they're mostly putting the fans first rather than the general public, on top of that with things like castlevania and arcane they've also been focusing more on the characters and giving more depth to them and especially in arcane's case they use the animation to help it's story get further fleshed out
If that's not "good," what is?
Honestly it feels like a lot of early video game movies were made for no one
"Enjoyable"
...so Good?
@@kasplachproductions6198 think of it like this, the Mario movie and fnaf movies are really enjoyable movies because they have parts of them that are fun to watch but as movies on their own they are incredibly flawed with how they tell the stories like with the Mario movie just kind of going through the motions or in the fnaf movie with the 4th night and Vanessa being the exposition dump character for most of the film
@@magmarxiogaming6717 Exactly
Castlevania actually completely changes and even disrespects some core aspects of the franchise for no reason at all. It's also is ironically really immature compared to the games, with constant unjustified swearing and "Mature" jokes.
Like, Trevor was actually a waste, they could've making his depression and alcohol addiction an actual plot point and room for character development, instead, it's just: Haha, he's drunk.
The exploration of Alucard's loneliness could be interesting, but it just makes him straight up pathetic.
Dracula straight up regretting fighting Alucard out of nowhere is also dumb. They should've kept Dracula the way he was in the first season: Cold, Merciless, Evil.
The following seasons just really fell down.
And the new Nocturne show, although a bit better than the late seasons of the original show, it's also not good and has a lot of unjustified and unexplored changes that don't add nothing, like, why did you change the setting to the French Revolution if you barely do anything with it? Also, they didn't make Richter awakening his magic powers impactful, it basically doesn't help in his following fight, you would expect it to be a Super Saiyan type thing where the tables turn for our hero, but nope, one of the main plot points doesn't change anything. Also, Annette being a literal self-insert is dumb.
It's because the producers are actually starting to take them seriously and actually put effort into them.
You see the biggest things are
1: the creatives behind the series having been fans for years and having years of stuff to go off of that they can pull from
2: The movies aren’t trying to be too different but instead try to capture the magic of the games.
3: the movie makers cater to the fans more than the genre audience and can succeed now with how mainstream gaming is.
4: last but not least is the fact that people who worked on stuff for the franchise before are working on these. Charles Martinet and Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario being the voice of Mario and the creator respectively. Scott Cawthon being the creator of the games. Jeff Fowler having worked on CGI cutscenes for Sonic most notably Shadow the Hedgehog. Troy Baker having played Joel in the last of us game. Hideki Itsuno working on Netflix’s upcoming Devil May Cry with the Castlevania team.
And the Halo TV show will forever serve as a reminder that you need people who love the series and understand the deeper lore to create a good product. I heard of Season 2 coming out soon for it, not even gonna bother going near it. Still scorned by that first season
You also need studios to actually listen to criticism, key point Sonic and his initial design. The Studio could have easily ignored the criticism because they think they know better and have the movie bombed. Instead, they probably spent a pretty penny to fix his design. Which I think was pretty late in the production.
And Scott Cawthon writing the script for the Fnaf movie.
@@worthybutter2004 I mentioned Scott
@@BlackShadow01-05 Oh, sorry. Didn't see closely enough.
I'm surprised no one talked about the two Tomb Raider movies starring Angelina Jolie. They are still, in my opinion, some of the best videogame adaptations made to this day. They are often disregarded as being goofy or over the top, but so were the Tomb Raider games, especially back in the day (Lara literally fought dinosaurs in the first game)! Those two movies had decent acting, great action scenes, environments and soundtracks, and keep the spirit of the games intact. Not to mention Angelina makes for a perfect Lara. Always worth a rewatch from time to time.
I wouldn't say they're the best compared to what we have today, but I would agree Tomb Raider was the first good/faithful video game movie we got
I try to forget seeing the bad guys nutsack under the table 💀💀💀
I don’t even play League of Legends and Arcane is probably one of the best adaptations to exist so far!
Arcane is a horrible adaptation of a video game, but it is a good show. There is a huge difference between the two.
@@dontmisunderstand6041 I'm not sure what you mean when you say its a horrible adaptation of a video game. I'm assuming you aren't criticizing it for not having Summoners duel each other in a competition using champions as proxies or whatever?
