Are The Hunger Games Appropriate for a Full Video Game Adaptation? Will There Be One?

Forgive me, I had not heard of The Hunger Games before I posted an item about Canabalt's creator and mentioned he was making an iPhone game coinciding with the film's release. That was a week ago. Since then, I could not avoid the topic if I tried, and not just because of its understandable appeal to video gamers.

That kind of saturation-induced weariness is evident in this public radio editoralist's bemoaning of "inevitable" video game spinoffs of The Hunger Games, and the potentially disturbing effects they could have on adolescent kids, for whom this series is written. It is, after all, a story centered on children hunting each other (in a dystopian future).

[Shivan]

ew no

[mabreu]

ew indeed.

[Thatguy-310]

Well an adaptation of hunger games I wouldn't like but the whole concept will make a good game. It will be some what hard to pull off though.

[SpartanGR]

God NO!

[bobrea]

no no no no no

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

If done correctly, it would be great! The problem is...they wouldn't do it correctly. :/

[Saladfax]

They couldn't make it in a fashion which would be remotely fun or satisfying, unless they focused upon the survival techniques or something.

Think of the media shitstorm of a game which actively encourages you to kill children. It works (mostly) in the novels because it's a product of a dystopian world; the Games are terrible, brutal creations.

Actually, what I'd like to see is a game done with the concept, an arena battle/survival game. It'd be very niche, but think of it like Snake Eater but with even more emphasis on survival needs. It sure as hell would be a unique experience.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Perhaps a Hunger Games video game that didn't use the same story as the books would work...

I don't want it to be online, however. I would want an intimate single-player story, with multiple outcomes. I want each death to feel unique and I want to love the character you play as. Please give that to us!

[Smashbro29]

No. Mainly because they'd base it on the movie and not the book.

[gtxgamer2]

Good movie, enjoyed it very much. Recommend it to movie go-ers

[M83_]

It actually looks interesting and has good reviews.
I thought it would be crap mainly because Miley Cyrus' boyfriend is in it.

[gtxgamer2]

lol nahh he plays like one part

[FriedGoat]

Instead of 3 parts like Eddie Murphy.

[GamerSciz]

I for one was very disappointed in the movie. For having actually read the book the movie did not portray it very well. It got the main point across but main characters and key scenes were either left out or worse, changed entirely.

As far as a game, I don't think it would be done right and therefore should not be done at all.

[Ares84HU]

I'm a movie "go-er". I've seen the trailer for it and decided it's not for me. It's about teenagers killing teenagers. Not my kind of movie....I can't even take the actors seriously in it.

[rhap]

If you want a good movie with that theme, watch Battle Royale.

[ReservoirDog316]

Or read Battle Royale.

It's Hunger Games but so so much more violent.

[Muffins1223]

Depends,dont want it to be cheap and a movie rip off,which i will if made.Get a good story developer like naughty dog or something like that

[cpayne93]

There would only be 23 other people to kill, only 22 if you play as the two main characters. Not to mention the fact that most die in the first few minutes, I guess you could throw in some more confrontations with the wildlife and focus more on the survival aspect. But they would have to keep the theme that The Hunger Games has, it couldn't just be an action game, the point has to be made that the killing of innocent lives for entertainment is sick, and how the high class people who live in the city have horribly twisted mindsets.

It would be hard to make it work, but it could actually have the potential to be a great game. They would probably just screw up though.

[Fel08]

No, and the same goes to Twilight.

[TheGameFoxJTV]

DO NOT. Group Hunger Games with the stupid shit. Hunger Games series is a actual good series. Not some senseless dribble that was made for prepubescent girls.

[cpayne93]

Don't understand how people compare the two. They really aren't alike at all.

[Fel08]

Looks like I offended some fans. Look, I don't have anything against the movie, I just think that some movies should just be that, movies, just like some games should not be made into movies.

[OhMyGandhi]

and have you read "The Hunger Games"?

thought so.

would be nice to see a book to game translation. those who disagree are either a) illiterate or b) thought that source material is close in comparison to "Twilight".

[DrRichtofen]

No http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[iWishTifaWasReal]

if Square Enix make like CGI cutscenes for it and it has AWESOME RPG mechanic. they also have to show an Epic trailer then i would buy such a game.

BTW people, Hunger Games is an awesome movie/book. ITS NOT TWILIGHT.

[tack129]

If it is done right, yes. Otherwise, no.

On another note I'm a fan of the books and I want to read/watch Battle Royale now.

[humbleopinion]

Aren't MadWorld and Manhunt about the same general principle, just with less kids and more violence?

[BinCs]

No.

[Captain Tuttle]

What's Hunger Games?

[BinCs]

A recent media franchise written by Suzanne Collins. It's actually quite interesting and smart from what I've heard.
But a game based on that kind of story would suck, in my opinion.

[Mrmagnumman357]

It is such a good movie, but it wouldn't work for a video game. Its such a tragic concept, that making a video game about it, would create huge controversy, its about kids brutally murdering other kids. I honestly wouldn't want to play it, so i think their isn't any chance of them making a game for this. Also, to everyone, it is nothing like twilight. The twilight movies are ridiculously bad, and are about love. The hunger games is about being forced to lose your morality if you want to survive, and having to kill innocent children/teens. There is still a love story, but it doesn't take up the whole movie like twilight.

[Wagz22]

How about a battle royal movie instead?

[spe3dstar]

it should've been a lot more gory like battle royal.

[mistajeff]

the only way it could work is if it was set in a games decades before the books take place, completely separate in everything but the universe. the idea of a sort of survival/combat sandbox set up as a hunger games appeals to me, and i'm confident that someone could do it well if they took the time, but none of the big publishers would take the risk of tackling a big budget game that centers around killing children.