Game tie-ins

superfly

reading reviews of film tie-ins or licence tie-ins you know before looking at the score at the bottom that it is going to get a terrible score or review
I know the developers just look at the profit margin and know that enough stupid people, kids or ignorant parents are going to buy because it is the latest big thing and will make a nice profit.
when i was growing up there seemed to be better movie tie-ins such as Batman, Robocop,Goldeneye and The Untouchables but that maybe just rose tinted glasses as there was some weird tie-ins like Edd the Duck?!
Ok there has been some recent good tie-ins like Chronicles of Riddick and Batman:Arkham Asylum but on the whole most are dire
Am i being too harsh or do you think that these games deserve a second chance?

pablomakaveli

superfly wrote: »

reading reviews of film tie-ins or licence tie-ins you know before looking at the score at the bottom that it is going to get a terrible score or review
I know the developers just look at the profit margin and know that enough stupid people, kids or ignorant parents are going to buy because it is the latest big thing and will make a nice profit.
when i was growing up there seemed to be better movie tie-ins such as Batman, Robocop,Goldeneye and The Untouchables but that maybe just rose tinted glasses as there was some weird tie-ins like Edd the Duck?!
Ok there has been some recent good tie-ins like Chronicles of Riddick and Batman:Arkham Asylum but on the whole most are dire
Am i being too harsh or do you think that these games deserve a second chance?

The reason film tie ins are so bad is because not enough time to spend on making the game good as they have to be rushed out to coincide with the film in order to cash in. Game tie ins for kids films are the worst culprits as they usually all seem to be bland platform games.

It is a shame really. Practically every movie tie in i can think of has gotten bad ratings.

PogMoThoin

Speaking of which, I watched District 9 last night, very suprised that there's no game, could be good if done by the right developer

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/7-reasons-why-a-district-9-game-would-be-awesome-neilm.php

Mr. K

Another recent example of a good film tie-in is Wolverine. The film was pretty bad, but the game was really good!