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Posted: **September 25th, 2011, 5:20 am**

[QUOTE=MoonMetropolis] Blade Runner (1997)[/QUOTE]

Blade Runner was absolutely fantastic! Thanks for reminding me of it's existence. It probably came out on like 5CDs as well.

Posted: **July 31st, 2014, 7:18 pm**

[QUOTE=PacMan000]Movies must emphasize story telling. Games must emphasize interaction. While it may be possible to make a good game based on the same concepts as a good movie, it would be difficult because the two media emphasize different things.[/QUOTE]

Video games of movies have a reputation for being underwhelming. I am sure you have counter examples, but do you agree that in general their reputation is weak?

Yes, the media are different, but movies and books are different, and yet their are movies based on bokks that are good, and some even surpass the source material. Is there a movie IP video game better than the movie itself?

Other media adapt movies more successfully. Novelizations can be better. Radio dramas too. Comic adaptations can be fine as well. Okay, but they are at least story telling media. RPG games based on movies, that are just as focused on gameplay and interaction as video games, can be excellent. Highly detailed and complex, but well done.

Is it just being rushed? Considering how long movies take, seems like a game need not be rushed. Especially a game based on a movie based on another source, like an old tv show or comic book character.

Is it a truth universally acknowledged that a movie tie in video game *must* be in want of quality?

Posted: **July 31st, 2014, 11:47 pm**

When it comes to movie-based games, the 007 ones usually stand-out, even the not-so-well-received Legends and Quantum of Solace were pretty good. I'm not the biggest fan of Goldeneye though, I get why it was a big deal at the time, but I don't think it has aged all that well.

One movie-game I recently got was Robocop for the PC, I heard some bad things about it, but the idea of playing as Robocop was too tantalizing to pass up.

Seems like games based on Superhero films generally suck because of the limited time-frame to develop them(I.E. G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, both Iron Man games, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, Thor: God of Thunder, Fantastic Four, both Amazing Spider-man games, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, etc) Wolverine was a rare exception to the rule, I was surprised that it was actually playable.

Wanted: Weapons of Fate was a bit of a guilty pleasure.

If I had to give the award for worst movie-licensed game of all time, it would probably have to go to Jumper: Griffin's Story, just a complete disaster all-around.

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