Good Movies that would've made really Bad Games

[GonzoGamer]

I know what you're thinking, when do Movie inspired games ever work out well?
But I was just thinking about some of my all time favorite movies and the fact that there are no licensed games for them. In some cases that makes a lot of sense (I can't even imagine a somewhat compelling idea for a Pump Up The Volume or Big Lebowski game) but in other cases I can't imagine why they didn't if only to easily make a quick buck (like with Akira or Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas).

A part of me wants to see (if only out of curiosity) a game for every Terry Gilliam movie ever made then the other part of me calls that part criminally insane.

An Urotsukidoji game would be pretty sick though.

 

[zauxz]

The gladiator? even tho it was a great movie, with more than enouth action in it, it would still suck as a game.

 

[MisterLillie]

HALO HALO2 HALO3

any FPS

The way a movie version of a game would be good is if it was animated or CGI

 

[LewsTherin]

Schindler's List.

 

[Elurindel]

Waterworld...oh wait, it made a bad game for the virtual boy.
Pride and Prejudice. Now that would suck.

 

[rossatdi]

I want to see Knightriders made into a game:

Exactly. Awesome.

 

[Lucia di Lammermore]

Any of the Monty Pyton Movies, too random and sketch based to make any kind of coherant game.

 

[willard3]

HALO HALO2 HALO3

any FPS

The way a movie version of a game would be good is if it was animated or CGI

You completely missed the point of the post. It's saying what MOVIES would make bad games, not what games would make bad movies.

Probably the Transporter movies. Yeah it sounds cool, but look how the Driver games turned out (besides the first, obviously).

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

Jurassic Park

Who wants to spend an entire game running away? Granted, the visuals would be amazing, but lack of weapons would get a tad boring.

 

[Blind0bserver]

The Big Lebowski. If they made a game it would end up being an adventure game where you make zero progress with an added bowling minigame. That is the best case scenario.

Any of the Monty Pyton Movies, too random and sketch based to make any kind of coherant game.

Actually, they did. Unsurprisingly enough, you were right. Even though the game followed the plot of the movie it was still pretty damn random and generally weird.

 

[DoctorNick]

I'm always open to the IDEA of games made from movies, but it's a ***** to pull off properly.

As rare as winter roses I'd say.

So my list has two categories, movies that MIGHT works as games but 99% would be botched and movies that absolutely NEVER work as a game.

MIGHT work:

• The Arrival
  Rollerball (The original one!)
  Tremors

Would NEVER work:

• Brazil
  Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  Natural Born Killers
  Pleasantville

There are more of course, but this is what jumped out from a glance at my DVD shelves.

 

[bluerahjah]

I want to see Knightriders made into a game:

Exactly. Awesome.

Wow, you sound exactly like my boss.

I'd have to go with Twilight, that game would just suck, almost as much as the movie.

Escape From New York on the other hand would make for an amazing game.

 

[Blind0bserver]

Jurassic Park

Who wants to spend an entire game running away? Granted, the visuals would be amazing, but lack of weapons would get a tad boring.

Jurassic Park games have already been done. A lot. All with "questionable" results.

 

[DoctorNick]

Jurassic Park

Who wants to spend an entire game running away? Granted, the visuals would be amazing, but lack of weapons would get a tad boring.

But... They've made Jurassic Park games...

Some of them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(SNES_game)] weren't half bad.

EDIT: Blah, was beaten to it.

 

[Corven]

The SAW movies, oh wait.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Shawshank Redemption.

 

[willard3]

The SAW movies, oh wait.

Well there was that game called Trapt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapt_(video_game)], which I suppose has some elements from Saw.

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

Jurassic Park

Who wants to spend an entire game running away? Granted, the visuals would be amazing, but lack of weapons would get a tad boring.

But... They've made Jurassic Park games...

Some of them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(SNES_game)] weren't half bad.

Really? None, I've ever played in my generation. I just thought the general idea based off the plot of the movies would've made a somewhat cookie cutter feel compared to other big blockbusters like King Kong (ugh).

 

[Corven]

The SAW movies, oh wait.

Well there was that game called Trapt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapt_(video_game)], which I suppose has some elements from Saw.

there is also a licensed SAW videogame in the works as well.

 

[DoctorNick]

Jurassic Park

Who wants to spend an entire game running away? Granted, the visuals would be amazing, but lack of weapons would get a tad boring.

But... They've made Jurassic Park games...

Some of them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(SNES_game)] weren't half bad.

Really? None, I've ever played in my generation. I just thought the general idea based off the plot of the movies would've made a somewhat cookie cutter feel compared to other big blockbusters like King Kong (ugh).

Maybe it's just the rose tinted lenses of years past, but I remember playing the one I linked to quite a bit over at a friends house quite a bit back in the day and enjoying it quite a bit. But like I said, I might be remembering it wrong and it really was crap.

I might go download the ROM and find out.