Rocky Balboa is something of an oddity. A boxing game on the PSP isn't anything too extraordinary, but a movie licensed game available only for the Sony handheld isn't something you see every day. The general rule for licensed video games is that they must appear on every platform that's currently available, generally resulting in an average game on all fronts. While the movie surprised everyone and turned out to be entertaining against the odds, has Rocky's video game comeback been helped or hindered by only appearing on the PSP?
gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Movie tie-in games have a reputation for being notoriously bad and shoddy, doing both a disservice to the original film and videogames as a medium. More often than not the movies that get adapted into videogames are high octane, action-oriented summer blockbusters and the aim is simply to extract as much money from the market as possible. Realistically no one expects games based on trashy films such as Catwoman, The Cat in the Hat, or Eragon to be good in the first place, but what about games based on films that have garnered recognition for the highest award in cinema?"
"Rocky Balboa is a mixed bag of sorts; it's visually impressive and starts out promising, but the frustrating controls hold back what could have been an excellent little homage to the Italian Stallion." The Games Cabin
Which action star has the worst video games to his name? Let's take a sorta, kinda scientific look!
