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Poor Speed Racer movie hindered our game, says Sidhe Interactive

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Jos Ruffel, business development executive at Sidhe Interactive, has spoken out about the company's experience creating the Speed Racer game, saying the title's success was hampered by the movie's poor reviews.

Speaking on the Licensed Game Process panel at GCDC, Ruffel discussed what it was like to develop a game based upon a movie license which was better received. He explained that, despite overall good reviews, the game suffered from the unpopularity of its film counterpart.

"When you make a game based on a license you really are playing roulette - you don't know how the film is going play out in the market," he said.
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sinncross - 470 days 21 hours ago
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please, dont blame the movie u lame excuse for a developing body.
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Panthers - 470 days 20 hours ago
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Well I mean when devs cant make good games from good movies, how do they expect to do it from bad ones lol.
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REbirth - 470 days 19 hours ago
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chronicles of riddick is an example of a bad movie that made a gr8 video game!
and the lamest excuse is the dev tell that the game was bad cus the movie was bad
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rbanke - 470 days 20 hours ago
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Gripshift is the only game i've played from them and i love it.

If the problem is good game/bad movie whynot reuse the game idea and engine for a new game with new graphics/theme? If it's a good game on it's own merit, it's a good way to 'reissue' the same idea without the 'bad movie' stigma.
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spandexxking - 470 days 20 hours ago
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but then that would be cheating! but it would of been a good idea since gripshift was pretty damn good.
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Andras84 - 470 days 20 hours ago
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3 - The Movie and the Game sucked.
A new level of terribleness!!! (yes I just invented that word and I will copyright it too) :D
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Smacktard - 470 days 17 hours ago
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Hey, I "invent" words that already exist, too! Like Israel. I made that one up just now. It's a funny one!
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proArchy - 470 days 20 hours ago
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This guy should stick to comedy cause at least he's good at making me laugh.
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Nitrowolf2 - 470 days 20 hours ago
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OMG, the game looked crappy anyway, and the movi looked extremly gay
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 470 days 20 hours ago
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Judging from the reviews, the game just plain sucked. I don't think it deserved to be sold well anyhow. I will definetly avoid this developer in the future based on the comments along.

This is exactly what we do not want to happen, poor games riding on the license alone!!!
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KidMakeshift - 470 days 15 hours ago
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I thought Speed Racer was actually a pretty good film, and I hate the cartoon series.

It's definitely better than Indiana Jones 4 (19 yrs for this), Hellboy 2 (what the hell happened), Wanted (Just as awful as the directors Nightwatch series), The Mummy 3 (jesus Christ that was an abomination)
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