Movie Games Don't Suck!

[DACMAN]

I'm so fricken tired of hearing people go on and on about how terrible movie games are. When for years now that sterotype has been broken.



Riddick
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
King Kong
HULK (it wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible)
The Punisher (sort of)

Amoung others...

And everytime another comes out the reviews chime "It seems the sterotype has finally been broken" Like it hasn't been again and again.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Never played Riddick or Punisher. Spider-Man 1 was good, but too confined. Spider-Man 2 was good, but too short. Kong was too short. Hulk was alright except the dumb Banner missions. Movie games are definately improving. The SR game looks pretty good. Batman Begins was alright (6-6.5), it was too short felt like the whole game was a tutorial.

 

[Speedball]

The newest Hulk game is amazing!
Spider-man 2 is pretty good.
King Kong on the 360 is amazing, it's just gorgeous(possibly better than the film)
Riddick is one of the best games ever made.
There are also the many Star Wars games, like The Rogue Squadron series, Battlefront, KOTOR.
There's also Kingdom Hearts, which makes Disney look like an ass-kicking powerhouse.

 

[Horrorfan]

I'm so fricken tired of hearing people go on and on about how terrible movie games are. When for years now that sterotype has been broken.



Riddick
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
King Kong
HULK (it wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible)
The Punisher (sort of)

Amoung others...

And everytime another comes out the reviews chime "It seems the sterotype has finally been broken" Like it hasn't been again and again.

I have to agree 100%. There have been LOTS of decent movie games which get ignored time and time again. I can't tell you how many times I grit my teeth. Its like everyone agrees movie games all suck because they are afraid to go against the grain.

Among others:


Constantine was a very stylish third person action/horror game with some very nice weapons and magic influenced somewhat by eternal darkness.

Batman Begins was a stripped down splinter cell. it doesnt match up to the sc series, but non the less are very good.

Hulk Ultimate Destruction was great

AVP Extinction was a pretty good attempt at an rts console game.

X3: The Official Game got slammed because it was quite old school in some places and seemed uninspired. Ok it wasn't a genre breaking game, but it wasn't meant to be. It was meant to put you in the shoes of a film character, and in terms of that, it delivered. But because it wasn't a whole new genre busting game, people **** on it.

Van Helsing was Devil May Cry with Universal Monsters and old school creature feature sets, which made it inherently cooler than battling generic demons.

People also forget that more than hardcore gamers, they are designed to be accesible and short and fun for people who don't play games a lot (which most of us here do).Its just a way to let movie fans take it a little further. We forget that these games serve two masters, the casual gamer/movie fans and more hardcore types.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Goldeneye, Mission Impossible or The Warriors.

Then going back a ways, there was Hook on the NES, Jurrassic Park on the Sega Genesis, and probably a few more since the beat-em-up formula was applied to everything.

And yes, Riddick is the best game ever, and that's based on a movie.

 

[Mentok]

Its going to take a hell of alotmore than three or four half decent film/games to destroy the myth

 

[Horrorfan]

Its going to take a hell of alotmore than three or four half decent film/games to destroy the myth

That's the point.....there HAS been a hell of a lot more than 3 or 4.

 

[Mentok]

That's the point.....there HAS been a hell of a lot more than 3 or 4.

Name them.


Out of the dozens upon dozens of very bad film/games only a very few have been any good.

In fact only a small ammount qualify as 'Not sucking'.

 

[Horrorfan]

Name them.


Out of the dozens upon dozens of very bad film/games only a very few have been any good.

In fact only a small ammount qualify as 'Not sucking'.

Have you been reading the thread, menny? The following are either good, or fairly decent, and not the disasters movie games are meant to be


Miami Vice (psp)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds
Pirates of the Carribean (PSP)
Van Helsing
Batman Begins
The Punisher
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction
Spiderman 2
Terminator 3 The Redemption
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
King Kong
Constantine
Star Wars Battle Front
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle earth
SW: KOTOR
SW: KOTOR2
X3: The official game
aliens vs predator extinction
alien trilogy
alien resurrection

those are just the ones I remember

 

[Mentok]

Miami Vice (psp) - Havent seen a review yet.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Not based on a film.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds - Not based on a film.
Pirates of the Carribean (PSP) - Poor.
Van Helsing - Poor.
Batman Begins - Poor.
The Punisher - Half decent.
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction - Not based on a film.
Spiderman 2 - Good.
Terminator 3 The Redemption - Its only a 'half licensed game'.
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis - Not based on the film.
King Kong - It was ok.
Constantine - Average.
Star Wars Battle Front - Not based on the film.
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle earth - Good.
SW: KOTOR - Not based on a film.
SW: KOTOR2 - Not based on a film.
X3: The official game - SUCKED AS BADLY AS THE FILM.
aliens vs predator extinction - poor.
alien trilogy - Not made with the film.
alien resurrection - poor.


For it to be a 'Movie Game' It has to be developed for release along with a film version of that licence. Half of the games you listed dont qualify, they are just licenced games.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Miami Vice (psp) - Havent seen a review yet.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Not based on a film. Buffy was a movie before it was a show.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds - Not based on a film.Buffy was a movie before it was a show.
Pirates of the Carribean (PSP) - Poor.
Van Helsing - Poor.
Batman Begins - Poor.
The Punisher - Half decent.
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction - Not based on a film.
Spiderman 2 - Good.
Terminator 3 The Redemption - Its only a 'half licensed game'.Don't be gay.
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis - Not based on the film. Yes it was.
King Kong - It was ok.
Constantine - Average.
Star Wars Battle Front - Not based on the film. Oh, I guess it was based on all the Starwars glowsticks.
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle earth - Good.
SW: KOTOR - Not based on a film.Oh, I guess it was based on all the Starwars staplers.
SW: KOTOR2 - Not based on a film.Oh, I guess it was based on all the Starwars Baseballs.
X3: The official game - SUCKED AS BADLY AS THE FILM.
aliens vs predator extinction - poor.
alien trilogy - Not made with the film.
alien resurrection - poor.


