I wonder how seriously game enthusiasts take film critics when
they review game adaptations.
Not exact matches
There's a reason more established directors stay away — Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) saw his reputation permanently dinged by the box - office failure of Prince of Persia, a Disney
adaptation of a famed platform
game, while Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) took on the mighty task of adapting Warcraft to the screen and was greeted by punishing
reviews for his years of work.
Reviews were negative, and the idea of video
game adaptations quickly dropped.
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review: Can Dwayne Johnson and co. break the curse of the video
game to movie
adaptation?
However, I'm not here to
review the video
game, as there are many other sites for that, I'm here to
review this movie
adaptation.
Twenty - eight
game adaptations have been
reviewed on the website Rotten Tomatoes and not one has reached over a fifty per cent fresh rating.
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Launched in 2017 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita from developer and publisher Dotemu, Ys Origin quickly earned high
review scores and fan praise for its authentic
adaptation to current
gamers.
Mike Flanagan «s
adaptation of Stephen King's novel Gerald's
Game was released by Netflix last Friday to rave
reviews, with many critics calling it one...
Although the franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video
game - to - movie
adaptation, the Resident Evil franchise attracted mostly negative
reviews throughout its six - film run.
For JRPG fans: Try Bandai Entertainment's manga
adaptation and spin - off mini-series Tales of the Abyss: Asch the Bloody (
review here), which tells the story of the
game from the point of view of its misguided anti-hero.
Reviewing a video
game adaptation of Monopoly is different from a regular
review because I can't really
review the
game itself; I'm not about to critique the mechanics of a cardboard classic that's been around since 1935.
Along with the announcement a couple of weeks ago that Tom Hardy was still attached to Splinter Cell, Variety announced that Ubisoft will work with Jake Gyllenhaal to produce and star in an
adaptation of their latest
game The Division, which has become one of their fastest - selling titles [read our
review of it here].
As the majority of critics will never have played an Uncharted
game in their life, their
reviews will undoubtedly be coloured by their memories of the good Dr. Jones (the closest cinematic analogue) which, combined with the almost universally negative perception of video
game movie
adaptations that already exists, could severely limit the film's box office success.
Check out this
review of the Koei Tecmo and Omega Force's second console
game adaptation of Attack on Titan.
For more on Firewatch, be sure to check out our previous coverage on how the Firewatch free - roam update was recently released for the PS4 and PC, learn more about how Campo Santo's beloved Firewatch is getting a theater
adaptation, and read our initial
review of Firewatch if you've yet to experience the
game for yourself just yet.
Although the franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video
game - to - movie
adaptation, the Resident Evil franchise attracted mostly negative
reviews throughout its six - film run.
Check out this
review of Bandai Namco's video
game adaptation of The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia.