Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has revealed that he once had the idea to adapt his hit series into a Grand Theft Auto-style video game.
As reported by dual shockerGilligan said in the latest episode Inside the Gillivers A podcast where several Breaking Bad video game ideas have come and gone over the years, including a PlayStation VR experience.
“I’m not a video game player, how come you don’t know Grand Theft Auto?” he said. “I asked the two gentlemen who originally said yes to Breaking Bad, ‘Who owns Grand Theft Auto, can’t we have something like a module, is there something like Breaking Bad?’ I remember saying [adaptation]’
“It still makes sense to me,” Gilligan continued. It’s been on the market.We tried a VR experience with a Sony PlayStation VR headset.We did a sustained mobile game.For a while.”
That game, called Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements, a story-driven base builder where players climb the ranks of their drug empire, closed just a year after its release in September 2020.
Gilligan goes on to joke that he and the others behind Breaking Bad didn’t want to create anything resembling the infamous E.T. I explained that I didn’t want to release the game. game.
Therefore, it’s unlikely that the Breaking Bad game adaptation will ever see the light of day. “I don’t hold my breath in video games.”
Breaking Bad ended almost a decade ago in 2013, and IGN said it was near perfect in a 9/10 review, while the prequel series Better Call Saul ends next week on August 15th. .
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He talks about witchers all day long.
