So the general consensus is that games adapted from films are bad. The only exception to this unwritten law is considered to have been Spider man, simply because who the hell doesn't want to swing around building to building in a free roam sandbox game? It has never been done before, and that why people ate it up. But for me however, one game that also breaks this rule is Jaws Unleashed, and boy let me explain.
Ok so Jaws Unleashed was released in 2006 and was licenced from the motion picture from 1975 a.k.a my favorite movie.The game is a free roam sandbox game set on and in the waters of Amity Island. Here comes the best part, you do not play as a boat, trying to find the shark (which you did play as in the original game for Nintendo...we will not get into that now, possibly next week or in the future) but instead you ARE THE SHARK! WOOHOO!!! And let me tell you, nothing can stand in your way, you fly around underwater, destroying docks and boats, terrifying beaches, and eating EVERYTHING!. Other sharks, dolphins, fish, people, dogs, whales, squids, submarines (yes submarines), nothing can stand up against your awe-inspiring sharky powers!
Oh yea..where is your God now, scuba man?
Ok so all my praise aside, the game is not great, it is filled with glitches, sometimes your massive shark body gets the best of you and turning around can be a severely difficult task, and the graphics are meh. The reason I enjoy the game even with its serious downfalls and boring repetition of eat, eat, eat, swim, swim, swim, Is because it is a homage to my favorite movie. I feel like a lot of these "movie video games" are made are solely for the fans, yes they might not be award winning masterpieces, but to those who love the story they coincide with love them because they love the movie. I feel like games like this let the player "live", for lack of a better term, in the movie, which can give them an experience that goes further than the movie. These games are not enjoyable by everyone, only by those such as me enjoy them because they add to the love and appreciation for the movies that they are adapted from. Us movie fanatics would like to get a game that allows us to step into our favorite movies, and Jaws Unleashed allows me to, be it from the perspective of a twenty foot, bloodthirsty missile with teeth.
If the shark in your blog is a good example of what you see in the game: OUCH! it looks as bad as the shark in the original movie. At least in the original movie you hardly got a chance to look at it.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes: most video games that come form movies are bad... but honest: as much as you may love the film... can you excuse the graphics? Good work!