Movie-Licensed Games That Might Not Suck 125
Thanks to GameSpot for their new mini-feature discussing movie licenses that might actually make decent games, as opposed to "every big-budget blockbuster getting a cheap and dirty game that is less a game and more a lackluster piece of promotional material." The suggested movies include Run Lola Run as a game "with hundreds of available outcomes", Battle Royale as a "twisted and sadistic" action title, and Fletch with "a Max Payne style of narration.. to represent Fletch's internal dialogue." But, the big question - do Slashdot Games readers have any better suggestions?
Blade Runner (Score:1, Interesting)
Exception to the rule: (Score:2, Interesting)
I'd like to see a Fight Club or Big Trouble In Little China game. Just to see what they'd do with them.
Not all suck.. (Score:4, Interesting)
To completely buck the CW, on a lark I rented Enter The Matrix the other day. I avoided it because of the bad reviews. I shouldn't have. Quite frankly, it is one of the best pure action games I've played in a long time. The good action game has pretty much died in the 3d era..it's good to have a fun one to play. The camera does suck sometimes, but it's not the worst I've seen. The driving stages are somewhat cheap, but they as well are fun. The game on hard is somewhat short, but provides a refreshing skill based challenge...something I havn't had in a long time.
I get the feeling people just expected more from it. I expected a simple beat-em-up with some cool cutscenes. I got what I was looking for. (And more, to be honest.)
Re:Blade Runner (Score:3, Interesting)
Of course it didn't follow the storyline. It wasn't supposed to. It was a completely new story that ran parallel to the events of the movie. It actually had several elements from the book (Do Androids Dream of electric sheep) that weren't in the movie. The interesting thing about was that each time you started a new game, it randomized a few elements. So you never knew if the person who was a robot in the last game is this time around, or if your own character was even human.
Movies that should have games (Score:2, Interesting)
Drunken Master [amazon.com]. Learn Kung-fu. Get money and hire a master. Fight battles. Master drunken fighting and other forms. It seems to really lend itself to a good game.
Spaceballs, the Video Game [amazon.com]. Play the game as Lone Star, dodging Dark Helmet.
Yellow Submarine [amazon.com]. Avoid the Blue Meanies. Get the Beatles. Save Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Highlander [amazon.com]. Battle through the ages taking the heads of immortals.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [amazon.com]. A game has already been made, but a totally cool game could be made with lots of cool graphics.
Greatest movie to make a Video game out of. (Score:3, Interesting)
Fear and Loathing.... (Score:2, Interesting)
Why settle for one addiction when you can have twenty? The ideas of drug experimentation and mixing alone would make for a unique gaming experience (with pretty colors and oodles of famous quotes). Graphics designers could go wild, especially when the hallucinations and paranoia start setting in....
As for plot, a straight adaptation of the screenplay wouldn't make for much of a game. However, basing an open-ended exploration/adventure in the weird and wild world of Las Vegas could do it. With at least the movie-featured locations of bars, casinos, and carnivals the possibilities for character-environment interaction would be high.
Potential ESRB Rating? Definitely at least Mature. Exploring the darker side of human emotion and the world as seen through Mescaline-tinted glasses would hardly qualify for a children's game. In fact, checking out the ESRB site I spot at least 12 remarks that would fit including "Use of Drugs", "Strong Language", and "Mature Humor".
Would anyone buy it? I'm not sure. I know I would....