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Post by moran on Jun 23, 2014 8:15:24 GMT -5
I'm deeply disheartened that there has been zero mention of TRUE LIES up to this point. Cartoony, violent, challenging and just a crapload of fun running around malls, parks and mansions filling bad guys up with lead. It's the ultimate Arnold game on SNES for sure. I still play it now and again. Fun overhead action game! Good call on that one. Very fun game. As rough as Rebel Assault is, LA at least got their shit together for the Rogue Squadron games. At least the first two. I thought that the EA Lord of the Rings games were good enough to buck the trend off bad movie games.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jun 23, 2014 13:39:26 GMT -5
Let's see, any examples nobody's mentioned yet...
I still think that The Simpsons: Hit & Run is the best game based on the license, by far. Never really liked the Konami arcade game, and while Road Rage and The Simpsons Game are alright, they're not as good as Hit & Run. Helps that it's jampacked with references to the show.
Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition is a massive improvement over the first Jurassic Park on Genesis. It's much smoother, faster, and challenging. And on the topic of Jurassic Park, Sega's The Lost World arcade game is one of my favs as well.
Pretty much every James Bond game since GoldenEye applies here. Both the original GE and the 2010 one are great, and I still have a fondness towards many of EA's entries, like The World Is Not Enough on the PS1, as well as Nightfire, Everything or Nothing and From Russia With Love.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 might be the best DBZ game, in my opinion, at least, if only for the shitload of characters there are. Gameplay's good too. Also, a shout-out to the (unfortunately) Japanese-only Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butoden for the DS, as the other DBZ fighter on DS, Supersonic Warriors 2, isn't that good. Ultimate Butoden plays great and looks amazing for a DS game, seriously.
I recall Terminator 3: The Redemption being good, and much better than the earlier War of the Machines.
Can't think of any others for now.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Jun 23, 2014 13:52:46 GMT -5
Budokai 3 was better. I always felt the Tenkaichi series was really too button mashy. But I forgot all about the DBZ games. In fact, I played Budokai before I ever watched them. Friend of mine came over to play it, and he said sweet they made video games! And that's why I started watching DBZ in the Buu saga. Oh Battle of Z was pretty fun too. I just wish it had couch multiplayer. Because the only time I play DBZ games anymore is with my buddy. Actually, I want to say DBZ games are in general worth playing, and honestly, tied for series "that just has some really good video games" with Star Wars.
EDIT: I want to clarify, that this is meant as generally. As in I go in with good feelings when I buy a DBZ or Star Wars game, as opposed to most other licensed games. There are definitely bad games in both series. Like Legacy of Goku 1 or Force Unleashed.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jun 23, 2014 16:06:33 GMT -5
Budokai 3 was better. I always felt the Tenkaichi series was really too button mashy. But I forgot all about the DBZ games. In fact, I played Budokai before I ever watched them. Friend of mine came over to play it, and he said sweet they made video games! And that's why I started watching DBZ in the Buu saga. Oh Battle of Z was pretty fun too. I just wish it had couch multiplayer. Because the only time I play DBZ games anymore is with my buddy. Actually, I want to say DBZ games are in general worth playing, and honestly, tied for series "that just has some really good video games" with Star Wars. EDIT: I want to clarify, that this is meant as generally. As in I go in with good feelings when I buy a DBZ or Star Wars game, as opposed to most other licensed games. There are definitely bad games in both series. Like Legacy of Goku 1 or Force Unleashed. I'm assuming you haven't played Sagas or *shudders* Taiketsu? 'Cause those are just as bad, Taiketsu even moreso. Sagas is a generic, bland beat-em-up in which every character is pretty much identical in moves and abilities (even Broly), not even the specials are really different between each other; Kamehamehas and Galick Guns are pretty much the same. There's also no real variety between the levels other than beating up Saibamen and generic Androids and grabbing shit. It's also glitchy at times. Taiketsu is just a poor, poor fighting game. Sure, Ultimate Battle 22 wasn't good, but it at least has some competent elements to it. The same can't be said about Taiketsu. It's just bad. However, at least, unlike Sagas, Kamehamehas look like Kamehamehas, so that's something.