For it to be a 'Movie Game' It has to be developed for release along with a film version of that licence. Half of the games you listed dont qualify, they are just licenced games.

I wouldn;t say that's totally true.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

A movie game has be be based off a movie (or atleast partially), have the same name as the movie, and be released around the same time as the movie, although there are some exceptions to the latter.

 

[gildea]

Goldeneye
Riddick
King Kong
Spiderman 2
Jurassic Park (snes/genesis)
Aladdin (snes version was great)
Batman Returns (a great scrolling beat em up on the snes)
The Star Wars Trilogy on the Snes was great
the star wars triogy arcade game is good
the original vector star wars game is fabulous
The warriors
Alien 3 (on the snes)
The lord of the rings beat em up games where not bad

 

[Mentok]

I wouldn;t say that's totally true.

By 'Not based on a film' I mean it was not made aong side a film.

Star Wars - Ep 1 The Game was made along with the film. Battlefront was not.

 

[U.S War Machine]

I love the Evil Dead games

 

[Speedball]

Actually, it was made along with Star Wars Episode III.

 

[Mentok]

Actually, it was made along with Star Wars Episode III.

But its not a movie/game. The game 'Star Wars ep 3' IS.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

By 'Not based on a film' I mean it was not made aong side a film.

Star Wars - Ep 1 The Game was made along with the film. Battlefront was not.

It's still a "Movie Game" though. Sort of how movies based on games isn't determined by whether they release with a game or not.

 

[Galactus]

Yeah, ther have been some good movie based games. It's just a shame that for every good one there are at least four-five crap ones

 

[Joker]

The Punisher wasnt based on the movie, or in continuity with the movie, seeins as how in the movie he fights the russian for the first time, then in the game he fights the russian for the first time again...the only thing the same is who killed his family, and how he killed them

 

[Horrorfan]

Miami Vice (psp) - Havent seen a review yet.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Not based on a film.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds - Not based on a film.
Pirates of the Carribean (PSP) - Poor.
Van Helsing - Poor.
Batman Begins - Poor.
The Punisher - Half decent.
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction - Not based on a film.
Spiderman 2 - Good.
Terminator 3 The Redemption - Its only a 'half licensed game'.
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis - Not based on the film.
King Kong - It was ok.
Constantine - Average.
Star Wars Battle Front - Not based on the film.
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle earth - Good.
SW: KOTOR - Not based on a film.
SW: KOTOR2 - Not based on a film.
X3: The official game - SUCKED AS BADLY AS THE FILM.
aliens vs predator extinction - poor.
alien trilogy - Not made with the film.
alien resurrection - poor.


For it to be a 'Movie Game' It has to be developed for release along with a film version of that licence. Half of the games you listed dont qualify, they are just licenced games.

I'd say you are wrong there, completely. They are licensed games, sure, but WHAT licenses? Oh yes, movie games. Playing in the star wars universe with the technology and lightsabres is dependent on the movie universe, and the whole idea of jurassic Park genesis is to build a park like in the (guess what?) - movie.

So a movie license counts. The games are based on the movie universes- they don't have to adhere strictly to a plotline in a recent movie.

Also, if Van Helsing is poor, you must hate devil may cry then because it's practically the same game.

Also, you're wrong about X3 sucking too btw

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I'd say you are wrong there, completely. They are licensed games, sure, but WHAT licenses? Oh yes, movie games. Playing in the star wars universe with the technology and lightsabres is dependent on the movie universe, and the whole idea of jurassic Park genesis is to build a park like in the (guess what?) - movie

Liscenses don't count. If they did, every Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, and X-Men game would count. KOTOR is NOT a movie game. It is the Star Wars liscense, but the name does not make it a movie game; the content is what determines it. Battlefront and Rogue Squadron (only 2 & 3) make the cut b/c of the missions that take place in the movies.

Jurassic Park was originally a book

 

[D.Rex]

Jurassic Park for Sega Genesis is one of my all time favorite classic games and probably one of the best movie games I've ever played. I enjoyed playing as the raptor more than as Grant. That was something pretty original back then, few good games even today allow you to play as an animal because they are inherently restrictive in what you can do but that game pulled it off well.

Goldeneye is porbably one of the most famous and sucessful movie games ever.

I hope that Superman Returns ends up being a good game. I've only seen screenshots and read the GameInformer article from several months ago. But it looks pretty cool.

What we should really say sucks are games that become movies because those are rarely any more than decent. For example Mortal Kombat was all right but the sequel sucked, Tomb Raider was no more than okay the only thing that made it worth seeing was Angelina Jolie, and Doom started off good but later got stupid. Hopefully Halo will be a good movie.

 

[Flame on!]

Constantine was a very stylish third person action/horror game with some very nice weapons and magic influenced somewhat by eternal darkness.

LOL

Batman Begins was a stripped down splinter cell. it doesnt match up to the sc series, but non the less are very good.

LOL!

AVP Extinction was a pretty good attempt at an rts console game.

LOL!!!

Van Helsing was Devil May Cry with Universal Monsters and old school creature feature sets, which made it inherently cooler than battling generic demons.

LOL!!!!111!!11ZZz!!11!11!!!

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I hope that Superman Returns ends up being a good game. I've only seen screenshots and read the GameInformer article from several months ago. But it looks pretty cool.

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