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Most movie-based games I play are really bad. Transformers for example; awkward gameplay and a time limit on every mission. Truly an awful game. However, I have played some decent or even good ones. Eragon was OK, the dialogue was bad, but it was way better than the movie.

Return of the King was awesomesauce. It seemed like a boring hack-and-slash at first, but I had loads of fun. It was really challenging, too. There were a few things you had to figure out for yourself (like how to defeat trolls safely).

Anyone else had fun when it comes to movie games?

I've never bothered. When a game is released before the movie, that generally means it was only in development for a few months. IE, there will be almost no depth, and the graphics will just be average.

I found the game based off the Spider-Man Movie to be pretty awesome.

Escape from Butcher Bay was awesome.

lalabox wrote:Escape from Butcher Bay was awesome.

I concur

Riddick doesn't count as a movie-game because it's more of a spin-off series.

Dune 2 by westwood was great back in the day. Battle for Middle Earth on PC was fairly decent imho too though both are the game of the film of the book so I dont know if it counts.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Riddick doesn't count as a movie-game because it's more of a spin-off series.

what do you mean? spin off of what. Vin did voice work for it. It's just as much a movie game as anything else I would think.

Would you count the Mario series as a good movie game,there was a movie Mario movie if I rember right.

Aaaah the fun I had with those plumbers.

Butcher Bay is the great example of how tie-ins to movies should be.

I cant wait for the new chronicles of riddick,to come out as it will also include butcher bay with better graphics.

Robocop 3 on the Amiga was pretty good. It came out a year or two before the movie (as the film sunk into development hell).

Spider-Man 2 had the best swining mechanics of all Spidey games. The rest was meh...

Right now I can't think of anything good, but the Wolverine game got pretty good reviews.

i enjoyed alot of the spider-man games and i heard the new wolverine is also good

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I cant wait for the new chronicles of riddick,to come out as it will also include butcher bay with better graphics.

Assault on Dark Athena is already out. Maybe not where you are, though.

sebster wrote:Robocop 3 on the Amiga was pretty good. It came out a year or two before the movie (as the film sunk into development hell).

Robocop (just robocop) on the pc was one of the worst games to ever have been made.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I cant wait for the new chronicles of riddick,to come out as it will also include butcher bay with better graphics.

Assault on Dark Athena is already out. Maybe not where you are, though.

Accually it is out here I just never checked the release date.

LOTR conquest and Pretty much very LOTR's game expect the fellowship.

Spiderman 2 and the first Dune game on PC are the only ones I can think of.

Wow this thread really show's what you shouldn't do with a movie license. I think it would have been easier to talk about bad games, but this is good for the brain (as in trying to remember any at all).

Making true conversions of movies into games will always suck, making a tie-in works much better.

Directly based off of a movie? Goldeneye, Return of the King.

BrookM wrote:Making true conversions of movies into games will always suck, making a tie-in works much better.

Totally agree. Look at Alien vs Predator 2. Took elements from movies but produced an original plot and alot of original elements. And the result? It kicked ass.

The new Batman Game looks pretty good from trailers (but i'll reserve my full judgement until i play it) and like AVP2, It's based on an original plot.

Basically i just don't think movies and games really mesh together all that well. Using an original plot tailored to fit the main themes of the movie is definitely the way to go.

Wolwerin, kickass movie and kickass game. Also a very good comic series. The Punisher is also great.

Does Silent Hill count?

its a game movie though xD

LunaHound wrote:Does Silent Hill count?

its a game movie though xD

lol I'd put down my vote for it as one

omg yes Goldeneye is the best hands down.

I found the punisher game on the ps2/xbox (to tie in with the released of the '04 film) to be pretty entertaining.

No. Eragon was a boring, repetive hack 'n' slash that I killed with fire and holy water. I still hold out hope though.

ET for the Atari

aliens one the mega rive was epic, the thing on ps2 was also rather bad arse

the matrix was pretty good