The 5 best movie scenes recreated for games

Movies and video games have always had something of a tumultuous relationship. From famous flops of video game movie adaptations to even more famous struggle arrive Make a great movie version of your gameit is rare for two media outlets to agree. That’s why it’s so fun, there are some rare examples of games that try to recreate famous movie scenes while letting the player control the action.

The latest example comes from surprisingly good new indiana jones gamewhich recreates a playable version of the opening Lost Ark Guidebut this is far from the first game to attempt this. Sadly, this trend has become less popular in recent years as game developers have realized how difficult it is to pull off. That didn’t stop us from listing some of our favorite examples.

As a note of caution, we have some important details here. On the one hand, we only considered recreated scenarios that were actually playable; They can’t just be renderings of movie moments. Additionally, we decided to skip entries that were filtered through a different style than the original movie – that’s an overly specific way to approach LEGO games that make really silly re-creations and could easily fill up this list.

Beyond that, here are some of the best (and silliest) gaming attempts to recreate movie scenes, along with brief descriptions of their effects (or effects).

Ethan Hunt infiltrates the CIA

game: Mission: Impossible (1998)

Movie: Mission: Impossible (1996)

How is the playability? To be honest, this one is pretty awesome. Sure, the descent here looks about 1,000 feet longer than in the movie, but it captures the tension masterfully and isn’t afraid of that silly feeling Mission: Impossible Great. Now, I admit this is curvilinearly graded in two ways. First of all, this is a game that runs on the N64 and the original PlayStation, so I take into account the fact that some of the content looks pretty ridiculous. But secondly, as console technology advances, we get fewer and fewer games that let you pull off heists through a laser grid, which, frankly, sucks. So I’m happy that this game is really successful. —Austin Gosling

Shootout at Tony Montana’s Mansion

game: Scarface: The world is yours (2006)

Movie: scarface (1983)

How is the playability? Objectively speaking, Scarface: The world is yours is one of the weirdest games ever created. In addition to having only one combat resource called the Ball, Tony Montana can enter Blind Rage when his Ball Meter is full, and the game is only weird because it’s a sequel to the movie – This, by the way, ends with Tony Montana dying in a hail of bullets. To correct this, the first level of the game is a re-creation of the movie’s ending, and Tony is supposed to die in the crossfire. However, in the video game version, Tony fights his way through his mansion, killing dozens of would-be killers, before escaping and continuing his criminal empire under the player’s control. To be clear, the game isn’t very good, so this level isn’t very good either. But in terms of playable recreations of famous movie scenes, it’s a success. —joint stock company

game: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) and many other Star Wars games

Movie: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

How is the playability? The Battle of Hoth is iconic. It’s one of the greatest movie scenes of all time, a truly epic sci-fi battle that rivaled war movies long before CGI made them both simpler and less believable. So it’s no surprise that it’s the perfect rebuild target for almost any Star Wars game that might be suitable. The best of them come from games like this Star Wars: Battlefrontwhich puts players in control of the outcome and allows them to have any fight they like using scenes from the movie. However, of all truest representations, we believe shadows of empire The closest thing to the real thing, although it’s still far from Luke’s bold actions in the movie. —joint stock company

game: The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005)

Movie: The Hack (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

How is the playability? The Matrix: Path of Neo It’s full of such re-creations, and frankly, none of them actually work, which is less an insult to the game than a testament to the Wachowskis’ original films. Of all the moments in the game’s digitization (to be fair, when the original version took place in The Matrix?), “The Burly Brawl” is the most obvious and shocking. One of the strangest and most spectacular battles The Matrix ReloadedNeo faces hundreds of clones of Agent Smith, which seems like an obvious translation from the video game. Unfortunately, the original was so cool that this version only pales in comparison. On the other hand, this game recreates the battle scenes Merovingian mansion Not bad, mostly because it allows Neo to wield chaotic weapons at will. —joint stock company

Ellen Ripley initiates the Nostromo’s self-destruct sequence

game: Alien: Isolation (2014)

How is the playability? Alien: Isolation Today it is widely regarded as one of the best video games set in the universe of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror series. This reputation is only confirmed by the fact that the game not only perfectly captures the terrifying unpredictability of Alien, but also masterfully recreates two of the most iconic sequences from Scott’s original film. Alien: IsolationDLC expansion, Crew consumables and the last of ustaking place aboard the USCSS Nostromo, stars actors playing the roles of Ellen Ripley or one of her crew members.

Crew consumables The scene following Brett’s death is recreated as the ship’s remaining crew members make a last-ditch effort to expel the creature through the Nostromo’s airlock. the last of us Answer directly after finishing Crew consumablesRipley is forced to activate the ship’s self-destruct sequence and escape before she, too, falls prey to the creature. Both DLCs do an excellent job of recreating two of the alienThe most tense and terrifying moments put players squarely in Ripley’s shoes, testing their “Pfft, I can survive this” arrogance. ——Dusan Egan