   Stupid Movie Games
  Why must we have stupid movie games. Most (almost all) are very boring and un-original, twisting the movie''s (or book''s) story line into an almost useless state where it makes a poor story as well as a poor game. Very little though is put into these games where most of the script is already created and all it needs a few tedious puzzles. I do not like Stupid Movie Games.Examples:Harry Potter Lord of the RingsOne of my major peeves with these games is that they have clung onto the story line so much that they insisted on having the player play out sequences (how to say it?) that were "non-player" (eg: walking around the shire in LOTR). These useless parts of the game would be so boring normaly that they have to have to add useless side-quests that are annoying and detract from the original story line anyway.IMO, movies simply do not transfer well to a game in their original state. I beleve that because they already have a script written, the game designers put very little effort into making a good game, rather they throw in a few puzzels into walking around the story.One game that was significantly better was The Sum of All Fears. This game departed alot from details of the movie''s storyline, and was a serious game rather than a bunch of repetitive puzzles. Even then a few aspects that were taken from the movie were to the games detrement. Overall, however, this is the exception to the "Stupid Movie Games" rule. Red Storm did well here.Most of you may have read the threads by newbies (and some not-so-newbies) concerning them wanting to make a game using their favorite charcters from such-and-such. The normaly reponce is "no, you need an licenece which you will not get". However when big studios can get the licence (or are contracted by the movie studio), often they make a poor quality game thats only purpose serves to suck more out of the pockets of the movie fans.(end rant)what do you think?    Do not meddle in the affairs of moderators, for they are subtle and quick to anger.ANDREW RUSSELL STUDIOSCool Links :: [ GD | TG | MS | NeHe | PA | SA | M&S | TA | LiT | H*R ]Got Clue? :: [ Start Here! | Google | MSDN | GameDev.net Reference | OGL v D3D | File Formats | Go FAQ yourself ]    
  In retrospect, why must we have stupid game movies? Mortal Kombat: Annihilation springs to mind..    swift URL | browse my bookmarks [server may not always be on]SotteD | View/download my Song of the Day Sensimed | Info/download;  There''s a very good reason for this happening in general.  Licenses cost money and that means less money for development time/cost.  Things seem to be changing these days though.  The bigger licenses seem to be going to larger publishers who can afford to invest more money and put out a quality game.The Harry Potter, LOTR:TTT, and Spiderman movie games generally got decent reviews.  Gamespot really loved The Two Towers game.Coincidentally, I just finished replaying BladeRunner.  That game had a parallel/intertwined but strikingly similar storyline to the movie which ended up changing itself enough to be different at the end.  It took some of the subtle ideas of the movie and cranked it up a notch.  I consider it one of the greatest movie games ever.  ;  Put simply, what works in one medium won''t necessarily work in another. For a video game to be enjoyable, it must have things like good level design, good controls, good challenge, inventive or at least solid gameplay, and a bunch of other stuff that gets stripped out when it becomes non-interactive. Likewise, most movies can''s support all that stuff a video game needs to be fun. I mean, the Home Alone Video Game ... what the hell were they thinking?I always love that bit at the beginning of the Final Fantasy movie where that old dude gives the chick a copy of the strategy guide and has her recite to the audience the 38 hours they missed so they could fit it in a 2 hours movie  To which she rightly protests; damn right; you tell ''im, Aki I have to admit, the GoldenEye game was good. And Rogue Leader. That''s it.    Chris Barry (crbarry at mts.net)My Personal Programming Depot;  The Spiderman game was horrible. It could have been great, but the damned camera system could have been programmed better by a popsicle stick.Worst..camera...EVAR.    swift URL | browse my bookmarks [server may not always be on]SotteD | View/download my Song of the Day Sensimed | Info/download;  Shrek.  I can''t imagine it getting much worse than that.  ;  you have to realize how much money a game with LOR slaped on the front can make.  parents buy it for their kids not knowing the difrence and blam kids play some 2nd rate game cauz they got it for xmas.  companies arent nesicarly in the game making busines to make great games or at least that isn''t always their first priorty.  ;quote:Original post by callmenick  you have to realize how much money a game with LOR slaped on the front can make.  parents buy it for their kids not knowing the difrence and blam kids play some 2nd rate game cauz they got it for xmas.  companies arent nesicarly in the game making busines to make great games or at least that isn''t always their first priorty. It should probably be noted that this is the entire reason I (and my siblings) even have these games.About the reviews - I have no idea what some of these reviewers were thinking. Some that I have read have obviously looked at the graphics of the first few minutes of the game or perhaps played through with the cheats or something.  