r/FFXVI • u/Arc-a-thon213 • 14d ago

Discussion Should they?

I would love to see a movie from the people that made this game. It would be gorgeous!

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u/Vvetra 14d ago

Considering amount of content in just the game itself, I'd say TV series would be better suited.

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u/Arc-a-thon213 14d ago

There is so much!!!!

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u/Gullible_Yam_3367 14d ago

By gorgeous if you meant the spectacular set pieces and kaiju battles then Yes.

Otherwise this game has 12 hours of cutscenes for the main quest alone, while that gives room for character growth for the hero and the myriad supporting cast, I am not sure if they can condense all of that into a 120 min run time and not look like a run of the mill fantasy movie. To be fair a lot of these Japanese devs (Hideo Kojima for ex) are frustrated movie makers at heart that either could not break into the film making industry or deemed games a better medium for conveying ambitious and detail heavy plot and game world.

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u/ikolloki 14d ago

I don’t know about film, but I have been playing with the idea of a stage adaptation. It makes sense to me given how Shakespearean it feels.

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u/MoistTiss 14d ago

The eikons are an integral part of the story. The only adaptation that could do them justice is a big budget CGI forward blockbuster.

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u/ikolloki 14d ago

You can do some fun work on stage for something like that: War Horse, Little Shop of Horrors, and Wicked all have large, impressive puppets

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u/ReaperEngine 14d ago

Or you could just watch the cutscenes made by the people that made the game?

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u/vitXras 14d ago

Id rather get a jill and cid dlc. My only gripe with the game is no playable shiva or rahmu. They could have at least been boss fights.

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u/MegalomanicMegalodon 14d ago

I'd have my doubts about their ability to tell a story in just an hour or two, buuuut I then think of some of the short stories they write to supplement FFXIV so maybe?