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Brandon Sanderson would seriously consider giving CDPR book rights for game adaptation for free

Chromie

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In light of all this grumpy news about Sapkowski wanting more money, I thought maybe ERA would appreciate this. Just some random thought from this wonderful author. I'm sure CDProjekt hasn't more than enough on their plate but who wouldn't love this?


Saw this originally on /r/gaming

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I would love to see them work on something like Mistborn. And best of all he's an author who wants to work with them, the team up would be mind blowing.
 
Temperance

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A Mistborn RPG by them would be would amazing. There's enough lore there to build something real special.
 
Admiral Woofington

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I mean don't give it away for free. Just ask for royalties. They clearly don't mind working with creators of interesting fiction IPs and universes, see cyberpunk. They seem to have a fantastic relationship with the creator when the creator wants to be involved.
 
Andi

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Man that would be cool, can you imagine the AllomancySystem in a game? I imagine a movement System akin to spider man just with less regard to physics.
The landscapes and city's dipped in ash and displayed in 4k could look great.
I thought Sanderson had already sold the rights to a games to another compnay but seems like that was a dud.
 

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Not that I want CDPR to do it but honestly Sanderson magic systems seem like they would translate pretty decently into game mechanics in theory. In a way they always had something very gamey about them, I guess in the way how they're kinda like rule sets for cool stuff instead of just mere explanations for the fantastical.
 

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Mistborn or Stormlight Archive with CDPR would be immense.

Would be intereting to see how some of the concepts would be executed.
 
Paertan

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Could be great as a game. It has a really cool magic system. I can't see it right away how it would transfer to a game but potential is great. Characters in the Mistborn books are a bit weak but so are most characters in games really if you compare to literature.
 
Callibretto

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I'm not sure I want cd project be the one to do mistborn series. Reading the book, all the leaping and traversal, I want someone who can really nail the game feel/control. Something that I feel Witcher 3 is really lacking.
 
Icarus

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I would prefer if they did the Stormlight Archive setting personally. You have so many things to utilise in that universe of his. Granted the Mistborn universe is amazing it's just with the whole Shardblades and Shardplate stuff mixed in the with whole Heralds and Knights Radiant they would have a field day with it all.
 
TheIlliterati

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I think a company like CDPR should stick to one major fantasy IP. There's still so many places to take the Witcher series minus Geralt. We're going to be waiting 5+ years for another of those due to Cyberpunk. Then that will get a sequel eventually as well. It gets to be like Rockstar wherein we wait an eternity between RDR and GTAs and there's no time for anything else beyond small offshoots.
 
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Icarus said:
I would prefer if they did the Stormlight Archive setting personally. You have so many things to utilise in that universe of his. Granted the Mistborn universe is amazing it's just with the whole Shardblades and Shardplate stuff mixed in the with whole Heralds and Knights Radiant they would have a field day with it all.
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And [spoilers]all the connected universe and travellers from other realms[/spoiler]

Hell, Shadesmar alone would be trippy.
 
Callibretto

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Chromie said:
Why them?

Sanderson brings up the very obvious and excellent point. CDPR has made an incredible adaptation out of The Witcher.
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I imagine same reason as me. Sucker punch and insomniac can make really fun traversal
Callibretto said:
I'm not sure I want cd project be the one to do mistborn series. Reading the book, all the leaping and traversal, I want someone who can really nail the game feel/control. Something that I feel Witcher 3 is really lacking.
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Tonza

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A game series for Cosmere would be interesting. I'd think either Mistborn or Stormlight Archive would fit well for a game adaptation (or as setting for new story).
 
NippleViking

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A Mistborn RPG where you play as a Mistborn, pushing and pulling yourself through Luthadel, kinda like Insomniac's Spiderman, then venturing out into the wilderness with a finite number of coins to push yourself to a nearby city, would be beyond amazing.

Allomancy could easily be repurposed into game mechanics. Tin for detective mode/see through walls/super hearing, Pewter for physical buffs/Rage mode, Bronze for gauging enemy levels and stats, Zinc for taunting, Brass for conversations or dispelling agro, electrum for quick-time events (or not), Atium for slowed-time, etc.
 
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Protome

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Chromie said:
Why them?

Sanderson brings up the very obvious and excellent point. CDPR has made an incredible adaptation out of The Witcher.
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Mistborn's magic system lends itself to that Superhero game style of traversal. As much as I love CDPR's games they couldn't even make Geralt walk properly never mind whip through the air by telikentically pulling on metal.
 

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Sanderson is the good guy fantasy author..
I still remember when he did a light jab at Martin saying that he manages to deliver his book on a timely release because he doesn't spend time caring about films..

That being said, cdpr would be able o handle most of it, but environment traversal power tied to specific metal would be quite hard to replicate, lest they transform those in "action animation" and not in real time action ;)
 
Vicious17

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I'm reading through Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive right now, and all I could think of, especially during the early parts is how well some of the stuff would translate into a video game.
 
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Sanderson is probably the second biggest living and active fantasy author there is. Mistborne is fantastic and his Reckoners universe is one of the most interesting takes on superheroes aswell.
It's also telling that he was the one chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series.
 
Wulfric

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I hope Sanderson of all people asks for royalties.

"for free"? You have to be kidding me.
 
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werezompire

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I talked to him briefly about the possibility of a Mistborn RPG a while back (I knew it was a longshot, but I was in his creative writing class back when he first started teaching so we weren't complete strangers) and what he said about what he'd like and what he thinks the fans would want in a Mistborn game makes me picture Gravity Rush-style superhero stuff combined with an old-school Western-style RPG which is definitely a game I would play.
 
Quacktion

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Yep, a normal person would LOVE to have their work adapted to a popular medium and expose it to millions of people, its a pretty smart business move as well.
 
Alexious

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Yes please! Sanderson is my favourite fantasy author. Any of his works would be great adapted by CDPR. Too bad they have got their hands full, I think.
 

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Lmao what a fucking opportunist using the news to attack and to offer like that. Just pathetic.

Don Fluffles said:
I would rather first see CDPR get their shit together and provide better working conditions.
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Gamers don't care about that part. Well, if it comes from beloved companies. CDPR is one of the idolized companies much like Naughty Dog, Rockstar and other ones with similar problems.
 
Thorrgal

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Sanderson writes good YA stuff but nothing more.

I rather CDProject keep doing what they doing, with more interesting authors and settings
 
Cutty

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Awesome! I enjoy Sanderson's work. Would be so cool.

However...

I'd rather have The First Law video game adaptation, in terms of my personal fantasy novel turned video game wishlist.

Joe Abercrombie is an avid video game fan that often details and records his latest playthroughs on his blogs. He'd be perfect and probably also highly willing to collaborate.

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Imagine playing Logen Ninefingers, or an Eater, or Monza Murcatto. Sigh, a pipe-dream...

Another role-playing game crack at Game of Thrones would be epic, too.
 
VanWinkle

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I'd really prefer to see an RPG game set in the Stormlight Archive world. There is SO MUCH they could do.

Mistborn is obviously perfect for a great open-city action game (like a darker gothic Spider-Man) but I'd want a developer who is more adept at the traversal mechanics that the game would be so well suited for.
 
Thorrgal

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Cutty said:
Awesome! I enjoy Sanderson's work. Would be so cool.

However...

I'd rather have The First Law video game adaptation, in terms of my personal fantasy novel turned video game wishlist.

Joe Abercrombie an avid video game fan that often details and records his latest playthroughs on his blogs. He'd be perfect.

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Imagine playing Logen Ninefingers, or an Eater, or Monza Murcatto. Sigh, a pipe-dream...

Another role-playing game crack at Game of Thrones would be epic, too.
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Yes, I rather CDProject does something with Abercrombie, who is so much better than Sanderson.

And if not CDProject, someone else.
 
Pryme

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Thorrgal said:
Sanderson writes good YA stuff but nothing more.

I rather CDProject keep doing what they doing, with more interesting authors and settings
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He's one of the biggest fantasy authors in the world. Can't just dismiss his work as 'YA stuff'.

NippleViking said:
A Mistborn RPG where you play as a Mistborn, pushing and pulling yourself through Luthadel, kinda like Insomniac's Spiderman, then venturing out into the wilderness with a finite number of coins to push yourself to a nearby city, would be beyond amazing.

Allomancy could easily be repurposed into game mechanics. Tin for detective mode/see through walls/super hearing, Pewter for physical buffs/Rage mode, Bronze for gauging enemy levels and stats, Zinc for taunting, Brass for conversations or dispelling agro, electrum for quick-time events (or not), Atium for slowed-time, etc.
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The way you describe it, seems like Rockstar would be a great fit for this. Open world, powers, great interactivity etc.
 
Sedated

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For those who don't know him he's one of the biggest fantasy authors out there.

It's a great idea but I doubt cdpr would want to keep working on adaptions of novels. They are large enough and have enough funding to start their own project. A benefit of having your own ip is that it's your ip and you may use it or do whatever you want with it.
 
Vulcano's Assistant

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The thing about Sanderson's action, is that it is totally out of superhero comic books, so I would echo the thoughts here about Insomniac or Rocksteady.
 
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Stormlight Archive games by CDPR? PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
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Regardless of their possible interest for the IP (which I'm not familiar with at all, quite honestly) I'd guess that the real problem now is that CDPR most likely has the next 6 years of work already planned in the pipeline (Cyberpunk, their unannounced project that many expect to be a new Witcher game, who-knows-what-else).
 
MilkBeard

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Wulfric said:
I hope Sanderson of all people asks for royalties.

"for free"? You have to be kidding me.
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I mean, the dude is a workhorse, and his books sell well, and he has many, many books, not to mention he's a teacher. I think he's pretty successful as is, which is why he was contemplating this. I think the idea was that he was thinking in terms of having more successful book adaptations, and he would be happy just for that.

But yeah, if they actually sat down and made a deal, no doubt he would take royalties.
 
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