naughty dog isn't interested in making games anymore
they want to make interactive movies
Interactive movies would be more like David Cage games. Currently ND games are admittedly a linear, controlled experience but that isn't inherently a bad thing and I don't know why people constantly choose sides between either A) you care about story or B) you care about gameplay and you can only enjoy one of those things. Just recently I've played​ things like GTA V and Witcher 3 just fucking around in the open world, then some games with no story whatsoever like Mario Maker, 7 Days to Die, and Rainbow 6 Siege, then I've also recently replayed The Walking Dead Season 1 and Life is Strange which are pretty much all story and characters. I think all of those games are legitimately great for different reasons.
My only issue with Naughty Dog games is that they often limit player freedom and good level design for scripted sequences. For example spawning to force you to get discovered when playing a stealth game or blocking a door until you have killed all the enemies in TLOU. Or have long, boring climbing sequences in Uncharted 4 that require next to no input from the player so you can hear the characters crack jokes.
Gamer99z posted...
I4NRulez posted...
i hate video game movies because they take an experience that last over 10+ hours and try to condense it to 90 mins.
It always loses its charm and its a garbled mess. They also get people who've never played the source material.
I feel like maybe it would be best to do a 8~ episode high budget mini series sort of in the vein of Fargo or True Detective (not technically mini series I know) so they have time to fully flesh out the characters and story. Especially since that's really the highlight of the game, their journey over the period of a full year. I don't think a 90-120 minute movie can capture that fully.
Even then the game plot would need to be something that suits episodes. But yeah some games would work with this.
I think a movie is a hopeless endeavor though. ---