Taking License: Movies vs. Movie-Based Games

November 13, 2008 | By: Chris Buffa

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Zombies in Friday the 13th? Kingpin in Spider-Man 3? We don't remember seeing that in the movie theater.

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS)

In bringing Indy's adventures to the LEGO realm, LucasArts made several changes. Just look at this scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. We've cannot recall Dr. Jones' battle with the alligators. He also locates hidden items with a shovel, and we can probably count on one hand the number of times he shovels anything in the films. Then there are the Nazis, or lack thereof. Since evil Germans were too extreme for the kiddies, the developers nixed them in favor of, well, Nazis, except there are no swastikas or mentions of Hitler. Smart move.

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pooandrooyayay at 4:00 pm on November 17th 2008

well spiderman has lived up now since web of shadows is great.

slashandthrash at 3:22 pm on November 16th 2008

Actually, ***htmare on Elm Street part 4: The Dream Master heavily featured a ninja character of sorts, Alice's brother Rick, who actually fights Freddy in a dojo. Your lists are so embarassing and infuriating, "gamedaily" should really just be closed down and erased from the internet.

masterhav0c at 9:18 pm on November 15th 2008

Beowulf the game contains the 20 years between the first part and the second part that aren't in the movie, you dumbasses.

sasquatchjack at 6:29 am on November 15th 2008

Sure the Superman game diverged from the movie, but that's because the movie was BOOOOOORING! Who'd want to play a game where you Super apply for your old job, Super fail to hit on your old girlfriend, take a Super paternity test, Super almost get killed by an island and then Super bond with your son. Superman Returns, as scripted, was a boring ass movie and would be a boring game.

kinghrothgard at 5:33 am on November 15th 2008

Yup, noticed too. First, Quantum of Solace is awesome, now they pop fun at him. Did The Voie of Yer Master change minds on that time,? Well, I shouldn't be surprised. Seeing how shallow and topic-ridden your "reviews" are, now I expect anything of you but quality. Time to move on to a page where there's people who actually know **** about gaming.

jpart122500 at 1:12 am on November 15th 2008

Some of these games did suck, like Jurassic Park, but you forgot the Sega Genesis Version as well. The number one worst licensed video game of all time is E.T. for Atari, look it up my friend.

frank1594 at 11:29 pm on November 14th 2008

Yeah, Obrien is right. I remember seeing the Quantom of Solace picture, not the movie the GAME and you said it was awesome. Obviously, these things pizz everybody off so please just stop doing them.