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A good movie game?
 by nilcam on 05.09.2008      12 comments




I love me some Speed Racer. I grew up on it and it was the first anime that I was a fan of, despite not knowing it was anime at the time. That said, I have little-to-no desire to see the movie. Anyway, after reading some reviews of the DS game which stated that it was the love child of F-Zero and Burnout, I decided to give it a go. It is as described. The graphics are beautiful, the races are fast and furious and the anime feel is there. The "car-fu" is very cool and the tracks are basically roller coaster rides. The cars control rather well and the jumps and stunts are breath taking.

The game has a few basic modes: WRL (Grand Prix), Arcade and multi-card multi-player. Of course, Grand Prix is the main mode. Each GP is 3 races and the player is awarded points based on the ranking in each race. Executing stunts and beating down other racers gains fans which, in turn, unlocks new racers, cars, paint jobs and challenges. Arcade is the same as WRL except it's a single, drop-in race; this mode is perfect for handhelds.

Great job, Virtuos. This is a great racer and easily the best on the DS. It's also the best movie game I've ever played.

Tonight, my wife and I finally watched Brokeback Mountain. It was heart-wrenchingly sad and rivals 5 cm/s as the saddest movie I've ever seen. Ang Lee is a master film maker.

There are 12 comments about this post:
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
Mxyzptlk says:
(# 0) on 05/09/2008 23:05
You've obviously never played The Warriors then. :)
taumpytears's Destructoid Blog
taumpytears says:
(# 1) on 05/09/2008 23:27
Do you want a Broke Back Mountain game?
Gantz's Destructoid Blog
Gantz says:
(# 2) on 05/09/2008 23:35
Something about Broke Back and 5 Centimeters?
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
Y0j1mb0 says:
(# 3) on 05/09/2008 23:47
You haven't played Chronicles of Riddick either.. :)
unangbangkay's Destructoid Blog
unangbangkay says:
(# 4) on 05/10/2008 00:16
I'll second The Warriors. I'd also suggest The Bourne Conspiracy given my Pre-Review of the demo, but technically it's not a movie tie-in.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/unangbangkay/the-bourne-conspiracy-a-full-review-before-the-game-even-releases-call-it-an-exclusive--85392.phtml
Wedge's Destructoid Blog
Wedge says:
(# 5) on 05/10/2008 00:27
The Warriors is great, but that's not exactly the same as a current movie having a game put on schedule to sell with the movie. It is fucking incredible though. Riddick is a separate entity from any of the movies as well.

I don't think I could play anything related to the movie though, the obscene futuristic cg colourfest just offends my senses too much.
Jetsetlemming's Destructoid Blog
Jetsetlemming says:
(# 6) on 05/10/2008 00:47
Chronicles of Riddick, and Van Helsing are the only two good movie games I've played. Van Helsing is a competent Devil May Cry clone, it works well. Follows the plot and scenery of the movie, too, with some extras (obviously).
nilcam's Destructoid Blog
nilcam says:
(# 7) on 05/10/2008 06:32
I've not played any of those movie games. The Warriors didn't look that interesting to me; Van Helsing was sooo incredibly bad that I didn't even consider the game; and I don't play FPS games or own an Xbox, so Riddick was never considered.

The only genre I feel the DS is lacking in is over-the-top, cartoony racing. Mario Kart DS was good, but this is better.

Brokeback game? Considering nothing happens in the movie, I'll pass.
Snoopbob2006's Destructoid Blog
Snoopbob2006 says:
(# 8) on 05/10/2008 08:59
Star wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace was epic on ps1
Shin Oni's Destructoid Blog
Shin Oni says:
(# 9) on 05/10/2008 10:30
You haven't played the first spider man on the PS2 apparently.

and nice to know 5 Cm/s is good. Cause I plan to pick that up soon.
nilcam's Destructoid Blog
nilcam says:
(# 10) on 05/10/2008 16:13
I have played the first Spider-Man game on Gamecube and it was fun. I just find most movie games to be complete garbage. Speed Racer DS completely shattered my expectations. I thought the Wii version would be good but expected the DS version to be lacking.
The-Excel's Destructoid Blog
The-Excel says:
(# 11) on 05/10/2008 21:49
Nice ending.

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