Do you think games like killer7 has potentional of having TV series adaptation?

[Suhi]

In the lights of the recent trend where more video games, including forgotten ones, are starting to become adapted to TV shows and the people on forums discussing which games should deserve their own TV adaptation, I was finding very weird of the idea that killer7 (aside from the whole mindscrew parts) could be easily translated into TV series due the game's episodic format.

Without spoiling the whole game, the missions or episodes all functioned like "villain of the week" trope in which eponymous killer(s) were hunting down major targets after receiving specific intel on them and why they are targeted. Most of the main targets had a importance in the overarching plot, while others (correct if I'm wrong) were like a one-shot or filler.

This concept would make the show with no problems to follow killer7's plot structure while at the same it could take advantage of having a much bigger plot/episodes that wasn't made into game.

Do you agree with idea for obscure game like Killer7 should be adapted to? Let me know in the discussion replies.

[「Lainspotting」]

Sure, its general premise works. But I think the obvious styling of the game by Suda's direction is likely too jaded and abstract for a television adaptation, at least in the sense of being faithful. Killer7 works especially as a game for how aggressive its styling is, so there's a chance it wouldn't necessarily adapt over into the TV medium accurately.

[mdesaleah]

Killer 7 is too strange to really make a show out of. A big part of the point is how vague it is. Overexplaining in a tv show wouldnt really work. No More Heroes maybe would have a better chance, but a big part of the first game is monotony with day jobs. Cut that out and it’s missing the point.

Stuff like Castlevania works cause the source is pretty simple, and they are allowed to still be flexible with it. Like giving characters with very little character, stronger personalities (like Sypha, Trevor, Maria, Annette). And then still having parts from the game story to connect it together. Like taking a set of characters and putting them in the French Revolution for the newest season is different but also fitting

A game that would fit that style well is more of Legacy of Kain series. Already strong story and writing but could benefit from episodes that show how the world works more

[Clancy McFancy]

No. It's fine.
That's like making a Let It Die movie.

[Simna ibn Sind]

I mean maybe..... but there is an important aspect of the story of Killer7 (a hard-to-notice aspect in a game of many hard-to-notice things) that would be lost if the game were a TV show instead of a video game.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Simna ibn Sind:

I mean maybe..... but there is an important aspect of the story of Killer7 (a hard-to-notice aspect in a game of many hard-to-notice things) that would be lost if the game were a TV show instead of a video game.

The big ending scene?

Yeah, it would be really hard to keep that scenario intact since it only really works with how the game shows everything else.

[Clancy McFancy]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Originally posted by Simna ibn Sind:

I mean maybe..... but there is an important aspect of the story of Killer7 (a hard-to-notice aspect in a game of many hard-to-notice things) that would be lost if the game were a TV show instead of a video game.

The big ending scene?

Yeah, it would be really hard to keep that scenario intact since it only really works with how the game shows everything else.

WHICH ending scene?
the fake one?
LION?
which?

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Clancy McFancy:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

The big ending scene?

Yeah, it would be really hard to keep that scenario intact since it only really works with how the game shows everything else.

WHICH ending scene?
the fake one?
LION?
which?

The fake one. Since the game makes a point in how it shows the team interacting with each other before that scene. Can't really do that in a show.