A thought occured to me while reading a post on another board:
Is a game bad because it isn't as good as the [insert original medium here]?
So if someone makes a game of a book or a film or a comic etc etc does it have to compete with that original format in order to qualify as a good game?
Granted most 'the game of the movie' that have come out recently are franchise driven money spinners but does that immediately discount them as playable? I mean, if they just made a game about a guy who was bitten by a radioactive spider and could climb and swing and fight crime without there being any precedent to that character or his life would we still have hated 'Spiderman 3' as much - shouldn't it just be about the game play? Does it matter if it wasn't the same experience as 'watching the movie?
Thoughts
And while I don't disagree with their assessment in relation to the topic they were discussing, something the 2nd poster said intrigued me.VaughanyT said:
Is a game bad because it isn't as good as the [insert original medium here]?
So if someone makes a game of a book or a film or a comic etc etc does it have to compete with that original format in order to qualify as a good game?
Granted most 'the game of the movie' that have come out recently are franchise driven money spinners but does that immediately discount them as playable? I mean, if they just made a game about a guy who was bitten by a radioactive spider and could climb and swing and fight crime without there being any precedent to that character or his life would we still have hated 'Spiderman 3' as much - shouldn't it just be about the game play? Does it matter if it wasn't the same experience as 'watching the movie?
Thoughts