A lot is made in the gaming media over the quality of a movie licensed game, or lack of it. Virtually every single game that comes tied into a movie release is inherently poor. Sure, there are a thousand different reasons behind why each is so poor, but that's a story for another day. A recent trend that has been around for the last few years has been the retelling of movie franchises in video games, long after their cinematic release. The Godfather from two years ago was one of the first of these kinds of games. Jumping on the bandwagon is Sierra with their take on Robert Ludlum's Bourne franchise, with Robert Ludlum's: The Bourne Conspiracy.
Karl Dodds, Brian O'Donnell, Buddy Acker, and Karam Elahi from SpawnFirst write up about some gaming experiences that they'd rather forget: "As gamers, we generally like to experiment. Whether it be impulse buying a game you know nothing about because you saw it in your local game shop and it caught your eye, or, playing a game critically praised you just can’t get along with, we’ve all experienced these personal duds. So in the same vein as our last feature, I threw this question out to some of the SpawnStaff team: What is a game you wish you could erase from your memory for good?"
Well Homefront and Duke Nukem Forever were day one purchases. In fact, DNF was a preorder. I enjoyed both but Homefront could've been so much more. Hopefully they pull an Assassin's Creed with the sequel.
This list details four of the essential gaming experiences that make you think, feel and act like the thirty million dollar weapon that is Jason Bourne.
WorthPlaying writes, "How do you make a Transformers game that doesn't suck? According to the developer responsible for Darkwatch and The Bourne Conspiracy, you do it by making a good game first and then layering on the characters of the Transformers second. According to Matt Tieger, game director at High Moon, the main reason other licensed games have failed in the past is because they always focused on the license to the detriment of the actual game."
