Disney Pixar's Wall-E drummed up box office success and big critical acclaim, but the THQ-published game has been struggling at retail.
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)
... all the way back to the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street games for the original Nintendo.
...Look up angry videogame Nerd's commentary on the games on youtube.
Back to the future
http://uk.youtube.com/watch...
Nightmare on Elm Street
http://uk.youtube.com/watch...
Friday the 13th
http://uk.youtube.com/watch...
and probably more. When I see a movie-based game and THQ, I run. Fast.
good, maybe it show THQ that they should either spend more time on the title or pay to have more people work on movie-based games
I'm not suprised its not selling coz its crap.. as with all other movie based games. Infact i cant name a single movie based game that is actually any good. They seem to bash out games to cash in on the big films and people are just not falling for it no more.
...why games made in a hurry with very little money invested cost the same $60 as a game like MGS4 that cost millions more and accrued much more hours of work...this goes for all three consoles.
Ron Zook played the demo of this game and it was the biggest sack of crap ever to grace Ron Zooks PS3.
1) PS1 graphics
2) Terrible gameplay
3) Incredibly stupid gameplay (find vending machine part, throw cubes at crap, repeat)
4) Awful awful sound. Worse than SNES sound
Overall if Ron Zook ever saw this game on the shelves of any store Ron Zook goes to, Ron Zook would immedeatly throw it on the ground and piss on it. Ron Zook thinks you should too, to stop ALL THESE BAD MOVIE GAMES!