GTA and Breaking Dangerous could be a match made in heaven

Breaking Dangerous is broadly thought to be among the best TV collection of all time, and admittedly, its material would make for a fantastic recreation. The present’s creator Vince Gilligan thought so too, as a result of he at one level pitched a GTA-like adaptation of the enduring collection. Initially reported by ComicBook, Gilligan expressed the curiosity he had in turning Breaking Dangerous right into a recreation on a latest episode of his podcast “Inside The Gilliverse,” the place he was accompanied by Eric Broadbent and Peter Gould.

Gilligan stated that he’s “not a lot of a online game participant,” however that he needed to achieve out to the studio that owns Grand Theft Auto and see if they may make “like a module” impressed by his collection. Even for somebody who doesn’t know video games all that properly, he could be onto one thing with a Breaking Dangerous x GTA DLC.

“There have been fairly a number of makes an attempt at video video games,” Gilligan continued. “A few of them kinda type of made it to market. We tried to do a VR expertise with the Sony PlayStation VR headset. We did a cell recreation that lasted for a short while.” He’s referring to a story base-builder recreation that was launched again in 2020 referred to as Breaking Dangerous: Felony Parts, nevertheless it didn’t last more than a yr.

Gilligan additionally shared the sentiment that the staff behind Breaking Dangerous didn’t need to create a foul recreation that solely drew gamers due to its affiliation with the present, particularly referencing the colossal failure of the 1982 E.T. recreation for the Atari as one thing they needed to keep away from replicating.

I actually discover it spectacular that conversations are nonetheless swirling about adapting Breaking Dangerous right into a recreation — it speaks to the legacy the present has constructed practically a decade after it went off the air.