Top 10 TV Shows that Should be Made into a Major Game
7. Hannibal
One of the strongest spectacles to roar through TV sets lately, Hannibal takes lore about a highly intelligent serial killer and makes an artwork out of it. Quite directly, this sort of distinguished presence is represented in story and art direction alike. Just watching this series exposes viewers to a veritable tour de force.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a forensics psychiatrist, who assists a police force with gruesome murders. Lecter's calm presence exudes a sense of control at all times, which is necessary to balance dark subjects. On the other side of that coin there's protagonist Will Graham, a profiler with an unparalleled empathic vision for a killer's motives. This insight makes Graham mentally unstable, often descending into delirium, which links the character to Hannibal. Given the latter is actually a serial killer the corps is looking for, hiding in plain sight, the cat and mouse dynamic between the two, as well as surrounding characters, is like watching a game of chess. Except in this case, whichever pawn gets eaten has the misfortune of having the term being taken literally, as Lecter also happens to be a cannibal.
Since episodes are so atmospheric, presenting this in game form would be a tough feat to accomplish. Trying to catch the killer through profiling would put too much emphasis on puzzles. While recreating crimes with Will could be interesting, sleuthing would distract from getting caught up in the disturbing plot. Therefore, instead of following Graham, maybe players would like to delve more into the killer's mind. Hannibal just has more to work with. It would be possible to display skill in conversation pieces that put victims at ease, before brutally murdering them. Some could then be served to guests in a cooking or management element, where blending the human meat undetected becomes the goal. Other bodies could be meticulously dissected into one of the show's morbid sculptures. To top it off, the more atrocities are successfully pulled off, the more small artifacts Hannibal could camouflage in the office. It's all about power, control and slight taunts hiding in plain sight after all.
"officers are shown as greedy, power hungry brutes, while those involved in illegal activities have more human qualities"
Love that you included The Wire but I would have to disagree with this. Both sides are even-handedly presented.
yes breaking bad . I would buy
Love all the games but when are you going to get knews does are already old for me and my kids...
Where is Firefly? I'm sorry but this list is way too limited in scope and I don't see how it could be labeled as a Top 10. Breaking Bad, Boardwalk, and I guess American Horror Story, but AHS shouldn't count b/c you could just do anything and label it "American Horror Story" since every season is a completely different story.
SOA
Where is Magnum PI?
I gotta say a lot of these are just dumb. Orange is the new black,really? Good show dumb game even as a knock off prison sim. I'm not British but the british guys in here are right. Where's misfits or Luther. Even Inbetweeners could be a good game. I would buy Rick and Morty tho no matter what kinda game it is.
American TV is LOL NO
Really now, no British shows? Why did you pick 10 shows all from the states and about people who live there? Their shows are fine, but kind of overrated at this point.
Not breaking Bad. That has a pretty poignant and structured narrative. Its more of a character study than anything else anyway.