These Are The Most Successful Video Game To TV Adaptations

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, The Last of Us came out on top among the highest-rated video game to TV adaptations, according to a new study.

Video Game To TV Adaptations

Online casino guide 6Takarakuji analyzed the IMDB evaluations of well known computer games with their TV adaptations to figure out which have been the best. Each title’s user ratings for the video game and television series were averaged, with the exception of the first game and series. For instance, season one of The Witcher was contrasted and the first computer game.

TV show adaptations generally received lower average ratings than their original video games across the titles that were examined. Truth be told, the computer games had a typical IMDB rating of 8.01 stars, while their Television program reciprocals scored 6.96 stars by and large.

The Last of Us

With an average IMDB user rating of 9.5 across the video game and TV series, the findings demonstrated that The Last of Us is the best video game to television adaptation of all time. The show, which starred Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey and debuted on HBO in January of this year, has received an overwhelming positive user rating of 9.3 on IMDB.

IMDB found that the video game source material received 0.4 more stars than the Last of Us series. The original game has an impressive 9.7 on IMDB, and it sold 1.3 million copies in its first week of release in 2013. One of only two TV adaptations to ever receive more than nine stars on IMDB is The Last of Us, the other being Arcane: League Of Legnds.

The Witcher

The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill, came in second place with an average IMDB star rating of 8.3 among video games and television series. On IMDB, the game received a score of 8.1, while the first episode of the TV series received a score of 8.5. This is one of several adaptations in which the TV series received higher ratings than the original video game. The show, which follows Geralt, a transformed beast tracker, broke Netflix records when it accomplished 76 million perspectives in its initial a month of streaming.

Arcane: League of Legends

With an average IMDB star rating of 8.1,  Arcane: League of Legends came in third place among video games and television shows. Shortly after its release in 2021, the show, which has a rating of 9.0 stars on IMDB, was the highest-rated Netflix original show ever. In fact, the MMORPG League of Legends only received 7.2 stars on IMDB, while Arcane received a higher rating.

Castlevania

With an average user rating of 8.05, Castlevania ranks fourth on IMDB. With over 30 games, Castlevania is not only one of the longest-running game franchises on this list, but it also received a higher rating than the original. A TV show with an 8.3 star rating surpassed the original 1986 game’s 7.8 star rating on IMDB.

Halo

With an average IMDB rating of 7.95 for both the video game and the television adaptation, the Paramount+ original television series Halo came in fifth place. The 2022 show gets a score of 7.1, which is lower than the 8.8 that the original game got on IMDB. This is still higher than the average rating of 6.8 stars for TV series adaptations across the other titles in the analysis. Halo was Paramount+’s most watched series premiere globally in its first 24 hours when it came out in March 2022.

Tron

Due to the 1982 arcade game that received 7.5 stars on IMDB and the 2012 television show that received 8.2 stars, Tron ranks sixth with an average user rating of 7.85 stars.

Dragon Age: Absolution

The Dragon Age: Absolution comes in seventh spot. Compared to Dragon Age, which received a rating of 9.1 stars, this animated action series received a rating of 6.4 stars on IMDB. The video game Origins. Their combined score on IMDB is 7.75 on average.

Gangs of London

The British crime drama Gangs of London, starring Joe Cole from Peaky Blinders, is ranked eighth with an average IMDB star rating of 7.7 for both the game and the television show. On IMDB, the show received an impressive 8.1, while the original Sony PSP game received a 7.3.

Earthworm Jim,  Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mass Effect

10th spot is a three-way tie between cult classics Earthworm Jim,  Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mass Effect. When taken together, the original games of all three have received an average rating of 7.45 stars on IMDB.

The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda comes in at number ten with an average IMDB rating of 7.3. The retro classic from 1986 has an IMDB user rating of 8.6 stars. It follows the mysterious Link as he tries to save Hyrule. A lower rating of 7.3 was given to the Legend of Zelda television series, which came out three years later, in 1989.

IMDB

A spokesperson for 6Takarakuji.com explained that while dissecting the IMDB ratings of the titles that were considered, it’s evident that studios generally struggled appease computer game fans. Exceptions to this rule include The Last of Us, which premiered just recently and is already the highest-rated TV adaptation of all time. A site like IMDB encourages fans to voice their opinions and encourages them to do so.

Methodology:

6Takarakuji compared and contrasted the video game adaptations of each television show. The TV adaptation and the original video game’s IMDB star ratings were combined and averaged. The most successful video game adaptation was the one with the highest average star rating.

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