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Videogame movies have never really gone away, but it certainly feels like they've had a bit of a renaissance in the 2020s. They're less crap, for starters (at least most of them are, anyway), and generally feel a little more catered to the nerd crowd who love the source material in the first place.
It's become somewhat of a ritual for me and my pals to get together and see the big videogame movies at the cinema. Even when they're a bit naff (looking at you, Super Mario Galaxy Movie) they've become this grand event that genuinely makes me look forward to whichever game is going to get Hollywooded out the wazoo next.
It seems you, the PC Gamer readers, perhaps do not share my same enthusiasm for the craft. I recently polled you lovely folk on what videogame you'd like to see adapted into a movie next and, erm… well. The most voted-for answer was that you don't.
28% of you opted for "Please, no more videogame movies!!" Which, listen. I get it. I watched the first Mortal Kombat movie in anticipation of the second one and it made me question what I even liked about both gaming and watching movies in the first place. (For the record, the second one is much better and I liked it far more.)
Yes we live in a world where the Warcraft movie and that one terrible Hitman movie exist. But we also live in a world where the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy exists, and that's peak!
You're not all praying for the downfall of the humble videogame movie adaptation, though. Unsurprisingly at PC Gamer dot com, out of all the options I presented, Deus Ex came out on top as the game you'd like to see hit the silver screen. While I'm not quite the JC Denton stan like my colleagues, I do think you could make a thrilling 90-minute romp out of the immsim.
As far as the other options go, 12% of you thought a Diablo movie could be pretty cool, and not far behind with 11% of the votes was Baldur's Gate 3. I do actually wonder if you could capture what's so special about the latter within the confines of A-List actors and some special effects. I reckon it'd be a bit naff, you know.
Games you were less enthusiastic about (but still had some fans) were Arc Raiders with 5% of the votes, The Sims with 2% of the votes, and finally a paltry 116 of you showing up to declare you'd want to see a Fortnite movie happen.
Personally I reckon you could do something wicked with The Sims—think similarly to how the Barbie movie transformed a personality-devoid doll into one of my all-time favourite movies. You just don't see the vision yet!
And erm, well. Quite a lot of you didn't actually like any of the options I put forward. 17% of you, in fact, had totally different ideas for which game should be turned into a videogame movie. First of all, my deepest apologies for not presenting only the finest of PC Gamer curation for you.
But hey! Now's your chance to tell me which game you reckon should be turned into a movie next. I'd love to know which ones you personally think would suit the silver screen the most. Be sure to drop a comment and let me know (and feel free to scold me on the terrible poll options I presented to you in the first place).
