The Lord of the Rings games are usually pretty good. The Scarface game was excellent (so much so GTA4 ripped off a lot of its features like the aiming, police evasion system, etc.). There were a few others that were pretty good, but not many.
Does anyone buy those games based off the movies?
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Back in the day, there were some great games based on Disney movies/shows. Companies like Virgin and Capcom did some very nice work. This is mostly 8-64 bit eras, but there were a few gems. Aladdin (SNES and Genesis have different versions) was a nifty little platformer. The Lion King was one of my favourite games growing up and it too is pretty solid (also pretty challenging). Tarzan was a decent 2.5D platformer. The Emperor's New Groove, mind you a bit glitchy and has a plot that branches from the movie, was a good 3D platformer even if it borrowed heavily from Spyro's style. Although not a movie, Quackshot is Donald Duck mixed with Indiana Jones and that was a good game (...with some shakey platforming). A few I haven't tried include Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, Castle Of Illusion (well, not a movie/show), and Chip and Dale.
That being said, I'm wondering why flying underwear man wasn't in The Emperor's New Groove movie. Best fetch quest EVER!
That being said, I'm wondering why flying underwear man wasn't in The Emperor's New Groove movie. Best fetch quest EVER!
I actually have an all-time favourite from this group of games. It's Atlantis - The Lost Empire for the Playstation, based on the Disney cartoon. It was soooooooo mediocre for a platformer, provided nothing new or untried gameplay, and altered the cartoon's story into obscurity. Yet I love it so much, because of the variety of environments, and the mediocre gameplay that at least functioned, and because welp, it actually felt like an adventure. Man I need to replay it again.
No. Not since I was a kid. I mean, I can think of circumstances in which it would work, but I think it's rare that you're going to see parties on both sides really giving a damn.
I've played some games that were alright, though. They're just rarely as good as non-licensed games.
I've played some games that were alright, though. They're just rarely as good as non-licensed games.
There have been a few I've enjoyed.
Captain America: Super Soldier - I paid full price for this and don't regret it a bit. Fun combat, a nice little story, and plenty of Cap. America villains show up. I just hated that you can't play through the game again with other costumes, only use them in challenges. I'll take this over Arkham Asylum, but I don't like Batman, so yeah.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: This is just a fun hack n slash. Period.
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age: Does this game count? It's based more on the movies than books, I think. It's a hands-down amazing turn based RPG where you follow the Fellowship through all 3 movies.
Ii've been meanign to get Tron Evolution, since it got decent reviews, and Tron LEgacy was such an amazing movie...
Captain America: Super Soldier - I paid full price for this and don't regret it a bit. Fun combat, a nice little story, and plenty of Cap. America villains show up. I just hated that you can't play through the game again with other costumes, only use them in challenges. I'll take this over Arkham Asylum, but I don't like Batman, so yeah.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: This is just a fun hack n slash. Period.
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age: Does this game count? It's based more on the movies than books, I think. It's a hands-down amazing turn based RPG where you follow the Fellowship through all 3 movies.
Ii've been meanign to get Tron Evolution, since it got decent reviews, and Tron LEgacy was such an amazing movie...
Kids buy them, dumb kids (I figured out that games based on anything tended to suck by 4th Grade), of course some of them don't suck hard. The only ones I have are some of the Lego games, and some old school ones.
Also, Goldeneye...
Also, Goldeneye...
Other than when I was a kid? I remember playing The Mask and Darkwing Duck on the SNES a lot and loving it, but then again I was a kid and I have no idea if they were any good since the nostalgia filter is now firmly in place.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Goldeneye comes to mind.
The former surprised me since I was expecting a bad game and I was actually hearing good things about that game, and I don't regret getting it since it was actually fun.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Goldeneye comes to mind.
The former surprised me since I was expecting a bad game and I was actually hearing good things about that game, and I don't regret getting it since it was actually fun.
Borrowed a few off friends, only ones i can remember i have bought are all 3 lotr games, spiderman 1 and 2, scarface (i count it) and mgs4 (there was a movie at the end!).
Sold the lotr games and spiderman 1, but spiderman 2 and scarface are 2 of my fav games on the ps2 ^^
Sold the lotr games and spiderman 1, but spiderman 2 and scarface are 2 of my fav games on the ps2 ^^
Someone must be buying them. If there as big a money sink as they should be then no company would even dare to touch movie based games.
Ah, beat me to it.SirBryghtside said:
Despite being from a previous gen. and a movie-game Spiderman 2 is still the best Spiderman game of any type that has been released in my view ... well save for the very first one for the ps1, but that frankly is unbeatable
Shame the one for the third film was, in short, terrible...
Im completly surprised no one mentioned toy story for the psx, that was a pretty decent game.
Also toy story two was good.
Also toy story two was good.
I got given one of the LotR games (I think it was return of the king) but that?s the only one I have. Most don't look like they are any good.
I actually had a Blast with the Green Lantern game, its fun on Co-op. Patheticly short though.
I also thought the Wolverine Origins game was fun too!
I also thought the Wolverine Origins game was fun too!