One more yes, let it not be said that The Game Awards They don’t give game… and never better said. So after collecting the list of nominees and winners of The Game Awards 2022 with some exceptions like the one at hand; after doing the same with the main announcements that were made throughout the gala, which were not few or not very important; and after also picking up all the holiday-related gaming deals found in the big box stores…
After all that, a bit of the seventh art. Or what is the same, the category of better adaptationsone of which we did not include in the first article, since we reserved it for this other one, and it is that you do not have to have played it all to enjoy a good adaptation, an increasingly common process, especially as a result of the explosion of platforms streaming. Yes, the normal thing is that tricks come out because the intention is to take advantage of the name and pull of popular games and little else.
However, there are always exceptions and some of them are the ones that end up awarded at an event like The Game Awards. In case you are interested or you missed it, below you can see the series and films nominated in the category of best adaptation at The Game Awards 2022, as well as the platforms where you can see them, if you have not already seen them. spoiler warning: Netflix sweeps and of the five nominees, three, including the winner, are their originals.
We start with the production considered the best adaptation at The Game Awards 2022; the following are in alphabetical order (although the list actually follows that order).
It premiered in November 2021 and perhaps that is why it has been relegated to this year’s awards, but only a little later, in the specials that we published on MC at Christmas, we included it in our list with the best series of 2021.
It should be recognized that it was a great success with both the public and critics and even if you haven’t played the title on which it is based, you will like it because the characters are interesting, the story is engaging and the animation is a real delight.
We are talking, of course, about Arcane: League of Legendsan animated series based on the Riot Games phenomenon that, as you have already read, you can watch on netflix. To all this, there is a second season on the way.
Much more recent is the release of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an adaptation of the universe, and not of the CD Projekt RED game. It was released in the middle of this September, but it was not enough to capture the attention of game lovers and anime lovers alike.
Already from his first announcements he was preceded by the hype And, lo and behold, it performed even better than expected. What else do you want? you can watch on netflix and although it has not yet been confirmed if there will be a second season, it has not been ruled out either.
about Cuphead It is a strange phenomenon that is attracting more and more interested parties, and it is that since the launch of the original title in 2017 until the last DLC that it has received this year, it has only amassed followers, which has merit, taking into account the style that is played and the type of game it is.
Be that as it may, Netflix saw the vein and produced its animated series, whose three seasons have been released this year, in February, August and November. Halfway between Disney cartoons and SpongeBob, but with a strong dose of personality The Cuphead series! you can watch on netflixevidently.
Of sonic 2 the movie We can say little that we haven’t already said, although it’s not hard to say: it’s as bad as you imagine before seeing it… and as entertaining and well-spun as its more than considerable success attests. Like its first part, it’s a live-action movie with CGI characters, but it’s very well done.
Very well done, yes, in the sense that the effects work -who remembers the controversies in the first part over Sonic’s design?-, the story is simple, but accessible, the references are constant… and they found the best Dr. Robotnik in Jim Carrey. It was released in theaters in March and now you can watch on amazon prime video.
to finish is Uncharted, another adaptation of a famous franchise to which we also dedicate some articles because it had a tail for a long time. To be exact, since the beginning of 2020 we have been collecting news about the film, a modest blockbuster, but a blockbuster nonetheless, which ended up being released in theaters in February of this year.
Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas make up the highlights of the cast of this film adaptation of the Naughty Dog classic for PlayStation, and although it was not as successful as expected, it was enough to establish the idea of creating a franchise and the second part is on paper, although it is not known when it will arrive (there is talk of 2021). you can see in Movistar+.
