quantum of solace letdown

TK421 · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:39

just played the quantum of solace game and the graphics are shocking. i am playing on max and the game looks like it has been out for a couple of years. and this is still retailing at £35. anyone else agree with this?

AHarvey · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:41

Played it on the 360, kind of the same as the film really, both a let down!

TK421 · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:43

not seen the film but anyone else thinking about getting this game DON'T!

n1kunj · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:44

It's capped at 30fps. Whoevers bright idea that was should be shot.

FlukeRogi · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:47

Not played it, but then again it's a movie to game conversion, so I wouldn't be suprised. Price wise, a major highstreet store/net retailer is selling it at £14.99.

Not seen the film either actually (will watch when released on dvd) but opinion between my mates seems drastically split. Seems one of those you either love or hate with no middle ground.

TK421 · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:50

the graphics are grainy and the movement is just years old.

Harrier2569 · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:37

It's a blatent exploit of the 007 license and a low budget title. To give it 5/10 would be generous. To call it $h*7 would be more accurate.

reflux · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:40

It runs the COD4 engine, which didn't exactly look stellar in some places, so no surprise this looks even worse.

vincent1989 · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:44

did you really expect a game based on a film to be anything other than a complete waste of money?

i could count on one hand the number of games based on films that have been any where near worth their cost.

Typhoon · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:47

AHarvey said:
same as the film really, both a let down!

Surely you jest, Thought it was the best Bond movies in a long while. Ceratinly more cerebral than the others, and it helps a lot if you've seen and can remember Casino Royale.

blix · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:47

If only the Goldeneye team could get back together and make a proper sequel.

Shamikebab · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:48

Film to game conversion in let down shocker.

The film was poor. I enjoyed it but it just didn't go anywhere and the plot was non-existent.

reflux · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:49

Ok, let's list good film-to-game conversions:

Goldeneye
Chronicles of Riddick

Any others? They're like hen's teeth

m4cc45 · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:52

Alien vs Predator
Doom
Platoon (C64)
Batman (Amiga)
Resident Evil
Robocop

I'm sure I can think of a few more. Notice though most of the good ones were films based on games rather than games based on films.

M

Shamikebab · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:55

Doom, AvP and Res. Evil were the other way round.

vincent1989 · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:12

reflux said:
Ok, let's list good film-to-game conversions:

Goldeneye
Chronicles of Riddick

Any others? They're like hen's teeth

i thought think the harry potter series of games are done to a reasonable standard, if you like that type of game, i certainly enjoyed 1 and 2 when i was younger and the most recent one (5?) was a decent enough game

KNiVES · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:39

reflux said:
Ok, let's list good film-to-game conversions:

Goldeneye
Chronicles of Riddick

Any others? They're like hen's teeth

Alien versus Predator

An infinitely better FPS than those two.

Elfmeister. · 13 Feb 2009 at 17:07

What do you expect from a game when its made the same people who made the likes of:

Pirates of the Caribbean, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Batman Begins, Robots, Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Athens 2004, Bejging 2008, Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, Buffy: Chaos Bleeds, Harry Potter. (to name a few of there many amazing titles)

Thus add the fact they HAD to get it released before/ around the release of the film for pure marketing reasons.

Rostam · 13 Feb 2009 at 17:23

In my experience 99% of all Games that have been derived from a film have been a total let down.

m4cc45 · 13 Feb 2009 at 18:11

Rostam said:
In my experience 99% of all Games that have been derived from a film have been a total let down.

Well 99% is harsh. If you include films based on games then I'd say it was 50/50. Chronicles of Riddick, for example, was superb. If you go back to the days of the C64/Amiga again there were quite a few titles on those formats from games which were good.

It's just very hit and miss. Any game based on James Bond could be so good. The gadgets, cars, women, etc. it's just that instead of spending time trying to do something new they just go for the bog standard FPS.

M.