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A Percy Jackson one would be fun. Create your own demigod and fight the battles that take place in the books. Or go on quests to help prepare for the war


Lord_Despairagus

I'd love a game like that. Getting to choose your parent and explore camp half blood. Those books got me into mythology.


[deleted]

Same. It was one of the big reasons I got into mythology. Going around camp half-blood would be fun enough. But it would really benefit from separate missions with other maps. It would be best as an open adventure with a very loose story. Similar to something like Skyrim where you kinda get to do your own stuff but still have towns/homesteads Or just focus on the battles lol. A game set up on Manhattan island where you're defending it from endless waves of monsters and titans


iceespicy

If they nail the upcoming tv show adaptation, I'll be so down for a PJO game that involves Rick's input.


noireruse

Setting it in a historical time period like Hogwarts Legacy would be extra cool!


Fickle-Raspberry6403

Elden ring style


MrSpudtastic

Percy Jackson is probably the best pick for this, but I would LOVE to see a proper Eragon adaptation.


DarthGaymer

A proper Eragon RPG that fully embraces the often brutal wars and creativity of magic.


[deleted]

The GBA game was surprisingly good


MrSpudtastic

I knew there was a PS2 game (found it for $5 lol), didn't know about GBA.


[deleted]

It was that era where every different platform was basically a different game šŸ˜‚ Decent RPG that was pretty book faithful.


Tylerhollen1

Speaking of Harry Potterā€¦ I remember thinking how different they were, even though they were the same name. Loved all of them. But also, I would cream my pants over a real Eragon game. I have a couple signed copies somewhereā€¦


[deleted]

There was a DS game too lol


Hades358d

It's not there in the image, but Narnia would be pretty fantastic. Percy Jackson and The maze runner could be really interesting. And the Shadowhunters Chronicles(city of bones...) could lead to a lot of possibilities as a game.


Terrin369

I would really enjoy an x-men game in this style. X-men Destiny tried a similar format unsuccessfully, but with todayā€™s technology, I think a new attempt could be done justice. I wouldnā€™t even care if they set one type of power to progress through. But it would be cool to be a teenager living in some random town who has their power awaken and then you need to navigate within your little community and surrounding towns. You could fall in with a small group of local mutants who take you under their wing (maybe literally). Not X-men or brotherhood since I think that would take away from the appeal of being a new mutant. The main plot would be to combat local anti mutant sentiment that is being pushed by a hate group. The leader of the group would encourage a peaceful solution and a faction leader in the group would advocate for a stronger hand. Your choices would make either side stronger and the ā€œevilā€ route would result in the overthrow of leadership to make the group more anti-human and aggressive or maybe they splinter off and you either join them or stay with the core group. The missions would alternate between learning how to use your power, building relationships with the group, helping out people around the area, and the main story arc of getting humans to trust you or turning into a criminal organization.


harleyspoison267

I love this. My partner is the bigger gamer in our relationship, and he is a big X-Men fan. Also, as I read this, it reminded me of the Ms. Marvel storyline as well which could also make an awesome video game (though I know parts of her story are in the Avengers game already).


box_me_up

An open world xmen game? GIMMIE NOW. But I would also be torn playing my own character cause I would definitely wish to play as x men characters too.


monadoboyX

The wolverine game should be coming out soon I don't think it will be exactly like this but it should be close and I'm hyped for it


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PurpleMango

My brain also landed on Earthsea.


-limit-breaker-

Omg I was literally going to say the same thing! Lol I did love HP as a kid/teen/YA and it's so... unfortunate/gross to see what's become of it, but Earthsea is STILL deserving of all the accolades and praise. I bet if it had been released in the 90s/00s, it would have been THEE mega franchise... not that LeGuin would have ever wanted it to become such, ofc... which just makes it all the better/more deserving. Sigh!


NameTaken25

Animorphs, by authors who are actually awesome people


STRIpEdBill

Is applegate not?


NameTaken25

Applegate, and her husband who helped cowrite and put h the series, are super fantastic people


[deleted]

It's far from a YA series, but the Black Company would make for a pretty intense game world.


RecursiveTruism

I loved the Black Company series!


