What Happened To Movie Tie-In Games??? | The Rise And Fall Of Licensed Games

[@BIZARECHAOS]

Nice knowing I’m not the only one who enjoyed these games and miss them.

[@james1557]

Tie in games were a big part of my childhood. The Lego games were always fun, and it’s a shame that things like them don’t have a big play in gaming today

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

I miss when Lego games were fun now the new ones are boring & bad The last time I enjoyed a Lego game was Lego marvel superheroes 1 don’t buy the second game waste of money

[@mallymcally]

Was just talkin w my friend ab this, miss those days. Shrek 2 was my favorite😪 Very well done video man.

[@JoFoAKAForteen]

Order of the Phoenix is indeed a piece of art

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Ehhh Chamber of Secrets PS2 and PC were better. But OoTP was still a good HP game.

[@jpk9902]

Kind of boring gameplay wise. But hearing Hedwig's Theme and being able to explore a castle that is very faithful to the movie version was quite amazing. Half Blood Prince was more or less the same game, but maybe with better gameplay (I can't remember for sure lol).

[@toml1889]

The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game is also an under appreciated gem

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Whether it's PS1, PS2 or PC, that's a fact.

[@jpk9902]

Open world movie tie in games were a rarity that's for sure

[@madcamdisease]

Yes. Prisoner of Azkaban is up there too

[@henryloble-dott72]

Golden eye was... well... GOLD

[@jpk9902]

For better or worse, there was nothing like movie tie-in games. Playing as characters from the movie, lots of times voiced by the same actors in the movie, and hearing the music from the movie play in the background, even for the shittiest movie tie-in game was a crazy experience. It's a shame that they faded away

[@vientris]

Tasm 1 will forever amaze me

[@RIPY4MS]

Deserve more subs 💯

[@Sabebebebe5]

Ikr

[@gambit8912]

Imagine a Freddy vs Jason movie tie-in game it probably would have came out the same year in 2003, how freaking cool would that be.

[@adriaespona4504]

Really good video! Imma gonna head out and subscribe and hit the like button.

[@jessemelancholy]

Great video!!!

[@jonvandyke2920]

The transformers movie games were my favorite growing up.

[@jessemelancholy]

Tmnt 2007 😍😍😍

[@Rotodojo-yf9sq]

It's a shame that the 8th generation of gaming basically *abandoned* license games, but from how it's looking we have some new license games announced for the 9th generation like Bethesda's Indiana Jones, I.O. Interative's Project 007, Ubisoft's Open World Star Wars, Warner Brothers Montreal's Gotham Knights and many more. In a way you could say license games are making a comeback.

[@peterlewis2178]

While I'm really excited for these games, and glad that studios are seeing the value in them, we've still basically lost the genre of licensed adaptation games. No matter how good these games are, there's always going to be an itch that I just can't scratch. I want to PLAY Harry Potter or Star Wars, not just play a game set in the same world, but actually play the stories I fell in love with, as the characters I fell in love with. I want to see full-blown adaptations in video-game form instead of just spin-offs, made with passion and an acceptable budget. But, unfortunately, the major studios still don't see that market, and perhaps never will.

[@doomshill110]

Glad to see zeek get a shoutout. I remember having the tmnt 2007 game on my ds as a kid

[@jcav9410]

Man, I came here because last night I was playing Spider-Man 3 on Wii - I know, horrible graphical optimization (It was released like six months within the Wii's lifespan and still there was no graphical benchmark reference such as Super Mario Galaxy or Metroid Prime 3 that could truly show off the Wii's graphical power) but it was 5 bucks and I actually love the motion controls - 2007 was truly a year to behold for licensed games. And I have a theory why there were so many licensed games particulary on that year: It was a time of transition! The Xbox 360 was already a year old and many developers were familiar with the technology, but there were a lot of folks that still owned PlayStation 2 (Sony was planning on stretching its support until the PS3 became affordable) - and then there was the phenomenon of the Wii sandwiched in between as an unorthodox "experience over interface" system that made many devs justify porting PS2 assets and tack on motion controls. So this was the panorama: Easy to develop next gen systems (360 and Wii) plus a still supported last generation system with a large install base (PS2), Nintendo's always profitable handheld systems (GBA, DS) and one basically a lower-spec'd brother to the one with the large install base (PSP). And then the summer of 2007's movie lineup with superhero (Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four 2, TMNT), fantasy (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), animation (The Simpsons and Ratatouille) and that looming juggernaut of mindless summer blockbuster fun named Transformers proved to be one hell of a cash fountain.

[@osharpey7293]

Does anyone know the song playing at 2:45?

[@unblockablz]

It’s the nutcracker ballet’s theme

[@unblockablz]

Don’t ask how I know

[@Robert-tl2vg]

3:45 doesn’t look too great compared to Doom and Wolfenstein? Are you from an alternate universe or something?

[@sensiblegear6049]

Cant forget lord of the rings two towers and return of the king, and the third age . Also Scarface the game was absolutely amazing . The last good movie games were lord of the rings lego in 2012 and friday the 13th in 2017 :(

[@therealmovieman]

Lord of the rings the two towers and return of the king were great at the time picked them up recently for xbox and still ok. I remember Masters of the universe, A view to a kill, Super Star Wars trilogy too

[@Kanye19998YT]

Almost 2 years ago

[@Deliveredmean42]

Most of the license games went straight to cheap mobile phone games. For the most part those are based on popular mobile cash grab games tropes at the time.