@@jackkimball521 It doesn't invoke the same or even similar emotions as the video game. It doesn't ponder the same philosophical core or even appeal to the same audience. In that sense, it's literally a bad adaptation of the source material. It's fundamentally not even related to its source material. That doesn't mean it's bad on its own merits.
@@dontmisunderstand6041 Well sure I guess, it doesn't invoke the same emotions as a competitive multiplayer game. If you consider it an adaptation of the lore of the blurbs they gave each of the relevant characters rather than the game itself it might do a bit better at being an adaptation, but you might not even consider those blrubs to be a part of the game, depending on what your perspective is precisely.
@@jackkimball521 Exactly what I'm getting at, yeah.
I honestly think we’re only half way to solving the video game movie problem. Filmmakers have finally been able to artistically embrace video game worlds, lore and aesthetics and that’s great. The old disrespect for games as an adaptive medium has died down more than ever.
The only problem is that most of these films still don’t have good stories or writing by normal film standards. I think people’s outrage over negative critic scores over Sonic, Mario and FNAF kinda shows a disconnect between gamers and your average filmgoer. I think if we want these films to get better going forward, we need to be more critical about what’s working and what needs improving.
Another thing about video game movies/tv series is that pacing or story can vary. Some games that are 10+ hours tell a story over that amount of time, so it can feel kinda rushed if made into a movie (tv series would be better for pacing imo), whereas games that are short or have next to no story (like the original Mario bros) have almost no story except for the game’s description/instruction booklet, so you have to find a way to add to that without changing too much to make it an enjoyable and faithful watch. Sorry for rambling, if any of this is wrong, or if I just kinda repeated what you said lol
I agree with most of your arguments, but aside from the RPGs, what Mario game had a cohesive breathtaking plot? The closest I can come up with is Galaxy, and even that is a stretch.
I can't in good conscience say that traditional filmgoers have a critical eye at all when the talentless hack Scorcese isn't homeless and destitute.
@@TGOArchive... The first five Mario RPGs. The first one is basically a classic case of good guys and bad guys team up to fight worse guys, paper mario is pretty basic story wise but fleshes out the setting a lot by making the different enemy types not 100% evil. M&L Superstar Saga flips the entire typical Mario plot on its head and spins the body just to be sure it has a hard time walking straight. Thousand year door has the gang trying to prevent an evil group from reviving a dark god. and Super Paper Mario deals with what it means to exist.
So, i'll tell you guys my oppinion: The proper reason why the video game movies have not been good at all in their infancy stage was due to the lack of proper source material. That, and they wanted to try to appeal to the general audience.
Though recently, they have been making a turnaround and have been getitng help from the source material and consulting the proper creator themselves (i.e, Super mario bros. Movie) or the video game movies have been made by the original creator (I.e: the FNAF movie with Scott Cawthon at the helm.) Though it does have it's minor setbacks, such as the FNAF movie not seeming to please movie critics like Rotten Tomatoes because they have not seen or even heard about the FNAF movies.
But now, they get proper help from the source material themselves or even get some of the source people for it, hell, i'm sure some even do RESEARCH.
Which, i think leads into the right direction. Sure, some video game movies like the FNAF movie dont seem to aim for the general audience, but sometimes, it's either that, or ruin the movie and make it suck and unfit and flop for the sake to please said general audience who know nothing of the material.
I, personally, preffer them to stick to the source material, which basicly makes it a really good movie and perfect.
Sure, it may cost more depending on the movie, but sometimes, sticking to it really makes the movie an excellent one, although it depends on the video game movie and which game you are aiming at. I know that the Borderlands and Assassin's Creed movie are gonna take a loooong while (and sometimes may get delayed, too) but, due to that, in the end, it'll make the movie ABSOLUTELY worth it to watch and it'll also be an absolute masterpiece in the end.
Video game movies may have just gotten started again and are making successes, but that is because they are listening to the audience who love their games and are making research, consulting other people who are very well versed in video games to make the movie a wonderful success.
Yeah but the 2007 Postal movie is a master piece
Directors are also more attuned to the games their based off. They know the source material better and know mistakes not to make from those before.
I like how comic book movies and videogames literally switch places over the span of a decade.
