Did you ever play some good movie tie-in games?

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DarthEnvoy
02/25/2025
01:55 AM
#1
They used to have a reputation for being quick, cheap cash grabs with very little effort or fun to be found in them, though you occasionally found the odd gem in the pile of shit.

I think my favorite was the Star Wars Revenge of the Sith game. You got to play through the story while swapping between Obi-Wan and Anakin complete with their own unique moves, and even had cool what-ifs like Anakin dueling Mace. The game also had a 1v1 duel mode and it was actually fun as hell. Had so much effort put into it for a side mode, and the characters talked some real good shit to each other. I always remember this one random Jedi girl's line to Vader ''Which one of those buttons calls for help?'' lmao.
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TomClark
02/25/2025
02:00 AM
#2
The Hook game that was a Monkey Island ripoff (down to the insult swordfighting) on the Amiga was great.

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MotaroRIP619
02/25/2025
02:01 AM
#3
The Lord of the Rings Two Towers was excellent.
Nukazie
02/25/2025
02:18 AM
#4
some star wars game on the ps1
transformers on ps2
some ps2 games i can't remember
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Smashingpmkns
02/25/2025
02:20 AM
#5
That Batman Begins movie tie in was super underrated.
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saspa
02/25/2025
02:20 AM
#6
Spiderman takes the cake. You can literally play as Green Goblin (Jr) and they gave like, actual lines and dialogue. Ironically I never did get to play the Spiderman 2 game and people swear by it, saying that it's the best one with the best web swinging of all time and stuff like that.

Always wished it was available digitally just to see for myself if true.
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Foppe
02/25/2025
03:05 AM
#7
We have always had good movie-licensed games, it is just easier to remember the bad ones.

Addams Family
Aladdin
Alien 3
Alien Trilogy
Batman
Blade Runner
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Die Hard Trilogy
Goldeneye 007
Gremlins 2
Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures
Jurassic Park
The Lion King
Little Nemo:The Dream Master
LOTR: Return of the King
LOTR: The Two Towers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
New Ghostbusters 2
Spider-Man 2
Super Star Wars trilogy
Sweet Home
The Thing
The Warriors
Willow

Etc etc
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random_man9119
02/25/2025
03:05 AM
#8
I loved the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban game as a kid...
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Glob
02/25/2025
03:08 AM
#9
Goldeneye was probably my favourite for the time it released. Aged like milk but was fantastic.
chris1001_the_sequel
02/25/2025
03:12 AM
#10
A lot, if not most of the Disney games from the NES and SNES/Genesis era were great.
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saspa
02/25/2025
03:12 AM
#11
Oh I also heard that the 2009 wolverine tie-in game was "surprisingly decent" for such a shitty movie, but also have never gotten the chance to play to confirm if true.
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Glob
02/25/2025
03:19 AM
#12
saspa posted...
Oh I also heard that the 2009 wolverine tie-in game was "surprisingly decent" for such a shitty movie, but also have never gotten the chance to play to confirm if true.

Ive also heard that, but having played it, I cant see why it has that reputation.
haloiscoolisbak
02/25/2025
03:37 AM
#13
I remember those early 2000s hack n slash LOTR games. They were great
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Hexenherz
02/25/2025
03:46 AM
#14
I thought Star Wars: Podracer was one hell of a cool racing game. I don't even normally like racing games, but the level variety was superb and there was a good sense of progression with the upgrade system.

Glob posted...
Goldeneye was probably my favourite for the time it released. Aged like milk but was fantastic.
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DarthEnvoy
02/25/2025
03:54 AM
#15
One of the weirder ones I remember enjoying was Shrek 2. I've never even been into Shrek, but I rented it from Blockbuster as a kid when there was literally nothing else there at the time and was pleasantly surprised. IIRC it was this big ass RPG with a ton of different characters that all had unique gimmicks.
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Funkydog
02/25/2025
03:55 AM
#16
I loved the podracing game as a kid.
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mercurydude
02/25/2025
04:39 AM
#17
For its time, Alien Trilogy was fun. Way too dated and repetitive for most folks these days, but I loved it on the Saturn.
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ROBBAN
02/25/2025
04:56 AM
#18
Some of the Lego games
I really like Lego LoTR
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rexcrk
02/25/2025
04:58 AM
#19
The Aladdin, Lion King, and Toy Story games on Genesis are really solid.

