Licenced adventures you'd like to see

Jadefalcon · 03-30-2009, 02:04 PM

What adventures, based on licenced properties would you like to see? Whether its based off a film, TV series, book or whatever. I've no illusions that any of these will happen, but just a fun thread.

First off, much as a few of us have complained about Lucasarts obsession with Star Wars, a Star Wars point and click adventure could be quite fun, especially if they used the Star Wars universe and didn't use one of the established characters as the main character. Also, set it in the timeline of Episode IV-VI. We've had the two Knights of the Old Republic RPG's, so an adventure in the original trilogy timeline might be nice.

More Discworld games. I'm not sure how people look back at Discworld Noir, but I enjoyed it. We don't necessarily have to stick to the confines of Ankh-Morpork either.

JackBurtonMe · 03-30-2009, 02:37 PM

Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien.

Ascovel · 03-30-2009, 03:11 PM

Have you tried this, Jack?

The Discworld and Star Trek adventure games were fun, but we probably had enough of those.

More Poe, Oz, Philip K. Dick maybe.

Earthsea trilogy. Thorgal. Rork. Tintin.

I don't know. I'd rather see more of original creations actually. I certainly wish Holywood would drop this licensing business. They went overboard with it lately. They can adapt anything now, but at best they only produce dull adaptations of exciting material.

Jadefalcon · 03-30-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ascovel

I don't know. I'd rather see more of original creations actually. I certainly wish Holywood would drop this licensing business. They went overboard with it lately. They can adapt anything now, but at best they only produce dull adaptations of exciting material.

Done well licencing can be good though, Indy and the fate of atlantis for example. However, look at the EA LOTR games which are little more than beat ups in the case of Two Towers and Return of the King, a stripped down Final Fantasy style game in the example of The Third Age and a Battlefront mod with LOTR:Conquest. The first Battle for Middle Earth was decent but that was about it.

Gιygαs · 03-30-2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ascovel

The Discworld and Star Trek adventure games were fun, but we probably had enough of those.

Hmm... I've never heard of any Star Trek adventures. Are they any good?

Jadefalcon · 03-30-2009, 03:34 PM

Star Trek 25th Anniversary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr...992_video_game)

Star Trek Judgement Rites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Judgment_Rites

Star Trek A Final Unity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr..._A_Final_Unity

After a brisk nap · 03-30-2009, 03:36 PM

MacGyver
Valerian & Laureline
One of the Vertigo fantasy comics (say Hellblazer, The Sandman or Lucifer)
The Old Testament (Exodus might make a good game)
Any soap opera/telenovela
The Wodehouse novels (Jeeves & Wooster)
Twin Peaks
Ringu/The Ring
The Geico ads

therabidfrog · 03-30-2009, 03:49 PM

I think the show Dragnet would be cool. How about a Twin Peaks adventure game? Every Which Way But Loose! They could put in a mechanic where you have to switch to the arangatange to solve some of the puzzles!

Godzilla would also be cool. You could run around a city being destroyed. Trying to avoid getting hit by debris or burned to a crisp. You know figure out how to get out of the city alive.

Battlestar Galactica
The films of John Wayne
Mad Max
How about a Bollywood musical adventure?

bbX1138 · 03-31-2009, 12:20 AM

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Mad Max
How about a Bollywood musical adventure?

Brilliant! Although Full Throttle is essentially Mad Max: The Adventure Game...

I'd love to see a Hectic Planet advnture game. Starts out small, gets nice and epic, loads of ska and punk rock bands on the soundtrack...

ILoveYou · 03-31-2009, 03:20 AM

- A proper X-files AG; 9 total of games in the series, based on the nine seasons the TV show ran for. Each game would be kinda like a summary of the whole season. I know this'll never happen, so don't start lol.

- Stephen King's Rose Red; The mansion in the movie is huge and changes all the time. I think this would bring an interesting (and possibly a new) aspect to the genre. Instead of walking back and forth from one room to another and inspecting the same things over and over again (like in most AG's), the rooms, hallways and items would disappear or change. Also, the characters have their own side-stories among with the main story of the house and it's ghosts, so it'd really be a massive release with a lot to inspect, if made correctly.

- Twilight: Granted, the book and the movie aren't exactly deep story-wise or character wise but I still think it'd make a nice 3-game series. It's not like there's no predictable ag stories around, before this LOL.

All of the above would require a huge budget though and the only one that I consider being a realistic possibility is the Twilight Saga turned into an adventure game series.

AndreaDraco83 · 03-31-2009, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by After a brisk nap

Twin Peaks

Aw! It would be awesome!

Brimstone · 03-31-2009, 03:49 AM

The Anita Blake novels would be perfect. Female lead character who is not only a bad ass vampire hunter, but is also a necromancer and zombie raiser (she raises zombies for a living, the hunting is a sideline). Vampires are legalized and have their own society among humans and strict rules of operation (hence the need for hunters). Lycanthropes of all flavors exist and are usually treated like dangerous AIDS patients. They have to keep human society from knowing what they are or end up losing everything, including their lives. I don't want to get too much into the story line but there are several books and more to come. http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/Anita/AnitaCSS1.html

Jadefalcon · 03-31-2009, 04:30 AM

The Trigan Empire series of graphic novels by Don Lawrence, but the source material is a bit obscure for some people.

*Fantasysci5* · 03-31-2009, 07:28 AM

Hmm...Red Dwarf?

Ariel Type · 03-31-2009, 08:12 AM

After a second thought, Red Dwarf adventure would be really nice. IF it would be made by some Brits, like Woodroffes. Chris Barrie and Robert Llewellyn already lent their voices to Simon and Feeble, so it's a fair deal

mattmanp · 03-31-2009, 10:10 AM

I always thought Dilbert would make a good adventure game, but I guess Wallace & Gromit fits a similar mold. I'd also like to see the comic book franchise Fables and the Ringworld novels.

After a brisk nap · 03-31-2009, 10:13 AM

There already are a couple of Ringworld adventure games, mattmanp.

therabidfrog · 03-31-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ariel Type

After a second thought, Red Dwarf adventure would be really nice. IF it would be made by some Brits, like Woodroffes. Chris Barrie and Robert Llewellyn already lent their voices to Simon and Feeble, so it's a fair deal

What is this Simon and Feeble you speak of?

I wish they would bring back ridiculous star vehicles with none sense plots. Like a game where early 70's Jethro Tull is sucked into another dimension, and you have to use your wits and lyrically adept ballads to save a magic space kingdom. Ah the 80's to early 90's... a more innocent time.

*Dale Baldwin* · 03-31-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by therabidfrog

What is this Simon and Feeble you speak of?

Chris Barrie voiced Simon in the first Simon the Sorcerer, and Llewellyn voiced Feeble in The Feeble Files.

dekaneas297 · 03-31-2009, 10:29 AM

Most of the games mentioned here are 'meant' for action/arcade games not adventure ones

03-30-2009, 02:04 PM	#1
Jadefalcon Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ayr, Scotland Posts: 417	Licenced adventures you'd like to see What adventures, based on licenced properties would you like to see? Whether its based off a film, TV series, book or whatever. I've no illusions that any of these will happen, but just a fun thread. First off, much as a few of us have complained about Lucasarts obsession with Star Wars, a Star Wars point and click adventure could be quite fun, especially if they used the Star Wars universe and didn't use one of the established characters as the main character. Also, set it in the timeline of Episode IV-VI. We've had the two Knights of the Old Republic RPG's, so an adventure in the original trilogy timeline might be nice. More Discworld games. I'm not sure how people look back at Discworld Noir, but I enjoyed it. We don't necessarily have to stick to the confines of Ankh-Morpork either. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own - Number 6

03-30-2009, 02:37 PM	#2
JackBurtonMe Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 34	Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien. Share Share this post on Twitter

03-30-2009, 03:11 PM	#3
Ascovel Spoonbeaks say Ahoy! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 1,053	Have you tried this, Jack? The Discworld and Star Trek adventure games were fun, but we probably had enough of those. More Poe, Oz, Philip K. Dick maybe. Earthsea trilogy. Thorgal. Rork. Tintin. I don't know. I'd rather see more of original creations actually. I certainly wish Holywood would drop this licensing business. They went overboard with it lately. They can adapt anything now, but at best they only produce dull adaptations of exciting material. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ A Hardy Developer's Journal - The Scientific Society's online magazine devoted to charting indie adventure games and neighboring territories

03-30-2009, 03:34 PM	#6
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03-30-2009, 03:36 PM	#7
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	MacGyver Valerian & Laureline One of the Vertigo fantasy comics (say Hellblazer, The Sandman or Lucifer) The Old Testament (Exodus might make a good game) Any soap opera/telenovela The Wodehouse novels (Jeeves & Wooster) Twin Peaks Ringu/The Ring The Geico ads Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