[@itisnotreallythatimportant]

Most of the movie licensed games that I played are all from the psp good times.

[@Jeandiel_LJD]

Ben 10: Protector of Earth if fucking HEEEEAAAATTTT!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@unblockablz]

All I had on my ps2 was lord of the rings and bionicle

[@andykure1525]

You did slightly mention them, but what about the lego games?

[@andykure1525]

@@scarabyt complete saga of StarWars?

[@kaidengallagher4685]

Wouldn't say it's dead it still gets lots of sells

[@tgkthebawse]

I'm only slightly disappointed that you didn't mention anime games like the Dragon Ball Budokai games. By GOD they were absolute masterpieces.

[@IkeReviews]

Meanwhile we get a dbz game every other year

[@thomasschnettler6063]

I'd say that a part of these games' demise is because of the general change in how games are developed. Read the big long article about the Tomb Raider franchise's development and how it explains the way that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness turned out so badly because mainstream big-budget games could no longer be developed by a small team of like 20 people without any sort of schedule. Well... I'd say that falls into the so-called "underdog energy" of these licensed games as well. There's very little "underdog energy" in today's game industry PERIOD. I'll bet that many of these early PS2 licensed games were outsourced to small studios that only had 30 people on staff and they had two games in development at once. That worked back in 2001-2007, but with today's standards it just isn't possible. There's no way that they could make high end modern 3D models on that small of a budget with that few people. Also, the programming is much more complex nowadays. They need more people and more money to make games that are up to today's standards. If the makers of a movie or TV show don't have that kind of money, then it's just not doable.

[@alexc.8482]

6:54 I think the world needs a Hit and Run remaster more, not a Phoenix Order one... Because we are already waiting for its spiritual remaster: Hogwarts Legacy.

[@kaidengallagher4685]

The game isn't out yet

[@mouseking8468]

The scooby doo PC games SLAPPED

[@mouseking8468]

You got slippery scoobed ;)

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Nah, Chamber of Secrets on PS2 was better than OoTP. Still a good game, loved Wizards Chess and movie-faithful Hogwarts, but Chamber just had more freedom and better exploration.

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

11:44 this was so bad I made a review on how much I hated it worst thing I’ve ever played. 12:59 you’re not the only want to grow up in that generation I did too and I loved it yes they were disappointing ones but I had the best luck ever Spiderman 1 2 so on. I would love to see more ninja turtle games, more Spiderman all platform games, more Star Wars games I have so many to talk about I could be here forever. I did get one wish come true goldeneye 64 Remastered yes Not a remake 100% Remastered all I need to do now is just download it

[@JoFoAKAForteen]

I truly don't see why you would think Marvel's Avengers is a cashgrab... it really is trying to do its own thing and I truly think it being a live service is good, because all the important content added post-launch will be free, also I've seen the footage from the beta and people say it plays better than it looks. That being said, I still liked the video anyways, good job mate.

[@higginsghost]

Maybe instead of doing all that free post launch content, they could just put it in the game?

[@JoFoAKAForteen]

@@higginsghost I think that's a way of keeping the community alive and waiting for more

[@lewis821]

João Pedro Fortes or they could just give players that content to start with, and give them a whole experience.

[@JoFoAKAForteen]

@@lewis821 I think that's a way of keeping the community alive and waiting for more

[@MarcoMYB]

This comment didn’t age well

[@higginsghost]

Over the years, many gay genres have come and gone

[@sng3939]

Lmao I’m so glad there’s no more movie tie in games

[@sageninja7260]

Why you bugging?

[@allstupidmamechannels4473]

But I Love Shitty and Mixed Good License Tit-in Games or Trash Nobody wants Remastered No One I want to be Never EVER Port and Released on Modern Console Ever Again No More Port and Remastered Game just i just want it to be Dead and Forgotten And Stay in the Original Games from the Past Forever Forever and Forever

[@geggy310]

um, what?

[@kaidengallagher4685]

Joe you always look like you just came out of a shower

[@lewis821]

It’s the sheer amount of sweat he amasses from his copious amounts of gaming.

[@Sabebebebe5]

@@lewis821 lol

[@NotJames2007]

Why does everyone hate Avengers, don't use the excuse that the MCU is a thing or Spider-man ps4, don't compare it, just look at it as an actual game

[@guiltyhxc]

Buggy as hell, you can only play the story once, caring too much about multiplayer instead the actual story, which is poorly written, mechanics are boring and the art style is nothing but ugly, it gives complete uncanny valley vibes. And don't get me started on Spider-Man

[@spider-jonah-man7148]

It’s super repetitive. The missions are all the same.

[@NotJames2007]

@@spider-jonah-man7148 thats every boss fight in Spider-Man, you do the same action like 5 times and yoy win

[@spider-jonah-man7148]

@@NotJames2007 no not really. In the shocker fight you wait you dodge and wait for an opening in the rhino fight you lure him under a crane and then pull it down, and the doc ock fight you dodge debris and throw them back before transitioning to a brawl on the side of a building. And even if the bosses were repetitive which they are not, that’s not all the game has to offer. There’s stealth missions chase missions and different set pieces like fighting on a truck or taking down a helicopter. It’s constantly switching things up with new gameplay and interesting locations. Avengers can’t even HOPE to compare.

[@yourfatboy5359]

Imo tasm 1 movie game was decent, tasm 2 on the other hand..........