Stray is an independent third-person platformer featuring a lone cat in a futuristic city. The game garnered attention for its cute cat protagonist and urban exploration. The game has won many accolades, including The Game Awards’ Best Independent Game along with Best Debut Indie Game to name a few.
For a long time, there has been a trend of adapting video games into televsion shows and movies. Cinematic adaptations of games like Assassins Creed, Resident Evil, and even Mario have become critically acclaimed. That being said, the official page of The Game Award also shared the news about the movie adaptation of the game on Twitch. Since the news broke out, fans have been ‘purr’-sistently waiting for the upcoming feature film.
Stray – the motion picture
Publisher of the game, Annapurna Interactive has decided to develop an animated film based on the video game. This decision is influenced by the game’s viral success and captivating cat’s perspective.
STRAY is set to become a animated feature film from Annapurna Animation. pic.twitter.com/WKXzcBdU6A
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) September 5, 2023
On 5th September, Robert Baird, one of the heads of the Annapurna Animation department, took to Entertainment Weekly to reveal the upcoming film. After the success of their first film Nimona, Annapurna Animations has decided to release quite a few motion pictures which include titles like Twelve Minutes, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Outer Wilds.
Although he didn’t speak much about the release date of the movie, Baird mentioned the intricacies the studio will have to pay attention to, in order to be able to do justice to the video game. He also described Stray as a “buddy comedy” about a cat and a robot which he is excited to portray in the film.
Fans want more from Stray
While many fans were excited for the feature film. Others got straight to the point and raised questions about a sequel to the game.
The news struck an intrigue among some followers of The Game Awards. Some even shared how they were excited about the announcement despite not playing the game.
That’s cool I never played the game but it looks cool.
— Melo (@melocantmiss) September 5, 2023
Among fans, there were some people who were not really happy about the news. While there are many amazing games in the market, the user believes that other games are more deserving.
wow
could've picked any of their other games that actually means something…literally any other one
— Jet (@jetthejudge) September 5, 2023
A positive comment from a user states that the movie will be quite a success and that they would like to watch the “space cat movie”.
This will do numbers, I will watch space cat movie
— Jonah 🎮 (@RealJonahBlake) September 5, 2023
However, one fan found the third-person perspective and the camera movements started to cause him headaches. The player still goes on to say the game is “fire”.
the game is so fire but it gave me headaches
— maurice (@905MAURlCE) September 5, 2023
The cat not talking in the game is one of the main reasons the fans love it. This aspect of the game brings out the realness of being a cat. One fan made it a point to mention their appreciation for the cat’s silence in the game and hopes to see it in the movie.
Stray has definitely won the hearts of many gamers. However, considering the success of movie adaptations of video games which has only started to pickup in recent times, do you think the film will captivate movie buffs alike?
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Rohan Karnad
