# Are there any movie tie-in video games worth playing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880 "2011-05-05T21:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/21 "2011-05-10T16:43:20Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > GoldenEye isn’t top-tier because it had terrible controls, movement, and slowdown in multiplayer. The only things it did well were presentation and existing on a console. The latter is, of course, the important part. The people that rave about Goldeneye do so because it was their introduction to the FPS genre. It’s just like the reception Halo got later, even though both were mediocre by the standards of the time. You don’t have to be amazing when you’re breaking ground in new markets. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/22 "2011-05-10T16:52:44Z")
LOVED all the Lego games. And I enjoyed most of the LOTR games that I played… (though that might be because I played them with my brother when he still lived near me, and we had such an awesome time together). Arkham Asylum was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/23 "2011-05-10T21:25:07Z")
> [@Mekhazzio](#): > > The latter is, of course, the important part. The people that rave about Goldeneye do so because it was their introduction to the FPS genre. It’s just like the reception Halo got later, even though both were mediocre by the standards of the time. You don’t have to be amazing when you’re breaking ground in new markets. So why were both games applauded by video game magazines / websites, including multi-platform outfits like Edge and Gamespot? ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/24 "2011-05-10T21:37:48Z")
Probably because they were some of the best games on their platform and game journalism is pap, I’d imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/25 "2011-05-10T22:41:24Z")
> [@Mekhazzio](#): > > The latter is, of course, the important part. The people that rave about Goldeneye do so because it was their introduction to the FPS genre. It’s just like the reception Halo got later, even though both were mediocre by the standards of the time. You don’t have to be amazing when you’re breaking ground in new markets. I never actually played \*GoldenEye \*myself. I wasn’t into consoles when \*GoldenEye \*came out, being a big PC gamer snob at the time. I did, however, play the hell out of _Halo_, which I found to be an excellent FPS. And I’d been playing shooters since the days of _Castle Wolfenstein 3D_. So I don’t agree that the appeal of _Halo_ was due entirely to people never having played the genre of game before. I suspect the same applies to your theory about the popularity of _GoldenEye_. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/26 "2011-05-10T23:15:22Z")
The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers for Gamecube was pretty good, except for some infuriating sections (mostly involving Hobbits). But it was a decent game at least. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/27 "2011-05-10T23:21:21Z")
Spider-Man 2 was a pretty good “sandbox” type game. Think GTA with webswinging instead of cars, and crime to fight instead of hookers to beat to death. And Bruce Campbell providing the voice of the tutorial. This is the console version, btw, the PC version was a dumbed down POS. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/28 "2011-05-11T00:15:46Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Spider-Man 2 was a pretty good “sandbox” type game. Think GTA with webswinging instead of cars, and crime to fight instead of hookers to beat to death. And Bruce Campbell providing the voice of the tutorial. This is the console version, btw, the PC version was a dumbed down POS. Fun to swing around, but I really did not like any of the missions. Still, neat to swing around NY. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/29 "2011-05-11T17:03:15Z")
Oddly enough, they say that the game **X-Men Origins: Wolverine** is actually pretty good. I remember hearing that it wasn’t even originally planned as a movie tie-in game, but rather some independent game; when the movie came out, they slapped some new graphics in there and called it a tie-in. That means that the mechanics and story didn’t suffer from the usual “rush job” that plagues other movie tie-in games. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/30 "2011-05-11T17:27:50Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Oddly enough, they say that the game **X-Men Origins: Wolverine** is actually pretty good. I remember hearing that it wasn’t even originally planned as a movie tie-in game, but rather some independent game; when the movie came out, they slapped some new graphics in there and called it a tie-in. That means that the mechanics and story didn’t suffer from the usual “rush job” that plagues other movie tie-in games. **X-Men Origins: Wolverine** was awesome (except for that mandatory stage in all superhero games where you lose your powers). It totally nailed the feeling of being Wolverine. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/31 "2011-05-11T17:40:00Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Oddly enough, they say that the game **X-Men Origins: Wolverine** is actually pretty good. I remember hearing that it wasn’t even originally planned as a movie tie-in game, but rather some independent game; when the movie came out, they slapped some new graphics in there and called it a tie-in. That means that the mechanics and story didn’t suffer from the usual “rush job” that plagues other movie tie-in games. Even for the PS2? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/32 "2011-05-11T17:54:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Even for the PS2? There were three versions of Wolverine. There was the PC/PS3/Xbox 360 “Uncaged Edition” (considered the real version of the game by Raven Software). the DS/PSP version (outsourced to Griptonite) and the PS2/Wii version (outsourced to Amaze Entertainment). But the Uncaged Edition was much, much better. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/33 "2011-05-11T21:41:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Fun to swing around [in Spider-Man 2], but I really did not like any of the missions. Still, neat to swing around NY. Yeah, but that last thing you said is by far the most important part. A sandbox game like SP2 succeeds or fails, to a huge degree, just on whether or not it’s fun to get around town. Take the GTA games, for instance: the writing is good, but aside from that there isn’t much about them that’s notable in a good way, and there are some things (e.g. combat mechanics) that would just be unacceptably bad in most games … except, of course, that it can be such a blast just getting from Point A to Point B, so it’s hard not to have a great time playing it. Ditto SP2. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/34 "2011-05-11T22:47:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Spider-Man 2 was a pretty good “sandbox” type game. Think GTA with webswinging instead of cars, and crime to fight instead of hookers to beat to death. And Bruce Campbell providing the voice of the tutorial. This is the console version, btw, the PC version was a dumbed down POS. That’s what I came in to say. Spidey 2 was quite a decent game on its own merits. Not spectacular perhaps (where superheroes are concerned, \*Freedom Force \*held my attention for much longer), but it’s a’ight by movie tie-in standards. ETA: for that matter, the Wolverine game was also a’ight as a God of War substitute. ETA2: OK, so I was beaten to the punch thrice or more. I’m feeling like Ant Man over here. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/35 "2011-05-11T23:17:21Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > Arkham Asylum was pretty good. That wasn’t a movie tie-in, though (thank god). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880/36 "2011-05-17T21:04:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Fun to swing around, but I really did not like any of the missions. Still, neat to swing around NY. I never get around to playing missions in that type of game anyway.😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movie-tie-in-video-games-worth-playing/580880.md?page=1)