EDITORIAL: My Top 5 Favorite Movie-Based Video Games

Never played the Godfather and i have to say that King King was one of ghe first games i got with my xbox 360, but i didnt like it.

However, Batman Begins doesn't get the love it deserves. It was entirely stealth based, but you can almost see the influence it had in the predator missions of the Arkham series. Very underrated game even though it did have its problems.

Spider-Man 2 is still the best Spidey game. Ultimate Spider-Man was a close 2nd. All the others were either too glitchy to be considered good, or were just missing something that made those other two so great.

Now, I have to give props to you for giving Butcher Bay #1. Talk about a hidden gem that very few people played, much less expected to be good. It was a fantastic game and did nearly everything perfect, from the awesome graphics, the sound effects, and gameplay. Nearly all the big name reviewers gave it great reviews as well. Such a shame more people didn't get into it, because it really is one of the best games to come out last gen.

Overall, great list, man. I'm glad you didn't include Wolverine Origins because that game was extremely glitchy, yet people usually won't admit how bad it was because you actually got to play as a violent Wolvie that dismembered people and decapitated them, which was fun in its own right, but again, all the glitches pissed me off.

I played the shit out of Batman Begins and Spiderman 2.

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If by the same style you mean a freeroaming game where you split up your time between story missions and random acts of crime around the city, than yes. I highly suggest it.

Terminator 3: The Redemption was pretty cool, if not really hard.
I was always amused by how they called it "Redemption" considering how bad the original movie tie-in was, and the story on top of that.

Redemption adds a lot of stuff to the story, which wouldn't have made too much sense, I suppose, but it's still pretty neat. There's a lot of emphasis on the future, and by the time you get to John in 2003, you're halfway through the game. The TX sends you back in time (via the particle accelerator) to an alternate future, rather than just reprogramming you to kill John.

All movie games? That's a long list.

Batman Returns was also a really cool beat em up on multiple platforms.

And how about Knights of the Old Republic? Or Dark Forces or Jedi Academy, I could fill out a list just on Star Wars games... X Wing vs Tie Fighter and Rebellion (the strategy game, that's probably #1 for me). Yup, that's five.

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There's loads of people who'd love to see Hulk: Ultimate Destruction get a sequel.

What!? No movie-based Lego video games on the list!? There's a reason they sell well. They are fun and you can play them with the whole family. Some of them, like the Indian Jones ones made me expand my knowledge of the series.

Before the Arkham games, Batman Begins was the definitive Batman game for me. It got really easy to play when you'd played through once and learned that you could use the same stealth tactic every time to advance (you really only had one option most times), but it was a stealth-based Batman game with a great combat system. It also did an even better job that the movie of capturing the gritty, dark feel of the franchise. The Arkham games are gritty and dark in an evil circus way almost, but Begins sort of had that true darkness that comes from real experience.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay was awesome! really pushed the graphics on the first xbox & filled in a lot of questions about Riddick! Plus you got to shank people in prison! What hasn't been said about GOLDENEYE? best game ever made for the N64!

i told everybody that would listen batman begins was set the tone for the arkham games i got stuck on part never advanced had to turn it in ... i bought superman returns for ps2 back in the day i could not get past the very first mission ...i am dying for a great superman game ...

batman Begins the game is what really helped set the groundwork for the Batman games we have today. It is a very underrated game and the cast from the movie doing the voices was excellent.

Spider-Man 2 to this day is still one of my favorite games. They need to either come out with an HD version or make the new games similar to it. I wish my PS2 still worked so I could play it. I am a sucker for free roaming environments.

I agree with one ofyour honorable mentions which is the Punisher game. I thought that was a great game and they need to make a new game similarly and maybe a few new improvement.

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay/Assault on Dark Athena as #1? Damn right. That game is awesome.

Never played BB, Godfather, and King Kong.

Played Spidey 2 and hated it. To this day I still don't get what the fuss was over that game? The web swinging was cool but that was the only quality that caught my attention everything else was just crap.

Feeling the nostalgia right now.