Hello Bloggers, and a good monday morning to you
Today i said i would tackle the subject of Video Games that come from Movie or Books... and that's exactly what i'm gonna do. Being a person who loves to sit down for a couple hours and enjoy a good game, while relaxing i enjoy games such as Halo (as said previously), CoD, and Battlefield Maybe occasionally Final Fantasy or other games, an all around gamer of some sort, but only good games... So after being a huge Marvel fan in my time, i decided to pick up the latest Thor game and see how it was, after around 30 min of Gameplay i find myself headed back to my mail box to make sure the Post man can see that i have a game to return to GameFly to pick up my next ordered game. This game made me want to cry it was so awful, the movie also made me cry i had to walk out because it was so off subject to the original Comic that i thought it was atrocious, But thats not our subject for today, what i would really like to tackle is the Video Games them selves and the people who thought that it would be a good idea to make them! Now changing time frame, a couple years ago when the first Harry Potter came out everyone was amazed at how good the movie was, so i decided to go see it, having read the books they were partially cohearent, but not off subject enough to make regret going to see it, but then in the Era of the PS2 i ought the game to see how it would fit on my screen. Ladies and Gentlemen, i played the whole game through and not once did i see atleast one bit of either the book or the Movie, which killed that series off for me faster then Napalm kills trees, i couldn't even look at the box, which had the picture from the first book on it with the words in bold "Exactly Like the Movie", So the idea of this little trend to make a Video Game from a movie comes from the idea that the people who go to see the movie will obviously buy the game, partially true, and that the people who bought the game will see no problem with it aslong as they stay ignorant to the original story line that was put in place by the movie and by the book (if there is one). So this trend kills off possibly good game idea's through its ignorance with the story line and characters that exist in the movie and book. Anyway, any lovely games that you guys have played that made you not even want to see the movie? or read the book?
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Ugh, Yes... Dead or alive :P
ReplyDeleteDid not want to watch the movie as the story line is extremely weak and chances are the would mess it up again.
I was right! ;)
Good to know you found a pair of headphones.
ReplyDeleteI think when a game is made after a movie, unlike when a movie is made after a game, it is just merchandising.
Expecting it to be like the movie is like expected bedsheets or a McThor burger to be like the movie.
Yea it definitely is Salted Plum, and rarely, imo, do they live up to the hype.
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't be surprised that a video game about a movie (Thor) sucked, but I was really hoping that rushed, incomplete games were a thing of the past.
ReplyDeleteI guess I was wrong.
In terms of the best movie-based game - Goldeneye?
yeah, I found out a while ago that any video game made after a movie is bad. Except for James Bond Goldeneye for N64 that was great haha!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I heard about how bad that Thor game is.
ReplyDeleteNever trust movie adaptation games, even if the movie is adapted from a beloved superhero.
the cut scenes are amazing but the gameplay suckkksssss
ReplyDeleteSame as shaw, I have never liked movie-games the only one i actually thought was decent was hulk ultimate destruction when i was like 12
ReplyDeleteGood article. I wish more movie games were good, although I loved Toy Story 2: the game, despite it being absolutely terrible.
ReplyDeleteIts hard to do it right. Most times, one or the other ends up really cheesy. But when done right, it can be really awesome.
ReplyDeleteThere are very few movie-games that are good. When they are good, they're much better then the movies themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe only real examples I can think of would be Goldeneye and Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Both ruled.
The problem is that the people involved with that kind of cross-media tend to be either hopeless, or jerks, or both (Uwe Boll). Best to steer clear.
Great to see all your idea's and Opinions, Now some of the games you guys mentioned like Golden Eye on N64, the first Hulk Game wasn't that bad and other "Movie-Games" but true that these games are (pardon my french) Half-assed and put together at the speed of light with the least amount of content possible and it really dosn't matter how or what the movie says the game destroys it. Anywho, glad to see all of your points of view!
ReplyDeletei think its more important for it to be closer to the book, than a movie is to be closer to the video game. if that makes sense
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie was OK, the game was terrible though.
ReplyDeleteIt has to be closer to the book arghh why can't they get this, we like it because the book is good >:(
ReplyDeleteive had good experiences with AKG before, good guys :) followed
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