I found your video very interesting. What exactly changed that made video game movies appealing/decent or even great? You brought a lot of great points and examples but the Witcher show is not a suitable for the topic since it’s an adaptation of the books and not the video games 😅 It’s a series of books that started in the mid 90s before the games. It doesn’t disprove your video, there are still more examples of good video game adaptations through recent years.
It’s because that nowadays they are having it to where they’re making it enjoyable for the casual viewer, but also putting in a lot of stuff in for the huge fans, and not just sidelining them, and not putting them as an afterthought, where not only are they including the casual fans they are also catering a lot to the hard fans as well and putting the hard fans up there among that too, like the Mario movie, it was enjoyable for the casual audience, but there was so much love and thought that went into that movie that showed that they cared about the hard fans too
Captain laserhawk is also a video game show, but it’s Ubisoft’s edgy fucking equivalent to that Nintendo cartoon.
I actually enjoyed both the mario and the FNAF movie. Imagine if they make a r-rated survival far cry tv show or movie adaptation (I mean i'm not talking about the crappy b-grade adaptation from 2008), that is largely going to based on far cry 3 with Jason as the main protagonist and Vaas and her sister as the 2 main antagonists and I think Michael Mando is going to have a lot of fun to returns as Vaas since the far cry 6 dlc on the third installment in a potential video game movie/series on it and the plot is going to be the same as the original game with some differences. Like for example, Jason turns from a college guy who don't harm a fly to a savage that enjoys murdering due to the atrocities he saw and it would be a refreshing thing to see in a movie like that. I hope Mando would do the french dub for a far cry movie due to he's french-canadian (like me by the way) and he actually did make the french dub in the game.
By this day, I think the Silent Hill movie is way too overhated. Yeah, it's a bad horror movie, but I can't be the only one who finds the story and characters incredibly good. It's also insanely good as an adaptation.
It's basically the Mario movie of 2000s
As og witcher fan, i would say that Netflix adaptation was indeed an expensive load of sh-
Thanks
I remember hearing a long time ago(can't remember where) that companies would actually make more money from a video game movie if it fell flat vs being an okay fim, however it seems that companies have started to come to the conclusion that alot of video games have the ability to make the big bucks if they treat it right.
That was just Uwe Boll. He abused some sort of tax law to make money off of video game movie flops.
These adaptations are getting really good
Surprised you didn't bring up what's coming up with the live action Nintendo and Sony Zelda film. There's a lot writing on that one. A risk high risk they take. Since this was right after the announcement. Hopefully it pans out well cause only Miyamoto knows what he's thinking. Reason why I insist on these games being made into films is that a good amount of video games take inspiration from films. They can be extensions of the very film they're based on. And the other, having something in another medium to compliment it. Different type of expression you can't get if you love the brand so much.
I mean, Zelda games are usually already just movies with extra steps.
i think a large part of why video game adaptations have improved so much recently is because video games are beginning to be more respected as a medium of storytelling on par with film and tv that these companies actually see potential in and want to take seriously
The FNAF movie was fantastic.
5:48 bro I laghed so hard at that guys one liner.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners not only won anime of the year, it fixed the view of Cyberpunk bad launch
Profesor Layton and the eternal diva is still the best videogame movie fr
great video! not gonna lie was expecting Edgerunners to be mentioned, but your selection and video structure didnt need it to prove your point. here's to better and better videogame adaptations!
2 of the biggest reason why to me is one technology where video games are usually very imaginative and creative with CGI from the 90s couldn’t catch up to
And the other reason is actually having fans or people who created the games being actually apart of the adaption process like thevLast of Us and fnaf
Goddamn I want a Red Dead Redemption 2 series so badly
Not mentioning edgerunners is such a crime. I know only people already into anime or into spesific kinds of games even heard of it but it was just sooo amazing!
That's an adaptation of a franchise, not a game.
@@bruhtholemew Most of the other games mentioned are franchises too tho, sonic, Super Mario, FNAF...
+ What do you mean? Cyberpunk 2077 is a game and it was mainly based on that and set in the same place and universe but just one year earlier.
@@JITEG I should have been more specific.
Cyberpunk is primarily a TTRPG franchise. The show isn't just based on the game, as they're both based on decades of source material and direct feedback from the creator.
The same could be said about the Witcher where the games take place after the books and are technically non-canon, or Metro where the first game is based off a book of the same name, and then sequel games only borrow bits from the sequel books.
