Epic, big budget adventure game based on the Bible?
I think something like this could be pretty cool. It could do great business.
Have there been any adventure games like this before?
Have there been any adventure games like this before?
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Got it, har har, your comment was just a slam on the Bible.
Anyway, I think there are SO many great stories in the Bible that would make for engaging, interactive adventures. Seems like such an untapped source of material for new games.
I'm not talking about an evangelizing game.
Right now one of the highest rated tv shows in America is a documentary series based on the Bible. It beat American Idol. Also, take a look at movies like Passion of the Christ. Made hundreds of millions. And the Dreamworks movie Prince of Egypt was a hit, no?
As for what I consider "big budget", I guess I just mean something with cross-platform support, full voice overs, beautiful art, etc. I'm not talking about a "Call of Duty" level budget.
Never mind that adventure games are a niche of their own, now this would alienate 66% of the world as well. Go and write a letter to every developer. I'm not going to make fun of you for it, or stop you. I'm just saying there is a reason it is untapped.
Just to be clear: I don't hate the bible, and yes, I've read it. I'm rather indifferent to it.
I think the problem with the games that have been released which are actually based on bible stories isn't that people won't buy them, but that most of them haven't been very good (the Wisdom Tree games come to mind).
Also, these should be relevant - The Angry Video Game Nerd's videos about Bible Games.
The first, the second and the recent third. Enjoy!
Funny yes, but I'd rather kill nazis than "use a slingshot to shoot sleep-inducing food at angry attacking animals, mostly goats, in order to render them unconscious".
...one day.
That's like asking that everyone respects eachother.
I think it would be hilarious having Christian organisations fighting with eachother.
But then again, you're probably right. They'll never get through censors and that stuff.
First you have to pick which aspect you want to use. You can't just pick the whole Bible - that's too long. So let's say you've done that.
Now, do you present the story as written? If so, how is this an adventure game? In an adventure game, you are supposed to make choices and solve puzzles. It's not much fun if you already know what's supposed to happen and how it's going to turn out.
Do you start writing your own story using the characters from the Bible? Then you really get into a mess, because as others have stated, there will be a huge backlash from folks who disagree with the premise. "Noah would never have left behind the three-headed monkeys!" Also, if you're religious, you have to worry about the Wrath of the Lord, who might claim you're representing your stories as His.
That's why all the big-budget Bible things are just movies or TV series, where you don't have to make choices, as the storyline is already pretty well set.
Though I would like for there to be adventure games based on the Bible, this is basically why there won't be any.
Haha, okay that did make me laugh.
Look, I just finished watching "Prince of Egypt", and I could really imagine an adventure game being based on some of those and other stories from the Bible.
If done right, I think such a game could be a sleeper hit. Among all kinds of people, there remains very strong interest in the Bible and Biblical stories.
I know that such a subject could provoke both the anti-religious and the religious, but that's not really my concern here. The fact remains that, regardless of one's beliefs, it's an important book to western civ, and there are some very memorable, juicy stories in there.
Mark my words: there will be a hit video game based on the Bible at some point.
I'm pretty much as atheistic as they come, but I'd still be interested in playing that game. Like you said, there are some juicy stories in there, but it's just a very touchy subject. I don't think any developer would like to burn his hands on this one.
There's no way to develop a bible-based game without pissing people off. Either it gets too preachy, educational (which drops sales like a bomb), or it'll be some kind of parody. I don't think there's a right way of creating something like this.
Only if it's old testament. You know, the stories of wrath and vengeance. Didn't one dude's son screw prophecy, trick his father and go on to wealth and fame? His only come-uppance came many years later when he just lost that. I'd take that trade. That could be a dramatic game.
...Yeah, I've played PQ3 too.
I've played that game too. It's called Life. This is partly why I indulge myself in Adventure games.
Jews on bikes roaming the desert.
Exodus 9:3
Note: I seriously don't know anything about motorcycles. Replace "murrain" with some sort of motorcycle flu or something.
My thoughts precisely. Boooorn to be (insert free or Jewish here) or alternatively BONDED BY FAITH!
So Jonah and the Whale will eventually become Jonah: Whale Slayer
(Which...to me doesn't sound like a bad thing at all! XD)
Your quite right. It can go the other way too... -_-
My bat mitzvah required me reading from Leviticus (you don't get to pick the sermon in Judaism, it's dictated by the date)- specifically on the proper exiling processes of lepers and the handicapped/infirm. Yeah.
There's a reason why Leviticus is not good source material.
Personally, the stories of David and Samson would make great action games. And Esther would be a great dating sim, honestly.