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[Soma2035]

i would say playing a harry potter game is rather nerdy, Plus i dont see why you would want to there all rushed and poorly developed, as was every single star wars game.

 

 

 

They could of all been so much better but releaseing them at the same time they hit the movies was silly.

 

 

 

Star Wars Battlefront was the cats pyjamas.

 

Exactly. Both of them were excellent. There was like a total of three bugs for Battlefront and i have found none for BF 2. Battlefront owns.

 

 

 

You didn't play Battlefront 2 enough then. It was still an awesome game, but it was filled with bugs.

 

 

 

On the other hand, you have Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy for the DS where the levels are impossible 50% of the time thanks to the camera glitching up and locking you into an area + stopping you from moving out of it, and half of the "secret" items being impossible to reach. :wall: Probably the worst video game I've ever bought, beating out HMDS.

 

 

 

In any case, I think it has to do with the fact that books based on games tend to suck. There are definitely exceptions, as I recall the MTG books being fairly decent. However, especially with most of today's games, they lack enough story substance to really write a book on. Look at Runescape for example. If you base a story off your character's adventure, it's really kind of... depressing, to say the least. You went on a vital mission to stop a great demon from taking over Varrock. You're constantly told the demon is getting stronger and stronger. Somehow, you get killed by the demon.

 

 

 

Guess what? You come to life and go back and kill the demon. Meanwhile, the hero's personality is inconsistent at best, breaking the 4th wall at worst. Trying to save the Stone of Jas from Lucien... guess what? There's no chance of success at all. No matter how fast you finish the quest, you get there just in time to see him leaving with it. Or, you could be slow as heck, even killed several times during the quest... and you still get there just in time.

 

 

 

Runescape lacks sufficient story substance to build a book on, as do many other games. However, people try to write books anyways, without coming up with original content for the book. It sounds like the author of the Runescape novel did not make this mistake, as I've heard good things about it, but this reputation remains, hence, books based on video and computer games are typically considered subpar.

 

 

 

Also, keep in mind that Runescape is usually already considered nerdy, even by some who play it...

[Zaaps1]

Every video game based off a book/movie is fail. Sorry, you just can't recreate it to fit gaming.