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• • darjeelingmike

    Sep 3rd 2009, 9:26

    Okay TF, I respect your guys and your frequent (and mostly great) articles, but you have really dropped the ball here on your games evaluation. First off everyone knows Star Wars Battlefront is by far the best Star Wars game, perfectly capturing most of the universe and throwing every major character into an incredibly fun shooter. I also think every game involving Godzilla (I know none are a direct movie tie-in but they were most definitely influenced by) are worse than the Jaws game simply because the novelty of being Jaws lasted longer (and was more fun while it lasted) than being Godzilla (this one is picky I know). And EXACTLY HOW does Enter The Matrix Suck? It was great fun and recieved great reviews upon release. Do you like Path Of Neo? The comparison between a PC and Spectrum game isn't fair. Where have you included the new Ghostbusters game rather than that old rubbish? And where are the Batman games? Arkham Asylum is one of the best games ever, let alone a tie-in. It was a hard task TF, I give you that, but you might need to give this one a re-think! And Tomorrow Never Dies was good at the time. Rogue Agent is the real sucky game!

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  • DanRose

    Sep 3rd 2009, 10:40

    Mission Impossible on the X-Box was really good. Decent graphics, follows closely to the films script and plenty of variety. Also Lion King was good fun. Bright visuals and great sound that matched the film whilst sticking closely to the plot. Both worth a mention

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  • sowasred2012

    Sep 3rd 2009, 11:00

    @darjeelingmike I'd argue A: Knights of The Old Republic 2 was the better Star Wars game (I'd even say Republic Commando, I *loved* that game - way too short). And EXACTLY HOW Enter The Matrix sucked is pretty much listed in the article! Crappy graphics, dodgy gameplay, superfluous story (I don't think anyone who saw the film and didn't play the game felt like they were missing anything) and no Neo! Well, except for the three seconds of him saving Morpheus from the freeway. Plus, I don't think you could really include the new Ghostbusters and Batman games in this list - they're both great, but I suspect we're in a honeymoon period with both of those games and any opinion of them is gonna be given through rose-tinted glasses. Wait a little longer before saying they're the best games ever. And Tomorrow Never Dies was c**p. Everything Or Nothing was pretty good, loved that motorbike/freeway level.

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  • Film247

    Sep 3rd 2009, 12:50

    I quite liked Moonwalker! Was only 6 at the time. Didn't realise you could kill off enemies by dancing and don't remember bubbles being part of it either, had the master system version not genesis, also had the first terminator game which I remember to be solid. Most movie tie in games are rubbish, I thought King Kong was good tho and obviously Goldeneye. I remember enjoying a Batman game on the commodore 64 too based on the movie.

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  • Marshall85

    Sep 3rd 2009, 13:42

    Golden Eye was epic but hasnt aged well, Not happy that plans for Xbox live download binned, Every other bond game since then has been pants apart from maybe the last Bond on Xbox 360 which was good as same game makers as Call of Duty, Enter the Matrix wasnt too bad apart from Car Levels which sucked heavy balls, I still have to say my fave movie/comic book game is The Punisher (Xbox) as you can replay levels so many ways thanks to all unlockable guns, finishers and interrogating bad guys never gets old.....I wish they'd remake it

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  • Marshall85

    Sep 3rd 2009, 13:47

    The new Batman game is clearly amazing aswell, No rose tinted glasses for me, The voice cast are amazing, Just wish you could download alternative costumes to be used throughout storymode....Val Kilmer batman suit etc with Heath Ledger Joker.....I got the armour suit as pre-ordered my copy but cant use it on story mode meh... Ghostbusters game was alright, I loved finding all the cursed items but rest was bit repeative and thought that not being able to play whole story mode co-op sucked and online wasnt up to much

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  • darjeelingmike

    Sep 3rd 2009, 14:02

    @sowasred2012 Sorry, I completely forgot about those Star Wars games. Knights Of The Old Republic never really hit me, I prefer both Jade Empire and Mass Effect from Bioware. Republic Commando was superb, but like you say it was very short, Battlefront had superb reply value, especially online. And you have to remember that Enter The Matrix was a very early Xbox game, it wasn't being very innovative gameplay and I thought the gameplay was pretty damn good. The entire Matrix mythology is superfluous after the first movie. I agree it's not perfect but it doesn't deserve in any 'Worst Of' list. If you wanted Neo you had the pretty damn good Path Of Neo! Ghostbusters isn't one of the best games ever, it's pretty flawed but great fun and a good use of a license. Arkham Asylum however is pretty much a perfect game, Batman or otherwise. What flaws can you find in it, really? Without nitpciking? Tomorrow Never Dies was good for the TIME. How many great shooters were on the PS1 anyway? Or at least that could hold up today! Everything Or Nothing was actually superb, but not quite as good as Goldeneye.

