Point and Click Beetlejuice.

edited April 2011 in General Chat
I thought I would bring this up. Now, a friend of mine was talking about Beetlejuice and Telltale games. He thinks that Telltale games should make an adventure game out of Beetlejuice(only because they did Back To the future). As well as cartoon humored stuff like Strong bad and Monkey Island. I'm not agaisnt the idea of an adventure/point and click beetlejuice, I can picture it happening. But not done by telltale games. I don't know any other studio good with point and click adventure gaming besides Telltale that would do Beetlejuice.

So would you guys like to see an adventure game of Beetlejuice?

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  • edited March 2011
    I think it could work, definitely couldn't be worse than the old LJN game. I'd suggest putting it in the universe of the cartoon series rather than the movie though.
  • edited March 2011
    That's quite an imaginative idea. I would definitely play the game and if it takes place in the world of the cartoon, they would have a decent amount of material to work with. Although, I really liked Barbara and Adam and I was disappointed that they didn't get a role in the cartoon.
  • edited March 2011
    I think it would work rather perfectly if its like the cartoon.
  • edited March 2011
    I think that Autumn Moon would be the best developer for the job, judging from the tone and artwork seen in A Vampyre Story and Pirates of Vooju Island.

    Having said that perhaps Tim Schafer is the closet gaming has to Tim Burton and as such maybe Double Fine would be the best match.

    Either way, TellTale would be a distinct 3rd for me when it comes to Beetlejuice as an IP.

    Then again I'm not exactly a huge fan of Beetlejuice as an IP, so I'd rather no-one develop it.

    Yes, that's my choice. I say Beetleguise, you say Beetlejuice; let's call the whole thing off!
  • edited March 2011
    Hey, that idea of a cartoon beetlejuice P&C game is a pretty good idea. I should know, I was the one who thought it up :)
  • edited March 2011
    I would buy it just for a re-creation of the cartoon series intro in 3D, as long as they use the real music.
  • edited March 2011
    Yeah and maybe the original cast with replacements for those who died
  • edited March 2011
    Movie-Beetlejuice or Cartoon-Beetlejuice?
  • edited March 2011
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Movie-Beetlejuice or Cartoon-Beetlejuice?

    I would go with the cartoon. There's a lot more there to go on than in the movie, plus it makes it easier for the player to play as Beetlejuice if you do the cartoon.
  • edited March 2011
    If you base it on the cartoon, you're going to get plenty of people complaining "wtf why is Beetlejuice friends with Lydia?" and whatnot. I don't think you'd get much of a positive reception from the general public reviving a classic movie like Beetlejuice and not basing it off of the actual classic movie. Do you think anyone would have cared about Back to the Future if it like the cartoon and not the movies?
  • edited March 2011
    Scnew brings up an interesting point. While some people did watch the cartoon, many only saw the movie.

    The only problem is that it wouldn't make too much sense to play as Betelgeuse in the movie-version of the game. In terms of playable characters in the movie version, perhaps switching between the Maitlands and Lydia would work better gameplay-wise.

    In contrast, if the game was based in the cartoon universe, it would make more sense to play as Betelgeuse or Lydia full time.

    Either way, there will always be a select group of players disappointed in the selection of universe (movie vs cartoon).
  • edited March 2011
    Yeah. And I'm not trying to knock the cartoon or anything, I love it was a kid and it probably would be better source material for an adventure game. But to give another non-adventure example, do you think that Ghostbusters game that came out a year or two ago would have sold half as well if it was based on The Real Ghostbusters and not the films?
  • edited March 2011
    Alright, as for the game itself it'll be based on the cartoon and as for the movie with the maitlands we can have passing references when certain things are said or items are clicked on
  • edited March 2011
    Scnew wrote: »
    if it was based on The Real Ghostbusters and not the films?

    It practically was. I would've been on the side that preferred the cartoon actually. I always liked Bill Murray's voice by Lorenzo Music. He certainly would've done a better job than Murray. (who sounded drunk and bored) (which is funny in its own way)
    Oh I see here Lorenzo died in 2001, that sucks.
  • edited March 2011
    Of course there is a third option. Do a linking story between the movie and the cartoon. This can be done fairly easily as nothing in the cartoon negated the movie. It might actually be good to do a hybrid.
  • edited March 2011
    joek86 wrote: »
    Of course there is a third option. Do a linking story between the movie and the cartoon. This can be done fairly easily as nothing in the cartoon negated the movie. It might actually be good to do a hybrid.

    That's what I was hoping for :)
  • edited March 2011
    zounds! wrote: »
    It practically was.

    How so? The original actors voices and likenesses, the music from the films, the story that tied directly into the events of the first film...
  • edited March 2011
    Sandworms!!!
  • edited March 2011
    Scnew wrote: »
    How so? The original actors voices and likenesses, the music from the films, the story that tied directly into the events of the first film...

    The real Ghostbusters featured the music from the movie also (at least the theme) The likenesses were there, and the stories were supposed to be an extension of the film. So the the new game, could've easily have just been another episode of the cartoon. But that would be kinda dumb since the movies were what were really popular with people. The Beetlejuice cartoon had the likenesses also, but the story was completely different than the movie.
  • edited March 2011
    zounds! wrote: »
    The likenesses were there

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    If you say so... ;)
  • edited March 2011
    Don't you see it?Both wear glasses.
  • edited April 2011
    Not a bad idea, provided if you can get the people who made Vampyre story for the job though.
  • edited April 2011
    Darkblader wrote: »
    Not a bad idea, provided if you can get the people who made Vampyre story for the job though.

    Not a bad idea, as soon as they're done with Vampyre story two I'll email them the idea
  • edited April 2011
    How long will that be?
  • edited April 2011
    Well if all goes well fall of 2011
  • edited April 2011
    If you do send them a message hatter, will you tell them to do it fully 2d? Meaning hand-drawn animation and everything for the game? I would like to see that happen but I dont want to see the characters in 3D with 2d backgrounds. That was my problem with Vampyre story.
  • edited April 2011
    What's wrong with 3d characters in a 2d background?
  • edited April 2011
    It doesnt mix well. I think a vamprye story would have worked better off as a fully 2D game. I mean look at the animation in Love for Sail, Discworld 2, and Curse of Monkey island.
  • edited April 2011
    Well, maybe....
  • edited April 2011
    I still think 3d characters would work
  • edited April 2011
    There is no way Telltale could afford Alec Baldwin, but if they could, oh my God.
  • edited April 2011
    There is no way Telltale could afford Alec Baldwin, but if they could, oh my God.

    Maybe if they somehow got Michael Keaton and Gina Davis, Baldwin might consider. Although, the likelihood of them getting all the original actors and affording them (for that matter) is minuscule.
  • edited April 2011
    Although, the likelihood of them actually making this game is minuscule.

    Fixed it for you. :P
  • edited April 2011
    Fixed it for you. :P

    Touché, Doctor.
  • edited April 2011
    Oui oui! :D
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