Another Top 10 WORST Games Based on Movies

This game is a perfect representation of the film... if you throw the movie into a garbage disposal and collect the pieces after they’ve rotted in a pile of sewage. The exciting visuals. The entertaining characters. The memorable scenes. Yeah, you won’t find any of that here, at least, not the PS ONE version, the PC one at least tries to looks and plays like a video game. We’re... not quite sure what this is. We think it’s supposed to be Leeloo? Oh man, get a multipass out of here! Quick!

It’s one thing to produce a bad game, but to produce a bad game for children? What should’ve been a game that would pull children into a fantastical universe ended up being yet another poorly put together movie based title. It doesn’t matter what version you play, you are guaranteed to be subjected to a glitchy mess with bad camera angles and a hodgepodge of gameplay ideas. Worst of all, the game is confusing, with an disorganized combination of the book and the movie with no clear explanation of what’s going on.

What even is this game? A quick Wikipedia search tells us that this game is loosely based on the two movies. Ah, we see now. That’s the All Valley Karate Tournament, that’s Johnny, now we’re in Okinawa, now we’re in the middle of that raging typhoon, that’s the festival and Kumiko’s being held hostage by Chozen... yep, it’s obvious now, we were confused because LJN’s terrible at making video games. Then again, can we really call this a game when you can beat it in ten minutes? We’re not exaggerating.

Now we know that this is loosely based on the film, but shouldn’t the main plot revolve around the film at least a little? Granted, the film had enough plots shoehorned in, so maybe the developers wanted to prevent that, but between Kingpin and Harry Osborn’s merger, retconning Max Dillon, and a slew of other random plotlines... we’d say they failed. On top of that, there’s all kinds of glitches, repetitive missions, and... wait, isn’t that the same hostage as before? Also... where’s Gwen? Oh... well sure, but she’s supposed to... nevermind.

The first rule of Fight Club? Don’t play the Fight Club video game. Why isn’t that stated in the rules? Because we’re not supposed to talk about it. This game is five years late to the party since most movie games are released, you know, around the release of the movie? You play an original character who joins Fight Club after breaking up with his girlfriend, only Fight Club is looking rather... uninspiring. Boring music, lackluster gameplay, bland characters... there are much better fighting games out there. But hey! You can unlock Fred Durst! ... you’re not even looking at the video now are you?

Random Superman villains have spawned into Metropolis and it’s up to you to stop them, oh, and occasionally, Lex Luthor will show up via cutscene to remind you that this is supposed to be based on the movie. Gotta tie it in somehow, right? The real disappointment is that this game could’ve been good! An open world where you fly around as Superman and level up his powers? That should’ve been great! But Metropolis is mediocre, the fights are repetitive, and the voice acting is about as bland as the final boss, and yes, we’re referring to that tornado.

We’re sorry, we thought we were playing a game based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, you know, that fun, entertaining, gem of a movie? This absolutely cannot be based on that... right? You know, at this point, we know that LJN is garbage, but this? This looped music that sounds like a dying cat. These lovely shades of puke green and dirt brown. The yawn-inducing gameplay followed by badly controlled bumper cars... sorry, driving. We can only imagine how heartbroken a kid had to be when they stuck this into their NES.

Announced back in 2008, we anxiously waited for this title after countless delays and plenty of controversy. But we still hoped for the best, reserved our copies, FINALLY brought them home in 2013 and... really wish Ripley would’ve come along to tell this bitch to get away from us. Supposedly taking place after the third movie, the only thing worse than the plotholes is the gameplay. There’s more bugs to deal with then actual enemies... which maaaaay be better than the incompetent excuse for A.I. and what attempts to be multiplayer. There’s a reason why this was cancelled for the Wii U.

Since Street Fighter was already the pinnacle of fighting games at the time, there were already MUCH BETTER versions of it out there. So why did we need this game to be released? Simple: characters portrayed by live action actors. Yes, you can FINALLY live the unrealized Mortal Kombat dream of playing as Jean-Claude Van Damme in a video game! The best part? The arcade version had Akuma on the roster. He wasn’t even in the movie! At least the console version looks, plays, and sounds better -- we can only listen to that busted Imperial March track for so long.
Before we get to our number one flop, let’s check out these honorable mentions:

“Ghostbusters” (1988)

“The Wizard Of Oz” (1993)

“Saw” (2009)

All the things we’ve complained about in regards to movie games? This single title embodies ALL of them. Terrible graphics that pale in comparison to the graphics of the time? Check. Hilariously bad acting? Well... does that count when the developers used voice clips from the movie? As for the gameplay... it’s not just bad, it doesn’t even fit the kind of game we want! Seriously, who wants a Rambo rail shooter?! We want to BE RAMBO! Well... not this Rambo, because this Rambo sucks. This game drew first blood and it definitely suffered the consequences.
Do you agree with our list? We’re scared to ask, but... are there any other bad movie games that we missed? For more feature film worthy top tens published everyday, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.