Licensed Games That Make No Damn Sense

[Mister Jack]

Whenever a big movie comes out, studios scramble to make a game for it, knowing that it will probably sell pretty well. For some movies, whether the game is good or bad, it is as least conceptually sound. Aladdin is about magic and adventure, so that made a pretty decent game. Transformers was about giant fighting robots. That game was...less good, but at least it was appropriate.

 

But some movies just do not fit the game world at ALL. There is nothing in the film to make you think "this should be a game." There was no game-like action and/or the story or structure of the film itself was incompatible with that medium. Going from next-gen games all the way back to atari, some films simply should not have even been attempted as games, but that didn't stop people. What are some that you remember?

 

To start things off, I present you with Disney's Fantasia. Remember, this is not about BAD licensed games, it's about licensed games based on licenses that just plain aren't conducive to video games.

 

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Dante's Inferno.

[Bouchart]

I think there was a game based off of The DaVinci Code.

[Mister Jack]

Oh god, how could I have forgotten Dante's Inferno.

 

And I could understand Da Vinci Code if it was a puzzle game, but I never played it so I really have no idea.

[TheMightyEthan]

This is a reverse example, but I still think it bears mentioning: the upcoming Battleship movie.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(film)

[Bouchart]

Oh god, how could I have forgotten Dante's Inferno.

 

And I could understand Da Vinci Code if it was a puzzle game, but I never played it so I really have no idea.

 

The Gamefaqs description says it an "action" game:

 

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/932401-the-da-vinci-code/data

 

Consider the source.

[Commander Shepard]

 

and no, it's not a DDR clone, of all things. It consists of random mini games to earn money, ranging from "Where's Waldo"-like puzzles, to knock offs of Bejeweled. The only dancing aspect of the game is at the end, which is like an EBA knock off, only done worse in the fact there is no real music, the hit detection doesn't always work, and it doesn't even feature the major songs from Dirty Dancing.

[Mister Jack]

I will probably feel dumb when I get the answer, but what's EBA?

[Commander Shepard]

I will probably feel dumb when I get the answer, but what's EBA?

Elite Beat Agents

[Mister Jack]

Oh, duh. I even owned that game. Sheesh, I was right to say I'd feel dumb.

[Cyber Rat]

How is Dante's Inferno a licensed video game?

 

On topic:

[Mister Jack]

Ok maybe Dante's Inferno is cheating a bit since the work is in the public domain, but it was in the spirit of the thread so let's give him a little slack.

 

And for my next example...:

 

 

I find the opening scene about the "worst games countdown" to be enraging in its obliviousness to its own irony...

[c hoertjes]

Ok maybe Dante's Inferno is cheating a bit since the work is in the public domain, but it was in the spirit of the thread so let's give him a little slack.

 

And for my next example...:

 

 

I find the opening scene about the "worst games countdown" to be enraging in its obliviousness to its own irony...

Oh my God, this is fucking amaaaaaaazing. :lol:

[Mister Jack]

Level 2 is a donut shop and the boss is a giant donut. Level 3 is a bar and the boss is an Elvis impersonator. The last boss is some kind of...fucking....cube of jelly or somethi---WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WAYNE'S WORLD?!

[Cyber Rat]

So... Wayne's World takes place in the worst video game of all time?

[Mister Jack]

So... Wayne's World takes place in the worst video game of all time?

 

[Commander Shepard]

Monty Python. A series and collection of movies that drew many people into English comedy and television. It spawned quite a number of games, but would you ever consider Monty Python's Flying Circus to be a platformer?

 

[HotChops]

Level 2 is a donut shop and the boss is a giant donut. Level 3 is a bar and the boss is an Elvis impersonator. The last boss is some kind of...fucking....cube of jelly or somethi---WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WAYNE'S WORLD?!

 

I think that was supposed to be Zantar the Gelatinous Cube from Noah's Arcade.

 

We don't need to dig too much to find the most absurd licensed games. What about Lego Rock Band?

[Mister Jack]

You could say Lego anything, really, but then people will tell you that you hate fun.

[TheMightyEthan]

Well he's right that they don't need the lego license, the fun factor is kind of beside the point.

[Mister Jack]

I think a Lego video game kinda defeats the point of Legos.

[Bouchart]

I think a Lego video game kinda defeats the point of Legos.

 

I know what you mean. I remember as a kid having these big tubs of Lego Blocks. Moving stuff around on a screen would not have been the same.

[slithy toves]

so.... i remember playing home alone II on my sega and having it be soooooo tits.

[Mister Jack]

Home Alone 1 was kinda fun because I liked rigging houses with traps, even though in retrospect it wasn't that great of a game. Home Alone 2, though...what do you do with that?

[Commander Shepard]

Have Kevin run around a hotel and powerslide into "enemies" to defeat them, while gathering random items and avoiding flying suitcases, all while waiting for an elevator to take you to the next level!