Carnage of ZTGD writes: Watchmen has been touted as the most celebrated graphic novel of all time, and while the videogame won't quit reach that height it can still be a lot of fun. Operating as a standard beat-em up in the old days of videogames would have gotten the game lost in a sea of clones, but today it actually makes it stand out as something most gamers will enjoy playing if for nothing else than the classic style. When Watchmen fans heard a game was being made to go along with the movie most of them probably cringed, but rest assured Watchmen: The End is Nigh doesn't touch the original story in any damaging way and actually helps to expand the already rich universe of the Watchmen.
Pros
+ Tight controls
+ Slick graphics
+ More Watchmen plot development
Cons
- Relatively high price
- Kind of short
- Way too many similar looking areas
Warner Brother's DC Entertainment has been known for putting out (mostly) consistent content for years, and that includes forays into video games. Given that DC focuses a lot more on their solo characters, particularly Batman, Superman and Green Lantern, than Marvel does, its no wonder that DC has had an easier time adapting their IP's to other trans-media proprieties. While Marvel's team movie effort The Avengers has proven wildly successful, DC's Dark Knight trilogy, recent Man of Steel film and the entire animated universe helmed by DC animation veteran Bruce Timm has defined an era of superhero cartoons and direct-to-dvd animated features.
Man, DC Comics hasn't had great luck with games, has it? They had to resort to a few pretty average games to fill out the list.
Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons revealed that he was paid a hefty sum to be a consultant on the critically-panned Watchmen: The End Is Nigh game even though he wasn’t heavily involved. Gibbons also says the game is not canon, and because of that, he was actually fine with liking and disliking parts of the game.
"A brawler? Are you serious? As a game developer you look at the Watchmen movie / graphic novel and think “Hmmm that would totally go good with a fighting game, but since Dr. Manhattan would own everybody lets make it a brawler with Rorschach and Nite Owl!” Screw you Deadline Games!" - FirstDropShow
Well, *as* a brawler, it was decent. And had better graphics than most downloadable games. And don't forget, most games take longer to make than most movies, so movie games are always rushed.
That said... yeah, it wasn't worthy of the source material.