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Post by zerker on Jun 23, 2014 16:27:58 GMT -5
The Metro and STALKER series are both pretty good. I did mention Metro earlier, but I'm not sure STALKER is *actually* licensed (which is why I omitted it). Every source I can find states that it is 'inspired by' Roadside Picnic and the Stalker film and not necessarily a licensed adaptation. Maybe it's different 'enough' that no license is required, or it could be a weird pre vs post communisim legal situation? I'd love if anyone has any information to clear this up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 17:25:19 GMT -5
I still think that The Simpsons: Hit & Run is the best game based on the license, by far. Never really liked the Konami arcade game, and while Road Rage and The Simpsons Game are alright, they're not as good as Hit & Run. Helps that it's jampacked with references to the show. Good call. Even if you're one of the many former fans who wrote the show off decades ago, Hit & Run is still entertaining.
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Post by Snarboo on Jun 23, 2014 19:00:03 GMT -5
Judge Dredd for the Snes really took me by surprise. It's not perfect, but punches well above its weight for a licensed games. Dredd vs Death is also pretty good if you like cheesy FPS games! It's pretty cheap on GOG, too.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Jun 23, 2014 19:08:17 GMT -5
Never played the first one, but Rebel Assault II on the PS1 was really awful. Rebel Assault 1 is basically IMPOSSIBLE to control. Rebel Assault 2 is only SLIGHTLY less so, but it has those terrible on-foot sections to make up for that. What's funny is that I remember renting RA for the Sega CD and beating it before the rental was up. It's kind of ironic because those sorts of rail shooter and FMV target shooting games seemed to work better with a mouse in most cases (such as Mad Dog McCree). Weird...
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Post by TheChosen on Jun 23, 2014 19:17:45 GMT -5
I thought Scarface: The World is Yours is a surprisingly good GTA-clone that branches of neatly from the original movie. It has pretty neat mechanics for drug dealing, where you go big lengths to acquire and distribute cocaine which is long and difficulty, but very rewarding. Its one of those GTA-types where money is actually difficulty to acquire.
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Post by GamerL on Jun 23, 2014 21:49:42 GMT -5
I'm deeply disheartened that there has been zero mention of TRUE LIES up to this point. Cartoony, violent, challenging and just a crapload of fun running around malls, parks and mansions filling bad guys up with lead. It's the ultimate Arnold game on SNES for sure. I still play it now and again. Fun overhead action game! Good call on that one. Very fun game. As rough as Rebel Assault is, LA at least got their shit together for the Rogue Squadron games. At least the first two. I thought that the EA Lord of the Rings games were good enough to buck the trend off bad movie games. "At least the first two" is right, that third one was terrible and killed the series, whose bright idea was it to introduce awful third person shooter levels in a friggin' air combat game? Let's see, any examples nobody's mentioned yet... I still think that The Simpsons: Hit & Run is the best game based on the license, by far. Never really liked the Konami arcade game, and while Road Rage and The Simpsons Game are alright, they're not as good as Hit & Run. Helps that it's jampacked with references to the show. Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition is a massive improvement over the first Jurassic Park on Genesis. It's much smoother, faster, and challenging. And on the topic of Jurassic Park, Sega's The Lost World arcade game is one of my favs as well. Pretty much every James Bond game since GoldenEye applies here. Both the original GE and the 2010 one are great, and I still have a fondness towards many of EA's entries, like The World Is Not Enough on the PS1, as well as Nightfire, Everything or Nothing and From Russia With Love. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 might be the best DBZ game, in my opinion, at least, if only for the shitload of characters there are. Gameplay's good too. Also, a shout-out to the (unfortunately) Japanese-only Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butoden for the DS, as the other DBZ fighter on DS, Supersonic Warriors 2, isn't that good. Ultimate Butoden plays great and looks amazing for a DS game, seriously. I recall Terminator 3: The Redemption being good, and much better than the earlier War of the Machines. Can't think of any others for now. oh yes, Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition is easily the best Jurassic Park game that came out around the time of the movie, I remember being so happy discovering an actually good game based on my favorite movie as a kid and not too long ago I replayed it thanks to emulators and it's still pretty fun (though can be beaten in like less than two hours)
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Post by wxbryant on Jun 23, 2014 23:02:19 GMT -5
