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Top 10: Video Games That Would Make Great Movies…If Done Right
10. Prototype
-Gore is always a good thing and Prototype is full of it! You get to cut people in half and then absorb them!!! The CGI that it would take to make the suit and its weapons would look pretty cool too, like an organic version of the T1000. The awesome action would be balanced with the potentially interesting story of the main character trying to discover his past. Plus, he would fly around and I’m never against that!
9. Death and Return of Superman
-One of the best Sega games and the best Superman game, which sadly isn’t saying much. The real story is dark and tragic but amazing and rich! Multiple Super…men try to fill the void and this struggle would make for an entertaining cartoon/movie. Best part is the story isn’t voiced by losers Stephen Baldwin and Anne Heche! Or was it Adam Baldwin… Either way it just couldn’t be worse.

8. Ultimate Alliance
-The movie is coming soon; but, what will unite Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance? I think the story
from the second game is a good start! I would just prefer not to see the predictable aliens or
everyone vs. Hulk….Wait this game had aliens…dammit! The reason I suggest this is more to
the hopes that more established characters would be in the movie, I hate Wolverine now but I
would still like to see him in this movie.
7. Ghost Busters
-Ghost Busters franchise was made 20 years ago and yet this game takes place 2 years after
it. The essence of Ghost Busters was shockingly preserved like it was in carbonite, these guys
still have and I want it! Ok so the game itself wasn’t as fun as watching the movies. The best
part is that even though the technology does evolve during the course of the game it still looks
McGuyvered by Egon.
6. Fallout
-Once again the main aspect of this game that makes it so great is that it’s free roam, which can’t be translated into a movie very well. The saving grace for this choice is the incredible story that has you emerging from a fallout shelter into a nuclear wasteland which is full of interesting
locations and characters; A major city in the game is a repurposed naval battleship and inside you can find ghouls! An interesting irony is that this story set in a distant future which emulates the 1950s.
5. Warcraft
-This movie has been in the works forever but it’s on this list because it’s not a movie yet!
It’s the story we have all seen before, a bunch of people get together and oppress another race and said race must band together under one leader and achieve freedom. The characters of this story are similar to Lord of the Rings in that one side has Human races while the other side of the
battle has humanoid races, but the “bad guys” aren’t really bad and they’re actually not drones.

Hopefully Blizzard will acknowledge the Horde this time, unlike the South Park episode…

4. Assassins creed
-Assassins Cree not only gave us a new way to view our ancestor’s memories it also introduced
new interpretation to religious historical truths. The story opens your mind to new ideas and
gives us something to debate, I find myself preferring what was presented in Assassins Creed
instead of what I read in the Bible. To make it better the games are building to a conclusion with
the 2012 event.

3. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- The Force Unleashed is an awesome game that was something new instead of the Clone Wars period that Lucas is drowning us in! While lacking the plot twists of usual Star Wars stories this game was still full of faced paced action, astonishing character development, and the inevitable
good vs. evil. Did I mention lightsabers? On top of all that awesome, The Force Unleashed was exactly that; unleashing the Force! Pushing Stormtroopers through walls is very satisfying and would translate very well to the big screen.
2. Uncharted
-Uncharted 2 was practically already a movie thanks to its full utilization of the PS3’s raw power. The graphics in Uncharted 2 were breath taking and incredibly varied! The music was unique and very fitting to each scene and emotion. Of course the characters were deep and quite
ranging…oh and the two chicks are sexy! Imagine the rich story to be a combination of Indiana
Jones, James Bond, and Rambo. The best part is how long the story is, it could easily be a 2 to 3
hour movie and no one would be bored.

1. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
-What?! 2 Star Wars games in this list? Yes, I’m a nerd and KOTOR was a no brainer for me.
Knights of the Old Republic was a perfect Star Wars story and was infinitely better than the
crap we were subjected to these past several years. Knights had everything from learning the
Force to building a lightsaber to a love interest to OMG WHAT THE FUCK OMG I JUST
SHIT MY PANTS plot twists. Unlike Force Unleashed, Knights had a unique soundtrack that
captured the essence of Star Wars without eluding the infamous trilogy’s established music.
The best part is that it’s set an even longer time ago in which it doesn’t matter how futuristic
it seems anything can happen because everyone forgets everything after a millennia or two.

Honorable Mentions: Halo, Infamous, Arkham Asylum, God of War, Red Dead Redemption,
and any of the Pierce Brosnan Bond games because they’re all better than his Bond
movies…well except Goldeneye of course! I didn’t a lot of games because I probably never
played them. If I missed any then please let me know with some angry comments, or you could
be nice and just add to my list.

Stay tuned for my list on Movies That Should Be Games…if done correctly.

I come here, writing to you as a very sad guy.

In March I wrote a preview for the video game Prototype, blowing it up and licking its balls thinking it would be an awesome and revolutionary game.  You can check out that old article on Prototype HERE.

I finally got my chance to play the game and after mere minutes of playing Prototype on the Xbox 360 I was sadden by the weak effects, and graphics.  Buildings getting destroyed, explosions etc. looked like the old effects on a playstation 2.  I almost wanted to throw my controller at the screen… “FUCKING WEAK” was the best way I could describe it.  Other games on the 360 have looked 100 times better in the animation and graphics, and this game is getting advertising and viral marketing like fucking madness!  Usually in the video game world when a game gets a shitload of marketing dollars than its something new or groudbreaking or even similar to old titles but still tweaked to be cool.

Prototype does not fit these categories…

If youve ever played Spiderman 2 for the PS2 then youve pretty much played Prototype.  Its like taking guts of the Spiderman 2 game and using it for Prototype, except heightening the violence and changing the story. It has no real great gameplay mechanics… the term “clunky” fits best.  The fighting is repetitive and gets old quick, even with “special abilities” but definitely looks cool when you slice a dude in half.

Like MANY games before it you start off having to earn all your abilities and play levels to gain “EP” to buy all of your moves.  The moves are exciting to get and work awesome on regular ol folks but on any tough enemies or “bosses” you end up button mashing and not even developing much of a strategy.

Youve got your regular storyline levels and then side missions.. like usual..

All in all the game mechanics and game engine are NOTHING revolutionary, and the graphics are far from the best ive seen, but the premise of having super abilities with no restrictions and uber violence is appealing and satisfing after a shitty day.  Consume people, slice them in half, crush em, smash em… let it all out.  You have super powers in an open grand theft auto-like world and that idea is AWESOME, but not executed very well.

My diagnosis… Its worth a rental, but NOT a purchase.  NO online play, no multiplayer, and gets repetitive. My earlier preview was flawed and I built it up waaaay to high, so I some-what blame myself, but check it out yourself and let me know in the comments.