Friday, June 26, 2015

Change the Script

In recent months I've come across a pair of interesting fan-edit movies: Firstly, there's the Tolkien edit of the Hobbit which merges all three Hobbit movies into the one feature and keeps it in line with the original text. And then there is a Phantom Edit of the Star Wars prequel trilogy that, again, knocks three movies down into a single feature and subsequently rewrites the script into something actually likeable.
I have to admire the dedication of the editors behind these edits: they have taken an incoherent narrative and worked them into something manageable, even likeable.

So how soon before someone does the same to games?

I suppose it isn't much of a stretch imagining someone modding certain games and reworking the narrative. This is largely due to a) the edited movies exemplified above showed that there are people willing to correct someone else's mistakes and b) the continuing existence of modding communities.

Personally I would like to see someone take the script of Final Fantasy VIII and made the narrative comprehensible. And populate it with likable characters.
And while we're at it, how about rewriting the narrative of Final Fantasy IX and make the rest of game maintain the pace set by the first disc?

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