Terrible games inspired by movies

Every now and then an awesome movie releases that captures the hearts and minds of critics and fans alike, unfortunately sometimes it’s followed by a crappy cash-in video game.

In no particular order, because they are all terrible, here is a list of the worst movie to video game adaptations I have ever experienced.

James Cameron’s Avatar The Video Game

December 2009 – PS3, Xbox 360, PC
60 on Metacritic

Who doesn’t love the movie? Not only did it usher in the future of 3D cinemas, it was one of the highest grossing movies of all time. Now the game is another story.

I remember being so hyped for this game – it made the front cover of local magazines, trailers were everywhere; it was pure excitement.

And what a disaster – just as the Na’vi’s home was destroyed so were my hopes for this game. Beautiful at the time, its repetitive MMO inspired mission and gameplay fell short. The game is great for an hour, then you do the same thing over and over again.

Stiff controls, bland missions, and terrible dialogue made this torture. Metacritic gave it a 60, if it had to be released today it would not hit close to a 35. All style and no substance.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

November 2003 – PS2
38 on Metacritic

An FPS with robots, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cheesy catch-phrases, and more robots – what could go wrong? Well, everything.

This is probably the worst FPS title I ever played. Terrible animations and bland cookie-cutter character models made this game feel like it was made overnight.

From the start, when you first experience walking around with a gun far in front of your body, like you have some mutated elastic arms, it’s just sad. At times it looks like something out of the DOS days.

Clearly someone wanted to make a quick buck. With some Metacritic scores reaching rock-bottom zero, let’s just hope this “won’t be back”.

Charlie’s Angels

July 2003 – GameCube
23 0n Metacritic

I loved the movie, but the Video Game based on Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle was a disaster.

The game featured voice work from the movie’s stars, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Lui, but the acting sounded like a bunch of intoxicated woman ready to pass out.

It promised unique combat but delivered repetition, and the graphics were far from sexy.

This only scored a 23 on Metacritic,which proved this was far from entertaining, and cannot even be considered part of the Charlie Angels series.

Fight Club

November 2004 – Xbox, Ps2
37 on Metacritic

Although a good looking game for its time, Fight Club felt like a cheap Tekken wanna-be knock off, that failed to live up to the movie.

The voice acting sounded like it was recorded on a phone during the filming of the movie and was pasted into the game.

It follows the movie dialogue and plot to the point, but does little in terms of diversity. The gameplay and overall presentation of this game was just bad.

One rule about fight club; don’t play fight club.