The Ten Best Film to Game Adaptations
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Movie games, the scourge of the gaming industry. On the one hand, who wouldn't want to create the perfect movie tie-in?
Imagine a game where you can take part in your favourite movie. Fancy being a Jedi Knight for the day? No problem.
On the other hand however comes the inevitable pressure from on design studios to ship the product to coincide with the movie's release, and it is here where the problems of movie game tie-ins lie. Too often they are rushed, unfinished or just plain bad: a frustrating example of what might have been.
So which are the few to pass muster? Without further ado, here are our ten best movie games from across the years.
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The publishers have decided to limit you to three installations of the game, before having to contact them and ask their permission to install again.
This can be a serious problem if you regularly update your machine. By comparison, my old copy of System Shock 2 has been reinstalled on all my PCs over the last ten years on a number of occasions, easily breaking the three-install limit.
Not only are such DRM systems a complete nuisance, they'll also kill off the second-hand market in computer games.
I'd therefore urge any readers to boycott the Chronicles of Riddick game until the publishers address the DRM issue, perhaps via a patch.
As an aside, the original Chronicles of Riddick game (Escape from Butcher Bay) was excellent, and is still available elsewhere.
The worry with GTAIV's DRM though has to be if you have hard drive failure or system failure and you reinstall onto a repaired or newer machine you have not had the opportunity to "de-register" your game thus locking your licence onto a defunct machine.
I think DRM's should be regulated by law and common sense, not as a means for a rip off by the corporations...
I remember a pub in Gateshead... where a couple pimply lads said they would never sell out... then they went on and made Grand Theft Auto... and sold out.