Why are there no video game adaptations of movies? (piefed.social)

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There are plenty of spin offs and tie ins but not adaptations (save for Lego) for some reason. Obviously this isn't the case for the reverse.

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[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Most of them were terrible, all the money goes into getting the ip, so they're both low-budget, and uncreative, paint-by-numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_based_on_films

There are exceptions, like Alien:Isolation, 007(back in like 1999), the mafia games (which are just goodfellas and Godfather with the label scratched off), gta: vc, which is 80% Scarface.

[-] Lojcs@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Ty for the suggestions

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Alien:Isolation is the only one worth looking at for any reason but understanding history of video games. The others were very much of their eras.

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