Movie licensed games you enjoyed

[shrekfan246]

The first two Harry Potter games were really enjoyable.. Then 3 sorta ruined it, it became too linear. Order of the Phoenix felt like it was trying to get the feel that the first two had, but It was inspired by the movies far too much, it just didnt feel magical.

I remember Batman Begins being strangly awesome

Wait... the last one that allowed you to free-roam through Hogwarts and fly around the castle and grounds on a hippogryph was too linear?

OT: Spider-Man 2 - Swinging through New York City just hasn't been topped yet.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers/Return of the King - So many characters, so many combos, great integration of the story, so much re-playability.
Harry Potter 1-3 - I would forever love any developer who managed to make a lovingly re-created copy of Hogwarts/Hogsmeade and surrounding areas into a pseudo-open world adventure game.
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - I loved all of the various little cheats that you could input, doing things like turning into Qui-Gon while you were supposed to be Obi-Wan, or swapping away from Panaka in those stupid escort levels, or giving yourself unlimited Force power, or super-charging the Force Push.
Star Wars Episode 1: Racer - I would also forever love any developer that could recapture the magic from that podracing game in a modern system...
While I'm blinded by nostalgia here, The Lion King and Aladdin for the Sega Genesis were both very fun for my young self.
According to a friend, the Origins: Wolverine game was pretty good.

 

[Nightmare-Child]

Batman Returns on the SNES.

 

[pandorum]

Tron evolution and spider man 2 and 3.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Peter Jackson's King Kong was pretty good. Wish I could find any other decent FPS games that let me shoot dinosaurs.

 

[Don Savik]

I don't know what you mean. Some people are saying games based on MOVIES. Others are saying games based on movie IPs. There wasn't an Escape From Butcher Bay Riddick movie. Nor was there a podracer movie. Nor was there a Battlefront movie.

Games based on movies = Lord of the Rings 2 Towers for gamecube. I never played Return of the King, but 2 Towers was just as good from what I can tell. Also they got the actual actors for the voices so that helped.

Games based on movie IPs = Ghostbusters was probably the best representation, as it felt like the movie. Everything about it just oozed the charm that made the movies so darn good.

 

[Plucky]

The first GBA Harry Potter game stunk, i got stuck on some night time part where you had to sneak around Hogwarts, though the GBC game was the better one because it was an RPG, even if it was slightly buggy....can't remember if both games was for the same movie, or if the GBC one was for the 2nd movie.

I remember the RPG having desk lamps as enemies though at the beginning.

 

[Dangit2019]

Spider Man 2. It's amazing to me that it held up so well even today. I bought it when I was 6 and liked it then (because 6 year olds will like everything that pops up on a screen) and about 10 years later, I picked it up, dusted it off, and played it again. That game is timeless just for the freedom of being able to swing up to any skyscraper (most notably the empire state building), climb to the very top, and jump down before either saving or sacrificing yourself as your about to hit the pavement.

 

[KingHodor]

Pirates of the Carribean (on the PC)

Basically, Disney bought the rights to a Russian-made pirate-themed game named "Sea Dogs II" and simply re-branded it, leaving the original story and gameplay (the game was highly story-driven and had RPG elements) largely intact.

While the end result was a rushed, bug-ridden mess, this was probably mostly the fault of the developer Akella rather than Disney (Akella and other Eastern European PC developers have a track record of releasing their games in a state that they might only be considered "flawed gems" after at least 2 patches).

Still, I enjoyed the hell out of that game. Not because it was connected to the movie (none of the characters, least of all Jack Sparrow, make an appearance in the game), but because it felt refreshing, diverse (you'd find yourself fighting tense battles at sea, trying to brave tropical storms without breaking your mast, engaging in some good old-fashioned swashbuckling against enemies both alive and undead, trading cinnamon and sugar for a tidy profit or exploring the gorgeous-looking island towns and wildernesses) and most of all strangely addictive (I should go to sleep now... but with those new crewmen I might actually be able to take on that galleon and its sloop escort... eh, screw it! Raise the anchor, mateys!).

Dammit, now I might actually have to go and look up if any of Akella's later games have since been patched/modded to the point of playability and cough up a few dubloons on Steam.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

"Punisher" for PS2/Xbox was an awesome game. It didn't feel rushed, and you could sense the love and care put into it. And the "M" rating allowed for a lot of violence and dark subject matter that isnt usually found in movie/comic book tie-in games aimed at children.

 

[ABLb0y]

Believe it or not, X Men: Destiny. Yeah, it is pretty rubbish, but for a movie tie-in rather competent.

 

[Azo Galvat]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was pretty good.

 

[nohorsetown]

Willow and Batman on NES.

Honorable mentions to The Warriors and Goldeneye.

Not sure if "The Goonies 2" or "Scarface: The World is Yours" count, since they're fake sequels.. but I liked them OK.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

The LEGO film games have been pretty reliably enjoyable. Also, and I'm ashamed of it now, but I did enjoy the first Transformers game at the time it came out.

Oh yeah, and the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King game that I still have on Gamecube. Particularly the level "The Southern Gate" where it's basically you and two AI partners versus an immeasurable horde of Orcs, a Mumakil, and a troll.

Fucking awesome. Really, most levels in that game were cool. The level on the walls of Minas Tirith was one of my personal favourites. It was awesome, action-packed, tense as fuck and just difficult enough to be really challenging without becoming garment-rendingly frustrating.

I need to play that game again.

While we're on it, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age was pretty good. Yes it played like "Baby's First Turn-Based RPG" but some games aren't meant to be ridiculously complicated. Third Age was simple in its gameplay while managing to be challenging. Plus I'm naturally pre-disposed to like most anything that's set in Middle Earth, so that probably had a hand in it.

 

[The Floating Nose]

Goldeneye and The Warriors kicked major asses. Aside from those 2.... i really can't think of another one...Ha yes, Batman on NES and Jurassic Park on Genesis.


Captcha: Tall Building...???

 

[rob_simple]

Believe it or not, X Men: Destiny. Yeah, it is pretty rubbish, but for a movie tie-in rather competent.

It's not a movie tie-in, though? It's also pretty rubbish against the standard of all games, I finished it 100% in about 10 hours.

OT: The Wolverine game was really good, as people have said; but I thought the film was really good too, aside from the Deadpool fiasco.

I hear the Surf's Up game was shockingly good.

 

[DJjaffacake]

I remember Batman Begins being strangly awesome

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The LEGO film games have been pretty reliably enjoyable. Oh yeah, and the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King game. While we're on it, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age was pretty good.

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007 Quantum of Solace
Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 1 & 2

And these.
Plus Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

"Punisher" for PS2/Xbox was an awesome game. It didn't feel rushed, and you could sense the love and care put into it. And the "M" rating allowed for a lot of violence and dark subject matter that isnt usually found in movie/comic book tie-in games aimed at children.

Holy crap, someone else who loved the old Punisher game? Hello new friend.
I've never seen a comic book character adapted better into a video game than in Volition's Punisher game. They captured Frank Castle perfectly. His indifference to the lives of criminal scumbags, the cruelty with which he dispatched them, it was a damn near perfect rendition of the character. I bet I played that game three times just to see all the interrogation scenes.

 

[esperandote]

Moonwalker
Aladdin SNES
Angry Birds Rio if that counts

 

[starwarsgeek]

Sweet Home--NES
Little Nemo: The Dream Master--NES
Aladdin--SNES
Golden Eye--N64
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King--Xbox
Spider Man 2--Xbox
Lego Star Wars--Xbox 360

Kingdom Hearts franchise (A bit of a stretch, but it does re-create many Disney movies).