Franchises are the brands that are represented in LEGO Dimensions. Each franchise has its own Adventure World, and all after Year 2 have a Battle Arena. Warner Bros. and TT Games have announced that more franchises are scheduled to be added to the game, with launches spanning from now to early 2018, and most of the in-game content being introduced through digitally downloaded updates. There are a total of 30 franchises altogetherShooting on the long-awaited Justice League – Part 1 officially begins in under two months.Director Zack Snyder has revealed that he is already hard at work on pre-production of the DC Comics movie in London, ahead of its first shooting date on April 11.Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller and Jason Momoa unite as DC's hero team when filming begins at the Warner Bros Leavesden studios."The idea that we could begin to boot up a Justice League concept was a cool thing," Snyder told Entertainment Weekly."It was a little bit of an 'about time' moment, and I don't blame [the studio] for feeling that way, because it's a long time coming."
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Alien Isolation is one of the best movie-related games I’ve played in a long time! I haven’t completed it yet but I’ve only got a couple of missions left and I’m sure my view on it will stay the same by then. Before buying it I was a bit apprehensive as I heard it got repetitive, had poor save point locations, and was too long. But for me I don’t agree with none of these issues (from what I’ve played so far). I’m a big fan of the Alien films and it connects with the original movies so well. The graphics are really good, with the lighting effects and the music and sounds creating a creepy atmosphere. The makers of the game have clearly put a lot of effort into it and makes you feel like you’re in the movie. Definitely recommend it, especially if you’re a fan of the films. matt_swan (PSN ID)/swan89 (NN ID) If I’m being honest my answer to this would be Batman: Arkham Asylum or City but I thought that would be the same for a lot of people, so I thought I would choose another superhero game.
Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 2. I was the best superhero game I had played at the time, as I remember being astounded by how much fun it was to swing around New York. The combat was quite good too and the main missions were interesting. I don’t think I would enjoy it as much if I played it now, as I’m sure the combat would now be classed as poor and the side missions were repetitive. But it was excellent for it’s time. It was the first game I rented and then purchased afterwards. Unfortunately Spider-Man went from being my favourite game franchises to my least favourite with the appalling Spider-Man 3, which showed that Activision couldn’t pull off the same quality twice (I think it was a different developer). Truk_Kurt (PSN ID)/Angry_Kurt (Twitter) GC: It depends what version you were playing, Black Ops maker Treyarch worked on both but Vicarious Visions did the last gen versions of Spider-Man 3. Nobody does it better Looks like I will be talking about GoldenEye 007 for two Hot Topics in a row.
OK, it has aged pretty badly now but there is no disputing GoldenEye is the game that showed that a decent game can be made from a film license. Perfect Dark (and TimeSplitters) also proved that the concept of GoldenEye worked even without the licence. My mum however disagrees, as I could never convince her to try Perfect Dark because of, and I quote, ‘the stupid woman in it’. Mum completed GoldenEye on Secret Agent and had made a decent attempt at 00 Agent too, even including the caverns level which was one of the hardest. She however would never have touched it without the Bond license, and has since been uninterested in gaming outside of Zoo Keeper. In more recent times Batman: Arkham Asylum was great and is one of the very best games in the Metrovania mould. I found Arkham City to be disjointed by comparison and have no interest in Arkham Origins or Arkham Knight. Lego Marvel Super Heroes was also excellent and easily my favourite game in the Lego series. And of course Telltale’s The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us were both great, even though I had no previous knowledge of the licences.
I think licenses are being used far better nowadays than they used to and have had a lot of good games come from them. I tend not to buy a game based on the licence but instead based on what reviewers have said about the quality of the game itself. (I do however admit to occasional, regrettable, Star Wars shaped weaknesses). The first Lego Star Wars title is a standout licensed game for me because it actually bettered its licence. I found the Star Wars prequels mostly dull and charmless but the Lego game of them was a revelation. Endlessly funny and inventive, the developer Traveller’s Tales achieved the impossible by making me like those rubbish films more thanks to the quality and infectious magic of their game. The Lego game template is a bit tired these days but Lego Star Wars: The Video Game was the title that inspired all those other brick based movie tie-ins. The only part of the game I remember not liking was a tricky pod race section which I kept on getting wrong.
Thinking about future Lego games based on movies can be torturous because many more violent franchises can never be used. Lego Aliens for example, how cool would that be? Sampling environments from the first three films (I quite like Alien 3) would suit the Lego game template perfectly. In truth my favourite licensed games is the Batman: Arkham series, I even liked Arkham Origins and don’t mind the Batmobile sections in Arkham Knight that much. But I’m assuming that lots of people will be championing Rocksteady’s series so I thought I’d sing the praises of one of my childhood favourites: Toy Story by Travellers Tales (Mega Drive and SNES). The game closely follows the events of the first Toy Story movie and pretty much every level utilised a different style of gameplay. Some levels were platform sections, with Woody using his pull string to swing across gaps, another saw Buzz and Woody trying to stealthily sneak into Pizza Planet without getting caught. There was also a driving section (brilliantly named Da-Toy-Na), and a first person level which had Woody trying to rescue three-eyed alien toys from the inner workings of the claw machine.
If memory serves me right then the last level had Buzz trying to fly into the sun roof of Andy’s car, in a (admittedly very primitive) version of NiGHTS Into Dreams. Although most of its ideas were ‘borrowed’ from other, more successful, and probably better games, it remains one of my favourite games of all time. With a running time of around an hour it managed contain more variety than you would get in umpteen hours of playing Destiny. When I dusted down my old Mega Drive last year and found the cartridge no longer worked I was even more upset than I was when Andy gave away his toys at the end of the third movie. Now if you excuse me, there’s something in my eye (sob sob). My favourite licensed video game was the original Spider-Man on the PS one, developed by Neversoft. Had a decent story and the combat was a lot of fun. Also had a lot of references to the Marvel universe. Also have to mention the game based on the TV show Alias on the PlayStation 2, a decent third person action/stealth game with a fun lock-picking mini-game.
Surprisingly the first licensed video game that came to mind was Action Biker on the Commodore 64. I barely remember the KP Skips advert from where the Clumsy Colin main character came, but I used to spend countless hours on that game. The only instructions I had were two or three lines from the cassette inlay and I was only nine or 10 years old at the time, so the difficulty was punishing. The game involves finding items scattered around an isometric map, as you drive your bike with patience and precision being the order of the day. The game also had a time limit, and although I can’t remember exactly how long it was, I always felt under intense pressure. At the time I thought the graphics were amazing, although I’m sure many would laugh now. Throw in a Rob Hubbard soundtrack and you have yourself a classic, and often unfairly forgotten game. Perhaps though these things are best left as beautiful memories of those who played them at the time, and not ruined by retrospective looks back.
I don’t believe the licence made any difference whatsoever to me but I do remember the cover art being something that would draw me in. In my mind I always link Skips with the game so I guess job done as far as the commercial aspect of the licensing is concerned. Catch up on every previous Games Inbox here Thanks for using my Hot Topic. There’s loads of licensed games that I’ve played over the years, but for me there’s three that I favour. Predator: Concrete Jungle on PlayStation 2. It was a dream game when it was first announced, I mean a game that let you be the ultimate hunter. Using gadgets and stealth camo as you stalked and took on all sorts. Then there was The Punisher, also on PlayStation 2. This game captured the true nature of one of comic’s hardmen. The way you can scare bad guys to breaking point to get info, then just kill them with various ways was excellent. Then Deadpool on Xbox 360. This was pure comedy and a different view to typical superhero/anti-hero.