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1.03.2006

Ghostbusters 3 and other Sequels find new home on Consoles?

Lately there's been some talk of the never made Ghostbuster 3 movie, they had a plot, possibly a script. Then I was thinking what is stopping them from doing it?

Well the actors are all getting kind of old and out of shape (Saw Harold Ramis recently, try to think of a overweight Egon), plus its been so long, but at least everyone's still alive. Then you have to get a studio behind it, get lots of money. But then I started thing...why does it have to be a movie. Why not make it a game? Now I know you think I'm crazy, but don't think of it as a normal game, make it like an interactive movie. Totally story driven, script, director from the original movies, voice acting by the original cast. Mostly story but throw in some interactive bits, and then have bits like driving the Ecto-1 to destinations, and a handful of ghost trappings, only has to be movie length 3 - 5 hours (or more if they have more), and then make it the price of a normal DVD $20 - $30. I feel it would sell like hotcakes.

Then I got to thinking some more...there are tons of movies or shows that could benefit from something like this. And think of how much money is saved by only having voice actors, and no sets or special effects its all done digitally. Games like Half-Life 2 have shown us we can finally do believable people with full range of acting on real time hardware, since prerendering everything wouldn't be as interactive (and more expensive). Also I apologize for this and any future technical jargon.

The recent game "The Warriors" which is a game based on a movie from 1979, and has been rated pretty well by most reviewers. This game is the best current example of something kind of similar to what I'm proposing. It adds to the story of the movie with original content, its done with good gameplay based on an old but quality movie, shows that with the proper quality and respect even old almost forgotten movies can be resurrected. Now start imagining if they can do this for more recent properties.

I've been trying to think of other properties that I myself would like to see and what style of game they could use. Just from looking at my DVD shelf I got, Daredevil done like Ultimate Spider-Man, Futurama just have regular episodes using the 3D game engine, with Quick Time Events for a bit of interactivity (I know they made a game of this but it sucked, Futurama is not an action game plain and simple, the show is comedy the game should be that), Independence Day, and Firefly/Serenity interactive episodes with some Ship flying or parts of it like a gun game for shootouts.

with systems like the Revolution I think its controller would be perfect for this kind of "game/movie" plus its like a remote so easy transition to interactive movies. Or instead of movie games, or at least an alternative to movie games, have them just be the movie with some game elements thrown in.

I use the word "game" loosely since in many cases I think just making episodes using a game engine with a little interactivity thrown in would be great, since their are fewer game mechanics to them they can make the ones they do have perfect. And again the games don't have to be long 2 - 3 hours and price them like DVDs. I think that is the most important part, because people will get sick of paying $50 or more for only movie length gameplay. I really think its an untapped market. Their are so many great franchises that I know I would like to see more stories of, and I think this would be a great way to continue. Or even new worlds and ideas, have a new venue other than making a HUGE movie or a HUGE game. Shows like Red vs. Blue have shown that things like this can make money, imagine if they appealed to a wider audience. Plus can anyone think of a better way we're going to see a Ghostbusters 3?

1 comment:

Catherine T said...

I vote Booo!