THQ's market performance has improved over recent years, with the company becoming one of the major publishing labels for videogames in Europe. Much of this would be due to the publisher's successive string of Disney/Pixar and Nickelodeon titles, as well as handful of original Intellectual Properties aimed at family gaming. However, the publisher has also earned themselves a warm spot in many hardcore gamers heart. Seemingly having piped EA to-the-post with the idea of leveraging risky projects aimed at the hardcore market with the revenue made from their licences and Family titles. Games such as The Outfit, Frontlines: Fuels of War and Saints Row may not have ever seen shop shelves had it not been for titles such as Disney/Pixar: Cars or the WWE SmackDown! franchise.
It would be easy to think of Disney/Pixar's Wall*E as another title destined for the bargain bin within six months. It's common knowledge amongst videogame players that film licences generally offer little in the way of innovation, or even rewarding gameplay. However, THQ's performance with these titles over the years has steadily increased our expectations, with 2006's Disney/Pixar: Cars raising the bar, and last year's Disney/Pixar: Ratatouille performing better still...
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)
