I was talking with one of my students the other day that they don't make games the way they used to and that if a classic game was pitched today, it probably wouldn't even get made. So, let's pitch each other some classic video games and see how outlandish they sound.
Pitch me a classic video game
You play as a girl who shoots colourful holes in walls, whilst being tormented by a robot with lots of balls.
You play as a female bounty hunter who can bend in amazing ways to curl up into a ball and find her way into tight spaces.
Ninja Gaiden." You are a ninja, and another ninja fought your father and beat him to the ground. You are mad and want to kick his ass, and his troops to kingdom come, still for that you have to travel all over the world, and work with the FBI. Props to whoever knows what is this game. ^^ "
" @Jeust: @Jeust said:I don't get it. Are you supposed to guess our games?Ninja Gaiden. "" You are a ninja, and another ninja fought your father and beat him to the ground. You are mad and want to kick his ass, and his troops to kingdom come, still for that you have to travel all over the world, and work with the FBI. Props to whoever knows what is this game. ^^ "
I don't think we should bother pitching arcade-only games since arcades are REALLY a thing of the past. And a lot of those aren't made for consoles, so as much as I'd love to pitch Mappy, that wouldn't get made since it's really an arcade game.
As for my pitch...
So you know what's hot these days? Zombies. And you know what never goes out of style? Killing lots of them. So imagine this- you play a knight in olden times and, armed with primarily melee weapons, you have to battle through hordes of the undead (and demons) to rescue your beloved, who's been kidnapped. However, your character can only be hit twice- once and he loses his armor, and after that he dies. Plus, when you reach the end, you find out it was all a dream, and that you have to do it again. Twice the game, half the work!
I dunno, sounds like that one would get made to me.
Portal is great...but I don't know about "classic"...it's a bit too new for that. That's like calling Linkin Park "Classic Rock".
I'd say for a game to be considered classic it needs to be at least 15 -20 years old.
So anyway, my pitch.
You wake up, it's raining, no one is around, but there is a castle in the distance. You can't get in the front door, so you need to find another way in. Explore to your hearts desire in this action adventure game by the people who brought you the little Italian plumber.
" I don't think we should bother pitching arcade-only games since arcades are REALLY a thing of the past. And a lot of those aren't made for consoles, so as much as I'd love to pitch Mappy, that wouldn't get made since it's really an arcade game.As for my pitch...So you know what's hot these days? Zombies. And you know what never goes out of style? Killing lots of them. So imagine this- you play a knight in olden times and, armed with primarily melee weapons, you have to battle through hordes of the undead (and demons) to rescue your beloved, who's been kidnapped. However, your character can only be hit twice- once and he loses his armor, and after that he dies. Plus, when you reach the end, you find out it was all a dream, and that you have to do it again. Twice the game, half the work!I dunno, sounds like that one would get made to me. "Ghosts and Goblins.
Here is a game where you play a little robot. The evil doctor has created many other little robots in which to kill you. You can pick and choose which level to play next as you advance through the game. And every time you kill an evil robot, you gain his powers to use for the rest of the game.
Ok, so hear me out. Aliens invaded earth and four shirtless buff dudes are the only one who can stop them. There are all kinds of guns and it's really punishing. You only get three continues for the whole game. You fight giant-ass alien monsters with the spread gun and it's co-op.
I think that would get made today, just made easier.
" @Jeust: @Jeust said:Right! ^^Ninja Gaiden. "" You are a ninja, and another ninja fought your father and beat him to the ground. You are mad and want to kick his ass, and his troops to kingdom come, still for that you have to travel all over the world, and work with the FBI. Props to whoever knows what is this game. ^^ "
So there's this guy from Japan. He is really good at fighting and he meets people from all over the world. His hands can make fire and throw them at other people.
I dunno, I feel it'd be quite easy to pitch those games, and you can make anything sound ridiculous, current games being no exception, I mean.
"It's an adventure game where you can put a hamster in a microwave and..." "That's enough. Make it."
Ok, so there's this game where, like, people try to befriend wild animals and stuff. They then put them in tiny balls, and make them fight each other (kinda like cock fights, you know). The goal of the game is to catch all these wild animals and become the number 1 cock fighter in the world.
" WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA. ".. Shakira? is this you?
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