Gamezone writes: "It is amazing; each year there are more and more movie-license video games hitting the market. It is easy to understand why - people want to experience and recreate the same feelings they had while watching a two-hour movie. The main problem with movie-licensed games is that they suffer from a shorter development cycle then other games so they are usually "lacking" in some area. The latest movie to receive its own video game is the Pixar Movie: Wall.E. Unfortunately, like many other movie-licensed games, this game and the movie it is based off of do not match up in terms of quality.
The story for this game follows the plot of the movie. In the future Earth has been ravaged by pollution and trash; no thanks to a corporation called Buy n Large, which runs all businesses and governments. Earth has been so ravaged that the only hope is to go on a "five-year vacation" on large spaceships (one being the Axiom). During this time Earth is being cleaned up by robots called Waste Allocation Load Lifer Earth-Class or Wall.E. Seven hundred years have passed and only two things remain on Earth: one Wall.E unit and a cockroach. One day EVE or Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator lands on Earth and Wall.E's world is turned up-side down. Will Wall.E follow his heart or his programming? That is up to the players to decide."
Licensed games are all rubbish, right? Well, THQ's take on Disney/Pixar’s Wall*E would like to argue that point.
Took me a min to figure out this is a review of a 2008 game. I love Wall*E and this looks interesting so added it to my Steam wishlist. Thanks!
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "There are few brands out there that have anything like the appeal and recognition of Disney. Thanks to decades of beautiful and critically acclaimed animated films, the company is a household name that has expanded beyond just movies to include a variety of other ventures, including videogames. Disney has also grown its lineup considerably in recent years by acquiring Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars (although for the purposes of this article, I’ll only be covering Disney/Pixar output).
Thanks to their broad audience, Disney games usually show up on every viable platform out there, meaning that despite the brand’s affinity with Nintendo’s younger-skewing audience, both the PSP and Vita received a number of titles throughout their lives. Some of this was through Disney's own developer/publisher (Disney Interactive Studios), but the firm also licensed out its IPs for other companies to try their hand at – with somewhat mixed results."
The motion-picture licence is seemingly as much of a curse as it is a blessing with videogames. Though promising a receptive audience for the release of a videogame tied to a movie, there’s also the famous general rule that, more-often-than-not, games based on films are not as enjoyable as franchises born in the games industry. Many have tried to break free of the shackles of pre-judgement, but have failed for one reason or another. And while that’s Enter the Matrix all over, there are a few that have managed to be more successful.
Riddick was awesome, but some of the choices on this list were a little random. Several games from franchises such as Aliens, Star Treck, Lord of the Rings and others deserve a spot more than Home Alone. Heck, I'd even pick the NES Gremlins 2 game over it.
I really liked The Two Towers. It is really rare that a movie to game adaption isn't an abortion.
rogue squadron isnt a movie game, its loosely based on canon of the movies...
batman sucks too.. so does cars, and wall-e and home alone, etc etc
where is?
lion king on the genesis (done by same team who did alladin)
super star wars (these are actual movie games)
the old indiana jones adventure games for pc
or hell even "the thing" for the ps2 (not great but pretty good)
better than Haze LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another crap tie in, another crap review, another game my kids will love. Publishers know this and will continue to exploit it. Who am i to deny my kids some gaming pleasure. They love superman, spiderman, hulk and tomb raider too. All garbage in my opinion.