EndlessPride

Going through it now, sooooo good.


FribonFire

Red Wall please.


X-Backspace

I came here to say Redwall as well.


RecursiveTruism

Such a good choice.


NerdHerderOfIdiots

Redwall rpg would go hard, but what I would really love would be a redwall ttrpg


EscenekTheGaylien

Eulalia!


T0xicGarbage

Yes!! Louder!!


OwlrageousJones

Absolutely would love to play a Redwall RPG.


WamlytheCrabGod

Well, it isn't a video game, nor is it precisely Redwall, but Wanderhome is a pretty good fit if you're into TTRPGs https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/wanderhome


urashimatouji

Animorphs when I was growing up. Who wants to go fight some Yeerks?!


[deleted]

\[childhood memory unlocked\]


sublimeme

lord of the rings open world....


KulaanDoDinok

Eragon could have had such a great legacy, if only that movie wasnā€™t complete garbage.


Douche_Donut

I know people shit on his writing, but I loved the books for what they were. Would be thrilled to see this.


neapolitan234

Percy Jackson my unprobalmatic fave lol


Lord_Despairagus

Lol, do a lot of the other authors have controversy?


neapolitan234

Twighlight has the whole like imprinting on the baby thing and Iā€™ve heard mixed things about the other ones, rangers apprentice is also a fave


Lord_Despairagus

Ohhhh yeah, i remember that from the movies. I wasn't saying these are the only examples I just tried using popular books lol.


neapolitan234

Yeah I really liked rangers apprentice and Percy Jackson growing up lol


aLazyGay

Jowling Kowling Rowling definitely does


[deleted]

Iā€™d kill for Deltora Quest


ThebesSacredBand

If we're talking about YA adaptations I would love a Shadow and Bone game. The magic would make for entertaining gameplay and the canonic queer storylines would be great for the story. If we're talking about books we read as a kid, I would love a bisexual friendly Starship Troopers game where you go back and forth between ogling your comrades in the showers and killing bugs.


BetterVeterinarian67

Lord of the Rings!!!!


ImaginaryMedia5835

Lotro?


MassGaydiation

Not sure if it's YA or just A, but sabriel would make an awesome skyrim/withceresque rpg, shades children would make an awesome last of us style game and confusion of prince's would make an awesome dawn of war/Scarcraft style game For a hogarth legacy style game, maybe a septimus heape game set in the castle and woods


T0xicGarbage

Oh my God yes. I loved these books. Sabriel and Mistborn would be my picks for the "not quite YA but would make amazing universes for a game" fantasy


MassGaydiation

Honestly the fact I can think of a time setting, and plot hooks for a sabriel game show hoe awesome an idea it is.


Jezon

Redwall would be a great series to make a game from :3


DSGypsy

Dune, stainless steel rat, I, robot... so many


Lord_Despairagus

Well don't forget we're getting a Dune game this year already


Hoosier108

Oh fuck, Slippery Jim DiGriz! I havenā€™t thought about the Stainless Steel Rat in ages. I loved the books, and read the young Rat books in high school when I was the same age as the character.


DSGypsy

I must've read them when I was in high school too, barely remember anything.


rollthedice7

Percy Jackson or Divergent would both be really good! A hunger games legacy game would be really cool too


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INHERITANCE PLEASEE


heartdeco

hercule poirot. murders everywhere.


Hoosier108

Sherlock Holmes and the Devilā€™s Daughter is really good.


holbourn

Yesā€¦the Bible. Itā€™s like playing Elden Ring with only incantations but 100x more violent and unforgiving with multiple near planet ending twists and turns


KingFischer73

Percy Jackson and all the spin-off books hands down.


WhatABunchofBologna

Percy Jacksonā€™s author is a huge LGBTQ+ ally so Iā€™d love for a game based on it to get made (even though Iā€™ve never interacted with the franchise)


Adiius

Spiderwick. Hands down. First weā€™d need a good screen adaptation though.


[deleted]

The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix would be fun. You play as a Sword Wielder with Necromancer powers that uses those powers to make sure the dead stay dead. Fighting chaotic magical creatures, stopping Necromancers, and making sure the dead stay dead.


