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Welcome to Tues Your Own Adventure! Join Jules and James as they take a look at more video games better than the movie they're based on! Avoid the movie, play the game!
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00:01One more time, one more time, one more time.
00:03Hello all of you little demons, Jules here for WhatCulture.com, back again with another
00:07episode of the awesomely named and awfully hosted Choose Your Own Adventure, the weekly
00:11medieval format where I, the crown jewels of WhatCulture.com, take a list chosen by you,
00:16yes you, the person who has unfortunately got a rather nasty ingrown hair on the side
00:20of my head.
00:20How am I?
00:21I've said this before, I'm bold.
00:23God, why?
00:23You've made me bold, why do you also give me ingrown hairs?
00:26That's not fair.
00:27That is not fair.
00:28And yes, it is as painful as it looks, so apologies, you're just going to have to
00:31put up with staring at my third eye over here.
00:34Right, yes you, get to decide what list I dole out to you each and every week.
00:38And this week we have, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, my drum trumpets, as somebody pointed out in
00:42the previous episode, Big Gran, and their suggestion of video games better than the
00:47movie that they're based on.
00:49Now here's the thing, Jess actually did a video very recently that covered this exact
00:53topic.
00:53It was very confusing to see this suggestion come up and then be told by my boss,
00:56we've actually already had this one in the works.
00:58So what I've done is I've done a sequel to this already.
01:01We're doing eight more, baby.
01:03You can't stop this train rolling.
01:05So let's get on with this lovely list, shall we?
01:07As I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are eight more video games better than
01:12the movie they're based on.
01:13And you know the drill by now.
01:15Say hi to me here over in the live chat and pop your suggestions for next week's episode
01:18down in the comments section below.
01:21Now with that in mind, let's get on with this list, shall we?
01:23Number eight, Ratchet and Clank for the PS4.
01:26Now I know what you're probably thinking to yourself, James, that you're probably thinking,
01:30Jules, you absolute pebble-headed idiot.
01:32What are you doing?
01:33Smoking the asbestos again?
01:34Get down from the roof, mate.
01:36I'm pretty sure that Ratchet and Clank was a game for the PS2 and not a movie to begin
01:40with.
01:41Well, you know what, mate?
01:42I know that's what you were thinking, but why don't you suck on some of this?
01:45That's right.
01:46It's the evil finger temple.
01:48It's back, baby.
01:49Because I've got a scheme.
01:50That's right, you've fallen into my trap.
01:53For you see, my dear friend, the Ratchet and Clank video game that dropped on the PS4
01:57wasn't actually a remake of the beloved first game in the series, it was actually a video
02:01game based on a movie of the same name, which itself was based on the original game.
02:06And what an experience it was, offering up beautiful graphics, an astounding dollop of
02:11nostalgia, and some cutscenes ripped from the movie tying things together.
02:15It's just a shame, really, that the movie itself felt rather flat, as despite all of
02:19its flash, never felt like it was really firing on all cylinders.
02:22Thankfully, the movie splices were kept to a minimum so the gameplay could speak for
02:26itself, and reminded the world why this pair of platforming pals are as well regarded as
02:31they are.
02:32I always feel like we've got a kind of Ratchet and Clank vibe going on here, James.
02:36You know what I'm saying?
02:36I'm the wisecracking superhero main star of the show, good looking and all, and you're
02:41just this backpack that I wear, you know?
02:46Number seven, Alien 3.
02:48Now, it's no secret that the third Alien film had something of a troubled production,
02:52with massive changes to its directorial team, a desire for the central cast to exit the franchise
02:57permanently, and of course, the fact that shooting began without an official script in place.
03:02Therefore, it is something of a miracle that Alien 3 was as watchable as it was.
03:07Don't get me wrong, it's still a pretty awful movie, but you know what?
03:10I don't think I could do any better without any script in place, although I do know that
03:15my version of Alien 3 would have actually included a lot more xenomorph dog, and if you
03:20don't know what that is, check it out.
03:21I'm sure that James has put a picture of it up right here, right now.
03:24Look at that.
03:25That is adorably deadly.
03:26Therefore, when it came to the obligatory movie tie-in video game, the bar was set pretty
03:31low, meaning that this project could have just been squirted out with little care and
03:35been considered better by the fanbase.
03:37Yet Alien 3 actually went one step beyond and delivered two amazing games with completely
03:42different vibes for the Genesis and the Snares.
03:45For those of you looking for a highly polished action game with an utterly banging soundtrack,
03:50then the Genesis version was for you, yet if you were looking for more suspense and
03:54scares, then the Snares version capitalised on minimalistic horror.
03:58It's actually impossible to compare these two games as they really did strike different
04:02chords, but when combined, they made that sweet cacophony of screams that I've been told
04:07in space nobody can hear.
04:09Number 6.
04:09Cars the Video Game.
04:11Right, okay, so let's face facts here.
04:13Cars as a movie property is a very, uh, well, greasy one indeed.
