Top 5 Best and Worst Movie Based Games

[isiolia]

Nah, I get ya, it's just my inner nerd wants to say that zero of the events in the KOTR series are mentioned in the all six Star Wars films. I think a role playing game based strictly off of the Star Wars movies could get fairly boring, and I love the direction the designers went, but (and I know this all semantics) KOTR really creates its own universe. I'm picking nits obviously.

Never know, they could add stuff in from the expanded universe. They did with Shadows of the Empire and the New Hope SE.

[Hobie-wan]

Some other games that are nothing like the movie:

Laser Blast atari 2600

Space in the game title, no space in the movie sir.

[BoringSupreez]

Some other games that are nothing like the movie:

Laser Blast atari 2600

It's probably for the best that Laser Blast wasn't anything like the movie. Without MST3K, the movie is an epic turd.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

Journey to Silius should be on the list as a best movie game. It was actually supposed to be the official Terminator game, but Sunsoft lost the license, swapped out some sprites, and changed the cutscenes so they didn't make sense. The last boss is still a Terminator, though. Awesome.

[FiftyDollarCurse]

Based only what I have actually played, not by reputation.

Good:
Batman Begins (XBOX)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (XBOX)
Hulk (XBOX)
Spider-Man 2 (PS2)
X2: Wolverine's Revenge (PS2)
Rocky (GameCube)
Alien Trilogy (PS1)
Batman Returns (SNES)
Super Star Wars Trilogy (SNES)
Aladdin (Genesis)
Pocahontas (Genesis)
Willow (NES)
The Goonies II (NES)

Bad:
RoboCop (XBOX)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (N64)
Judge Dredd (PS1)
Space Jam (Saturn)
Cliffhanger (Game Boy)
Cliffhanger (Sega CD)
Cliffhanger (Genesis)
Cliffhanger (SNES)
Jurassic Park (Sega CD)
Toy Story (SNES / Genesis)
Addam's Family Values (SNES)
Jurassic Park (SNES)
Platoon (NES)
Total Recall (NES)
E.T. (Atari 2600)
Star Wars: Jedi Arena (Atari 2600)

[BoringSupreez]

Alien Trilogy (PS1)

I've been wanting that for a long time. Does anyone know if it's better on PS1 or Saturn? I can't find the answer to that.

[Key-Glyph]

Beetlejuice and Blues Brothers for NES are terrible games. But I'm still determined to beat both.

Good: Pocahontas... Bad: Toy Story

I loved Pocahontas on GB, which is essentially the same experience as the Genesis version (at least from what I can tell, having not played the latter). I'm surprised you mentioned Toy Story on your bad list, though! I really enjoy that one.

[harper]

Alien Trilogy (PS1)

I've been wanting that for a long time. Does anyone know if it's better on PS1 or Saturn? I can't find the answer to that.

No idea which is better but I have it for the Saturn and I like it. I have no desire to own or play much of anything on the PS1.

[FiftyDollarCurse]

I'm surprised you mentioned Toy Story on your bad list, though! I really enjoy that one.

I really enjoy it too. But that doesn't mean it's not a completely bad game. The graphics are very impressive and my favorite genre (2D platformer) but it is such a piece of shit to actually play, employing the "throw a bunch of shit at the player" philosophy, which just makes it akin to Home Improvement with '94ish contemporary graphics.

[christopher85]

If I can remember correctly.....

Good (IMO)
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Tron (360)
Aliens Vs. Predator (360)
Lego Star Wars II: Original Trilogy (PS2)
Chronicles of Narnia (PS2)
Toy Story (Mega Drive)

Bad
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A Bugs Life (PS)
Wayne's World (Mega Drive)
Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Ps2)
Beastly (Wii)
Saw (360)