@@bruhtholemew Cyberpunk 2077 is based on TTRPG and Cyberpunk:edgerunners is based on Cyberpunk 2077. What can't you understand?
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was fantastic
Arcane is superbly the best success story ever in video game adaptations! And u outlined it perfectly! ❤❤❤
There's always been potential. Monkey Island could easily replace Pirates of the Carribean as a fun family friendly comedy series, Dishonered and Bioshock could also be made for the big screen, as well as bring back old cartoon like games like Earthworm Jim, Toejam and Earl, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sam and Max, Zool and later, Conkers bad fur day, for adults when we get to the paraody part of the video game adaptations. Since video games now arn't just a child's hobby as it was seen in the 90's and have much wider audience and tone, there's so many franchises that could be done for the first time (Mafia, Red Dead, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, Hellblade etc) or tried again (Doom, FF, Assassins Creed, Tomb Raider, Silent Hill)
I think we've got a good decade or longer of decent video game adaptaions in either cinema or tv form still to come.
one thing that is not mentioned it took 20 years for us to start getting good video game movies with new directors. That's the key. we have a new set of directors in Hollywood that grew up on video games that actually understand the medium and are able to adapt it properly not just a bunch of boomers will little understanding trying to make a quick buck off the hype they see in another industry.
The Witcher is certainly not a video game adaptation, it's adapting the original books(tho not rlly in later seasons), they come chronologically before, the games are just non-canon sequels to books.
2:10 I would only add, although not in the UK and USA, in the west (more specifically europe) we had also Inazuma Eleven, aside from Pokemon, that gained a respectable following. It's really sad though that many people now don't remember it, but I still hope for it to make a comeback
Some other good examples of video game cartoons are Kirby: Right back at ya! and the Cuphead Show
Imagine if they made a Wii Sports Movie😭😭😭😭😭😭
Since I quit being a Marvel and DC comics fan due to way too many reboots and remakes for over a decades,it just makes me feel bored but not until the Sonic movie,the reason why I love watching video game movies and TV series is better story,better CGI animation,finding the right director and this is the new cinematic universe.
Guys remember, the Detective Pikachu is the movie that saved the future of the Sonic movie because a lot of people always compare Ugly Sonic to well designed Ryan Reynold Pikachu.
The funny thing is that supermovies swapped places with video game movies.
In the 90's and 00's any video game movie felt like a fanfiction. It was adjusted to be as generally acceptable as possible. Following some convoluted plot without touching on anything from the actual game. Usually, sacrificing fan favorite characters to push the story along. Now it's the recognition that these characters aren't just toss away people. They have backstories that are already set and just exploring those backstories is enough to create a whole show around rather than expand on the character from the point we met them in the game.
You forgot the 2007 DMC anime
FNAF was god awful. I watch 95% of cinematic releases every year, and it was hands down the worst horror to come out this year.
You watch 95% of mainstream cinematic releases, you mean...
They tried harder than I expected. And the end result was watchable IMO. Though I'm not huge into horror so I understand why a genre veteran would find it lame and tiresome.
@@legen_dario No. I watch almost everything that gets a cinematic release. Why would you assume I meant something other than I said?
@@kasplachproductions6198 That's understandable.
It's more of a thriller than a horror, since FNaF has a large story and they made it for the fans
I think it should be acknowledged that until the 2020s, the average hollywood director did not grow up playing video games. The NES came out in 1983, hollywood directors are usually men in their 40s or above. So for everyone making adaptations of these games in the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s, video games were likely a medium they were either unfamiliar with, or it was something childish for kids. Yes, arcades were a thing, but arcade machines were not and are not focused on telling stories, since they are built around quick bursts of entertainment for primarily kids to enjoy for a couple hours before going home. Arguably, gaming did not become a medium for storytelling until the NES, and didn't really take off as a storytelling medium until the SNES. I think about the differences between how The Legend of Zelda presented its story in the NES games vs A Link to the Past on SNES. It went from telling context for why you're on an adventure, to telling an actual story with plot progression and characters to interact with. So think about those hollywood directors who's only connection to video games was playing in arcades as kids, or seeing their own children playing on consoles without directly interacting with the game themselves. How were they supposed to know what was possible with video game adaptations? Now though, we are getting hollywood directors who grew up on the NES, SNES, N64 and beyond. People who grew up experiencing stories within games, who were inspired by those stories to tell their own. Those people respect video games, and they want to show that respect in what they make. I think that's a big reason we're getting good adaptations nowadays, or at least adaptations that are clearly trying their best to honor what they're adapting. There was a time when video games were not respected as an art form, but now it's undeniable the storytelling potential that video games have. And we're just going to see more of that going forward. The PS3 and beyond really pushed storytelling through gaming, with releases like Uncharted and the Last of Us. Now we're seeing those stories be put to the big screen. Can you imagine what adaptations from stories told on modern platforms could look like?
