Video game adaptations of films were often quite bad, as I think we all know. I did a list highlighting the exceptions to this rule, but now I think it's time to list some movie video games that were bad despite being based off of movies that were good or great. Proof that success in one medium doesn't always translate to success in another.
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A collection of James Bond's greatest hits in video game form. What could go wrong? Oh, right. THAT.
While the original 300 movie attracted some amount of controversy at the time of its release and after, its still generally considered an excellent sword-and-sandals action film, and one of the better movies to come from Zack Snyder. The tie-in game though? Almost no one likes it.
All of the different versions of this game got their share of negative reviews, but special mention goes to the Gameboy Color version, which had the overall worst reviews.
Unless you're up for something that is EXTREMELY primitive and simplistic, you're better off skipping this and just watching the movie again instead (or playing Alien: Isolation, that works too).
One of the greatest Batman movies ever made, and also one of the greatest animated superhero movies ever made. And it gave us the Batman video game with THE LOWEST score on Metacritic. Yes, even worse than the infamous Batman: Dark Tomorrow.
This is admittedly a case where calling the movie "great" would be a serious stretch, but the movie's mixed/lukewarm reception looks great compared to how the tie-in game fared.
Granted, the movie itself actually didn't get great reviews at the time either, but the difference is that it managed to get a cult following and is now generally considered a solid sequel to the first Blade movie.
The Coppola movie is generally considered one of the more faithful adaptations of the Dracula novel, and is also a favorite of mine personally. The Dracula/Mina love story may not have been to everyone's tastes, but I'd imagine even the film's harsher critics would still admit it's better than the ill-advised Gameboy and Sega video game adaptations that it got. The NES version fared better, but still not great.
The movie won Best Picture. The game meanwhile, got negative reviews from almost everyone (except Edge and PC Gamer anyway).
Suffice to say, not all movies make good video game material.
