Movies Made Into Games - Do They Work?

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Movies Made Into Games - Do They Work?

Movies are being made into computer games more than ever - can this work? Have there been any great games made from movie licences? Are they just unoriginal?

Agree, disagree, either way, air your views!

[Shazz]

they seem to work that way round.

However, The opposite way, Game > Movie

Is just NO

[GreyDeath]

YES!

Robocop the Coin-Op

ED-101 pwnage ftw

[TimmyNoShoes]

Hell yeah, Terminator 1+2 games rocked.

[R4mbo]

goldeneye on the nintendo 64 was pro

[Hg]

Originally posted by =|CoN|= Rambo
goldeneye on the nintendo 64 was pro

This was by far the best game i ever did own!

[Steadders]

mission impossible on the n64 wasn't bad, i think the n64 did movie games well.

[Er00]

Even the rubbish looking ones (Shrek 2) are great (if a little buggy....and by "a little"...y'know... :p) I can't actually think of any bad film - game conversions, though I'm sure there are some. Even years ago they were good, I loved the Toy Story game etc

[Elbonio]

Independance day on the playstation



it was really awful!

iirc it recieved reviews of like 12% or something

[Er00]

Ah, luckily not having a PS means I missed that one :)

[Cheez]

The game of Street Fighter - The Movie was as bad as the film. Although I think that one is fairly unique, as it's a game made from a film, that's made from a game.

[TelexStar]

Chronicles of Riddick was a very good game in my opinion.

[GreyDeath]

Originally posted by Elbonio
Independance day on the playstation



it was really awful!

iirc it recieved reviews of like 12% or something

This game truely did suckeh quite possibly the most ill speant £40 ever and back then Game/EB didnt do 10days no fuss just as well or this game would be readily availble in any pound shop.

There was an old Jurassic Park game on the the Amiga over head played like smashTV but an RPG was a very fun game.

[Optimus]

Originally posted by Er00
Ah, luckily not having a PS means I missed that one :) It was a cross-format release for the PC as well...
Fox went through a phase of producing horse-**** property conversions like Die Hard (no matter what anyone says, the DH Trilogy games were ****) and Alien Trilogy

[Cabe]

whilst the Alien Vs Predator series (for PC, not to be confused with he Atari Jaguar64 version) was not a direct movie to game conversion it was (and still is) one of the finest use of studio property I have ever had the pleasure of playing. A cracking game that really captures the feel of the movies. I do hope that...

A) They make a 3rd
B) It has Co-Op

perhaps something based on F.E.A.R's Jupiter EX engine, you should all be aware that Touchdown (http://www.touchdownentertainment.com/home.htm) (nee Lithtech) developed the engines for the current two games.

[TimmyNoShoes]

Yeah and the Alien FPS for the playstation, or was it aliens, i cant remember but it was a damn fine, face hugging game.

[Optimus]

No, that was Alien Trilogy... it was a pile of unmitigated ****...

NEXT

[GreyDeath]

AvP though, Good Game to *#@$ movie

How about Terminator Vs. Robocop published by virgin

[Cheez]

Originally posted by Optimus
No, that was Alien Trilogy... it was a pile of unmitigated ****...

NEXT Aww, I quite enjoyed it. Although looking back it wasn't the best in terms of graphical quality.

[Joey]

AvP the movie was enjoyable - i wouldn't rush to play.com to buy the dvd, but i saw it at the cinema and didn't demand my £6.50 and my 2 hours back

[CorsetGamer]

I enjoyed James Bond that was very good.....:D

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by GreyDeath
AvP though, Good Game to *#@$ movie


AvP wasnt a Game > Movie conversion.

AvP has been a graphic novel series for years. The game just happened to be produced before the movie.

Personally i thought they did a pretty good job anyway, but then i like the whole Aliens / Predator sci-fi genre.

[UberMonkey]

Originally posted by Chris
The game of Street Fighter - The Movie was as bad as the film. Although I think that one is fairly unique, as it's a game made from a film, that's made from a game.


i love the manga movies of street fighter :)

[rikoko]

No really man, they don't work!

I mean, I really have great knowledge of movies available, and I know that movies that are related from games suck

To start the history:

MORTAL KOMBAT *I think it was written with a K*


I though that resident evil sucked, really hard! The movie, that is!
Its like a sequel of a VERY succesful game, which can always fail!
But if u talk about sequals of movies, they may rock
same counts for games, sequals of games (GTA3 GTA3: vice city GTA3: gta san andreas) they may rock too!

Mostly, the movies that come from games, lack of a really good storyline (maybe cuz we already know it) and are mostly action based movies! (Like doom, that has entered cinemas now)

I'd say, making movies from books are better than making movies from games!!!!!!!

Regards

Rikoko (A rarely MATURE player of JKA)

[GreyDeath]

TBH they really do work

However the only ones who were really succesful at it were OCEAN.

[SprayCan]

Originally posted by GreyDeath
TBH they really do work

However the only ones who were really succesful at it were OCEAN.

Jurassic Park on the SNES. TRICERATOPS!!!! Loved that game, especially the FP-perspective when you entered a building. Looked like the old Windows-Maze screensaver :D

The idea of games being based on a film is fair enough. But when they develop the game and release it BEFORE the film is out, well in my opinion it defeats the objective of the game. Personally, if I were to buy such a game, I would go and see the film first. But then when you look at the game, you realise its another quickly-chopped up rehash of 3d modelling, retextured and had the EA sticker slapped on the front. My money is staying in my wallet :D

[Freelance]

another one bites the dust: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bloodrayne/

[GreyDeath]

and another which actually looks like it might work

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/silenthill/

trailer seemed to keep practically everything within the boundries of the license bar some gender bending

[Optimus]

Originally posted by GreyDeath
TBH they really do work

However the only ones who were really succesful at it were OCEAN. Wait, are you calling that Terminator 2 game SUCCESSFUL!

[GreyDeath]

Originally posted by Optimus
Wait, are you calling that Terminator 2 game SUCCESSFUL!

I was thinking more along the lines of

Robocop, Indian Jones, jurassic park, Total Recall

[UberMonkey]

Originally posted by GreyDeath
Indian Jones

*giggle*

[GreyDeath]

I lied about my age to get into indian bingo

Indiana Jones then

on the topic of great ocean games.

Big Trouble In Little China, Enter The Dragon, even more broadly licensed stuff like Daley Thompsons Decathalon

Theres no denying Ocean were gods of the license...

They went broke...

[Tsung]

It can be done..

The great escape On the zx-spectrum, recreated the joys of living in a wartime prison camp. Digging tunnels to escape, getting the right pieces together to escape. Dodging spot lights, guards, guard dogs. IT was fab.

Where time stood Still Again on the spectrum, based on the land time forgot. You had to help the 4 people escape from the island full of dinosaurs etc.

The Untouchables Another great game..

Oh wait, they were all published by Ocean Software :)