04:18In fact, I'm pretty sure that somebody just slapped down a volume of how to market to dummies
04:23for dummies, ya dummy, and then just slapped a picture of Lightning McQueen on top saying
04:28ka-chow, ka-chow, whatever it is he says, ka-pow, ka-peen, ka-been, ka-been, big bang,
04:33ba-zinga-beens.
04:35I don't know, it's a piece of s*** film.
04:37Because boy howdy, this film is just the worst.
04:40It doesn't matter if you thought that the story about a pompous car learning some humility
04:44was a good one, the fact of the matter is that this was the most blatant Disney has
04:48ever been when it came to their desire to unload toys, and lest we not forget, they
04:52made an entire franchise based around toys themselves.
04:56I think it was called, like, a capitalist story or something like that?
04:59I forget.
05:00Everything from the ground up was designed around an item or a playset to be portioned
05:04off and sold to the public, and when coupled with a three-act tale so thin on material a
05:09ghost looked more substantial, made for one of the weakest Pixar films in years.
05:13And yet, the game released alongside this film was actually really decent.
05:18This was down to the fact that with such a generic film to go off and such an easy adaptation
05:22to work with...
05:23Because let me just run the numbers on that one.
05:25Uh, James, uh, let's go to the lab for a second, shall we?
05:27Okay, so we've got, uh, cars, uh, plus game, uh, carry the one, equals...
05:33Cargo Brum Brum Game!
05:36So yeah, the devs were basically handed a home run.
05:38The fact that they went above and beyond to make the drifting feel responsive and the AI challenging
05:43enough to demand your attention really was the icing on a rather oily cake.
05:47Number five, The Mummy Demastered.
05:50Okay, so let's face facts.
05:52The 2017 Tom Cruise starring The Mummy was a bit of a bomb.
05:58In fact, actually, to call it a bomb would actually imply that it had any sort of impact
06:02whatsoever, as this was kind of like a drab sprinkling of confetti.
06:05Wet confetti at that in the back alley of a Tesco's.
06:08And on each part of the confetti, it just had a smad cru...
06:11Smad?
06:12A smad?
06:12I'm smad!
06:14I've gone smad, James!
06:16On each part of the confetti, it just had a sad emoji face on it.
06:21It was a piece of trash.
06:22Things started off poorly with a trailer being released online with a missing audio track,
06:27meaning that all we could hear was Cruise's grunts and groans, something that would indeed
06:30be echoed by the audiences upon watching the final product.
06:33As this was utterly woeful.
06:36It was clear that, much like DC had found out prior, that rushing towards an ensemble
06:40movie in order to launch a cinematic universe was only ever going to end in disaster.
06:45Yet, unlike DC, who had the strength of their characters to pull things back into place,
06:49this horror cinematic universe had, uh...
06:52Tom Cruise chewing scenery and running away from badly animated ghosts?
06:58Yay!
06:59Oh, the two-thumb seals back!
07:00Yay!
07:01Oof oof!
07:02However, while things were looking pretty dire on the film front, The Mummy Demastered,
07:06which was released alongside the film, was truly excellent.
07:09A Metroidvania experience through and through, this game looked as beautiful as it was brutal.
07:14But the best feature by far was that when you died, your body would become possessed,
07:19meaning that you'd need to dispatch this shambling corpse in order to get back your loot.
07:23This, coupled with some exceptional level design, meant that while the film equivalent was drowning,
07:27The Mummy Demastered was riding a huge wave of critical and commercial acclaim.
07:32Number four, The Warriors.
07:34Oh, I absolutely love The Warriors film. I absolutely love it, my friends.
07:39It is a cult classic that most definitely lives up to the second part of that label,
07:44offering up vibrant and over-the-top gangs, a ruthlessly simple plot of get home without being battered,
07:50something that people who live in Gateshead can feel very seen by, and yes, I can say that because I live there.
07:55And of course, the endlessly quotable lines of dialogue.
07:58It is ridiculous, and I love it.
08:00Therefore, I, alongside so many others, were sent into an absolute spin when it was announced that Rockstar of all people
08:06was going to be making a video game adaptation of The Warriors decades after the film's release.
08:11And you know what? It was absolutely stunning.
08:14It captured the magic of the film immediately, presenting a rough and gritty aesthetic that was backed up with hard-hitting and tooth-rattling combat.
08:22Yet, its most surprising touch of brilliance was that the game actually gave us a prequel tale informing players
08:28on how The Warriors got started as they split from, and then defeated, the Destroyers.
08:33It could have been a throwaway prologue, but the devs went above and beyond here,
08:37elevating the entire IP and expanding upon the characters that we knew and loved.
08:42And when you add in all of the hard-hitting combat and a fantastic two-player offering,
08:47this game, oh, it absolutely smacks!
08:50It smacks me!
08:52Number three, Toy Story 2 Buzz Lightyear to the rescue.
08:55Right, okay, I have got something very, very special for you today.
