I'm the opposite: I find the game's "mechanics" (level design, combat, atmosphere, etc.) to be enjoyable and the story to be a deja-vu-inducing rehash of other games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and many other sci-fi supernatural games.
In video games, the primary goal is to provide enjoyable interaction, and stories more often than not take a back seat. That's why so few video game film adaptations have been any good.
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TreeHuggerTravels
9 years ago
I found the combat and logic to be quite uneven. What I mean by logic is that the game would constantly break it's own rules, for example the "zombies" in the beginning of the game were to be triggered by the player and they had a multitude of mechanics built around that aspect like luring them, distracting them etc but throughout the game these mechanics became rendered irrelevant when the zombies behavior changed and the level design made it so that the mechanics were useless. There were a few other issues like this that slipped past the devs, which isn't uncommon, but with a certain perspective they stand out like sore thumbs. It definitely used story archetypes of other games but I found the approach rather refreshing with the meta sensibility and I felt that the plot devices used helped move the story forwards in ways that the games you mentioned neglected to use. It's mostly my opinion but what's undeniable at this point is that Hollywood studios are turning their interests towards these successful video-games and putting the appropriate efforts into them which they hadn't done in the past in order to make quality films.
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
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Moviemadness2012
9 years ago
The game can be enjoyable too even when rules are discarded. Very early on I already accepted that this was not a true stealth-oriented game (where you lure enemies and so on), but somewhat of an action game with horror elements. Your character practically turns into Rambo later in the game. "Alien: Isolation" is more of a true survival horror game where you use stealth over force.
If Hollywood is to make good adaptations of video games, it will have to do a lot of re-imagining in the story-telling department just to fill in the "holes" in what usually pass for stories in video games.
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TreeHuggerTravels
9 years ago
Oh absolutely, I wouldn't even be posting if I hadn't enjoyed the game. The thing is there is always levels of reimagining whether on a single, original script or a script based on preexisting source material. That's inherent to the process, the deciding factor is whether studios are going to invest in their product based on their expectations of it. With the talent they are reaching out to in writing/directing and cast for upcoming films like Warcraft and Assassin's Creed as well as the respective approaches in creative and technical production, it's fair to be optimistic at this point
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
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Haldir123
9 years ago
I would Love to see James Wan directing, he could capture the atmosphere of the Video Game perfectly.
The Cast:
Sebastian - Luke Evans
Julie - Cobie Smulders
Joseph - Taylor Kitsch
Ruvik - Benedict Cumberbatch
Julie's Boss (DLC) - Christian Bale
Chairman (DLC) - Angie Harmon
Would love to see them all together on screen :)
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