doesn't have a plot, or any kind of story really, beyond what the player makes up for it. It's a"life simulation" sandbox game in which"sims" live out their day-to-day lives, furnishing houses, establishing relationships, pursuing careers, maybe dying in swimming pools, all under the control of the player and with no particular narrative direction. And somehow, it's being made into a movie., and it's got some big names attached.
It's an odd pick for a big-screen adaptation, although I suppose the complete open-endedness of the game does afford the creators a degree of flexibility they wouldn't have if they were making a movie based on, say, Dead Space or Battlefield. And film adaptations of no-plot games aren't unprecedented:, for instance, got turned into a blockbuster flick in 2012.
Colleague Rich Stanton also reminded me of this mess, which somehow managed to be a commercial success: Anyway, all that aside, there is precedent for success with a project like this: Robbie and LuckyChap's previous project was Barbie, based on a property that's about as story-free as it gets, and it made many, many truckloads of cash and earned eight Academy Award nominations. So, there you have it: You don't know if you don't try. Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.