It's a book!
No, it's a movie!
No, it's a videogame!
No, it's a SUPER-FRANCHISE!!!
It's becoming more and more common these days. A story starts out in its precarious print form--whether that be a book, comic or graphic novel. Then it gets a following, usually underground in a "sleeper hit" kind of way. And then someone in Hollywood stumbles on it, decides to introduce it to the mainstream and SHAZAM there's a 90+ minute feature film (or 8 hours if your name starts with "Lord of the Rings"). The videogames industry, always looking for a quick buck to get a profit, is never far behind.
It's happened with Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Fantastic 4... any super-hero/epic adventure story you can think of that was released as a movie in the past 4-5 years is probably a videogame by now, and chances are it's not a very good game.
The buyer must be very wary of videogame movies. Although they're usually visually appealing because they're fashioned after the movie's setting, they suffer from other flaws like clunky controls and repetitive, uninteresting gameplay. There are some exceptions to the rule (i.e. Goldeneye for the N64 was an amazingly exceptional game, as was Lion King for the SNES. More recently though, I've heard The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Xbox) and Scarface (PS2) were decent).
So beware the movie-game. And those silly games based on Nickelodeon cartoons. Most are mediocre at best, and for the genres they inhabit (usually platform/action, adventure, racing) have a non-Nickelodeon-themed game that's much better.
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