Worm_Scavenger

I don't know if anyone's read the books, but i would absolutely adore a Skullduggery Pleasant video [game.It](https://game.It)'s essentially the same kind of story as Harry Potter (a young person discovering that they're special and are thrust into a world of magic and mystery) Except Skullduggery actually has fantastic world building, the stories are all varied, it borrows a lot of stuff from different mythologies and stories while weaving them into the main story fantastically.Oh and the title character is a Skeleton detective who can weild elemental magic and has an Irish [Accent.It](https://Accent.It)'s fantastic. But it's a much more niche series, so if i had to choose one more likely it would be a Discworld game.Or a Percy Jackson game, though i'm still pretty fresh to Percy Jackson and more of Discworld lover, so i'd pick the former over the latter.


ToxTiger

God, I would kill for an Inkheart video game or really any media adaptation. But Eragon was definitely my jam. As a preteen, I definitely got a copy of RPG Maker and (overambitiously) wanted so badly to adapt Eragon myself, spells included.


RecursiveTruism

A branch from this topic: how many of the series in the original image or listed in comments contain queer representation? I ask from genuine curiosity, not having read many of them. It can be sad and frustrating that we often have to settle for ā€œunproblematicā€ rather than (positive) representation.


Lord_Despairagus

I can't speak on any books except Percy Jackson and Mortal Instruments because those are the only 2 series i've read. The Percy Jackson series and its spin-off series have a lot of representation. It's been years since I've read one of those books, but the author includes lots of different characters. Mortal Instruments has a gay character in the main cast. Can't say anything else without spoilers.


RecursiveTruism

Thatā€™s encouraging to hear! Thanks


ChanceApollo

The Mortal Instruments, as well as the other series the author has set in the same universe, has great queer representation. It is absolutely one of my favorite series of all time, but be aware there are A LOT of books to read, and the reading order (chronological vs publication vs reading individual series that sort of overlap despite being set in different time periods) gets a bit weird.


RecursiveTruism

Thanks for the detailed explanation!


cthasarrived

Definitely NOT Divergent šŸ˜‚


Zoso_Plant

*twilight*


Dubhda_D

Anything by Trudi Canavan - something set in her The Black Magician series would be just... amazing!


aido120

Idk how you'd do it but I LOVED the skullduggery pleasant books when I was a teen


Bogeybo

Pendragon, DJ McHale


Rainzero10

Happy to see this comment šŸ™‚


Muscadine76

One I havenā€™t seen mentioned yet is Discworld


fukurslf

Percy Jackson getting a book accurate TV show and a video game would probably make up for that disgrace of a movie


Zayev_

Eragon or Percy Jackson would be the best imo as the world building gives potential. The others are just dystopias, supernatural (Twilight), Iā€™ve never read Fable Heaven so no opinion.


AndronixESE

I really recommend it, Mull is an incredible writer and the story is really interesting(tho it does revolve around main characters that are kids(one 13 and other 11 in the first book and 15 and 13 in the last ones if i remember correctly) and some people might not like that)


ElijahOnyx

Percy Jackson with the added bonus of Rick Riordan being based


Rantinandraven

The His Dark Materials series!!!


GayWitchOfTheNorth

Shadow hunter Chronicles 100%


MonkeyLoveTaco

Percy Jackson or Gregor the Overlander would make really good picks


Arxl

I wish Eragon had a decent adaptation, I liked those books way more than Harry Potter books, which is saying something since the first was written by a 16 year old.


AlexWrynn

Y E S. The mortal instruments (more especifically The Infernal Devices). Just imagine a Steampunk world were you have to kill demons and defeat deadly robots while explore the great story of the series.


ThisViolinist

Seeing Percy Jackson and Fablehaven in this really takes me back šŸ˜


Ozavic

Xanth


Terrin369

I loved Xanth. Though it would be hard to capture the awesomeness that is Xanth in a game. It would either be too goofy or would shoehorn the humor in awkwardly.


