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The Least Faithful Movie Games

Game not fun enough? Make stuff up!

Words: Shane Patterson, GamesRadar US


Movie
Spider-Maguire struggles with managing his superhero personal lives (Mary Jane, school, jobs). The presence of eight-limbed villain Dr. Octopus doesn’t help matters much either, or his continual battle with Harry Osborn. Widely regarded as one of the best superhero films ever made (you totally thought so), despite the terrible threequel.


Game (Multi)
This is a little bit different than the previous superhero movies mentioned, only because Spider-Man 2 was already pretty action-packed. In this way, the added villains feel like they’re rounding out the game rather than making up for the lack thereof. Black Cat, Rhino, Shocker and Mysterio all make appearances, with the latter being one of the best boss battles we’ve ever faced. A one punch knockout in a convenience store? Hell, we’d love to see that on film. Although, we don’t remember any damn balloon-saving. God, that was terrible.


Movie
Taken from the manga of the same name, the feature film blends traditional anime with CG. Make sure to stay awake through the entire film as it can get fairly convoluted. From what we gleaned: cops are hunting a sentient robotic lifeform - nicknamed the Puppet Master - who’s controlling other cyborg bodies. Kind of like a future ventriloquist.


Game (PS1)
Drawing from the main Ghost universe (read: manga) more so than the film, the game consists of you blasting the crap out of robots with a spider-like tank. Shell was critically well-received, yet confused American audiences who were looking for something similar to the film as it was their main exposure to the license. Not that big a deal, but worth nothing nonetheless.


Movie
Two dudes - Wayne and Garth - are extorted by a sleazy producer when they take their public access show to primetime. Bet you forgot about that, huh? You were just thinking about Bohemian Rhapsody and “schwinging” weren’t you? Weren’t you?! 

Game (SNES)
Drawing more from PCP than the actual film, Wayne battles mutated instruments by plucking his guitar for music note projectiles. The rest is just a lame platformer characterized by the phrase “Not”, a sound bite used whenever Wayne is injured or “Excellent” whenever he gets health. Oh, and THQ was kind enough to plaster an actual photo of Mike Myers' face on the Wayne character so that whenever you stop controlling him, he glances at you with a shit-eating grin.


 
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ClusterShart  - 1 year 2 months ago 
sweet article
slickmcwilly  - 1 year 2 months ago 
GR is really cranking out the articles this week. Good job guys!
Juriasu  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I hate movie-based games, nay, I despise them!
(above sentence is supposed to be cool)
lewis42025  - 1 year 2 months ago 
very interesting. loved it, although, i gotta say i thought robocop would be in there
NelosAngelos  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Wow...I think I just started hating movie based games even more now.
ikillchicken  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Random and pointless nitpick:

Your picture from Ghost in the Shell is actually from the later TV series, not the original movie.
GamesRadarShanePatterson  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Whoops. Well, in a pinch that'll do. Good eye.
Alcyones  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I'm proud to say I've only played a few of these.
Amnesiac  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I'm not sure if I've played any of these.

Oh and @ Alcyones, dig the Kefka avatar.
coda_  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Dats Coo.
PivotPlurals1  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Nice Articles. it may me a noob to ask, but why does it go to gamesradar when i got to Pc Gamer's site?
LilBompie17  - 1 year 2 months ago 
nice ARTICLE!
ALF  - 1 year 2 months ago 
My thoughts EXACTLY.
darthpat  - 1 year 2 months ago 
the reason it goes here is cause pcgamer abadonded there site cause it wasnt too great and more or less took over the pc section here
Da-Ku  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I Played The PS2 Ghost In Shell XD
londonjack  - 1 year 2 months ago 
E.T. the game is the greatest game to ever be released to the public you just dont like it becease u didnt know the holes represnted ET's desencent into insanity
Kehno  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I had to watch Ghost in the Shell twice before I understood the whole thing. @_@
Herschal  - 1 year 2 months ago 
LOL HOME ALONE 2
I never knew they made a game out of that. :S
bron1417  - 1 year 2 months ago 
nice article guys im really looking foward to GF 2 by the way.
abcdef1  - 1 year 2 months ago 
games based on movies suk horiblee
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