An Spaghetti-Western?

[Trenchfoot]

I recently started watching Sergio Leone's movies again and man, I can't believe I forgot how much I love this particular genre! It's THE western in my opinion, a lot better than the american western.

So anyone else think an Spaghetti-Western based game would be awesome for TellTale? It could be a great change for the average Western game...

[LuigiHann]

Spaghetti doesn't start with a vowel sound...

But yeah a Spaghetti Western game would be pretty cool. Any kind of western would be neat to see Telltale tackle, just because it makes for interesting settings and characters

[allinone]

Yeah, I agree with you guys. Spaghetti Western game would be awesome. I'm looking forward to it. Maybe guys could have a try in this field. xD

[Krohn]

That would be an interesting change.

I can't recall any adventure game in that genre. (Which probably means nobody made a good one yet)


One of the harder parts could be to come up with an interesting way to handle combat, that doesn't involve fast reaction time.
(There must be at least one obligatory bar fight per episode, and beside punching and kicking, you have be able to smack them with a chair and stuff like that)


It's about time that someone shows the world that adventures are the better action games ;)

(And no, insult bar fighting won't do)

[Secret Fawful]

Spaghetti westerns generally don't use fast showdowns, so I'd expect it would be more of a cutscene. The best spaghetti western showdowns are slow, and focus on the characters emotions before the end.

As much as I'd love an adventure game in this genre, this isn't the 80s and 90s age of Make Everything Into An Adventure Game. We desperately need more quality western adventure games than Gold Rush and Freddy Pharkas though, and I do agree that the best spaghetti westerns are the best westerns there are. It's my favorite genre.

[mgrant]

I recently started watching Sergio Leone's movies again and man, I can't believe I forgot how much I love this particular genre! It's THE western in my opinion, a lot better than the american western.

So anyone else think an Spaghetti-Western based game would be awesome for TellTale? It could be a great change for the average Western game...


Honestly as much as I am a huge fan of the Spaghetti Western (I have a poster of Pale Rider hanging in my room next to my Back to The Future one actually), it doesn't really suit the adventure game genre. If anything, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was probably the best example of a western being translated into a game. The Showdown mode made sense (making this the only time I will probably ever speak positively about a quicktime event outside of maybe Resident Evil 4) and the story and characterization was amazingly good. The only think it needed was a barfight mini-game and it would have been damn near perfect.

[Friar]

The only two westerns i've seen are Back to the future part 3, and Dances with wolves. So, i'm pretty ignorant: whats the difference between a western and a spaghetti western?

[Secret Fawful]

It's not different from a western, but it's a sub-genre of western named because they were Italian westerns by Italian directors. Thus the term spaghetti. Typically they were darker, moodier, more violent, very emotional, and had a dirtier atmosphere with more morally ambiguous lead characters. They're different then from American westerns which were often much more black and white and often the spaghettis turned typical western cliches on their head.

I really recommend the ones by Sergio Leone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone), Sergio Corbucci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Corbucci), and Sergio Sollima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Sollima). They have gorgeous cinematography, fabulous stories, and masterful scores.

[Origami]

If anything, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was probably the best example of a western being translated into a game.

I thought that was Red Dead Redemption.

[Edward VanHelgen]

I'm also in the "Western mood" lately, and i'm watching both classic westerns and spaghetti-westerns.

BTW, the best western video game ever is Outlaws, if only because of music - just listen to this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGzY8dAilk) for example

I am also rewatching Maverick this evening, it's incredible how good and funny that movie is :D i recommend it to everyone who loves Mel Gibson and doesn't mind comedy

[Origami]

No! Listen to this song!

It sounds so adventurous! It's as if it was made in the 1960's for a western movie but it's actualy a 1915's composition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo

[mgrant]

I thought that was Red Dead Redemption.

Red Dead Redemption felt like GTA in the old west to me, it didn't have the flair and well paced story of a Spaghetti Western. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood seemed closer to the mark to me, reminded me quite a bit of Hang 'Em High.

[Trenchfoot]

Red Dead Redemption felt like GTA in the old west to me, it didn't have the flair and well paced story of a Spaghetti Western. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood seemed closer to the mark to me, reminded me quite a bit of Hang 'Em High.

That reminds of...

HANG 'EM! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gscut1p4kY)

[mgrant]

And that reminds me of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBR3WlXsppE)