Favorite Licensed Games

[Vyk]

That Wolvering Origins game was pretty fun. Though it still bastardized the source material, I don't consider it quite as much of an affront as the movie it was based on

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I'm going to go ahead and say my favorite licensed game is probably Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse on the SNES. I just have a lot of really fond memories playing that game. Really a bunch of the SNES and Genesis Disney titles were just fantastic.

[Wolf Kanno]

Capcom's take on Disney Properties back in the NES days are all pretty solid.

I actually liked the 2D style Naruto fighting games, though not as nuanced as traditional 2D fighters they were all still really decent and they honestly improved in quality until they went for full 3D.

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse for the SNES was by far one of the better X-Men games back in the day and somewhat redeemed the awful NES entry. Maximum Carnage was also a great beat-em up though the follow up Separation Anxiety game was a cheap sequel.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Hell Yeah!

[Freya]

Shut up. I loved it.

[Shaibana]

I avoid any game thats from a movie, and the other way around. becaus they usually suck.
the only tv game from a tv show ive played is a Naruto game

ooh that reminds me, I once had a game from the movie The Golden Compass. i won it together with a boardgame and a few things more

[Vyk]

I will say Lord of the Rings: War in the North is one of the best co-op experiences I've ever had

And the KotOR games are some of the best role-playing experiences I've ever had

But I don't think either of those are in the spirit of this thread. They're based on a mythology, not really based directly on a specific movie. They both took the mythos and carved out their own path. Rather successfullly, too

On that note, Baldur's Gate is a D&D lisenced series

And also on that note, the Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone game was pretty stellar for a random action game. Not a bad story

[Bolivar]

My favorite licensed game was The Godfather for PS2 and various consoles. It had fun and fluid third person shooter gameplay, great open world mechanics, an awesome intimidation system and an addictive takeover/domination metagame. It was also one of the few games to integrate motion controls (both Wii remote and PS3 Sixaxis) into traditional gameplay in an astonshingly successful way.

They respected the source material by creating an original story that runs parallel and sometimes intersects with the film, inserting your character into certain scenes without disrupting them. Having James Caan and Robert Duvalle reprising their roles with both voice and mocap helped a lot as well.

Tying everything together was just a spot on rendition of Coppola's New York City, from the buildings and the cars down to the clothes and hair styles. They nailed every aspect a video game possibly could and the use of the musical score made it an almost surreal experience to play.

[Rez09]

Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 on the PS2 and Dark Souls on the DS are both great licensed fighting games, though the former feels a lot more 'party'ish than the latter. I actually bought a 4-player adapter for my PS2 for Blade Battlers, and it was a big hit in the dorms.

[Mo-Nercy]

Don't forget this awesome game