09:00I am bringing back the one-per list.
09:03Alright, I'm letting you know in advance, okay?
09:06All I'm saying is, Toy Story, Andy's mum's bedside drawer.
09:12These two are on a collision course.
09:15But they are being intercepted by the true one-per list, which is me giving an entire entry to James Dowse.
09:21Oh yeah, baby!
09:23Hit it!
09:23What?
09:24Number three, Toy Story 2 Buzz Lightyear to the rescue.
09:27Right, so this game is absolutely fantastic.
09:29I played so much of it as a kid, and when you've got the film, which is a 10 out of 10 film in itself,
09:34from beginning to end, you cry, you laugh, you cry again because Jesse gets, you know, abandoned in that box.
09:40That's not the point.
09:41The game is just even that little tiny bit better because you play as Buzz and you go around all of the locations that were in the film,
09:49you fight the old prospector, you race against RC,
09:53you do everything that you always wanted to do in a Toy Story game,
09:57and then some, it's just absolutely outstanding.
10:00And that's all I've got to say.
10:02Brilliant game.
10:03Well done.
10:04Well done, James.
10:05Well done.
10:05Fantastic performance.
10:08Number two, Dragon Ball Evolution.
10:10So, IGN once called Dragon Ball Evolution for the PSP a piece of trash, a disaster burn to UMD.
10:19And that is some pretty serious accolades, let me tell you.
10:23And yet, and yet, it is still a better, better project than the goddamn silver screen version.
10:33Because I say this with ultimate peace and love, despite this game not being fit to blow my arse on,
10:38it is still better than the abomination that was the DBZE film.
10:42Seriously, if you have never seen it, do yourself a favour and continue to live with the serenity such a choice has befitted you with.
10:48It is genuinely stunning that a project with this amount of content to draw on,
10:53and with this amount of goodwill, failed so spectacularly, butchering beloved characters,
10:58botching what should have been climactic fights, and setting up for a sequel that thankfully never came.
11:03And so, when your fighting game barely works, looks like it was made using assets from the PS2 game A Dog's Life,
11:09and is about as deep as a shallow grave, it is still better than Dragon Ball Evolution that came out in cinemas.
11:20God damn it.
11:21And number one, World War Z.
11:23Now, to say that some were hyped for the release of the World War Z movie was a bit of an understatement,
11:28what with the fanbase themselves forming a towering mass of bodies that were clambering over one another
11:33to see how Max Brooks' phenomenally granular survival guide would be adapted for the big screen.
11:38However, those groans and cries dulled significantly when it turned out that Brad Pitt would helm the project as its lead,
11:44thus confirming that it would be yet another by-the-numbers zombie flick for the popcorn-munching masses.
11:50And lo and behold, upon hitting cinemas, it was clear as day that all the edges had been smoothed off this film,
11:55and an upbeat Deus Ex Machina moment was included, so as not to ever challenge the audience in the slightest.
12:00Therefore, it was a bit strange to see this lukewarm pool of piss be used to baptise a game of the same name in 2019,
12:08six years after the film's release, and even more shocking was the fact that this game was bloody excellent.
12:13Now, to be fair, the game did struggle a bit out of the gate, being compared a lot to Left 4 Dead 2.5,
12:18but then again, that is not exactly what I'd call a criticism,
12:20and thanks to the continued support from the devs and the modding community at large,
12:25they basically kept the game alive and then elevated it again and again and again to the point now
12:29where if you go back and play it today, there's still players online and they're having a great time.
12:33It's so varied, there's so much to do, there's so many relentless enemies to kill and survive.
12:38It's just, it's a very fun game.
12:40And seeing as Back 4 Blood kind of pulled its own kegs down a little bit,
12:45still waiting for that to be rebalanced to be good enough to play and recommend at least,
12:49I'm actually finding myself tempted to go back.
12:52So yeah, it's a good game, based on a pretty, not-so-good movie.
12:56And there we go, my friends, those were 8 more video games better than the movie they were based on.
13:00I hope that you enjoyed that, and please let me know what you thought about it down in the comments section below,
13:05as well as your suggestions for next week's episode.
13:07As always, if you want to chat to me further, you can do so over on Twitter,
13:10at RetroJayWithA0, or you can swing by Live and Let's Dice,
13:13where I do all of my streaming outside of work, and it'd be great to see you over there.
13:17At the moment, I'm going through WWE 2K22,
13:19and we've built a character who is a Jacobean ghost, called Spooky Ghost,
13:24and he is haunting his way to the top in style.
13:27Oh yes.
13:29Yes, but before I go, I do just want to say one more thing.
13:32Hope you're treating yourself with love and respect, my friend,
13:34because you deserve all of the best things in life,
13:36and do not let anything or anyone else tell you otherwise, all right?
13:39You're a massive ledge.
13:40Now go out there and utterly smash it.
13:42Big love to you.
13:44See you next time.
13:45Bye.
13:45Bye.
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