I think the other reason being is that When a Studio or Creator is involve into the production of said films to make sure that the production team make a video game film that has understands the source material/IP but also make a movie/tv show that can be enjoy by fans, casual and critics
2 Video Game Films I Really Liked Were Company Of Heroes and It Came From The Desert classics In my opinions awesome
Note that arguably the best video game adaptation movie in the past decade has been Wreck It Ralph....which is SORT of a video game adaptation, although it's more of a meta-adaptation/genre film ABOUT video games.
It's because Uwe Boll has been blacklisted but the games industry. I'm loonking forward to the film adaptation of pong. It will be riveting!
I think another big reason why Arcane worked was because League of Legends has no lore. The games you play happen entirely disconnected to the lore. Every single interaction you hear in the game is a "What if"-scenario. But at the same time the lore of Runeterra (The world the champions you play as in LoL come from) is amazing. Like this might blow some peoples minds, but Piltover and Zaun, the setting of Arcane, is just one of many regions on Runeterra all of which have their own conflict and stories. And then there's a few global events that shake things up everywhere, like the ruination, even though the writing behind the event was so horrible I like to pretend it didn't happen. Like you have Demacia, a nation where magic is forbidden and you have a deeply corrupt more or less police-force to enforce that in the mageseekers and then you have some mages who decided enough is enough and who gathered around Sylas to go and rise up and rebell and Demacia is currently in the middle of a civil war. There's Ixtal which is a nation of people who believe everything outside their jungle has been consumed by the void and they live in total isolation but actually the leadership of the country knows the rest of the world is okay, they just choose not to disclose this information. And of course there's my faourite region: Ionia. They have so many intersting characters and stories. Like Whatever the fuck Zed has going on. The Vastaya uprising. Jhin. The whole thing about Noxus invading Ionia AGAIN. Rivens and Irelias definitely not gay tension. Hell Riven herself has one hell of a story. She went from commander of an army, to desserter, to farm-hand, to convict for warcrimes she did (unknowingly) have a hand in, to farm-hand, to prisoner, to Sentinel of light. Plus she met a lot of other people on her journeys to connect her to other stories. Like I am confident that Rivens story alone would be enough to make its own TV-show. Hell most champions could have their own TV-show. (Except for like Cho, Shaco and Kog, they sadly have no lore. Maybe one day riot will do something with them...)
And YES I would watch the shit out of a show that's just Neeko and Nidalee being gay and heckling hunters for 12 episodes
Lore is the wrong word. League of Legends has a LOT of lore. The gameplay just has nothing to do with any of it. Arcane's story is literally based ON League of Legends lore.
Arcane still surprises me to this day
Netflix's Witcher adaptation is "based" on books btw
I didn't even know that pokemon was based of the games I didn't even know there were games for years
The biggest thing is authenticity. The movie has to capture the way the game felt. It has to draw the audience in the same way the video game draws in the player. Then once the viewer is drawn in, they have to feel immersed in this larger universe they are now viewing. It also has to remain respectful to the source material. Not necessarily faithful but still respectful. There are a lot of video game franchises that are ripe for developing into movies and TV shows but they have to be done right. It feels like some studios might finally be catching on.
Technically, 2018’s “Pokémon: The Power of Us” has a 71% or so on RT, but it just barely made the review count threshold (it was a digital cinema event, not a wide release).
One of the reasons I think we will be seeing a lot more good movies based on video games is because a lot of the kids who grew up playing video games are getting to the age where they can start making movies based on them. I wouldn't be surprised if we will see an Overwatch movie or a CoD movie sometime in the future because the kids who grew up playing those want to do justice to the games they hold so dear.