03-30-2009, 03:49 PM	#8
therabidfrog Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Plantation, FL Posts: 417	I think the show Dragnet would be cool. How about a Twin Peaks adventure game? Every Which Way But Loose! They could put in a mechanic where you have to switch to the arangatange to solve some of the puzzles! Godzilla would also be cool. You could run around a city being destroyed. Trying to avoid getting hit by debris or burned to a crisp. You know figure out how to get out of the city alive. Battlestar Galactica The films of John Wayne Mad Max How about a Bollywood musical adventure? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently Playing - Nibiru, Hellgate: London Recently Finished - Call of Duty 2, The Godfather, The Path Just Bought - Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Darkstar One, Civilizations III, Next Step: Mars. "There be knockers down here..." - T.G. 1884 My review of The Path

03-31-2009, 03:20 AM	#10
ILoveYou Banned User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 382	- A proper X-files AG; 9 total of games in the series, based on the nine seasons the TV show ran for. Each game would be kinda like a summary of the whole season. I know this'll never happen, so don't start lol. - Stephen King's Rose Red; The mansion in the movie is huge and changes all the time. I think this would bring an interesting (and possibly a new) aspect to the genre. Instead of walking back and forth from one room to another and inspecting the same things over and over again (like in most AG's), the rooms, hallways and items would disappear or change. Also, the characters have their own side-stories among with the main story of the house and it's ghosts, so it'd really be a massive release with a lot to inspect, if made correctly. - Twilight: Granted, the book and the movie aren't exactly deep story-wise or character wise but I still think it'd make a nice 3-game series. It's not like there's no predictable ag stories around, before this LOL. All of the above would require a huge budget though and the only one that I consider being a realistic possibility is the Twilight Saga turned into an adventure game series. Share Share this post on Twitter

03-31-2009, 03:49 AM	#12
Brimstone Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Seagoville, Tx. Posts: 257	The Anita Blake novels would be perfect. Female lead character who is not only a bad ass vampire hunter, but is also a necromancer and zombie raiser (she raises zombies for a living, the hunting is a sideline). Vampires are legalized and have their own society among humans and strict rules of operation (hence the need for hunters). Lycanthropes of all flavors exist and are usually treated like dangerous AIDS patients. They have to keep human society from knowing what they are or end up losing everything, including their lives. I don't want to get too much into the story line but there are several books and more to come. http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/Anita/AnitaCSS1.html Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently Playing Mabinogi (My life is officially over!) Recently Finished Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer, Fahrenheit, Ace Attorney Series 1-4, The Legend of Crystal Valley "Bring back the Sacred Diamond of the Old Sage of the Mountain and he will give you the magic talisman. Oh man. What am I in a video game?" - Tyler Miles

03-31-2009, 04:30 AM	#13
Jadefalcon Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ayr, Scotland Posts: 417	The Trigan Empire series of graphic novels by Don Lawrence, but the source material is a bit obscure for some people. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own - Number 6

03-31-2009, 07:28 AM	#14
Fantasysci5 Stalker of Britain Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri, US Posts: 4,535	Hmm...Red Dwarf? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "And everyone's favourite anglophile, Fantasy!"-Intense Favorite Adventure Games-Lost Crown/Dark Fall 1&2, Longest Journey games, Myst games, Barrow Hill Favorite Other Games-King's Bounty, Sims 2, Fable, Disciples 2 Gold Currently Playing-Trine 2 Games I Want-Kings Bounty: Warriors of the North!!!, Asylum, Last Crown, Braken Tor, Testament of Sherlock Holmes

03-31-2009, 08:12 AM	#15
Ariel Type LA-S-LE Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Snow Country Posts: 549	After a second thought, Red Dwarf adventure would be really nice. IF it would be made by some Brits, like Woodroffes. Chris Barrie and Robert Llewellyn already lent their voices to Simon and Feeble, so it's a fair deal Share Share this post on Twitter

03-31-2009, 10:10 AM	#16
mattmanp iAdventurer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 39	I always thought Dilbert would make a good adventure game, but I guess Wallace & Gromit fits a similar mold. I'd also like to see the comic book franchise Fables and the Ringworld novels. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I have all the gumballs!

03-31-2009, 10:13 AM	#17
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	There already are a couple of Ringworld adventure games, mattmanp. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

03-31-2009, 10:29 AM	#20
dekaneas297 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greece Posts: 297	Most of the games mentioned here are 'meant' for action/arcade games not adventure ones Share Share this post on Twitter

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