A Dragon Age TV series? One of the role-playing game creators is skeptical.
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The Fallout series is currently showing again that video games can work really well as TV productions. The Last of Us was already a complete success. Fans are now wondering which other series might also have the potential to be a good series.
According to Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider, his fantasy story is definitely not one of them. But the author knows which games he would rather make into films.
“Just an ordinary fantasy story”
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, user Darren Lucas asks which games should get a TV series next after the success of the Fallout or The Last Of Us series.
Gaider, who hasn't worked for Bioware since 2016, responded by saying that anyone would assume he was suggesting Dragon Age, but he thinks so “a terrible idea.”
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He would rather have one Adaptation from Disco Elysium, in the style of director David Lynch (1984's Dune, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet). Or Banishers.
How does the author justify his attitude?
According to Gaider, games like Dragon Age, but also Elder Scrolls or Baldur's Gate, become “pretty ordinary fantasy stories” if you listen to them takes away the interactivity of the video game medium.
While he doesn't think it's impossible to make series out of it, it would take quite a bit of work to filter out the elements that are unique and interesting.
What about Mass Effect? Gaider also sees little reason for a series with Bioware's SciFi trilogy. As with Baldur's Gate 3, he explains that he finds it difficult to imagine anything, “that he hasn't seen dozens of times”.
We'll discuss what's next with Mass Effect and Dragon Age when it comes to video games in the following GameStar talk:
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What is actually the status of series based on Bioware games?
One was already released on Netflix in December 2022 Animation series called Dragon Age: Absolution, which takes place between the final installment Inquisition and the in-development Dreadwolf. According to his own statement, Gaider has never seen it and has no interest in it.
And Mass Effect also has a series coming up, like Fallout to be implemented by Amazon. However, there is no concrete information about the project yet.
David Gaider believes that games like Dragon Age don't work as a series because they were designed to be interactive experiences. Is he right about that or does a series like Fallout prove that it is possible with the right implementation? Do you feel like video game adaptations have gotten over their bad reputation? Feel free to write it to us in the comments.