The Witcher has been a booming success on Netflix, providing the streaming service with one of its most watched first seasons ever. Though the series is based on the books, a side effect of its popularity is the conversation surrounding other video game properties, and whether they could find similar success in the world of on-demand TV. What other games or series would be a good fit for a Netflix-style format?
If you ask Cory Barlog, his answer would be God of War, of course.
The director is quick to clarify his tweet isn't a hint of anything in the works, so don't go thinking it's happening. Still, it's fun to imagine what a God of War TV series would look like. Even if it were to follow the story of the latest game, seeing a television adaptation of Kratos and Atreus' journey could be great.
Barlog raises an interesting point about game properties moving into TV rather than movies. "Games, like TV, are like relationships with the characters, where movies are more like a date," He says. In other words, games and TV share a long-form nature that movies don't, allowing consumers to thoroughly get to know characters and worlds along the way. In a two-hour film, that's not necessarily an easy thing to do.
What do you think? Would God of War make for a great Netflix series? What other games do you think could make that transition? Make your suggestions in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via gamesradar.com]
Comments 18
God of 📺 tv series.it probably would be amazing.but i will stick with the video games .next up is another masterpiece on ps5.word is bond.word life.word to your mother.word ☝ up atreus son.
The obvious one which springs to mind is Uncharted, but it would probably end up being some cheesy like they did in the late 90s/early 00s with Relic Hunter, trying to cash in on the popularity of Tomb Raider. Mind you, with a decent budget from Netflix or Amazon, it could be decent.
I doubt God of War would happen, especially based on the most recent game, because it mixes the Greek and Norse mythologies. If they picked one and went with that, then maybe. It would need to go down the adult path though to do it justice... I'm thinking along the lines of the amazing Spartacus series.
Though in truth, I found the game to be a bit disappointing. I mean, it's very pretty and a decent game, but given the hype levels I was left feeling "is that it?" when I completed the story.
Mass Effect series. That is all.
@ApostateMage Only if it's Andromeda, glitches included.
Portal, but instead of just being about Chell going through test chambers, make it more about Aperture Science. Make it funny, dark, and shocking. Do it.
If they actually do a God of War series I think they should do some side stories that takes place in between the games rather than covering the games themselves.
@Octane A comedy series. I like it.
Horizon Zero Dawn could be an awesome one. Could even be about a guy that goes around planting Vantage points to tell his story and other things leading up to the Spoiler Alert.
Of course the other one I'd love to see is Gravity Rush as an anime and probably in Japanese, with the option of English.
I enjoyed every second of the newest God of War.
I think if the story is told well, it could be great. However, casting the correct Kratos will be the hardest part.
I couldn't stand The Witcher on Netflix though.
@Quintumply No, no, no! It has to be about GlaDOS and her misfortunes regarding her test subje... I mean emplye.... I mean lab workers. It's not like they were being promised to do things for cake right? Bring your daughter to work and we'll give you a piece of cake maybe, but anything else?
Great idea though, hehehe GlaDOS.
@thebakerswife I was late playing it, receiving it as a gift for Christmas 2018 and only starting to play in April last year. For me, Kratos' character was considerably spoiled by the constant "Boy!" - I love Christopher Judge, and while generally his performance was excellent, hearing it so frequently just made it seem cheesy; for me, it's poor writing. And like you, I found Atreus fairly irritating... especially when he threw a strop part way through... I just wanted to push him off a cliff and carry on alone.
I need to go back to it and try for the Platinum at some point, as I finished the story and then dropped it when Days Gone arrived. Since then I've gone through a few other games as I couldn't be bothered going back to it, and am currently (late again) playing through Spider-Man.
Bloodborne Anime (don't hesitate, just do it)
Silent Hill please.
I’d love a X-com tv series. Plenty of individual stories to be told in that setting. I enjoyed the tie-in books.
definitely wouldn't bet against a netflix anything at this point
@thebakerswife Thank you! It would be amazing imo.
I was watching the last half hour of Justice League Sunday night - flipping around after Dr Who - and thought Jason Momoa could play Kratos in a movie. He's got the build and almost the voice.
No way I'd make the new game into a movie or tv show though, way too slow, compared to the first 3 games it's practically a walking simulator. The first 3 games in total may be as long as the story in the new game. And nobody, but nobody, wants to watch a tv series that has a world hoping god machine that only takes you to half of the locations on the wheel, and half of those are just battle arenas.
The trilogy though, and I suppose the 2 PSP games as well, and maybe a little of the long forgotten and buried 4th game, could probably be squeezed into a 2"15 movie.
If anybody is interested in seeing a really bad version of that movie the original "Scorpion King" w/ the Rock was pretty close.
Funny thing about that trailer - all mention of the prophecy is removed from the final film and put into about 15 minutes of deleted scenes on the DVD. After watching those scenes my wife and I were like - "Oh, so that's what the movie was about". Saw it about 18 years ago, still the worst movie we've ever seen. We blame the WWE who produced it. God of War would have to be better by default.
On second thought, if you swapped Jason Momoa's Kratos in for Sam Worthington's Perseus in "Wrath of the Titans" (2012, not the old Ray Harryhausen films) the movie has already been made.
@thebakerswife either sounds amazing man! Madhouse would be a delightful treat but Yoshitaka could bring such a unique style to the Bloodborne universe!
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...