8 Movie-Based Video Games that Don't Suck
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Why...oh lordi, why have i not played ghostbusters?! This must be amended at the very next possible moment it can!
I would like to add recent additions such as Alien Isolation and Shadow of Mordor to the list, if butcher bay can make it
Do you know if there is a video-game equivilent of an Uwe Boll lurking about, making terrible games based on movies they loved, but no one ever stops them because no one ever remembers their travesties?
Dat face, dat goldeneye henchman face though...is absolute comedy gold.
I would like to add recent additions such as Alien Isolation and Shadow of Mordor to the list, if butcher bay can make it
Do you know if there is a video-game equivilent of an Uwe Boll lurking about, making terrible games based on movies they loved, but no one ever stops them because no one ever remembers their travesties?
Dat face, dat goldeneye henchman face though...is absolute comedy gold.
Great list, though I wish there was also Wanted: Weapons of Fate. It was a really cool cover-based shooter, and while quite short, it felt like the movie through and through and actually served as it's sequel. When the rumored second movie finally comes out, it'll actually be a sequel to the game...not the movie.
... Nice list
Enter the Matrix was another one I quite enjoyed for what it was, maybe it suffered a little from being a tie-in, but as far as being an honest attempt at making a good one I think it succeeds fairly well, although many might question the wisdom of taking content away from the movies and putting it into a completely separate game many will never play... But those same people or at least a fair few others tend to criticise the movie anyway even without adding that as a factor.
Maybe they should try it and see if it improves their disposition toward said movie if they haven't already that is.
Enter the Matrix was another one I quite enjoyed for what it was, maybe it suffered a little from being a tie-in, but as far as being an honest attempt at making a good one I think it succeeds fairly well, although many might question the wisdom of taking content away from the movies and putting it into a completely separate game many will never play... But those same people or at least a fair few others tend to criticise the movie anyway even without adding that as a factor.
Maybe they should try it and see if it improves their disposition toward said movie if they haven't already that is.
9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This game was THE Wolverine videogame. It had damage modeling to show all the brutal damage you took then could watch as Logan regenerates his body back. The moveset was ridiculous fun, and you got to ride a full-size Sentinel into orbit as you ripped it apart from its legs up to its face, then to walk away after it crashes back down into the Earth. That scene in Terminator: Genisys where Arnold dives headfirst into a helicopter? Wolverine did that before it was cool.
This game was THE Wolverine videogame. It had damage modeling to show all the brutal damage you took then could watch as Logan regenerates his body back. The moveset was ridiculous fun, and you got to ride a full-size Sentinel into orbit as you ripped it apart from its legs up to its face, then to walk away after it crashes back down into the Earth. That scene in Terminator: Genisys where Arnold dives headfirst into a helicopter? Wolverine did that before it was cool.
The game's only flaw is having to fight Notpool at the end. It was a horribly executed mess where half the combos you had learned were either glitchy, or didn't work at all.Remus said:
Star Trek Armada 2 was fun.
Could you ammend the Spiderman 2, because there is a PC version which is ... different.
Edit: I mean, label it as the console version
Edit: I mean, label it as the console version
Oh man, I need to fire up the PS2 and play some Spider-man 2!
I can't really say "WHAT A GREAT GAME!". It was honestly pretty busted in most respects. But that swinging, oh man was it fun. Probably one of my favorite games ever. Weird considering I just kinda called it a hot mess, but that's life.
I can't really say "WHAT A GREAT GAME!". It was honestly pretty busted in most respects. But that swinging, oh man was it fun. Probably one of my favorite games ever. Weird considering I just kinda called it a hot mess, but that's life.
I know I've had over ten years for both, but I still need to play Tron 2.0 and Riddick. Tron: Evolution was so disappointing (and I have the PS3 version, GFWL apparently really screwed up another game), I don't know why I didn't immediately hunt down a copy of 2.0. At least, Steam has it now.
I was wondering why he didn't mention this one, that game was so much fun. And yes, the damage modeling was just incredible.Remus said:
You can also put that one under the category of "movie based games that are way better than the movie they're based on".
Speed Racer I found to be half decent stuff o3o A little limited in some ways, but still a good bit of fun
Because, no matter what this gallery says, Ghostbusters was fucking garbage. It is the only game ever that i didn't even finish the tutorial missions before i withdrew it from the console in disgust.Xsjadoblayde said:Why...oh lordi, why have i not played ghostbusters?! This must be amended at the very next possible moment it can!
I would like to add recent additions such as Alien Isolation and Shadow of Mordor to the list, if butcher bay can make it
Do you know if there is a video-game equivilent of an Uwe Boll lurking about, making terrible games based on movies they loved, but no one ever stops them because no one ever remembers their travesties?
Dat face, dat goldeneye henchman face though...is absolute comedy gold.
Maybe.. jsut maybe... the story was hilarious enough if you get past the god awful controls and fit inducing light show of indecipherable mess, but just.. ugh. Bad.
Probably because those games didn't really follow the storylines of the films they're based on. Outstanding games, just not 'games based on the movie' games.darthxaos said:
Full marks for using a screenshot in Goldeneye that shows one of many things that I've never seen since: some guards were left handed in Goldeneye.
Honourable mention for this one:
Damn cool survival-esque adventure/shooter game. You don't see movie games done all that often, and you especially don't see cross-genre movie games done well very often. But King Kong was definitely one of them. Kicking T-Rex ass was fun, but especially the first person gameplay was very very well done.
Damn cool survival-esque adventure/shooter game. You don't see movie games done all that often, and you especially don't see cross-genre movie games done well very often. But King Kong was definitely one of them. Kicking T-Rex ass was fun, but especially the first person gameplay was very very well done.
I never knew it existed, I must now totally acquire and play it as I adore myself some Blade Runner.CaitSeith said: