History Quotes / TheProblemWithLicensedGames

->"What's he [[HeartsAreHealth catching hearts]] for? I suppose it's like in the movie where Lorraine has a crush on Marty. Why isn't he ''avoiding'' the hearts then? Oh, I see. I guess he's catching them in a book or something. It's the most [[LiteralMinded literal interpretation]] of a movie. ''"It's about time, so let's have ''clocks!'' It's about romance, let's have ''hearts!''"'' Was this game designed by a human being?"

'''Noah''': It's clearly not the best ''you'' can do! What would you say if I told you I would rather watch ''Film/StopOrMyMomWillShoot'' '''and''' ''{{Film/Cobra}}'' in a double-feature than watch a single one of your half-hearted, improvised attempts to rack your stupid caveman brain for a witty insult?

->"I mean, it's bad enough that you have ''one'' game based on you, but what about TEN? Is this how you live? I mean, it's every boy's dream! To be in a video game! And then it turns into a fuckin' nightmare!"

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->"Hey, comic books, why don't you stop hopping into that big cold film industry bed and come snuggle up by the fire with games on more permanent basis? You know all ''he'' can offer is ''{{Film/Green Lantern}}s'' and ''{{Film/Catwoman|2004}}s'' and he's just gonna waft you out like a dutch oven the moment you stop making money.\\\
''We'll'' never ask you to change for us! The ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' games will let you have all the dumb villains you can come up with!\\\
Aw, don't be like that, baby, ''{{VideoGame/Superman 64}}'' '''''was YEARS ago!'''''"
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''', ''{{VideoGame/Deadpool}}''
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->''Movies have always been a questionable source for video game adaptations, partly because they have plots and stories, and partly because people in movies don't jump around a lot or pick up power-ups very often.''
-->-- '''Josh "Livestock" Boruff''', ''Website/SomethingAwful''

->''To be frank, most games based on films tend to have the same effect on me as being stuck behind a really slow driver who’s either asleep at the wheel or possibly deceased.''
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/True_Lies_for_Super_Nintendo_1994.aspx on]] ''Film/TrueLies'' for SNES

->''A movie can be action packed, but not in a similar way that works in a video game. The movie ''{{Film/Jaws}}'' is suspenseful and ends with a literal bang, but most of it deals with character interaction, mostly in speech, or watching a slow buildup to a swimmer's death. Ergo why the video game takes on it have you instead [[UnderTheSea swimming and harpooning fish]] or [[VillainProtagonist playing as the shark yourself.]]''
-->--'''Neil Foster''' on ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons: [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/jetsons/jetsons.htm Invasion of the Planet Pirates]]''

->''People loved ''Film/WaynesWorld''. They loved the skit, they loved the movie, so they should have loved the game, right? No. We were tools enough to jerk our pelvises at nearby women and scream, "Schwing!" for a couple years, but [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards weren't tools enough to buy this.]]''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/basedoncrap03.htm The 10 Worst Ideas to Make Nintendo Games About]]"

->''Before [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst's]] sex tape, ''X-Men'' on the Nintendo was the most terrible thing you could do to your TV. And like Fred Durst's sex tape, it starred undersized, underpowered creatures no one could properly control, and only the worst possible people completed it.''
-->--'''Seanbaby''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-loved-as-child-really-arent-that-great/ "Five Things Adults Should Stop Feeling Nostalgia For"]]

->''The movie ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' lost so many millions of dollars that it would have been cheaper and less embarrassing if Creator/KevinCostner spent $110,000,000 hiring crowds of people to watch him cry during sex. While he was filming ''Waterworld'', Music/MCHammer was holding Oakland money eating contests that were more fiscally responsible -- and more watchable. The movie was made into a game for the Super Nintendo; a game that's historically considered less fun than playing with a small pox blanket. It was also released for the UsefulNotes/{{Virtual Boy}}, but wasn't received as well there. In fact, [='=]''Waterworld'' on Virtual Boy' is now how you tell a computer to fuck itself in machine language.''
-->--'''Seanbaby''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-real-video-games-that-were-too-insane-to-release/#ixzz31e2RnmPF "6 Real Video Games Too Insane to Release"]]

->''I don’t think I can hold your suspense on whether this movie is bad. But the real question is ''how'' bad? I gauge the absolute worst on the level of the ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'' NES game which I actually played btw.''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/the-adventures-of-rocky-and-bullwinkle-2000-des-mcanuff/ on]] ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle''

->''Storm is [[UnderTheSea trapped underwater]], seemingly mainly so nobody would have to figure out how to get good controls for a flying character.''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/youre-on-the-global-frequency-spider-man-and-the-x-men-in-arcades-revenge/ Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on ''VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge'', "You're On The Global Frequency"

->'''Chris''': It’s worth noting that there was a video game made of this movie, which I only know because a '[[WithFriendsLikeThese friend]]’ of mine threatened to give it to me for my birthday. Do you think anyone actually played that game?\\
'''David''': The actual first two paragraphs of [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/919823-catwoman/faqs the walkthrough]]:\\\
''"Why are you playing this game? If you have already spent your hard-earned money on the game and insist on beating it, fine, this walkthrough is for you. Otherwise, [[YouCanTurnBack cease and desist now]] and go find another game. You know, one that might actually be fun. ''Catwoman'', the game, is worse than ''Catwoman'', the movie."''
-->-- Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/catwoman-movie-review/ on]] ''Film/Catwoman2004''

->''After all, what is Holmes' hallmark? An eye always open for details, a strong grasp of scientific matters and a mind able to piece seemingly unrelated clues together. Put that into a game, and it translates as: {{pixel hunting}}, [[ViewersAreGeniuses obscure knowledge]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle leaps of logic]] -- not exactly an engaging prospect.''
-->-- '''Johann Walter''', ''Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel'' [[http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17925 review]] on Adventuregamers

->''Somewhere in [[FlyoverCountry a distant land]]\\
Beneath a thousand tons of sand\\
It lay dormant, undisturbed\\
In decade-spanning slumber\\
Its sole composing parts\\
Were [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial Atari plastic carts]]\\
Of staggeringly large and intimidating number\\
It recalled a time unclear\\
Before it had been buried here:\\
A time of flashing lights and noise\\
And wonderful excitement\\
It had been made to entertain\\
But in practice [[SuckinessIsPainful had caused only pain]]\\
And so was exiled to this pit\\
[[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain With nary an indictment]].''
-->--'''Creator/BenCroshaw''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_JW-tBkyFg "It Came From the Desert"]]

->"You know a game's gonna be something special when it's got ''[='=]The Video Game'[='=]'' somewhere in its title."
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_O4K5HQtgo "Top Ten Shittiest Games of 2014"]]

->"I understand that [[TheNineties back then]], if it had a '''face''', they made a frickin' game out of it, but really? ''Series/HomeImprovement:'' '''''THE GAME'''''? I mean, for shit's sake, have some restraint! That's about as good an idea as making a [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]] out of ''Series/SisterSister''."
-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron'''

->'''Spoony:''' Just like [[UsefulNotes/OJSimpson O.J.]], when you're wanted for murder, "Everybody Runs". So that's exactly what I do; beat up a few guys along the way and run for the front door--but door's locked.\\
'''Anderton:''' ''I've got an override card upstairs in the Ready Room.''\\
'''Spoony:''' (sputtering) The alarm goes off, the guy '''locks down the briefing room''' so you can escape out the front door, which is locked. And the key...is in '''[[CutsceneIncompetence THE BRIEFING ROOM]]''', kiss my ass!!
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''VideoGame/MinorityReportEverybodyRuns''

->Let's talk about movie-based games a minute. I'm really the wrong person for these. Any gamer who's been around for a while knows they're usually not the best because they need to be rushed to the market in time for the movie and are kind of soulless. In fact, I don't know how creative types work on them without blowing their brains out, but hey, they exist. But let's pretend we live in a world where they're all great. I still wouldn't want to play most of them. The problem is I've already seen the movie! I know how the game ends! That sucks the life out of it for me. I'd rather play something original. But even if the game based on the movie has an original plot, they're usually ''still'' not going to break the mold too much, because they can't contradict the movie's ''sequel'' later. So you're probably not going to see Earth taken over by lava-men, travel to another dimension, see the hero go back in time... I want something that's not afraid to veer off-course. To be fair, I ''did'' enjoy ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''. That somehow managed to check all the boxes for me, and it might have the best ''Indiana Jones'' storyline, even compared to the ''movies''. Although I haven't seen the ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Crystal Skull]]'' one since everyone said that was terrible, but yeah, ''The Fate of Atlantis'' really holds up. But even then, I haven't played ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', made by the same developer, with the same gameplay as ''Atlantis''. Why ''should'' I? I saw the movie! For me to be interested in a movie-based game, it would have to be an original side-adventure that ''doesn't'' follow the movie, ''and'' I would have to love that movie ''so much'' I'd rather play ''it'' over a more ''original'' game, ''and'' the movie would have to translate well to ''being'' a game, ''and'' the game would have to be great also. ...''Or'' they could just change the title s I don't know what I'm getting myself into. There's always ''that''.
-->-- '''Ross Scott''', ''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon'', ''Requital'' (a video game adaptation of ''Film/TheWolfhound'' that chose the "change the title" option)

