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These two things, films and games, are two of the main forms of entertainment in our lives today. Which one is more entertaining though? Films can send lots of emotions through your body. They can make you laugh, cry, scared, hopeful, angry and lots more things. Games can have the same effect on a person, so which one is more entertaining. One of the deciding factors could be freedom.
Games allow a certain degree of freedom. For example, in most games you control the outcome, the character and what the character does. Films are different. Most, if not all films have a set outcome. The script is set and cannot be changed. Is that why some people prefer games, if you can compare films to games? Do we want to see more freedom with the introduction of the DVD and DVD features? Some DVD’s have extra features, which allow you to choose different endings. Could one day they make a film where you control the destiny of the character? Or if you could make a film like that would it just be classified as a game?
Games and films can be made into films and games. One example of this is the Tomb Raider games have now been made into a film and there is now a Final Fantasy film based on the popular computer game series. Is it good to convert games into films and vice versa? If we have played the game and loved it do we really need it to be made into a film? I think its good for games to be made into films and vice versa. There are so many great games around and I think that if they could be made into films they would still be great. For example, Metal Gear Solid 2 would make a great film and Grand Theft Auto 3 would make an excellent gangster film. Moving on from this I think that only certain types of games can be made into films. Only action and adventure games have much potential as films, because it would be very hard to convert such games as strategy games. There have been lots of films and TV series that have been made into games. One good example is the Star Wars games. The film was epic and lots of games have been created. All in all the games have been of a good standard. Another example is the Disney games. Lots of Disney games have been created as a result of the Films and books. Some of the games created from the films have been good, some have been bad; but do films give the inspiration to some game designers to make classic games? I bet some games have been based on films that the game designers have seen, but we just haven’t been told.
To sum up I believe it’s healthy for games and films to be linked. They are very much in the same genre because of their entertainment value. Films inspire games; games inspire films. So as long as top class titles can keep coming out it doesn’t matter whether they were based on a film or based on a game.
Games allow a certain degree of freedom. For example, in most games you control the outcome, the character and what the character does. Films are different. Most, if not all films have a set outcome. The script is set and cannot be changed. Is that why some people prefer games, if you can compare films to games? Do we want to see more freedom with the introduction of the DVD and DVD features? Some DVD’s have extra features, which allow you to choose different endings. Could one day they make a film where you control the destiny of the character? Or if you could make a film like that would it just be classified as a game?
Games and films can be made into films and games. One example of this is the Tomb Raider games have now been made into a film and there is now a Final Fantasy film based on the popular computer game series. Is it good to convert games into films and vice versa? If we have played the game and loved it do we really need it to be made into a film? I think its good for games to be made into films and vice versa. There are so many great games around and I think that if they could be made into films they would still be great. For example, Metal Gear Solid 2 would make a great film and Grand Theft Auto 3 would make an excellent gangster film. Moving on from this I think that only certain types of games can be made into films. Only action and adventure games have much potential as films, because it would be very hard to convert such games as strategy games. There have been lots of films and TV series that have been made into games. One good example is the Star Wars games. The film was epic and lots of games have been created. All in all the games have been of a good standard. Another example is the Disney games. Lots of Disney games have been created as a result of the Films and books. Some of the games created from the films have been good, some have been bad; but do films give the inspiration to some game designers to make classic games? I bet some games have been based on films that the game designers have seen, but we just haven’t been told.
To sum up I believe it’s healthy for games and films to be linked. They are very much in the same genre because of their entertainment value. Films inspire games; games inspire films. So as long as top class titles can keep coming out it doesn’t matter whether they were based on a film or based on a game.
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>Putting a film such as Mummy returns as a game but The mummy return was not all based the film I think that a bit true but hey whatta ya gonna say about it?
Think youve missed some words out, i cant understand your point. Do you mean the game wasnt entirley bassed on the film?
>Putting a film such as Mummy returns as a game but The mummy return was not all based the film I think that a bit true but hey whatta ya gonna say about it?
Think youve missed some words out, i cant understand your point. Do you mean the game wasnt entirley bassed on the film?
Just generally discussing the topic of films and games from all angles
These two things, films and games, are two of the main forms of entertainment in our lives today. Which one is more entertaining though? Films can send lots of emotions through your body. They can make you laugh, cry, scared, hopeful, angry and lots more things. Games can have the same effect on a person, so which one is more entertaining. One of the deciding factors could be freedom.
Games allow a certain degree of freedom. For example, in most games you control the outcome, the character and what the character does. Films are different. Most, if not all films have a set outcome. The script is set and cannot be changed. Is that why some people prefer games, if you can compare films to games? Do we want to see more freedom with the introduction of the DVD and DVD features? Some DVD’s have extra features, which allow you to choose different endings. Could one day they make a film where you control the destiny of the character? Or if you could make a film like that would it just be classified as a game?
Games and films can be made into films and games. One example of this is the Tomb Raider games have now been made into a film and there is now a Final Fantasy film based on the popular computer game series. Is it good to convert games into films and vice versa? If we have played the game and loved it do we really need it to be made into a film? I think its good for games to be made into films and vice versa. There are so many great games around and I think that if they could be made into films they would still be great. For example, Metal Gear Solid 2 would make a great film and Grand Theft Auto 3 would make an excellent gangster film. Moving on from this I think that only certain types of games can be made into films. Only action and adventure games have much potential as films, because it would be very hard to convert such games as strategy games. There have been lots of films and TV series that have been made into games. One good example is the Star Wars games. The film was epic and lots of games have been created. All in all the games have been of a good standard. Another example is the Disney games. Lots of Disney games have been created as a result of the Films and books. Some of the games created from the films have been good, some have been bad; but do films give the inspiration to some game designers to make classic games? I bet some games have been based on films that the game designers have seen, but we just haven’t been told.
To sum up I believe it’s healthy for games and films to be linked. They are very much in the same genre because of their entertainment value. Films inspire games; games inspire films. So as long as top class titles can keep coming out it doesn’t matter whether they were based on a film or based on a game.
Games allow a certain degree of freedom. For example, in most games you control the outcome, the character and what the character does. Films are different. Most, if not all films have a set outcome. The script is set and cannot be changed. Is that why some people prefer games, if you can compare films to games? Do we want to see more freedom with the introduction of the DVD and DVD features? Some DVD’s have extra features, which allow you to choose different endings. Could one day they make a film where you control the destiny of the character? Or if you could make a film like that would it just be classified as a game?
Games and films can be made into films and games. One example of this is the Tomb Raider games have now been made into a film and there is now a Final Fantasy film based on the popular computer game series. Is it good to convert games into films and vice versa? If we have played the game and loved it do we really need it to be made into a film? I think its good for games to be made into films and vice versa. There are so many great games around and I think that if they could be made into films they would still be great. For example, Metal Gear Solid 2 would make a great film and Grand Theft Auto 3 would make an excellent gangster film. Moving on from this I think that only certain types of games can be made into films. Only action and adventure games have much potential as films, because it would be very hard to convert such games as strategy games. There have been lots of films and TV series that have been made into games. One good example is the Star Wars games. The film was epic and lots of games have been created. All in all the games have been of a good standard. Another example is the Disney games. Lots of Disney games have been created as a result of the Films and books. Some of the games created from the films have been good, some have been bad; but do films give the inspiration to some game designers to make classic games? I bet some games have been based on films that the game designers have seen, but we just haven’t been told.
To sum up I believe it’s healthy for games and films to be linked. They are very much in the same genre because of their entertainment value. Films inspire games; games inspire films. So as long as top class titles can keep coming out it doesn’t matter whether they were based on a film or based on a game.