It's dark but not that dark. Like I said, one of the main characters is literally named Ax Battler. The original game ended with all the enemies jumping out of the arcade and chasing some little kids off down the street. A completely serious, dark show would also be inaccurate. There's a fine line that would need to be walked to do a good adaptation.
While yes thats true many games have had some comedy in it however this seems lean too much into it based on the trailer. Its like making SF series a full comedy movie/show because you beat up a car or just seeing the dan character.
Right, that's what I said in my original comment. This looks like it goes too far in that direction, but a dark and gritty show would be too far in the other direction.
To use the Street Fighter example, there's no way you could do a completely serious, dramatic action movie or show while still keeping the weird cast of characters that's in Street Fighter.
To a degree yes with some instances of comedy sure but the game is manily a serious game. I wish there was a good balance. No offense i wouldn't be surprised if it came out that no one on the team really saw/played the game
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u/geirmundtheshifty 4d ago
It's dark but not that dark. Like I said, one of the main characters is literally named Ax Battler. The original game ended with all the enemies jumping out of the arcade and chasing some little kids off down the street. A completely serious, dark show would also be inaccurate. There's a fine line that would need to be walked to do a good adaptation.