From ShockblastMedia.com: "Video games based on movies can be a total mixed bag, but for some reason I constantly get myself sucked in. Maybe it is because I am such a huge fan of the characters and the fact that I want them to be fun. That seems fair enough, right? More times then not, these games only end in heartbreak, as the track record for summer blockbusters on consoles is pretty bad (read: Transformers, Ironman) or just very underwhelming (read: G.I. Joe, Thor). The latest video game released in support of a movie is for the Green Lantern, which hits theaters June 17th and stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan..."
Warner Brother's DC Entertainment has been known for putting out (mostly) consistent content for years, and that includes forays into video games. Given that DC focuses a lot more on their solo characters, particularly Batman, Superman and Green Lantern, than Marvel does, its no wonder that DC has had an easier time adapting their IP's to other trans-media proprieties. While Marvel's team movie effort The Avengers has proven wildly successful, DC's Dark Knight trilogy, recent Man of Steel film and the entire animated universe helmed by DC animation veteran Bruce Timm has defined an era of superhero cartoons and direct-to-dvd animated features.
Man, DC Comics hasn't had great luck with games, has it? They had to resort to a few pretty average games to fill out the list.
newbreview.com's David Lee tells the world why he hates movie tie-in games.
I weirdly enjoyed king kong and riddick. Don't know if riddick counts but butcher's bay is great fun. Also would the spider man games count? Some games are often associated with a movie but I'm not sure if they ought to be counted like say wolverine or avatar that are blatant tie ins. Either way I'm not so sure it's as black and white as most people say it is and there's often a little bit of wiggle room. Not ALL tie ins are terrible - if anything they're getting much better.
I hate them because they get slapped together and thrown out on the market. They are heavily time-released games with not much depth
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good thing they included inFamous 2, if they hadnt i would have raged! btw, there was another batman game to grace the PS consoles, the movie tie in to the first Batman movie starring Liam Neeson. The single player was pretty good, had plenty of stealth and combat.