I still think that The Simpsons: Hit & Run is the best game based on the license, by far. Never really liked the Konami arcade game, and while Road Rage and The Simpsons Game are alright, they're not as good as Hit & Run. Helps that it's jampacked with references to the show. Good call. Even if you're one of the many former fans who wrote the show off decades ago, Hit & Run is still entertaining. I enjoyed what I played of it some years back. It was fun seeing all the references, too. I remember being kind of impressed that they decided to base one of the alternate costumes for one of the characters off of a brief gag that was only seen in one scene of one episode.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Jun 23, 2014 23:31:50 GMT -5
Budokai 3 was better. I always felt the Tenkaichi series was really too button mashy. But I forgot all about the DBZ games. In fact, I played Budokai before I ever watched them. Friend of mine came over to play it, and he said sweet they made video games! And that's why I started watching DBZ in the Buu saga. Oh Battle of Z was pretty fun too. I just wish it had couch multiplayer. Because the only time I play DBZ games anymore is with my buddy. Actually, I want to say DBZ games are in general worth playing, and honestly, tied for series "that just has some really good video games" with Star Wars. EDIT: I want to clarify, that this is meant as generally. As in I go in with good feelings when I buy a DBZ or Star Wars game, as opposed to most other licensed games. There are definitely bad games in both series. Like Legacy of Goku 1 or Force Unleashed. I'm assuming you haven't played Sagas or *shudders* Taiketsu? 'Cause those are just as bad, Taiketsu even moreso. Sagas is a generic, bland beat-em-up in which every character is pretty much identical in moves and abilities (even Broly), not even the specials are really different between each other; Kamehamehas and Galick Guns are pretty much the same. There's also no real variety between the levels other than beating up Saibamen and generic Androids and grabbing shit. It's also glitchy at times. Taiketsu is just a poor, poor fighting game. Sure, Ultimate Battle 22 wasn't good, but it at least has some competent elements to it. The same can't be said about Taiketsu. It's just bad. However, at least, unlike Sagas, Kamehamehas look like Kamehamehas, so that's something. Jesus I forgot about those two... Thanks for reminding me But that's why I said generally. Which for licensed games is pretty good. And I liked Hit-and-Run until the end. That last act was just mean.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jun 23, 2014 23:43:44 GMT -5
I thought Scarface: The World is Yours is a surprisingly good GTA-clone that branches of neatly from the original movie. It has pretty neat mechanics for drug dealing, where you go big lengths to acquire and distribute cocaine which is long and difficulty, but very rewarding. Its one of those GTA-types where money is actually difficulty to acquire. That reminds me... The Godfather: The Game is another good GTA clone of the time, and the Wii version (the one I played through last year) has some pretty nice improvements. And motion controls aren't any nuisance on it either! But the reason why I love it so much is that it's just fun. Missions are nice, gunplay feels good, and the star of the show is taking over rival businesses, warehouses, rackets and whatnot, it's so goddamn fun.
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Post by moran on Jun 24, 2014 7:27:52 GMT -5
Good call on that one. Very fun game. As rough as Rebel Assault is, LA at least got their shit together for the Rogue Squadron games. At least the first two. I thought that the EA Lord of the Rings games were good enough to buck the trend off bad movie games. "At least the first two" is right, that third one was terrible and killed the series, whose bright idea was it to introduce awful third person shooter levels in a friggin' air combat game? Probably the same person who inserted them into Rebel Assault.
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Post by voltagecontrol on Jun 25, 2014 4:41:47 GMT -5
Some more obscure games:
Goonies I and II for NES. Based (very loosely) on the the 1980s hit movie. Goonies II is an early example of the Metroidvania genre. A Konami classic.
GS Mikami Joreshi wa Nice Body for Super Famicom. Action platformer based on a 1990s ghost busting comedy manga/anime. By Natsume.
Gundam Wing Endless Dual- A Super Famicom Fighter based on a popular version of the Gundam metaseries.
Ghost in the Shell- Playstation 1 3rd person shooter. You control one of the Tachikoma AI based tanks. Created by Exact, the makers of Jumping Flash.
Astro Boy Omega Factor for Game Boy Advance. A love letter to Osamu Tezuka's entire career in video game form. From the manic hands of Treasure.
King Kong 2: Ikari No Megaton Punch for Famicom. Based on King Kong Lives. Overhead action game where you play as Kong.
Macross Scrambled Valkyrie. Shooter for Super Famicom by Zamuse. Amusing Engrish.
Macross 2036. Shooter for PC Engine CDROM2. Includes music from the series and decent voice acting. By NCS.
Parasite Eve- A loose adaption/sequel to a Japanese horror novel.
The MegaTen owes its existence to being based on Japanese horror novels.
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