Probably the most critically acclaimed and well-liked TV reveals of the previous few a long time was Breaking Dangerous on AMC. Its spin-off, Higher Name Saul, has additionally been massively well-liked and profitable. Now, forward of Saul’s closing episode, the creator behind each reveals, Vince Gilligan, has confirmed that there have been plans and makes an attempt to make a online game set within the Breaking Dangerous universe, however it by no means occurred. And he warns these nonetheless wanting a recreation to not maintain their breath.
As noticed by ComicBook.com, Gilligan appeared on a latest episode of the Inside The Gilliverse podcast to speak concerning the closing episodes of Higher Name Saul, Breaking Dangerous’s legacy, and the way forward for the franchise and its characters. However at one level within the podcast, Gilligan was requested concerning the lack of Breaking Dangerous video video games and if they’d ever wished to make a recreation set in that universe. Surprisingly, Gilligan was very candid, admitting that they’d tried to get a recreation made, however that it simply by no means occurred for numerous causes.
“I’m not a lot of a online game participant, however how are you going to not know Grand Theft Auto?” stated Gilligan on the podcast. “I bear in mind saying to the blokes—[who are] off working Apple now…who stated sure initially to Breaking Dangerous— ‘Who owns Grand Theft Auto? Can’t you have got a module, can’t there be a Breaking Dangerous [add-on]?’ Nonetheless is sensible to me!”
It seems Gilligan is suggesting that at one level he or his folks contacted Rockstar Video games about making one thing primarily based on Breaking Dangerous, although by his personal admittance, he’s not an enormous gamer, so it’s unclear. No matter who he talked to about making a GTA-like Breaking Dangerous recreation, it by no means occurred. And this isn’t the one time {that a} Breaking Dangerous recreation was mentioned, deliberate, after which ultimately shelved.
“There have been fairly just a few makes an attempt at video video games,” stated Gilligan. “And a few of them form of type of made it to market. We tried to do a VR expertise with the Sony PlayStation VR headset. We did a cellular recreation that lasted for a short while…”
In keeping with Gilligan, a number of “power and energy and expertise” went into writing new storylines for various video games that by no means occurred. And whereas a cellular recreation was launched, it barely lasted a 12 months earlier than shutting down in 2020 with little fanfare. As for why none of those initiatives and deliberate video games ever occurred, it appears to simply come right down to a easy truth: Video video games are a ache within the ass to make.
“Making a online game is damned laborious, from what little I discovered via this course of,” admitted Gilligan. “It actually takes years and years and thousands and thousands of {dollars}, particularly when you’re making an attempt to interrupt new floor with VR and whatnot. By no means fairly got here to fruition. It’s a disgrace.”
One other potential roadblock is that Gilligan and his staff are very involved about ensuring something with the Breaking Dangerous identify on it’s as much as their high-quality requirements. Throughout the podcast, he joked concerning the infamously dangerous E.T. recreation for the Atari 2600, joking that they didn’t desire a recreation primarily based on the present that was so dangerous it ended up buried in a desert. As a substitute, any recreation utilizing Breaking Dangerous characters and set in that world must be “nice” and must embody all the small print.
With all that stated and with Higher Name Saul wrapping up later this month, plus Gilligan saying he has no plans to revisit the franchise anytime quickly, it appears unlikely the world will get the Breaking Dangerous recreation it deserves. In actual fact, Gilligan warned these of you who is likely to be ready for a GTA-like recreation starring Walter White that you simply shouldn’t “maintain your breath” on it ever taking place at this level.