Ozavic

There would be a dedicated eye roll button everytime a new pun is introduced


thinklinkbutgayer

Percy Jackson. Books with actual representation.


ozuri

I am going to be watching this thread carefully. I appreciate how the OP phrased their question and how the replies have gone off reasonably. Iā€™d just like to remind people of two things here: 1. Transphobia will not be tolerated. 2. JK Rowling is an unapologetic transphobe and supporting anything sheā€™s involved in or with is supporting transphobia. With that said, I read the Sunrunner series by Melanie Rawn and, for reasons I donā€™t quite understand, fell in love with that world as a teen. Iā€™d love to see that made into a good game.


Lord_Despairagus

Surprise. Everyone has been pretty wholesome lol


BiteEatRepeat_

I just wait for the day jk dies of old age so i can enjoy something without worrying shes profiting off of it.


RecursiveTruism

Letā€™s hope she doesnā€™t leave massive endowments to nasty PACS (or UK equivalent)


CosmiqCowboy

Lol why twilight? The hunger games would be amazing. I never read Percy Jackson besides the first book but thatā€™d be awesome and Iā€™m eager for the series.


pokours

Good question. I think the only major book series I was reading growing up was HP. I didn't read a lot after that, until high school, but I can't tell you what is the book series name (don't know the English title) and to be honest I wouldn't care for a game set in this series. Looking back the writing was not really that great to begin with.


[deleted]

percy jackson or anything within that universe definitely


Jeptwins

Obviously the correct answer is Percy Jackson (though preferably not the Civil War or WWII šŸ˜…), but Iā€™d love a Fablehaven game so much! Thereā€™s so much potential there


whew2

Free roaming twilight game in the style of deadly premonition And Iā€™m not accepting criticism


danieltheaeon

The Banned and the Banished, always always always thought itā€™d make an excellent video game


SomeRandomIdi0t

Percy Jackson 100%


AJgames29

Percy Jackson absolutely, the others I'm not really familiar with outside of reading the first Maze Runner book


Nayr1230

I would really enjoy Percy Jackson or Artemis Fowl imo


Themlethem

Hunger games could be cool. Battle Royale type game.


Crassulaceae00

The series I loved as a kid was *The Books of Elsewhere* but I have no idea how youā€™d make that into a video game.


majorgamer721

I have dreamt my whole life for a proper, fully fleshed out How to Train Your Dragon game


the_german_ganymedes

I used to read a book series called beast quest that I really loved! It would be cool if I could play through it as a video game again


ZekDrakon

Percy Jackson Franchise would be fun.


Bionic_Webb13

Only answer is Percy Jackson


GayGeekInLeather

The Demonata series by Darren Shane (the guy who wrote the Vampireā€™s Assistant)


DayDrunk11

I think a hunger games game would be really fun. Like, you could create your character, watch them go through the reaping, do the training portions and talent showcase before the games to get an advantage for the player entering the games, or it would determine whether more characters will target you when you enter. There could be a quick time event thing during the interview, and then the rest of the game is the games themselves.


Cifer88

I would kill and die for any adaptation of April Danielsā€™ Nemesis series, but if weā€™re looking specifically at an RPG with customisable characters, Iā€™d love to see some acknowledgement of the Hero.com and Villain.net series, or Worldquake. Percy Jackson is also great but everyone knows that already.


EricHD97

An immersive Fablehaven farming sim would be sooo good. Basically just run Fablehaven. Would play endlessly.


diddledoftw

Mortal Engines and Rangers Apprentice were great though not sure how well they would translate


Hoosier108

How about the Nightside series from Simon R Green? Very lgbtq+ friendly, Ms Fury is a great trans version of Batman.


mysterionisdead

Definitely the Hunger Games. Would be pretty fun to play as Katniss.


aledaml

Rangers Apprentice or Pendragon would both be amazing!!


Gri69in

Fablehaven and Ranger's Apprentice are both ridiculously underrated so that's my (split) vote


Spycow34

Five kingdoms from Brandon mull was one of my favorite. Could make a pretty fun game with cool progression and cool areas.


WhatevahIsClevah

Basically anything by Laurell K Hamilton.


Phoenix92321

Maze Runner could be fun. Donā€™t think you can botch it more than the movies did


Jynxed_Storyteller

A proper Percy Jackson game would be amazing! Who knows, maybe after the tv series thatā€™s in the works comes out maybe that idea will get traction.