It turns out there is already a CoD movie in production starring The Rock.
Game adaptations have gotten better because they found their own catagory being made for fans and also focusing on quality
Video game adaptation... The Witcher. Sweet Lord. Both TV Shows - Polish one from 2002 and Netflix one from 2019 - are based on the books.
Sonic was the first video game movie that was really GOOD and thus the rest is history
The answer is VERY simple: Respect.
There was no respect for the games before, so everyone tried to "do its own thing" and "personal hobby project" anything game-movie related. There was no respect for the game, for the original, or for the work of others. It was a loose setup so directors could play around with toys that werent theirs.
Suddenly someone noticed that if you respected the game, and your audience, doing something successful would be super easy and profitable.
I think a huge reason why video game adaptations are succeeding now is also because of the new generation of people working for Hollywood and the film/TV industry. When video games first became popular in the mainstream in the 90s, many people in Hollywood and part of the Hollywood system outright hated the medium. Viewed it as "not art" and like it was some sub-activity that only degenerates and braindead kids participate in. Don't even get me started on how they tried to blame video games for why kids are becoming violent. Then much like the articles you posted, if a video game adaptation failed, Hollywood often blamed it on the source material rather than the creators who handled the movie. The disdain for the medium was actually kind of ironic seeing as Hollywood in the past championed Westerns, War movies and been adapting superhero content in at least the 1940s, but somehow those things can be considered "high art" (westerns and war movies in particular been nominate for so many awards, it's mind blowing) despite they serve the exact same purpose the critics rip apart video games for.
However around the time Detective Pikachu came out, you're seeing more and more people in the industry from both the cast and creators outright admitting that they're fans of the game the movie or TV show is based on. While in the past, video game movies were often made by bozos who never played the game and often thought they can "improve" and do better than the games, then their movie failed and they blamed the source material... yeah it's no wondered they kept on failing when the people handling the property has this much disrespect for the source material.
It's pretty much the same reason both anime and Asian media in general is seeing a surge in popularity. If anything, I think anime/Asian media and video games are pretty much kindred spirits in the reception they both got in North America. Both exploded in popularity in the 90s, however both were seen down upon by the general media as kiddie trash. However both continued to grow in popularity as the years went on despite the resistance the media had against them. Then finally we reached a point where people who grew on them ended up in the film and TV industry and now we're seeing the product of what happens when people actually have passion for the content and not just cashing in a paycheck.
an interesting video game movie i remember that was pretty good but forgotten would be the final fantasy 7 movie advent children. the animation were great but I'm not sure how other people felt about it. the fans like it but I think it was largely overlooked or forgotten.
9:06 I want to see that in a directors cut
It probably helps that they are written by people who grew up with the source material understand the underlying concepts or know what they would want to see on the big screen
I’m hoping the upcoming Legend of Zelda does great. At the same time I almost don’t want it made.
I can’t imagine what it’s going to take to adapt the games to a movie.
They’re going to have to be perfect to make it work.
2:26 the Witcher is based off of the books? While yes there was a video game adaptation of the books, the show was also based off of the books
I don’t see why Itoi wouldn’t be down for an earthbound movie. It has already been well translated into other mediums and a movie would push the franchises popularity and number of fans. It still receives merchandise (including plushies and comics) to this day.
Ok but you gotta admit uwe bol's postal movie is an amazing adaptation and a genuinely funny movie
Wait until Sonic 3, a.k.a "Sonic Adventure 2 the movie," gets released in theaters on December 20, 2024! That one will be super great because the people who are making it know what they're doing, and it's already become 1 of the most highly anticipated upcoming movie releases of next year!!!!
Video game movies of old were considered bad by adults like my parents. Fastforward and now parents and kids enjoy them, and it's just grandparents (my parents) that think they suck. Turns out the old movies were just fine, but there wasn't enough adults that liked them.
