Best Game To Make A Movie From?

[Coldkilla]

I love editing and creating movies. However, without the people, the money, talent, or equipment necessary to create something interesting in the real world, I turn to video games. In the past, I've made videos in games like: Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, and Operation Flashpoint. Now I'm looking for another game that has an easy to use free camera with the flexibility to create something of a movie.

Anyone have any good suggestions that provides a good setting for a video & is easy to use? (Some games force you to learn the game's engine scripting, and that takes months/years to learn). Preferably something allowing two or more lan players to act as one records.

Any ideas? Thx

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Halo, as seen by Red vs Blue?

HL2 perhaps?

Anything that has "multiplayer" and "spectator mode" should work.

- M4H

 

[swtethan]

cs 1.6 with the moving mouths as they speak.

 

[Kirby]

I believe Quake 3 and 4 had some mods to do that.

 

[Quasmo]

Machinma. (sp?)

 

[BrokenVisage]

I'd love to see a movie based on Prey.. I'm sure it would have to be disturbing and gruesome but it has the potential to kick ass!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Pong

 

[Coldkilla]

Anything "real world" related? Battlefield was nice since it not only had free camera but cars, tanks, boats, planes/jets.

CS is really a good game to make a movie out of dialog. Halo as well. Prey, I don't even know if you can disable HUD.

HL2... is there: Free Camera? Ability to have smooth movement between players (as in; not choppy?)

 

[olds]

Kingpin.
Still my all time favorite just for funs sake.

 

[clamum]

I think Half-Life 2 could be really awesome if done correctly. I guess I'm referring to an actual film with director, actors, etc., though. Even so I think it would work pretty good for a homemade movie using the game.

 

[Coldkilla]

I'm into action movies myself. Dialog and comedy aren't my thing

 

[Coldkilla]

Half Life 2 sounds most interesting thus far.

edit: woops double postedered

 

[lobbyone]

WoW!

 

[QueBert]

somebody did the big court scene from A Few Good Men in the HL2 Engine, I thought it was pretty awesome.

 

[mobobuff]

Metal Gear Solid. They're practically movies already. If I had to choose which one they decided to film, I'd go for Sons of Liberty. It has a lot of compelling movie elements.

 

[Qwest]

KOTOR is better than Episodes I, II, and III... ::runs away::

 

[Raduque]

The Movies?

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Castlevania

 

[Czar]

EVE ONLINE!

most complete backstory ever

 

[Suture]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Castlevania

Wish granted. http://imdb.com/title/tt0488982/

Now whether or not it will be good, I will refer everyone to every other video game movie.

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: Suture

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Castlevania

Wish granted. http://imdb.com/title/tt0488982/

Now whether or not it will be good, I will refer everyone to every other video game movie.

Well, it's not going to be an Uwe Boll travesty, at least.

 

[James Bond]

CounterStrike is so easy. I've seen several scenes from pulp fiction done through CS.

 

[Coldkilla]

The CS Pulp Fiction, the:

Originally posted by: QueBert
somebody did the big court scene from A Few Good Men in the HL2 Engine, I thought it was pretty awesome.

Those are all scripted and rendered. Nothing I want to do. I want a free camera, vehicle friendly game that is easy to create a cutscene. Nothing I'd have to spend years on to make a 2 minute cutscene from a movie. Not to mention, that would be mostly dialoge anyway.

WoW is something that cannot be taken seriously when making a film. That's more of a comedy focus I think.

 

[zylander]

Halo, because red vs blue is good. or I should say was good cus its going down hill.


I also enjoyed watching and making videos from Tribes 2 back in the day.

 

[illusion88]

I have seen some amazing EQ2 videos.