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[TM24]

There are a few reasons why these games suck and here is why1. Rushed through development to coincide with the movie release or Christmas season(I'm looking at you E.T.)2. Looking to make a quick buck(once again E.T.)3. Spend more time advertising the game and not spending enough time checking the game for problems(Enter the Matrix)4. Using the movie as the setting and ripping off someones elses game but doing a crappy job at doing it.There are some games that break these rules and are actually goodSpidermanLord of the RingsChronicles of RiddickTron 2.0Then there games that are looking to be goodCatwomanSpiderman 2The Lord of the Rings rpgThen there are the games that are just pure crapE.T. The game that single handely caused the video game crash. Pure utter crapCharlie's Angels Not quite at the E.T. level but pretty closeEnter the Matrix. This game sucked but did that stop from selling like crazy. Just goes to show you that advertising a game like crazy does pay off in the end

[goku09]

umm fight club was only really about some dumbass beating the crap out of him self cuz he had split personality as for the actual topic heh games made from movies are usually ok its just that people expect so much more from them that when they actually get the game its not what they wanted it to be so they become completely uninterested but then theres the cheap basterds who try to cash in on something for no reason and create crappy games then when others try to make something people dont even look at it because the first try sucked so bad heh

[Opulent Maelstrom]

I don't think they all suck, but those that suck are practically always the same. Take the Disney games, it's almost always a sucky platform game with fake ennemies and objects to collect.In my opinion it's the movies based on games which suck the most...

[hackerx]

There are lots of good games based on movies and lots of good movies based on games.The 2 tron arcade games were great. Robocop had several good games based on it. Terminator and T2 had several good games based on them. The games based on aliens were pretty good. Most Star Wars games were great and so were the Star Trek games. It wasn't untill the late 80's and early 90's untill we started seeing bad games based on movies showing up left and right.As for movies based on games there are both classics and real bombs. The Wizard was basicly the longest commercial ever made. Cloak & Dagger was a pretty good movie considering the game basicly had no plot at all. How about wargames? It featured a climatic scene with tic-tac-toe! Who would have ever thought that was possible? And lets not forget the cartoons based on games. Captain N anybody?

[Candle Jack]

Same Reason why comic book movies suck. The movie directors and writers dont care about the product, all they care about is making cash. They sacrifice story for nice effects and big name stars.

[hackerx]

Lots of comic book movies and lots of movies based on novels are great. Fans of the comics or the novels they are based on them may not like the changes made but audiences like the movies. But lots of movies based on video games everybody hated rather they had never heard of the game or if they were a diehard fanboy.I think to problem is simple dollar sign. The people responsible for many of these conversion have no idea what they are dealing with. They simply look for something that made (or they think will make) a lot of money from one medium and try to cash in on it in another medium. Lots of good movies are entirely liniear in nature. The is a simple store with only a single possible outcome. What they normally end up doing is creating a game that makes the player feel like he is being pushed and drug along by a plot he/she isn't really a part of. Games that simply try to capture the feel of the world of a movie without forcing the player can be quite good.When it comes to turning games into movie the problem is similar but even simpler. Many of the games that have sold well enough to get the attention of somebody who makes movie have no real plot. We have had at least 3 movies based on fighting games, at least one side scrolling beat 'em up, a spy movie, and hour and a half long commercial, and at least one platformer. The only movies I can think of based on games that had plots are the two Resident Evil movies and Final Fantasy.Here they are in the order I mentioned. Can anybody else think of more?http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119707/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087065/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318627/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173840/

[TM24]

The same does go for the games to movie. They get a really good game and tarnish it's reputition by making a crappy movie, like Super Mario Bros or Final Fantasy. Now all of a sudden, getting the rights to make a movie about the game is really big.We got Spy Hunter, Doom, Metriod, Tekken, DOA just to name a few. How many will be good? Most likely, none

[hackerx]

The same does go for the games to movie. They get a really good game and tarnish it's reputition by making a crappy movie, like Super Mario Bros or Final Fantasy. Now all of a sudden, getting the rights to make a movie about the game is really big.We got Spy Hunter, Doom, Metriod, Tekken, DOA just to name a few. How many will be good? Most likely, none

I see no way doom can be a good movie. Spy hunter can be an OK movie but basicly it will end up feeling like a james bond ripoff (where do they think the idea for the game came from?). Metroid games actually have a plot so it can be turned into a good movie if the don't screw it up. As for DOA and Tekken. STOP MOKING MOVIE BASED ON FIGHTING GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hackerx]

E.T sold alot and was voted Worst.Game.Ever!

And exactly what does that have to do with the topic of this thread? Smells like Spam to me.

[TM24]

ok first of all none of the movies based on games or games based on movies are any god except one goldeneye for the 64 thats the only one the others are crap

Have you played Spiderman, Two Towers, Return of the King, or Chronicles of Riddick. These games are awesome. Goldeneye was good but most of the people I know have no idea thats Goldeneye is the name of a James Bond movie. First thing that pops up is the game never the movie.Merge your posts. Those should of been one post.

[TM24]

seriously you don't even have to play those games to know the suck

Never judge a book by its cover or in this case, a game. If you look at a game and judge it you may never know if it's good. Look at Animal Crossing. Looks crappy, but easily the biggest surprise of last year.