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Will there ever be a good video game to film adaptation? Yes

With news of Metal Gear Solid, Assassin's Creed and Deus Ex: Human Revolution all making their way to the big screen it's worth wondering if they'll be... good.

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nrvalleytime4239d ago

Judge Dredd 3D has %100 on Rotten Tomatoes right now.

No really.

GrahamGolden4239d ago

huh?

dredd is a comic character not a video game chara

jony_dols4239d ago

Not a video game but I saw it on Saturday, and I have to say that it's pretty awesome! Karl Urban tearing shit up!

pr0digyZA4239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

Rotten tomatoes puts 100% as a place holder when it only has good scores that will then get less as the "rotten reviews" start coming in close to release (end September).

Edit: in fact I see two rotten reviews are now in, dropping it to 95%.

I enjoyed the film good action, although it felt like I was watching a not as good raid: redemption.

nrvalleytime4239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

He was once in a video game. He counts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I didn't even think of where he appeared first, so I can definitely understand the confusion. Sorry about that.

And they actually don't put placeholders at all. Films don't get rated until at least five reviews appear, then they're aggregated based on reviews from there.

vortis4239d ago

Karl is cool but his helmet in the movie looks too big. He also looks really small in that outfit.

I wish we could have had a younger, badass Stallone in his outfit from the 95' flick in this newer movie. Stallone really did look kickbutt in that movie.

hardcorehippiez4239d ago

judge dredd a character in the 2000ad comics. he was a comic character first . there were games but the comic came first so not a good comparison to use . a lot of comics have turned out to be good film / series. as for games a few were decent but the majority are crap to be honest. I think metal gear solid has potential as does god of war and halo.

pr0digyZA4237d ago

"Films don't get rated until at least five reviews appear"

? Go look at looper at the time of writing it had 20 reviews (all tomatoes) and is sitting at 100% but underneath that it says average is 86% as this is the actual score but they arent putting it up until nearer till release.

ninjahunter4239d ago

Mass effect the movie!
An anime about Mr.Vega...
Faith in man kind is waining.

GrahamGolden4239d ago

metal gear is also announced now
if KOJIMA has somethin to do with the movie and co op with the director then it might work

BitbyDeath4239d ago

Silent Hill is good imo.
First Mortal Kombat wasn't bad either.
Resident Evil while not true to the story is enjoyable.
Oh and Hitman was pretty entertaining.

I'd say yes, can't wait to see Silent Hill 2 this year

MrChow6664239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

I agree silent hill is the best adaptation to this date

AREoUoSERIOUS4239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

I think it is only possible for games that doesn't involve fighting like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. I feel that even though there are people that know how to do martial arts, making a movie with the game characters unique fighting style can never be done right. Thats why i perfer animation videos over real life movies because the fight scenes are always better.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai190d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske190d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid190d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot190d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno190d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot190d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface189d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot189d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69190d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake201d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga201d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx201d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga201d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9201d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler201d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666201d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52201d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott200d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52200d ago (Edited 200d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara190d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52201d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner200d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52200d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster201d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot201d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster200d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned201d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9201d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1201d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster200d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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