Lots of great LotR games too.
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bigtiggie23
02/25/2025
05:11 AM
#20
No mention of the RoboCop arcade game yet?
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The_Korey
02/25/2025
05:28 AM
#22
Peter Jackson's King Kong was decent.
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Thermador446
02/25/2025
06:14 AM
#23
Mad Max was great, too bad it didn't get a sequel.

I was a little disappointed that The Little Mermaid didn't get remastered with other Disney games this gen, it was actually one of the better Disney games.
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mazingetter
02/25/2025
06:20 AM
#24
Batman (NES)
LOTR The Third Age
rexcrk
02/25/2025
06:50 AM
#25
mazingetter posted...
LOTR The Third Age
Ive never been much into turn-based RPGs, but I fucking love this game.

Is it more simplified to other similar turn-based games? I dont know any well enough to compare but it wouldnt surprise if thats why I liked it
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Alteres
02/25/2025
07:08 AM
#26
A lot of people like to shit on ubi, but as someone who has been lukewarm about the whole cat people avatar, their relatively recent game was pretty great.

It was one of the best world sims I have played until they nerfed the piss out of enemies and changed how rare resources spawned.

Crafting was also fun as hell, generally Im all for changes that just let people have fun but they broke how the world worked so it crammed high level mats down your throat and really did make exploring pandora feel more pointless. A lot of the cool hard to reach/out of the way places would let you craft gear that was literally twice as strong. Made it feel a little epic to find the secret grotto where the perfect plants grew, then to harvest everything right and make some new badass weapon.

Great game in a lot of ways really, some good combat segments where you could feel the mass of being a giant run amok, fun flying exploration and good movement tech. Beautiful too.
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The_Wheelman1
02/25/2025
07:14 AM
#27
Wolverine Origins on PS2 is really good

Hook the arcade version
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El_Marsh
02/25/2025
07:44 AM
#28
Spider-Man 2 was my favorite PS2 game for a hot minute. It was pretty awesome.
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apocalyptic_4
02/25/2025
07:45 AM
#29
007 everything or nothing is pretty good.

SadButTrue
02/25/2025
07:48 AM
#30
MotaroRIP619 posted...
The Lord of the Rings Two Towers was excellent.

this and return of the king are super good
Mechu
02/25/2025
07:48 AM
#31
Revenge of the Sith
Antiyonder
02/25/2025
07:51 AM
#32
- Aladdin (SNES)
- Lion King (SNES)
- Toy Story (SNES)
- Goldeneye 004 (N64)
- Back to the Future The Game (PC)
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Shotgunnova
02/25/2025
07:53 AM
#33
Mission: Impossible (N64)
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hmnut7
02/25/2025
07:56 AM
#34
bigtiggie23 posted...
No mention of the RoboCop arcade game yet?
Whats an arcade?

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TyVulpine
02/25/2025
07:56 AM
#35
Die Hard (NES), never beat
Friday the 13th (NES) mastered (beat without any children or counselors dying)
Nightmare on Elm Street (NES), never beat
GoldenEye 007 (N64), unlocked 007 mode (never got 2:05 on Facility though....)

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FrozenBananas
02/25/2025
08:10 AM
#36
King Kong (2005) for Xbox 360 was amazing for its time.

shout out to The Grinch (2000) for PS1. Real ones remember that
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Garlands_Soul
02/25/2025
08:30 AM
#37
Lion King and Aladdin come to mind. I had both on the Super Nintendo. I was also fond of Airwolf on NES, but that was a TV show.

The weird Shrek fighting game was also hilarious, but a far cry from good
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Trevor_Belmont
02/25/2025
08:38 AM
#38
From what I can remember I enjoyed the Super Star Wars series on the SNES and Batman Returns also on the SNES.
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firedoom666
02/25/2025
08:43 AM
#39
The PS2 Punisher game was way better than the movie
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Tyranthraxus
02/25/2025
09:07 AM
#40
A Bug's Life game is better than the movie.
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ReturnOfDevsman
02/25/2025
09:12 AM
#41
I liked Super Empire Strikes Back, and to a lesser extent Super Return of the Jedi.

Then there was Spider-Man 2, ofc.

Kind of a hot take, but Enter the Matrix is underrated. It had outdated controls (even then) and a number of technical problems, but it was a fun game with really ambitious gameplay.
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TomClark
02/25/2025
09:22 AM
#42
The Chicken Run game on the psx was genuinely really good.

They could have just cobbled together a quick platformer.

Instead they made a MGS game.
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InTheEyesOfFire
02/25/2025
02:24 PM
#43
I used to play some Godzilla game on NES all the time as a kid. It was pretty fun.
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