147
rate

Will Terminator: Salvation buck the bad 'movie game' trend?

February 24, 2009 in News comments 12

Movies often don't make a very good transition to video games, but Terminator Salvation is actually a prequel to the movie and features a pretty cool post-apocalyptic world as a setting. It looks like this one might be a good movie-to-game to keep an eye on.

herdon via examiner.com »
Favourite this article Add source
| More
Report!
News story attached to:

Comments

Register as a member to subscribe comments.
  • 0
    Coi Cki Feb 24, 09
    I'll believe it when I see it.

    If the devs know what they're doing, and aren't forced to rush the game out, it MIGHT be good, but we'll see, won't we.

    My expectations for the game are quite low at the moment, so who knows, I might be pleasantly surprised.
  • 0
    Gutter_Tech Feb 24, 09
    it has the right environment and a cool story, but i too will believe it when i see it.
  • 0
    Blaze Feb 24, 09
    A trailer would really satisfy the soul.
  • 0
    The Omega Feb 25, 09
    Terminator 3: The Redemption was a great movie game, so not sure why this new Terminator game would be surprisingly good. Hell, T2: The Arcade Game was also a great game.
    • 0
      Blaze Feb 25, 09
      Kung Fu Panda, based off the movie beat Dead Space for a award, so movie games might be becoming better all of a sudden.
      • 1
        Raziel_326 Feb 25, 09
        Kung Fu Panda only won an award for best game ANIMATION, nothing more.
        • 0
          Blaze Feb 25, 09
          Yes, I'm aware of that fact.
        • 0
          Tiger of Wu Feb 25, 09
          So movie games are getting better because Kung-Fu panda was well animated, even though the rest of it was trash?

          Great logic.
  • 0
    Blaze Feb 25, 09
    Hehe, that includes this Terminator, and WALL-E which was a runner up.
    • 0
      Tiger of Wu Feb 25, 09
      A runner-up... for animation. Not for being a good game. But for being well animated (no surprise since it was done by Pixar).
      • 0
        Blaze Feb 25, 09
        I hate Pixar anyway.

        I mean, if a game can get awards and money from good animation, everyone will steal that type of animation and all good ideas will be all companies ideas.

        Good point though, gameplay is more important but the fil already gives you the storyline.
        • 0
          Tiger of Wu Feb 25, 09
          That isn't how animation in gaming works, but whatever. The point is anything can be well animated and still be a steaming pile of dung, as Kung Fu Panda demonstrates. It's not just gameplay either, it's also how they implement the story into the game. Enter the Matrix, for example, was based on The Matrix but you played from the perspective of side-characters doing things other then what's in the movies. If they make it exactly like the film then there's nothing new, which is boring. If it diverts too much then it's too different and most probably uninteresting. Kung Fu Panda was pretty much playing the film in a very crappy way. Good for a three year old maybe, but in terms of an overall package it was horrid, so using it as an example for movie games getting better is absurd.

This news story is archived and is closed to comments now.