Also, I think the writer of the article is incredibly off base with his assumption that gamers want just action set pieces and not so much on plot twists and character developement. The trend in video games has been moving from action action action to now having character development and plot twists being integral to game stories. The film industry has been moving from character development and plot towards action set pieces, explosions and “make the say wow” CGI.

What gamers want is a movie that doesn’t dilute what made the game great. Take doom, for example, had way too much guy against guy action. It could have been epic if they had made it about demons from hell and a band of soldiers doing the impossible. It could even have ended with one lone marine getting trapped/transported to hell in order to save earth or some civilians. It was a game about just shooting demons for crying out loud, and they missed that mark entirely.

On the other hand, the MGS series plays out like movies. Plot twists and character development are a MUST. It needs to take itself as seriously as the game as well, something that didn’t happen in the RE movies in my opinion. At least, not the second and third. Back to my point, it shouldn’t have little kickbacks to the game it was inspired by, it needs to BE the game. I always thought the story should be written by the people that wrote the game story.

RT
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