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Licensed games better than their source material
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NinjaCoachZ
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Naruto Clash of Ninja and Ultimate Ninja games. Fighting is nowhere near as deep as most fighting games, but it's still tons of fun, and it gives you all the best parts of the series (characters, action, etc.) with none of the bullshit.
r33skylineto
Neo Member
X-Men Origins: Wolverine the game. The game isn't the greatest, but I'd replay that over rewatching the horrible movie any day.
GlitchyDegree
Banned
The Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Will.I.Am makes Tommy Wiseau look like Daniel Day Lewis.
It's crazy how much the wolverine films improved, one of the few film series that got better with each release.
I loved that game. Really solid fun game. Nothing amazing or revolutionary but a fun playthrough.
Armoured Priest
Member
Older example, but Zillion for the Sega Master System.
Game was a pretty decent Metroid-esq adventure action game. Anime was generic sci-fi.
Game was a pretty decent Metroid-esq adventure action game. Anime was generic sci-fi.
It's a clone of Impossible Mission, not Metroid.
Escape from Butcher Bay is the best bit of Riddick in the whole damn franchise.
pretty done
Member
If Goldeneye is mediocre at best I can't imagine how bad the other Bond movies I haven't seen are.
I remember seeing one where the high sparrow was some evil steve jobs mfer. Horrendous, even worse than Spectre.
SimpleCRIPPLE
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Always my default answer. The Wolverine Origins game was great.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Came here looking for Riddick. Was not disappointed.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Tomorrow Never Dies is the one your thinking of, and it's far far worse than Goldeneye. He was pretty much playing a fictionalised version of Rupert Murdoch in that film. Actually it's not that fictionalised, Rupert Murdoch might actually be even more evil.
All of Pierce Brosnan's bond films are terrible, Goldeneye is the best of them. A shame, as I actually think he's one of the better Bonds. He deserved better.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
For a long time I thought the game was first and the movies were just adaptations.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Yeah, first thing I thought of. Wolf Among Us is also excellent, so I wonder if it's better than the comics.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
To be fair, Pitch Black was pretty good.
The Fable comics are pretty amazing so I'd say no. Not to say Wolf Among Us is bad, but more par the course.
Slamtastic
Member
Injustice series > Batman v Superman
The Thnikkaman
Neo Member
The Bond films as a whole aren't particularly great with only a few notable exceptions.
I still enjoy most of them though lol.
Isn't the Ghost Rider game for PS2 supposed to be pretty decent? Those movies are pretty bad.
Is this dig really necessary? Batman v Superman isn't source material. You'd mean the comic books, which are definitely better than Injustice.
purseowner
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Transformers Devastation
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
The tank chase is crap but comeawwn!
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Does nothing for me at all, and it has aged horribly. Watched half of it recently and it was like watching a live action cartoon.
LukasTaves
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Only compared to the awful show. The comics are still better.
Earthbound64
Banned
You take that back right now.
Lies
theclaw135
Banned
Star Wars Episode I Racer
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I hear the English translation of The Witcher novels is terrible, which may certainly put those below the games. The Spanish translation is legitimately one of the best things I've had the pleasure of reading. It's absolutely incredible and I've seen the translator making the roungs giving speeches at universities and what not. He's more of a historian than a professional translator, and I hear his translation is also a bit unorthodox (most are often a lot more literal and generic to the detriment of the source material). It truly goes the extra mile and lightly uses Old Castilian, coins new words when necessary (really specific historical Polish terminology) and gives very unique voices to every character depending on their social backgrounds. It's such a joy to read. So a flatter English translation could definitely end up passing the novels as your run of the mill pulpy fantasy. But I gotta say, Witcher 3, being one of the best games ever made as it is, is still firmly below the novels when it comes to setting, story and character. It also introduced all of those, let's not forget.
I need to rewatch Pitch Black, but I wanna say I'd put the Riddick game at the same level at the very least. It does such a great job at characterization. I'm sure Vin Diesel had a big role in it.
I need to rewatch Pitch Black, but I wanna say I'd put the Riddick game at the same level at the very least. It does such a great job at characterization. I'm sure Vin Diesel had a big role in it.