indeedsir_backup | If J & W had a video game . . . (Reply)

There are some fans making a My Little Pony fighting game, which led me to wonder . . . what kind of unlikely video games could Jeeves & Wooster spawn?

Puzzle adventure - This seems like the most obvious answer . . . The player controls Bertie as he gathers items and solves puzzles and attempts to steal whatever it is Aunt Dahlia wants him to steal, aided of course by Jeeves' expert advice and help.

RPG - Imagine your typical medieval-ish fantasy roleplaying game. Now take out "medieval" and put in "1920s/1930s". Now imagine that your party consists of Bertie (bard), Jeeves (wizard), Bingo (paladin? my first instinct was to say enchantress), Gussie (druid), and Honoria Glossop (fighter). Now, have them fight ghosts or Lovecraftian horrors or something. What does that add up to? I have no idea.

The anti-dating sim - As the all-knowing Wikipedia informs us, "the most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic relationship." Obviously, this would not be the case in the anti-dating sim. In the anti-dating sim, your character (Bertie, naturally) is beset with romance at every side and must somehow get rid of his many, many fiancees . . . all without breaking The Code of the Woosters.

I am still pondering what an acceptably Wodehousian subversion of the first-person shooter would look like.

Edit: MORE.

Pokemon - Pretty much like this fanart shows:

As the artist wrote:

"What-ho Jeeves, do a splash attack!"
"Though I hesitate to contradict you Sir, I believe a hyper beam would be most prudent at this time."
"Oh very well then Jeeves, beam away."