[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"The game had a completely fixed deadline, there was no possibility of extension and communications with the American lawyer took ages (I think everything got proposed to either Arnie himself or to some sort of image consultant... either way a simple question like 'can he punch' [[{{Bowdlerise}} took a long time to get answered]])"''
-->--'''[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lastactionhero/lastactionhero.htm Pete Baron]]''', lead developer for ''Film/LastActionHero''

->'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon:''' Where did the idea of Superman going into a virtual world to save his friends come from?\\
'''Eric Caen''' (developer): Political reasons, as the licensor refused to let Superman kick “real” people…\\
'''Jon:''' Why was the decision made to limit the use of Superman’s powers in the game when that is one of the primary draws of the character?\\
'''Eric:''' Again, it wasn’t our decision\\
'''Jon:''' What took up the most development time?\\
'''Eric:''' Politics!!! Approval process! ...I am not allowed to detail what we had to remove, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JHCn3THgGU but it was a lot.]]
-->--''VideoGame/Superman64'' interview (archived by [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/superman/ John Szczepaniak]])
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->"Hey, comic books, why don't you stop hopping into that big cold film industry bed and come snuggle up by the fire with games on more permanent basis? You know all ''he'' can offer is ''{{Film/Green Lantern}}s'' and ''{{Film/Catwoman}}s'' and he's just gonna waft you out like a dutch oven the moment you stop making money.\\\

-->-- Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/catwoman-movie-review/ on]] ''{{Film/Catwoman}}''

-->--'''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' for the NES

->''The movie ''{{Film/Waterworld}}'' lost so many millions of dollars that it would have been cheaper and less embarrassing if Creator/KevinCostner spent $110,000,000 hiring crowds of people to watch him cry during sex. While he was filming ''Waterworld'', Music/MCHammer was holding Oakland money eating contests that were more fiscally responsible -- and more watchable. The movie was made into a game for the Super Nintendo; a game that's historically considered less fun than playing with a small pox blanket. It was also released for the UsefulNotes/{{Virtual Boy}}, but wasn't received as well there. In fact, [='=]''Waterworld'' on Virtual Boy' is now how you tell a computer to fuck itself in machine language.''

->Let's talk about movie-based games a minute. I'm really the wrong person for these. Any gamer who's been around for a while knows they're usually not the best because they need to be rushed to the market in time for the movie and are kind of soulless. In fact, I don't know how creative types work on them without blowing their brains out, but hey, they exist. But let's pretend we live in a world where they're all great. I still wouldn't want to play most of them. The problem is I've already seen the movie! I know how the game ends! That sucks the life out of it for me. I'd rather play something original. But even if the game based on the movie has an original plot, they're usually ''still'' not going to break the mold too much, because they can't contradict the movie's ''sequel'' later. So you're probably not going to see Earth taken over by lava-men, travel to another dimension, see the hero go back in time... I want something that's not afraid to veer off-course. To be fair, I ''did'' enjoy ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''. That somehow managed to check all the boxes for me, and it might have the best ''Indiana Jones'' storyline, even compared to the ''movies''. Although I haven't seen the ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Crystal Skull]]'' one since everyone said that was terrible, but yeah, ''The Fate of Atlantis'' really holds up. But even then, I haven't played ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', made by the same developer, with the same gameplay as ''Atlantis''. Why ''should'' I? I saw the movie! For me to be interested in a movie-based game, it would have to be an original side-adventure that ''doesn't'' follow the movie, ''and'' I would have to love that movie ''so much'' I'd rather play ''it'' over a more ''original'' game, ''and'' the movie would have to translate well to ''being'' a game, ''and'' the game would have to be great also. ...''Or'' they could just change the title so I don't know what I'm getting myself into. There's always ''that''.