Honestly, the real turning point was Netflix's Castlevania. Think about it. Before Castlevania was released, there were no good Video Game adaptations that weren't either DTV or anime (Castlevania, despite its looks, is purely western animation). Suddenly, Dracula's clash with the Belmont clan came in and provided a rich world with deep storytelling and compelling characters. Proof positive? It's the first Western Produced video game adaptation to be certified fresh on the tomatometer and it sits at an 83%. With the rest of the series, Nocturne included, scoring above the 90% range. Seasons 2 and 4 hit that coveted 100% rating. After Castlevania dropped season 1, we started getting better quality video game adaptations with more consistency. It doesn't hurt that Adi Shankar is a fan of the games, and most of the people higher up on a lot of these more successful projects took note of him being a fanboy for the series and went 'We need people who are already fans or can at least connect to the source material.'
Isn’t the Witcher (tv series) based of the books, not the video games? I wouldn’t call it a video game adaptation
The biggest apeal Arcane has, is that it's the same company that's making the games. And they've been experimenting and gaining experience with animation for years now. From simple login screens (that sadly don't exist anymore), to champion reveal shorts and full blown action music videos. And Riot has been praised more for it's animation and music design then balancing the game itself xD. And with the lore of Runeterra they've been building up for years, from just the champions themselfs, then we can see it was a simple transition to other medias. And with the announcement that all future stories would be canon now, no matter the media (because Arcane wasn't canon to the main story before), you can see the endless stories that can be told with the world they've build.
Not to mention their rumored MMO. I think thar has been confirmed
To be fair there were already good videogame movie adaptations outside of the USA even before this modern trend started. The Layton and Animal Crossing movies from Japan were very very good.
Halo be like: No we shall not listen to the playerbase :(
The Witcher is an adaptation of the books not games, which the books came first
the league quote at the end of the video should have been "ff go next", as in if this one doesn't work try again
Shame barely anyone remembers the Need For Speed movie from 2014, it was really good and enjoyable
720p upload?
Why? at least upscale it to 4k and upload, that way at least we get decent bitrate.
Tbh with Arcane I am already done. If anything more perfect gets made we're over compensating 😂
I’m glad you talk about castlevania and the Witcher too many videos like this completely ignore them.
I will say though that the Witcher is a book adaptation not a video game adaptation, it’s a pretty straight adaption of the books actually.
I think part of the problem with castlevania’s larger appeal though, is that it’s very philosophical and very dark. It’s a show where characters routinely monologue about the nature of humanity and if that mother and child whose guts went all over the screen 5 minutes ago deserved saving.
average audience members don’t connect well with philosophical narratives like character ones.
Arcane vs castlevania is where you see this play out, they have both top tier animations, everything is almost perfect (with a few exceptions notably castlevanias pacing, and arcanes often mid fights) but castlevania is a story about humanity and fundamentally whether it is worthy of being saved, where S arcane is about some very damaged people going through a complex world. The latter is something people can latch onto more
I would argue that Uwe Bolls adaption of Postal is an extremely accurate recreation of the game.
I am excited for the animated feature film of the Indie rpg maker game To The Moon hopefully it will live up to the story and still give as an art piece!
Can we just pretend the Halo paramount show never happened
I fear the Mario will become the norm in term of video game adaptation in Hollywood, with everyone putting out low effort movies of which only feat is to rub the viewer with very obvious and very obnoxious Easter eggs and references (especially with Mario Movie's financial success).
People can say whatever they want about the MCU , but they did a far better job at introducing the audience to the characters than neither Mario or FNAF ever tried to .
I didn't need to read every issue of every Thor comics in order to know who is and what he's about , I didn't need to know the "lore" of Guardians of the Galaxy in order to be invested ; but it seems that in order to enjoy the Mario movie , I did .
This should have more views
Quality video, surprisingly few views. TH-cam is a strange place.
lol my heart dropped when this started with anhilation
they made movies based on the ps5 spiderman games and those are pretty good
Its better, but I wouldn't say all of them are good. Mario was okay and Fnaf was pretty bad.
If you disagree, I will not respond, I dont care about arguing over animated movies on the internet.
Mario is a masterpiece and Sonic 2 is brilliant, I, as a retro gamer, am happy about these films
The Witcher TV series is not a video game adaptation, neither it is good.
How can one talk about video game adaptstions without talking about the cuphead show?
12:20 League of Legends could totally make an interconnected world. Reason being: they already have in the lore.
Rottentomatoes did mario and a lesser extent fnaf dirty
The game I most want an adaptation for is Legend of Zelda. It has great characters and lore that can easily be expanded upon.
The games are mostly already just movies with extra steps.
