They're all the same general concept... just different characters. Guy ends up somewhere, reluctantly becomes a hero and saves the area from the bad guys by killing everything that moves.
I enjoyed the first couple games as the mechanics evolved, but after awhile they started feeling kinda stale. (at least in my opinion.)
Didn't they even change genres? It's been a long time since I thought about far cry but iirc the first one is a pretty neat linear sci fi shooter and the rest are mundane current world ubisoft map slop?
But the actor's wife Kaitlin Olson told Variety that their two teenage sons aren't thrilled with the idea. "The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name," she said. "And so do I, legally!"
That's actually pretty funny that he changed his but his wife and kids didn't.
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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 269d
Hope they do the weed burning Skrillex mission
benignintervention@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 269d
Been a staple of my playlist for damn near a decade
LordMayor@piefed.social · 13 pts · 269d
Please, no one tell Hollywood about No Man’s Sky, Dwarf Fortess, Portal or Subnautica.
I assume there is a 99% chance of a Cyberpunk 2077 and/or Red Dead Redemption movie/series in the next 5 years.
MMOs are probably safe after the Warcraft movie. Thanks for taking that one, WoW players.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 17 pts · 269d
Cyberpunk already does with their Edgerunners anime on Netflix
simple@piefed.social · 6 pts · 268d
it was really good and getting a second season too
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 267d
Good and soul crushing.
The only thing I watched that was that well made and emotionally damaging was the bicycle thief.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
The whole western is also overdone now too. It wouldn’t stand out if they made one based on the story. The story isn’t that unique either.
SereneSadie@quokk.au · 9 pts · 269d
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
Except for that one time he was right.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
A Portal movie with more then two characters would just be Cube.
vateso5074@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 269d
Why?
Why do you have your testicular torsion over video games getting adaptations?
vateso5074@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 269d
I keep praying to Zeus for a red dead show... it's perfect for tv i wish they'd do it
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 269d
I can't believe he changed his last name to Mac. 🤦♂️
TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 268d
It seems so unnecessary since he already had so much name recognition.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 269d
I have a bad feeling about this.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 3 pts · 268d
Yeah, we already got a Far Cry movie by Uwe Boll what could a series possibly do better?
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 269d
Which far cry though, isn’t every game different?
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 269d
They're all the same general concept... just different characters. Guy ends up somewhere, reluctantly becomes a hero and saves the area from the bad guys by killing everything that moves.
I enjoyed the first couple games as the mechanics evolved, but after awhile they started feeling kinda stale. (at least in my opinion.)
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 269d
Sure. But no.
It is an FPS. Here is a setting, here is some gear N shit, now go fight!
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 269d
First was the best. Downhill from there. Just my opinion, really. The follow ups just used the name and not the premise.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 269d
Idk, the one with the cult was pretty solid. A bit on the nose, but I can’t imagine them being able to release that plot on a tv show currently
DampSquid@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 269d
The exception being Blood Dragon, far and away the best one
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 269d
I stopped after the second one. The only thing I liked about it was the stealth and lighting the grass on fire.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 269d
fucking malaria all the time
Feyd@programming.dev · 2 pts · 269d
Didn't they even change genres? It's been a long time since I thought about far cry but iirc the first one is a pretty neat linear sci fi shooter and the rest are mundane current world ubisoft map slop?
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 269d
That’s a bingo!
kandoh@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 267d
It's supposed to be an anthology series so they'll probably do one game a season
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 269d
I really hope he's not trying to make that a thing...
paper_moon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 269d
Apparently he legally changed his name, and his imdb page has the new name too.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/06/29/rob-mcelhenney-name-change-mac/84406747007/
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0568390/
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
That's actually pretty funny that he changed his but his wife and kids didn't.
Still weird to change your name at almost 50 tho
acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
it honestly sounds like something one of his many characters (totally not based on himself) would do.
ghostlychonk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d