Mini Manifesto

I’m sick and tired of this ridiculous notion that just because a movie is coming out that a video game can be made about it. These games tend to be poorly made, poorly designed, with poor art, lousy controls, and simplistic plot and gameplay. The primary reason for this is that the person who plans on making the most money on a film feels that they can bank on the hype of the movie and decide to go for more. They give money to a low-level cheap game company and also give them an unrealistic release date, ninety-nine percent of the time near when the movie premiere. These companies in turn throw out a piece of junk to the public filling our new release shelves with so much crap that a gem of a game is buried beneath al the filth.
In the past few years I have seen 300 6, X-men 3: Last Stand 6, The Matrix Trilogy 6, Star Wars Episode III 6, Transformers 6, and Spider-man 3 just to name a few movies and I have seen each of there counter-parts: 300 for PSP, X-men 3: Last stand, Enter the Matrix, Lord of the Rings series, Star Wars Episode III, Transformers: The video game, and Spider-man 3: The video game. Although the movies are of both good and bad quality, none of the games scored higher than a 6.6 out of 10 and anyone who has ever been to school knows that that is a D or less average. What is the remedy? The remedy is these game companies growing a spine.
Accept the job but on the demands that you won’t release the game unless it is for sure to be good or at least playable. If every game company agreed to not settle for less than an acceptable game then a higher degree of excellence will be expected from these companies and better games will be made portraying our favorite movies better. Then the ones who pay to have these game companies make these games will understand that to have a game come out with the movie it must be started when or even before the movie starts being produced. In the end, a better gaming experience will be had for everyone and they will be one step even closer to feeling like their favorite hero.