Uwe Boll is a German meme, the dude literally made those films bad on purpose because he would get paid by the government if they made a loss.
I find it unbelievably offensive that somebody who directed a movie game literally said games can't to drama. Seriously fuck off, I cried at the endings of Infamous 2 and Uncharted 4.
I think Nintendo using Detective Pikachu of all things was a clever way to dip their toe back into the movie world. It’s from a popular series but also an obscure title with a pretty simple self contained plot (the amount of people who didn’t know about the Detective Pikachu game was honestly kinda jarring). It wasn’t perfect but I think it set an example of what could be done with Video Game movies
I mean I wouldn't call Detective Pikachu really a Nintendo film, The Pokèmon Company has done animated films for decades and DP was their first live action experiment
Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
I'll be honest: I didn't even know Detective Pikachu was a game until now
@@kasplachproductions6198 the movie takes a lot of creative liberties but still follows the basic premise. The big difference is that the game leaves off on a cliffhanger as to where Tim’s dad is whereas the movie just wraps it up, most likely cause they just didn’t think a movie sequel for it would work
@@kasplachproductions6198 You got 2 now. The first pre-dates the movie, the second came out this year and pretty much has the movie's story but worse, and barely any gameplay
Team Fortress 2 nearly had its own show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, complete with a pilot episode.
However, Cartoon Network wanted quantity over quality, which is something Valve, TF2's developer, didn't agree with.
Valve ended up backing out of the deal because of this, and the series was scrapped.
As for the pilot, titled "Expiration Date," it was eventually released on TH-cam as part of the game's Love & War Update.
Valve's whole deal is "quality over quantity". We don't have much from them, but they're amazing all around.
Another problem was the Valve TF2 team wanted to animate the series in house, and currently Valve currently lists around 360 employees which include mostly non animators. Many cartoons have credits lists for animators far exceeding that.
The DOTA cartoon accepted reality and outsourced work.
I teleported bread
@@killeranime3591What?
@@goatlover6312 You told me to
Also, Witcher TV show is loosely based on Witcher book series. It exist because of popularity of the games, but it is not connected to them really.
And as an adaptation it ranges from mid to straight up terrible.
I think, it might be worth to consider "Wreck-it Ralph" to be the actual starting point, because it used the essence of arcade gaming to make something new of it. Even though it wasn't an actual video game adaptation, it basically served as a vision of what a good adaptation could be.
Yeah it was it's own movie, that simply built off of a ton of references. In a sense it's probably closer to a parody of video games in general with an actual plot.
I actually had to look up who made it. For some reason I thought it was made by something like Pixar, but no it was Disney. Wow Disney sure lost its magic quickly. The movie was only released like a decade ago.
@@kosmosXcannon Yeah, Wreck-It Ralph was pretty much the best animated Disney film since 2002 when Treasure Planet and Lilo and Stitch came out, although you could argue that Tangled was slightly better than Ralph but I disagree.
Nothing Disney has made since has topped Wreck-It Ralph except for maybe Encanto which I’ve heard is great but I haven’t seen it. In between 2002 and Tangled there was Meet the Robinsons which is also a great movie.
Came here to mention that! Even though the movie felt like a gigantic advertisement, seemed to have worked!
Wreck-it-Ralph is up there with the 2000’s and early 2010’s Pixar Movies.
@@kosmosXcannonPixar is owned by Disney, and Wreck-It Ralph was marketed as a Disney movie so why didn’t you realize it sooner?
The Mario movie could’ve done more but the basic plot for it couldn’t have been more perfect. Also Sonic 2 (besides the stupid wedding human stuff) was genuinely a great adaptation of the simple story of Sonic 2 but mostly 3 with the crew understanding Knuckles arc of blind betrayal and it really worked for the movie’s favor.
Tbh, I did like some of the wedding scenes cuz they were really random and weird XD
The wedding scene is HEAVILY IMPORTANT for the NEXT couple of Live Action Sonic Projects that is if you played or did research on the games of that time.
Mario movie plot would have benefitted from Peach being a damsel, or at the very least, not a Mary Sue, and Luigi.
@@andraw4002tbf Luigi being the one Mario rescues kinda makes sense to me since he would have more of a reason to save his brother
@@andraw4002gamers when the only female character isn’t completely useless: Mary Sue