1UP expects most movie videogames to be less-than-memorable. Occasionally, a few that break the mold (King Kong, Lord of the Rings), but traditionally they exist solely to pad a publisher's bottom line. Such expectations mostly played true with the adaptation of The Golden Compass, which was actually an adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials children's fantasy series. With King Kong, Ubisoft tried to break the mold by putting one of their best designers, Michel Ancel (Beyond Good & Evil), at the helm. It mostly worked.
What if something similar had happened to The Golden Compass, a universe full of richly complex characters and mythologies? There's plenty to play with, given the right creative minds. Of course, that didn't happen, but apparently System Shock and Deus Ex designer Warren Spector, now working on a to-be-revealed project with Disney, was interested in bringing His Dark Materials to life.
What’s better than a sexy, leggy, busty, bodacious, badass, British brunette Umbran witch? Well, not much, honestly. But the voice actress behind her is a very close second.
From the article:
''Even though the PSP is blooming with great titles lately there's always the bad apples that make it to every gaming platform. The following list of games should simply stay in the bargain bin or even better…the rubbish bin.''
Wow, that article was very boring. Each mini review averaged maybe 2-3 sentences and it didn't really give much insight into why they were so bad. He could have done better.
This is a stupid list. Of course all the worst games are tv show or movie games.
PS3 Fanboy writes: "More games! While the US doesn't get Gran Turismo 5: Prologue until next week, they have Dark Sector as a consolation prize. What's the consolation prize for that? Here's the full release list:
US Games:
Dark Sector [Free digital comic at amazon.com]
Viking: Battle for Asgard [Circuit City is offering a free $10 gift card with purchase.]
EU Games:
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Everybody's Golf: World Tour
Viking: Battle for Asgard
40GB PS3 + GT5: Prologue
Asian Games:
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
The Golden Compass
woah
big week for Europe this week- GT5P would be enough, but there's also the best golf game around and a decent hack n slash
not bad for Americans too
very dry week for Japs though
I have my copy of GT preordered on amazon and I'm going to pick up Everybody's Golf on Saturday, maybe.
Got GT5:P on pre-order, and i wasn't going to get Everybody's golf until it was cheap, but a nice little £5 bet down the bookies today has left me with £45 to blow so will get it this week as well (thanks Man Utd and Chelsea ^__^)
screw golden compass, nothing can beat harry potter foo