I'd like to pitch an idea to THQ Nordic

[Hibuki]

How would you all feel about a TV series based on the Titan Quest game?
I'm thinking of something along the lines of the new Witcher series.

[Shadow_Actual]

That seems like a bad idea. What makes a Diablolike like TQ fun is very different from what would make a TV show fun. The PC in TQ is a blank slate with no lines, while a TV show requires a memorable main character. Having frequent fight scenes would make a TV show boring fast, while it would be difficult to communicate the sense of character progression and loot sorting that makes TQ compelling.

Video game adaptations are very rarely good, and making a TV show out of a game like Titan Quest or, for that matter, any game in the genre, seems like challenging yourself for no extra reward - fans of the game won't like it, and fans of fantasy action shows are very unlikely to like it regardless of whether you make the connection clear or not.

In short, you'd spend a lot of money to get another example of why video game tie-ins don't work.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Don't forget the Witcher is based on a series of books - and you have one main character. You're not having multiple combinations of skills, etc, that TQ has. I mean what would be your main character for a TV series to start with? If you choose to base on a Templar, then some viewers would be annoyed you didn't go with an Elementalist and others that you didn't have a Bone Charmer as the main character.

[Hibuki]

Let a man dream a little.

Though you make valid points.

[slayor3000]

Agree with everything said above, plus even though there will always be people who love games based on myth/ legends, no matter where them stories are from ( a lot of my school days were spent reading and studying the classic Greek, Roman, Asian etc epics ), television audiences and shows seem to go in a cycle.
Years of Sci-Fi shows, 20 years or so of Greek, Roman etc Mythology shows. I am thinking Hercules, Xena, Conan etc. Lasted from the mid 80's to the early 2000's. And if you look they were all based on literature or comics and recognized names.
Maybe a series might work, but you would have to wait for the cycle to come round again.

[redgreen999]

A TV series would probably have to add some sappy romances and love triangles to it. Which wouldn't interest me. That is what usually happens though to get a wider audience.

[Hibuki]

I just love the story and characters of the game and thought it would make a good story for a TV series - you don't have to adhere to all the game mechanics. For example, you could have a generic Hercules type of main character (with an interesting personality) who is not limited by the classes in the game. He/She would go through the story and meet all these people and handle interesting quests.
For a love interest/triangle you could have Feiyan and/or Ylva for example.

There's a lot of content to draw from but it won't be easy to make it good/entertaining.

[Akelasan]

... these things nowadays cost absurd money and if THQN is involved, id prefer them spending money on TQ and/or a sequel ...

[Hibuki]

Originally posted by Akelasan:

... these things nowadays cost absurd money and if THQN is involved, id prefer them spending money on TQ and/or a sequel ...

For a sequel they'd need to continue the story. I honestly don't know where we could go from here... Maybe go to the Americas and explore their mythologies xD

[slayor3000]

As Akelasan said another game is money better spent. But why a huge game? Where do they go from here?
Honestly not doing a huge game, but why not something like "Titan Quest: The Forgotten Stories". Atlantis should have been the first. Then release smaller, 10 to 15 hour stories, almost like episodes every year or less.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Well, we'll just have to wait and see if THQN take the franchise any further.

[Akelasan]

... it does'nt even have to be continuation. Can be alternative version of the same with some characters, events, locations new, other could be familiar just remade ...

[Hibuki]

Originally posted by Heretic:

They already made one. Its called Xena : Warrior Princess

I love this reply xD