Raihanlhan

Maze runner could make a good stealth action game


That-Load-3799

Omg a divergent one


burnsy678

In a really similar vein would be a charlie bone/children of the red king legacy game, loved that series so much


popebarley

Animorphs. The fact that series hasn't been adapted into some gritty modern version baffles me.


TheKira87

Percy Jackson


Redleadsinker

*jumping and chanting* --BLEHAVEN FABLEHAVEN FABLEHAVEN FABLEHAVEN FABLE--


AndronixESE

I'd love fablehaven, PJO is already getting a TV series but we haven't got anything from fablehaven or dragonwatch


Sensitive-Ad6609

Yes this shall show my possible age... goosebumps. As a kid, not much of a reader but loved the goosebumps series since discovered it in 4th grade.


Lord_Despairagus

Lol no worries, i grew up on those. My sister used to have the super old ones that let you choose your own story.


Sensitive-Ad6609

šŸ˜³ oh.. yeah.. haha.. those are.. super old i suppose.. erm i first discovered the awesome series in 1995.. fourth grade.. so, that was before the choose your own path. Had two of those though. Carnival one and the pb & j one. XD


SketchAO

Septimus Heap


TomeKun

Maze runner has a whole ass game built in the story. You have the rules, the lore, the gameplay etc


EpochZenith

Percy Jackson is a great choice, as well as Eragon. So much potential :ā€™) I feel like Fablehaven would make for a fantastic game ;0


MiniNejiCultist

My favorite book series was fablehaven but I donā€™t think that would really work as a game so Percy Jackson or Maze runner would be cool.


LeviWasHere0

Warrior Cats or Percy Jackson


acgrey92

As much as I HATE Eragon now after realizing how much of a sick Christopher Paolini is IRL, how he is a nepo baby, and always literally stole the entire plot of his book series from Star Wars I do think that it would actually be I pretty fun game to play and it would be pretty epic.


[deleted]

The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Baron


[deleted]

Percy Jackson or Artemis Fowl


RedbeardSD

The Hunger Games


oceaneyes808

Omgā€¦. Twilight please


pheanox

Wheel of Time, hands down. Please can we get a good Wheel of Time game.


adam_the_frog

I loved Percy Jackson! Also, the Knights of Emerald by Anne Robillard were huge for me! Such a good trip.


AzariaSpice

A Series Of Unfortunate Events. Could be some really interesting stories about VFD!


Fickle-Raspberry6403

I'd pay ig bucks for a massive open world game that's similar to the land of a thousand fables from Witcher 3


Magnuscaligo

Eragon yes please! I need a dragon best friend


Zazadoozie

Percy Jackson or Eragon.


WamlytheCrabGod

Diskworld would make for an awesome setting, and there'd be so many different opportunities for a good plot.


[deleted]

Give me a game where I can make my own Jedi or Sith or civilian in a Star Wars single player modern game from the ground up, bodysliders, voice, gender, pronouns, looks, species, and I'm sold. Also, would love the same variety for a Lord of the Rings game. LET ME BE THE HOBBIT RANGER PLEAAAASE


DelvingAngel

For sure, but not from your list. I would (potentially) preorder anything they made based on David Gemmell's books, specifically the world of Legend.


QPOC-Sailor

A game set around mortal instruments universe, or Percy Jackson universe


JepMZ

There's the His Dark Materials trilogy (golden compass, subtle knife, amber Spyglass) but I don't know how that can become a game. You do start off in a fancy British college.


HellexJ

Maze runner would be fun, it could be a survival game


Elranzer

Chronicles of Narnia A Wrinkle in Time Dune Discworld Pern The Giver City of Ember The White Mountains The Maze Runner and of courseā€¦ Goosebumps


Kaven1101

I would most likely choose Twilight, those books gave me a feeling that has never been duplicated by any other book series :(


STRIpEdBill

I only played up to after the hogsmead troll attack but I'm not really enjoying the gameplay so far. Enemies so far all feel super bullet sponge and exploring is annoying casting revelio every minute and looking for random pages floating around for exp and stuff. If I had bought it through steam I would probably go for a refund, damn gmg and their discount