Evil Avatar writes: "I fully enjoyed the movie WALL•E when I saw it in the theater. It was one of Pixar's better movies (then again, aren't they all great?) and I should probably go see it again before it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray. Nick (bapenguin) probably thought I was weird when I told him I'd be happy to play the game and do a review on it, but I enjoy all things Pixar and Disney even with no children as of yet. I'm pleased to say the game isn't as bad as many movie related games are (like the recent The Incredible Hulk game), but there is just enough problems to possibly keep you away from picking it up.
Turning on the game will immediately take you back to the movie if you've seen it. The song from "Hello, Dolly" called "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" that opens up with, "Out there. There's a world outside of Yonkers. Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby. There's a slick town, Barnaby" opens up the game much like the movie as we watch WALL•E making his garbage squares and putting them onto the spires. Right there I started thinking that this game was going to be a lot like the movie and in the end it turned out I was right."
The Good:
+The graphics are pretty good
+The cutscenes are well done even though they aren't dropped directly from the movie
+Same great feeling from the movie transposes well here
The Bad:
-I could have done without the collect-a-thon, luckily most of them are side missions
-The framerate drops at places
-Loose controls, especially in "precision aiming"
The Ugly:
-The Captain doesn't look as nice graphically as he does in the movie
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)
