"They say that in life that there are only two guarantees; death and taxes. Ask any gamer and they’ll tell you that there’s a third guarantee – games based on movie licenses tend to suck. That might sound a bit extreme, but the history of gaming is littered with bad games based on movies. Starting way back with ET and running all the way to this generation with games like Iron Man 2, gamers usually get letdown. So obviously I didn’t go into Rango with a lot of high hopes."
Backlog Quest is a month long special event on Clearance Bin Review featuring daily game reviews of the games that have sat on the shelf for simply too long; old and new.
From Day 26 – Rango, Tristan Rendo writes, "Rango takes places after the events of the movie with the same name, where the wandering chameleon turned town sheriff must investigate some very strange happenings. Ultimately, Rango saves the town of Dirt and possibly the world from strange alien creatures in a surprisingly fun platformer."
NWR: Rango for the Wii is the latest in a long history of cartoon-to-video-game adaptations. The game, developed by Behavior Interactive, features run-and-gun gameplay, but never at the same time.
Impulse Gamer - Based on the amusing movie of the same name, Rango, starring the master of a million personalities, Johnny Depp, this movie-based game is actually one of the better creations of late and as we all know that movie games can sometimes be quite the stinker. At its heart Rango is a competent action platformer that is aimed at the the younger gamer as they control the chameleon sheriff.
