Games based off of movies/books/tv shows

[Butterfly Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ]

Is it just me or do they seem disproportionately bad? If you think not, what are the good ones?

[Vincent]

Hitman.

[bermuda]

Harry Potter Kinect.

[ექსტრემალური ვიდეოnave]

The Walking Dead.

[Thqwib]

The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Spider-Man 2

[Utage]

Metro 2033 was better than the book it was based on.

[Butterfly Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ]

I suppose I honestly enjoyed Narnia, though just left Otherland dissapointed. There are so many games based off of something out there....or even spun off of, like McGee's Alice was a blast IMO

[tmwfte]

The Witcher series

[76561198188152325]

Goldeneye

[Commander Makara]

Originally posted by Butterfly Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ:

Is it just me or do they seem disproportionately bad? If you think not, what are the good ones?

It's not unique to videogames.
Adaptations of books into movies and similar such adaptations and franchising often fail in various ways.

Typically, there is a balance required between maintaining canon and , against the pacing and scale restraints including the production requriements for tropes etc. Certainly deviations from an original storyline can be problematic, it is also unreasonable to expect a perfect reproduction since much of a novel's majesty is in the imaginative inspiration of the reader's fantasy.
Most often, the cause for such failings is placed at the feet of the producers economic vision, rather than a creative work in homage to the original.

[Mr. Megidramon]

I think this is a pretty good game based off of a book/short story:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/245390/

[Butterfly Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ]

Originally posted by Commander Makara:

It's not unique to videogames.
Adaptations of books into movies and similar such adaptations and franchising often fail in various ways.

Typically, there is a balance required between maintaining canon and , against the pacing and scale restraints including the production requriements for tropes etc. Certainly deviations from an original storyline can be problematic, it is also unreasonable to expect a perfect reproduction since much of a novel's majesty is in the imaginative inspiration of the reader's fantasy.
Most often, the cause for such failings is placed at the feet of the producers economic vision, rather than a creative work in homage to the original.

excellent commentary, I agree.

[Dogui]

Mission: Impossible on the PS1 was pretty great...

Or i was just too young to have standards back then lol

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

For licensed games that suck:

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProblemWithLicensedGames

For licensed games that don't suck:

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/.../NoProblemWithLicensedGames

[♠ZerØ♠]

Weirdly enough. X-Men Origins: Wolverine Was far superior to the film, and a pretty fun game too.
Ducktales
Batman: Arkham series.
Goldeneye 007
The Wolf Among Us.

[76561198188152325]

Chronicles of Riddick: BB was excellent