Terminator salvation[ Game ]

[=sw=warlord]

Anyone noticed the Terminator salvation game?
http://files.filefront.com/Terminator+Salvation+Cinematic+Trailer+HD/;13532840;/fileinfo.html

Me thinks me is going to need to buy this when it comes out.
anyone got any info on this?

[Con]

it's probably just going to be another crappy movie game. Don't be so quick to decide on a game after all you've seen is some pre-rendered trailer.

[=sw=warlord]

it's probably just going to be another crappy movie game. Don't be so quick to decide on a game after all you've seen is some pre-rendered trailer.
i was thinking more long the lines of them using the cry engine, afterall they are licencing the cryengine out now.

[Mr Buckshot]

The Quantum of Solace video game used the awesome COD4 engine, yet it came out as mediocre (not a terrible game, but best suited only for diehard 007 fans). Using a good engine doesn't necessarily mean a good game.

Movie-tie-in video games flop most of time (with very few exceptions like Goldeneye and Chronicles of Riddick), so not really interested. However, I am quite interested in the Terminator Salvation movie (with Christian Bale and future setting and all) - can't wait for that to release.

[jngrow]

Well, because they weren't able to use Christian Bale's likeliness, and just from the look of the trailer, it seems less concerned with just making the movie game and more of making a good Terminator game once and for all. That's just what I'm hoping though.

[343guiltymc]

Where did it say they were making it for the cryengine? All the screenshots of the game shows the game looking like shit both in gameplay and graphics.

[Mr Buckshot]

^agreed. Well I don't think the graphics were shit, but they said the game was for PS3 and the graphics look more like PS2.

[Jean-Luc]

While I do agree the graphics look a little bit half-assed for the CryEngine, it'll be interesting to see if this one can manage a little bit of originality and entertainment, rather than being sucked in by the evil machinations of Hollywood's need to make $$.

Can't say I'm too hopeful however. Like Buckshot said, there are very few video games based on movies that actually work.

[343guiltymc]

Well, if the game's gameplay is crap you would think they would cover up the mediocre gameplay with some shiny graphics. From what I read from the preview in last month's issue of PC gamer, it's nothing more than a another Gears clone.

[Mr Buckshot]

While I do agree the graphics look a little bit half-assed for the CryEngine, it'll be interesting to see if this one can manage a little bit of originality and entertainment, rather than being sucked in by the evil machinations of Hollywood's need to make $$.

Can't say I'm too hopeful however. Like Buckshot said, there are very few video games based on movies that actually work.

to add to that, it seems like the movie-based games that do work well like Goldeneye are released quite some time after the movie (e.g. Goldeneye movie was in 1995, game was in 1997 - two whole years window), which means there was more time and effort put into them to make them good. Movie-tie-in games that are released at the same time as the movie (e.g. Iron Man, fantastic 4) pretty much all flop because they're probably rushed and thus released with major problems that the developers chose to ignore.

[sdavis117]

The issue with most movie based games is that they try to follow the movie's story to the letter. Well guess what, it is a story made for a movie, not a game. The best movie based games are those that either only base their stories roughly on the movie, or those that are based on Movies that could actually work for games.

Luckily though Terminator Salvation has some hope because 1) A war between man and machine-that-wants-to-kill-man is perfect for videogames, as long as they 2) take a slight detour from the movie.

[Masterz1337]

Well, if the game's gameplay is crap you would think they would cover up the mediocre gameplay with some shiny graphics. From what I read from the preview in last month's issue of PC gamer, it's nothing more than a another Gears clone.
Whats wrong with that? :-D. Sounds awesome to me.