Just because someone is a genius in one creative field doesn’t mean the same magic will work in another medium. Video games and movies are completely different ball games. However, the filmmakers described below manage to make some great contributions to celebrated video games.
This doesn’t mean they were in the trenches coding and programming full time, but their ideas and active involvement have helped make these games what they are. Some of these directors have made their love of gaming known throughout their careers, while others will surprise readers when they find out exactly who was involved in which games.
8 Trey Parker and Matt Stone – South Park: The Stick Of Truth
South Park games existed before this 2014 RPG, but they were often criticized critically. Of The stick of truth, the developers made sure to capture the heart of the show with an almost endless tribute to the best jokes and episodes. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Parks creators, were involved in many aspects of the production, including writing and voice acting.
In fact, the whole project started because Trey Parker contacted developer Obsidian with the idea of making a game together. Not only does the game feel like the show, but it’s an interesting and short RPG experience.
7 Josef Fares – It Takes Two
Many people reading this may only know Josef Fares for his games like A way out and It takes two. Before Fares founded Hazelight Studios and made two co-op oriented adventures, Fares had a long career as a director of films in Sweden. A way out is a deeply cinematic experience, so it makes sense that a director designed it.
It takes two has a greater focus on optional environmental interactions and a variety of new and interesting gameplay mechanics with each chapter, making it feel more like something that can only be done in gaming.
6 Vin Diesel – The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
Vin Diesel’s love of gaming and sci-fi is well documented. When it came time to create a game based on his popular character Riddick, it was Tigon Studios, a company founded by Vin Diesel, that took on the project in partnership with Starbreeze. In an era when most games based on movies were universally panned, Escape from Butcher Bay actually impressed fans and reviewers alike.
The first-person game focuses on stealth rather than bombastic action. Coming out in 2004, the graphics were impressive for the time and the slow gameplay was unique to the genre, especially when it came to consoles.
5 Spike Lee – NBA 2K16
Basketball fans are going to play basketball. Everyone else will largely ignore it. NBA 2K16 might have brought a few more people to the group when it introduced a story mode written and directed by Spike Lee, who is famous for such classics as She must have it and Do the right thing.
Even if one is unfamiliar with the sport, putting characters with motivations in the middle will encourage many to stick with it to the end. The game received rave reviews for the most part, and the story mode was largely greeted with approval.
4 John Woo – Strangehold
If anyone were to name some of the best Hong Kong action movies, there would probably be several directed by John Woo. One of his most iconic movies is Hard boiled, starring Chow Yun-Fat. In 2007, Midway released a video game sequel called stranglehold in association with Tiger Hill Entertainment.
John Woo served as producer on the third-person shooter and also voices one of the characters. True to the original movie, stranglehold is a marathon of shooting galleries and contains highly destructible environments.
3 John Carpenter – FEAR 3
Unlike the previous two games in the franchise, FEAR 3 focuses on somewhat asymmetrical cooperative gameplay. One player controls like a traditional FPS, while the other is capable of possessing enemies.
It sacrifices the terror of the first two entries for a heavier emphasis on action. Still, the developers enlisted the master of terror John Carpenter to direct the game’s cinematics. Carpenter has created classics such as: Halloween, The thing, They liveand Escape from New York.
2 JT Petty – Outlast
Inspired by the horror madness of found footage, last longer makes good use of night vision and the VHS aesthetic to heighten the fears.
The game was written by JT Petty, who has a string of horror movies to his credit. His most interesting work is S&Man, an underground horror documentary that also blends into a fictional subplot about the genre, making it a part of the genre it explores. Happy, last longeris completely fictional, although even this knowledge will not help some to sleep at night.
1 Steven Spielberg – Medal Of Honor
You don’t have to be a cinephile to know the name Steven Spielberg. He has numerous classics to his credit, including: ET and Saving Private Ryan. Given the latter, it is only logical that he came up with the idea for: Medal and helped develop her story.
The idea was to use a video game to educate young gamers about World War II. There are only a few high-quality first-person shooters on the original PlayStation, and Medal is perhaps the most notable. The game spawned a franchise, including a reboot set in 21st century Afghanistan.
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