There are enough outstanding paintings that served as the basis for the creation of games. Often, nothing good comes out of trying to turn a movie into a game, but there are examples of really successful adaptations that gamers love.
Now it is more and more difficult to answer what comes first - a game or a movie? About ten years ago this question did not cause difficulties, but now it is closer to the question of the chicken and the egg. A commercially successful movie is more likely to be the basis for a video game, as anyone who understands the movie business will tell you. Most likely, the game will be a failure, but this will not change the trend.
Usually, such games are made "to get rid of." They are secondary, often just another form of merchandise, along with toys, t-shirts, action figures. But from time to time among a bunch of such projects come across high-quality and successful. Some even become classics of the gaming industry. In this list - 5 action games based on movies that you should check out.
Alien: Isolation (2014)
The game incarnations of the brainchild of Ridley Scott and Hans Giger most often came out controversial, unsuccessful, or, simply, none. The slurred 1982 Atari 2600 game that started it all, fan-favourite Alien Trilogy (1996) and Aliens vs. Predator 2, frankly a failure Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013) and more a bunch of projects, most of which have long been forgotten.
Alien: Isolation, released in 2014, proved that the Alien game could be successful. The game was a gift to fans of the franchise who did not accept the third and subsequent films. For them, she restored justice. The plot of Alien: Isolation takes place 15 years after the first part of Alien. Ripley's daughter tries to survive on a spaceship, where she is accompanied by a xenomorph.
Themes from the original film's soundtrack, similar aesthetics, survivale, the atmosphere of claustrophobic horror - this makes Isolation a worthy successor to the 1979 tape.
Mad Max (2015)
"Mad Max: Fury Road" is one of the most famous movie series revivals. Released in 2015, the game only confirmed this triumph.
surround him again Australian post-apocalyptic desert and rust.
The game can hardly be called a masterpiece, it's just not bad. But road atmosphere and adrenaline adventure helped her gain a strong fanbase.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)
With games based on Tolkien's worlds, it's always hard to say what is the basis - books or films. "Shadow of War" absorbed much of both branches of the Middle-earth universe.
The costumes, location design and styling are clearly came from the Peter Jackson tapes, but many of the characters, events, and locations are taken directly from the books.
"Shadow of War" continuation of the "Shadows of Mordor" released 3 years before it. From there, heroes migrated into it. The player finds himself back in time before the events of the Jackson trilogy and, together with Talion and Celebrimbor, travels behind enemy lines.
Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
The first game where you had to escape from Jason Voorhees came out back in 1985 and was not successful. Friday the 13th for the NES (1988) was a flop. And here the 2017 project was much more fortunate, despite the process of development and subsequent maintenance complicated by courts and scandals.
The game was first released digitally, soon a physical edition for consoles appeared, and in 2019 the project reached Switch. Worthy of special attention asymmetric cooperative in an open world for 8 players: 7 victims and Jason. Unfortunately, due to author conflicts and copyright issues since development, in November 2020 the servers were disabled. Fortunately, the P2P option is still available and is even supported by the developers.
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena (2009)
Assault on Dark Athena is a remake of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Cove (2004), seamlessly flowing into its sequel. "The escape…" kept everything for which I fell in love with the last part, having done competent work on the mistakes along the way.
Close interweaving with the plot of films, participation in the Vin Diesel project, memorable action - it is not surprising that The game has found its fans.
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