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  • southy

    Sep 3rd 2009, 15:01

    Enter The Matrix was Total s**t

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  • Flaygor

    Sep 3rd 2009, 17:37

    Erm Arkham Asylum is very good but is it a movie tie-in? No it's not.

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  • SCQ47

    Sep 3rd 2009, 18:26

    Knights of the Old Republic? If you guys do a bit of homework, you'll see that Tie Fighter was/is the most beloved Star Wars game ever made. The demand for a remake is remarkably high and for damn good reason. If you haven't played it, you guys are missing out in the worst way.

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  • scabo33

    Sep 3rd 2009, 18:52

    Arkham Asylum is the best movie game ever.. :) Anyone got any idea where two face is in the game? his cell is empty...

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  • Desperation

    Sep 3rd 2009, 19:27

    I have fond memories on Moonwalker on the MegaDrive. I especially liked when you could turn into Robo-Michael. The rescuing small children thing is a bit dodgy though. I'd say Star Wars: Force Commander is the worst star wars game. It was the first star wars RTS, and had potential to be amazing. But it wasn't.

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  • TheSunshineHobo

    Sep 4th 2009, 1:42

    Jaws Unleashed is the best worst game i've ever played. You guys know nothing. Jaws Unleashed is amazing. People EXPLODE when you tail-whip them!! WHY?!!

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  • Ali1748

    Sep 4th 2009, 1:47

    Sucks The Goldeneye xbox live hd version was scraped damn you Nintendo !

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  • thedarkknight

    Sep 4th 2009, 9:56

    The Secret Apprentice for PS3 is the best Star Wars game in my opinion. Rebel Assault 2 also holds fond memories of childhood for me. And some may mock but any game with the LEGO label cannot fail! The Batman and Star Wars editions were amazing! I must however admit as a child I played Masters of Tera Kasi an incredible amount. Didn't seems so bad then... it does now.

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  • sowasred2012

    Sep 4th 2009, 12:49

    @darjeelingmike Agreed, I liked Path Of Neo, scrappy but a lot of fun. Arkham Asylum is awesome, if it has one problem it's that it's addictive in a way that COD4 multiplayer is, but it has nowhere near the longevity - I bought it on Friday, it's Thursday and I've already found every single Riddler trophy. I'm not saying it was easy, some of them were head-melters, but I tore through them already and now there's no more :( All I have left is to go through it again on Hard and grab some achievements in the Challenge mode. Also, Robin and Nightwing don't feature in it AT ALL. I could understand them not featuring in the game proper, but not even a cursory bio? I'm a Marvel and not a DC, and maybe Robin/Nightwing is considered an embarrassment and I just am not aware of this, but I was a little sad at this omission. Okay, *that's* nitpicking.

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  • mattburgess

    Sep 7th 2009, 16:21

    Nightwing is awesome (totally off topic). But I've got to agree with Flaygor. Pretty much every game mentioned in these comments is NOT a movie tie-in. Not Tie Fighter, not Arkham Asylum, not Force Commander, not KOTOR, not Battlefront, not Republic Commando, etc etc etc.

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  • jollieoldtime

    Sep 11th 2009, 8:14

    That Star Wars arcade game is definitely my favorite game. One day I'll actually beat Vader.

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  • alexnank

    Nov 25th 2009, 13:31

    all this talk of batman makes me wonder why catagory one is only marvel and not just comic books mives in general?

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  • Nyssa

    Feb 24th 2010, 12:53

    Does anyone remember the Wayne's World game? I think it was fairly entertaining....

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  • KingofSpain

    Jul 11th 2011, 17:25

    Since when has "rescuing small children" been a "bit dodgy"?? Seems like a very admirable aim for a video game to have. I seem to remember every kid my age at the time owning a copy of that game. Loved it how you could throw a fedora to take down an enemy. And then doing a formation dance routine every time a level was completed! Quite an iconic game really.

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  • higgins78

    Jul 15th 2011, 16:29

    @darjeelingmike Star Wars Battlefront is NOT as you claim the best Star Wars game over a period of time, if anything comes close to replicating the Star Wars movies it was the games Knights of the Old Republic, Rouge Squadron II and TIE Fighter. You also make a comment regarding the "old" Ghostbusters game being rubbish and claim the newer Ghostbusters game should take its place...rubbish! I have the strong suspicion you never played Ghostbusters on the ZX Spectrum is why and flippantly disregard it because of how the graphics have aged terribly. I have played both on initial release and can report the "old" Ghostbusters game was the better game by a country mile. Also, if you believe Arkham Asylum one of the best games ever "let alone tie-in" then you must be living in a very sheltered state. Not only is Arkham Asylum an above average game masked via a good look/feel it isnt close to being the best Batman game created thus far. Batman: The Movie (ZX Spectrum/Amiga) and Batman Returns (SNES) were both far better games.

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