Muckraker Posts: 237 Joined: 22 Jan 2008 | everyone keeps saying the star wars games but i can only think of one i really loved. jedi power battles, aside from that the battlefront games were worth a rent and thats it. kotor aside having only one game based on your movie franchise that was really a blast is kind of disturbing i mean really one golden nugget awash in a sea of total shit burgers is a testament to george luscas's ability to whore out the name.
and no kingdom hearts doesn't count because it's not good it sucks and the concept sucks and everything about it sucks.
in my experience the only decent movie based games are the ones that don't follow the movie sotry line and that are made usually at another time rather than being released anytime the movie is in theators or about to be in theators. seriously some of these new pixar movies have games on the shelf before the movie is out and i can't help but wonder who thought that was a good idea?
for me the best movie based game while it is still a peice of shit it's just too much fun to ignore, "judge dredd: dredd vs. death" nothing like staking fat people to the ground and setting them on fire all with just one gun. seriously the lawgiver in that game switched between like 8 different firing modes, spikes, rapid fire, impact rounds, flares, flamethrower, and a couple other i can't remember. just the versatitlity of one gun was highly amusing as it allowed you to hang bodies from the wall in awkward positions. |
Paperboy Posts: 48 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 | King Kong. Really pretty outstanding for a movie tie-in, to the point that it almost starts to feel like a great game in it's own right. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 5 Joined: 22 May 2008 | Sorry to ruin this but no movie games are ever good its a fact it can't be done altho i think you can make a game in to a movie which is good but never movie in to a game! |
Anonymous Source Posts: 7 Joined: 20 May 2008 | the James Bond games and the Lord of the Rings games were aaaaawwwwwwsssooooomeeee |
Paperboy Posts: 47 Joined: 7 May 2008 | mightytrash:
Sorry to ruin this but no movie games are ever good its a fact it can't be done altho i think you can make a game in to a movie which is good but never movie in to a game!
What a strange thing to say after 10 or 15 excellent movie games have been pointed out. Unless you didn't read the thread at all, it sounds like you're sorry that those games people think are good are not in fact good because you say so and it's your duty to ruin things and tell people they're wrong. |
Beat Writer Posts: 160 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 | L.B. Jeffries:
Darkrai:
In the history of video games, only 2 movie-based games where great.
Second place-The Warriors-Not only it went back to explain why the Warriors had so many enemies, but the beat-em-up style gameplay with many perks made it different from the rest,
First place-Goldeneye 007-Need I say more?
Hitting someone in the face with a brick never, ever, got old. Loved that game, I was living in NYC when I was playing it and went out to Coney just to see the Wonder Wheel.
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN YOU DIIIIIIG IT????
Of Course I can DIIIIG IT!!!!!! I was it was online though |
Beat Writer Posts: 205 Joined: 29 Jul 2008 | Okay, I'm gonna put it this way:
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Best game based on a movie license! EVER!
I absolutely loved that game, and I'm generally pretty hard to please when it comes to what makes a good game.
Chronicles of Riddick: EFBB is a prequel to the movie Pitch Black (a very good movie imo)
which is then followed by the movie "Chronicles of Riddick" (also very good)
For the real fans there is a short anime movie named "Dark Fury" which takes place between "Pitch Black" and "Chronicles of Riddick"
Vin diesel plays in all 3 movies and the EFBB game.
There's a remake of the game on it's way named: "Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" and Includes the story of the previous game but adds more to it and goes a little further. Needless to say there's also improved graphics. There's no official release date yet, but I guess it will be out later this year or beginning of next year.
If they were to make another Chronicles of Riddick movie then I would probably soil myself out of excitement and that being said, I have just realized this post is way longer than I originally intended...
I guess I'm just a Riddick fanboy ^^
Cheers! |
Beat Writer Posts: 160 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 | Skalman:
Okay, I'm gonna put it this way:
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Best game based on a movie license! EVER!
I absolutely loved that game, and I'm generally pretty hard to please when it comes to what makes a good game.
Chronicles of Riddick: EFBB is a prequel to the movie Pitch Black (a very good movie imo)
which is then followed by the movie "Chronicles of Riddick" (also very good)
For the real fans there is a short anime movie named "Dark Fury" which takes place between "Pitch Black" and "Chronicles of Riddick"
Vin diesel plays in all 3 movies and the EFBB game.
There's a remake of the game on it's way named: "Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" and Includes the story of the previous game but adds more to it and goes a little further. Needless to say there's also improved graphics. There's no official release date yet, but I guess it will be out later this year or beginning of next year.
If they were to make another Chronicles of Riddick movie then I would probably soil myself out of excitement and that being said, I have just realized this post is way longer than I originally intended...
I guess I'm just a Riddick fanboy ^^
Cheers!
I agree...If it was based on the movie. Technically it was,however it didn't qualify due to the fact it was not related. It explain it yes, but it needs to be at least 75% related. It is a great game though |
Copy Clerk Posts: 101 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 | The Lord Of The Rings Return of the King and The Godfather jump to mind. Both great games. Well worth checking out. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 77 Joined: 21 Apr 2008 | The Lord of the Rings games were great (I've only played Two Towers and Return of the King) and really captured the epic feel of the movies. What's more fun than single-handedly slaying a caravan full of orcs with an axe-wielding dwarf? |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 1 Aug 2008 | Bladerunner is a great game. |
Beat Writer Posts: 204 Joined: 21 May 2008 | The Warriors is a great example in my opinion. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 465 Joined: 4 Jul 2008 | I liked the first Spiderman game. That was quite good in my opinion.
The Spiderman games for the PS1 were pretty cool, but that's a different story. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 95 Joined: 27 Mar 2008 | Cummon boys and girls... whatever happened to Batman Returns on the SNES? That was some fine chit back in the day. |
everyone keeps saying the star wars games but i can only think of one i really loved. jedi power battles, aside from that the battlefront games were worth a rent and thats it. kotor aside having only one game based on your movie franchise that was really a blast is kind of disturbing i mean really one golden nugget awash in a sea of total shit burgers is a testament to george luscas's ability to whore out the name.
and no kingdom hearts doesn't count because it's not good it sucks and the concept sucks and everything about it sucks.
in my experience the only decent movie based games are the ones that don't follow the movie sotry line and that are made usually at another time rather than being released anytime the movie is in theators or about to be in theators. seriously some of these new pixar movies have games on the shelf before the movie is out and i can't help but wonder who thought that was a good idea?
for me the best movie based game while it is still a peice of shit it's just too much fun to ignore, "judge dredd: dredd vs. death" nothing like staking fat people to the ground and setting them on fire all with just one gun. seriously the lawgiver in that game switched between like 8 different firing modes, spikes, rapid fire, impact rounds, flares, flamethrower, and a couple other i can't remember. just the versatitlity of one gun was highly amusing as it allowed you to hang bodies from the wall in awkward positions.