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[Larxia]

Well... We recently got a game based on this :

 

[Zannegan]

It's probably because they all got pulled into larger umbrella music games like Guitar Hero, Beatsaber, etc., which is a more straightforward use of the license. I get that you're looking for more of an interpretation than just the music being included in a game.

Does Hellsinger fit the bill?


There was also this Aviici game, which is somewhere between your Guitar Heros and something more artsy, but I'm not sure that's your jam (so to speak).


Watch Tailor Swift's next album be a game that you have to play to hear. We may actually get a game with a completion percentage that equals a passing grade.

 

[CamHostage]

This is a little bit of a cheat since it was already a music game that released the licensed album tracks as DLC, but the PlayStation game Sound Shapes did a whole game package using Beck's Cities album. Levels were designed to follow the mood and themes of the tracks, and gameplay timing used sound samples for gamers to remix the game live with their gameplay.

 

[Markio128]

This is a little bit of a cheat since it was already a music game that released the licensed album tracks as DLC, but the PlayStation game Sound Shapes did a whole game package using Beck's Cities album. Levels were designed to follow the mood and themes of the tracks, and gameplay timing used sound samples for gamers to remix the game live with their gameplay.

Nice. I don’t mind a bit of Beck.

 

[BennyBlanco]

There was a really weird JRPG based on Chopin that was an xbox 360 exclusive

 

[Markio128]

There was a really weird JRPG based on Chopin that was an xbox 360 exclusive

The Lark Ascending is probably my favourite classical track. Not Chopin I know, but classical music does lend itself nicely to games.

It would sound amazing in an RPG



As a crossover, 2001 Space Odyssey is basically the film version of the kind of game I’d like to see.

 

[M4vericko]

Holy Diver - NES

Dio - Holy Diver

 

[Kataploom]

People Cry at games delisted and updated years after released because of a single licensed track, can't imagine the shit rain if they made a whole game based on a licensed music album

 

[Holammer]

Games take too long and cost too much to develop. That's why it goes the other way around and finished music is licensed for games.
Could you make a game based on a full album or an individual song? Absolutely!

We don't have many musical themed games where characters suddenly start singing and dancing, yet anyway. Anyone know any?
Imagine a Final Fantasy where the antagonist bursts into a Disney'esque song to lay out his devious plot? There's a lot of potential in the idea, or it could turn into Squeenix's worst flop yet.

 

[Markio128]

I’ve just thought of a piece of music I’d love a game to be based on - The Ninth Wave, by Kate Bush. As far as I know it’s based on a woman set adrift in the sea, and each song is based on different memories, or dreams.

 

[Markio128]

Games take too long and cost too much to develop. That's why it goes the other way around and finished music is licensed for games.
Could you make a game based on a full album or an individual song? Absolutely!

We don't have many musical themed games where characters suddenly start singing and dancing, yet anyway. Anyone know any?
Imagine a Final Fantasy where the antagonist bursts into a Disney'esque song to lay out his devious plot? There's a lot of potential in the idea, or it could turn into Squeenix's worst flop yet.

That actually happens in FF7 Rebirth.

 

[Holammer]

That actually happens in FF7 Rebirth.

More than once? I imagine Kingdom Hearts should have a few, considering the setting & license.

 

[midnightAI]

If any band deserves the AAA treatment it’s Iron Maiden. Which album would suit a game the most do you reckon? Somewhere in Time would make a solid base for a sci-fi game, especially since Eddie looks super cool on the album sleeve.

Stranger in a Strange land would be awesome, sci fi cowboy

 

[BennyBlanco]

The Lark Ascending is probably my favourite classical track. Not Chopin I know, but classical music does lend itself nicely to games.

It would sound amazing in an RPG



As a crossover, 2001 Space Odyssey is basically the film version of the kind of game I’d like to see.

Want to play as the famed composer Frederic Chopin? Play Eternal Sonata

I'm a classically trained pianist who practiced almost everyday for 10 years straight, and then taught on weekends for about 8 years after. Not that I'm

www.gamesradar.com

The game is really weird but it kinda worked.

 

[Markio128]

Want to play as the famed composer Frederic Chopin? Play Eternal Sonata

I'm a classically trained pianist who practiced almost everyday for 10 years straight, and then taught on weekends for about 8 years after. Not that I'm

www.gamesradar.com

The game is really weird but it kinda worked.

I feel like I’ve played it, but I can’t recall. The name seems really familiar. It could be an age thing, but it seems like a game I’d enjoy having read that Gamesradar article.

 

[Boralf]

Would love to have a game or visual experience supported by Russian Circles music.

 

[Alexios]

(not really but so awesome).

 

[rabbity-thing]

Not quite an album, but....

Yeah, I know there was a Genesis and Arcade version, but this is the one that I grew up with and it was fire.

 

[BennyBlanco]

here's a weird one

 

[ultrazilla]

If any band deserves the AAA treatment it’s Iron Maiden. Which album would suit a game the most do you reckon? Somewhere in Time would make a solid base for a sci-fi game, especially since Eddie looks super cool on the album sleeve.

I'd go with "Somewhere in Time" and "The Final Frontier" for sci-fi and cyberpunk games. Or how about a mod for Cyberpunk 2077 with Eddie?!

Then I'd go with "Aces High" for a fps shooter "Call of Duty" style.

"Fear of the Dark" would make for an incredible horror game(Silent Hill, Resident Evil or PT" style.

The thing with Maiden is that pretty much all their albums have really good themes that can fit various video game genres.

UP THE IRONS!!

 

[GlassBurrito]

Gorillaz: Fuel Drive (Geep Simulator) is the most direct comparison based on your criteria.

Here's some other games that surround musicians having some semblance to depict messaging from their album:
50 Cent: Bulletproof and Blood on the Sand
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
INXS, Kriss Kross, C+C Music Factory and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch had Sega Cd games in the "Make My video" series.
XPLORAI: Peter Gabriel's Secret World.
David Bowie's Bowie World

 

[Hypereides]

You can now play the fictional video game from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication music video

The hit track from 1999 has been turned into a video game by Spanish developer Miquel Camps Orteza.

guitar.com

The game is based on the official video for the title track of the band’s seventh album, Californication, which is set inside a fictitious video game – now, thanks to one hardcore fan, that game is a reality.

No joke, I'd be down for a higher budget modern GTA-esque clone inspired by the Californication music video. If a developer had the gonads to do that, then I'd applaud it. THQ nordic could be a potential publisher behind it. Honestly, current day Cali is rife with material to poke at.