10 Video Games That Deserve The Last of Us Treatment as TV Series

HBO’s The Last of Us goes bonkers in phrases of viewership. Everyone loves the brand new present; many will agree it’s in all probability essentially the most correct online game adaptation to this point in phrases of nailing the sport’s tone and story.

We’ll want to observe just a few extra episodes to reach at an sincere conclusion. Still, we’re digging this fungus-filled journey, a lot in order that we determined to jot down an inventory of different video video games we’d like to see on the small display screen.

Doom

Hollywood has given us two Doom diversifications, together with a 2005 adaptation starring the Rock and Karl Urban, and each sucked. It’s time to do id Software’s iconic first-person shooter sequence justice. Don’t overthink this: a TV present centered on the mysterious Doomslayer and his journey to Hell and again doesn’t have to be sophisticated. Give the man some weapons and some thousand demons to battle, and let the nice instances roll! 

Or, if a producer should get intelligent, give us one thing alongside The Dirty Dozen, drop a handful of violent criminals into Hell, and watch them struggle their option to freedom by means of a number of seasons till just one stays. Of course, that’s a suggestion, however give us greater than that horrible Doom: Annihilation that hit VOD in 2019.

Red Dead Redemption

Rocksteady’s epic western saga options colourful characters and a robust sufficient storyline to carry viewers’ consideration in the identical approach as Deadwood or Yellowstone. The difficult half can be determining the best way to make Red Dead stand out from different westerns. Personally, I’d like to see John Marston in dwell motion, adopted by the tragic story of Arthur Morgan. Bonus factors if the showrunner consists of the notorious ingesting scene from Red Dead 2 or any of the sport’s hysterical fails/glitches. 

Arkham Series

With Batman seemingly up within the air at Warner Bros., new DCU chief James Gunn ought to pitch an Arkham Knight-themed TV present that follows Rocksteady’s well-known Arkham trilogy. For these unaware, the sequence follows Batman’s makes an attempt to thwart the diabolical plots of iconic villains such as Joker, Hugo Strange, Ra’s al Ghul, and Scarecrow (amongst others) at Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and later Gotham. During his ordeal, Bats bumps shoulders with Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing. He makes use of an unbelievable arsenal of autos, weapons, and devices to get the job accomplished.

While the sport capabilities as one massive story, facet missions that includes the likes of Mr. Freeze and Two-Face, work as particular person episodes that in the end join with the bigger narrative. After seeing the Caped Crusader on the massive display screen through the years, perhaps it’s time to deliver him again to the boob tube, the place we will actually get an excellent have a look at his rogue’s gallery.  

The Legend of Zelda

I’m shocked we haven’t seen Link in some form or type on the massive or small display screen. After The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, I feel an animated Link journey could possibly be accomplished nicely sufficient to cater to the favored online game franchise’s common audiences and diehard followers. 

Admittedly, the final Zelda recreation I performed was N64’s The Ocarina of Time approach again within the late 90s, however I vividly recall my expertise. With almost 30 video games to select from, any showrunner with the cajones to sort out this huge franchise gained’t lengthy for content material, and it’s prime for an anthology sequence on condition that the video games use a number of totally different Links and Zeldas from vastly totally different time durations in Hyrule. It doesn’t should get all darkish and brooding, both. Make Zelda in the identical vein as Mario — enjoyable and cute, however intense when the state of affairs requires extra violence.

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto V bought thousands and thousands of copies upon its launch in 2013. Clearly, there’s a built-in viewers clamoring for extra misadventures with Michael Townley, Trevor Philips, and Brad Snider. Why not give them what they need: a complete sequence value of violence, intercourse, medication, and mayhem set within the fictional metropolis of Los Santos? Think The Sopranos, albeit in a world the place the whole lot is a tad extra exaggerated, villains run rampant, and solely the sturdy dwell lengthy sufficient to rise to the highest of the meals chain. There must be one episode designed round a personality’s plan to run alongside the highest of a 747 — does anybody have Tom Cruise’s quantity?

Uncharted

Last 12 months noticed the discharge of Reuben Fleischer’s long-in-development Uncharted. While the movie has its moments and definitely captures the texture of the favored online game sequence, the weird casting decisions — ahem, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg? — left so much to be desired. On high of that, the movie pivots from the sport’s story in favor of a prequel that explains Nathan Drake’s origins. Why? As The Last of Us sequence has proven, it’s potential to stay carefully to the plot of a online game and nonetheless draw thousands and thousands of viewers. 

In this case, any Uncharted sequence must deliver again creator Amy Hennig, whose sharp writing introduced Drake and Co. to vivid life in 2007. Nate may fill the void vacated by old style motion heroes like Indiana Jones, individuals. He wants somebody with the imaginative and prescient and wherewithal to deliver him to life. I believe a TV adaptation would higher serve his sprawling adventures, the place a writing group may flesh out his story in larger element with out the pressures of the worldwide field workplace. 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty stays one of essentially the most enduring online game franchises of all time. Hell, for an excellent decade or so, it was must-purchase leisure. Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, for instance, stand as two of my all-time favourite gaming experiences. I’d like to see their epic tales delivered to life in a globe-trotting, Jack Ryan-esque sequence. Introduce Soap MacTavish and his particular forces unit and observe their endeavors to deliver down the likes of Vladimir Makarov and Khaled Al-Asad.

Imagine a high-octane sequence punctuated by unbelievable motion; rip-roaring set items, and explosive enjoyable. And sure, I anticipate a complete episode dedicated to the Overwatch mission.

Half-Life 2

It’s been almost twenty years since Half-Life 2 (and Portal, for that matter), however seeing what HBO achieved with The Last of Us makes me imagine the time is correct for a TV sequence chronicling the adventures of Gordon Freeman. Sure, the content material is akin to The Last of Us — Earth is overrun by one thing known as the Combine — however there’s much more to the story than working and gunning. Imagine seeing these bizarre ass alien canine issues delivered to life? Epic storytelling at its best, people, and it’s proper there ready for somebody with a singular imaginative and prescient to boost it from the useless.

Little Nightmares

Finally, Little Nightmares is one other recreation that might make for an thrilling TV sequence — so lengthy as it’s accomplished in the identical creepy stop-motion model as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. This darkish, fashionable nightmare would terrify as an episodic sequence as we observe Six by means of the unusual world of Maw, crammed with weird creatures presided over by the Lady. The story would want a bit extra padding. Still, the nonstop weirdness would seemingly be sufficient to carry viewers’ consideration by means of a number of seasons.