-->--''[[{{VideoGame/Superman64}} Superman 64]]'' interview (archived by [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/superman/ John Szczepaniak]])

->''Wrestling and video games have been married together for nearly 35 years. With that being the case, how is it that wrestling games have never seemed to improve since the heyday of the Nintendo 64? Never has that been more true than with WWE 2K20, a game that was [[ObviousBeta so amazingly broken that it boggles ones mind that it was ever released]]. [[SnarkBait The GIFs alone have made it the stuff of legend]]. And just when we thought it couldn’t get worse we learn that on January 1, 2020, [[EpicFail the game simply STOPPED WORKING!]] I’d note that was incredibly slopping programming, but maybe it was just the company’s way of trying to save everyone from such an atrocious game.''

->''Storm is [[KryptoniteFactor trapped underwater]], seemingly mainly so nobody would have to figure out how to get good controls for a flying character.''

'''Noah''': It's clearly not the best ''you'' can do! What would you say if I told you I would rather watch ''Film/StopOrMyMomWillShoot'' '''and''' ''{{Film/Cobra}}'' in a double-feature than watch a single one of your half-hearted, improvised attempts to rack your stupid caveman for a witty insult?

->''"You buy them, though, don't you? Nobody's making you, nobody's standing there with a gun at your head, but you still flock down to the shops and fork out money for the latest dull-witted [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Stallone]] action platformer (except [[AdaptationDyeJob it doesn't have Stallone in it]], because that costs extra, and why bother when the dumb saps will buy a box of dismembered dog's organs [[CoversAlwaysLie as long as it's got the film poster on the box?]]) as soon as you see the nice pretty pictures on the nice glossy advert."''

->''"Game publishers seem to think that having a recognizable brand name will hypnotize players into ignoring bad graphics or nonexistent gameplay. History has repeatedly proven them wrong... Part of the problem is that every dollar spent on acquiring the license is money not put into making a fun game."''

->''"While there's no shortage of video games based on family-friendly films and television properties, many are rushed, subpar products serving as little more than marketing for their respective licenses. Publisher Outright Games--and their development partner Torus Games--seem to be taking the road less traveled, however, [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames delivering an experience that respects its fans as much as its source material]]."''
-->-- '''Matt Cabral''', ''Parents Guide to Video Games'' [[http://www.egmnow.com/walmart-parents-guide-to-video-games-2018/ 2018 issue]], "Play as WesternAnimation/PawPatrol's Day-saving Pups in a New Interactive Adventure: VideoGame/PAWPatrolOnARoll Brings Nick Jr's Canine Hit to Game Consoles"

->''"Hey, comic books, why don't you stop hopping into that big cold film industry bed and come snuggle up by the fire with games on more permanent basis? You know all ''he'' can offer is ''{{Film/Green Lantern}}s'' and ''{{Film/Catwoman}}s'' and he's just gonna waft you out like a dutch oven the moment you stop making money.\\\

Aw, don't be like that, baby, ''{{VideoGame/Superman 64}}'' '''''was YEARS ago!'''''"''

->''"The studios want them to be [[ProductPlacement commercials]], the game designers [[AdaptationDecay haven't seen the movie yet]] and the only people who buy them are confused grandparents [[MyNewGiftIsLame late for a birthday party]]."''

->''"Movies have always been a questionable source for video game adaptations, partly because they have plots and stories, and partly because people in movies don't jump around a lot or pick up power-ups very often."''

->''"To be frank, most games based on films tend to have the same effect on me as being stuck behind a really slow driver who’s either asleep at the wheel or possibly deceased."''

->''"A movie can be action packed, but not in a similar way that works in a video game. The movie ''{{Film/Jaws}}'' is suspenseful and ends with a literal bang, but most of it deals with character interaction, mostly in speech, or watching a slow buildup to a swimmer's death. Ergo why the video game takes on it have you instead [[UnderTheSea swimming and harpooning fish]] or [[VillainProtagonist playing as the shark yourself.]]"''

->''"People loved ''Film/WaynesWorld''. They loved the skit, they loved the movie, so they should have loved the game, right? No. We were tools enough to jerk our pelvises at nearby women and scream, "Schwing!" for a couple years, but [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards weren't tools enough to buy this.]]"''

->''"Before [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst's]] sex tape, ''X-Men'' on the Nintendo was the most terrible thing you could do to your TV. And like Fred Durst's sex tape, it starred undersized, underpowered creatures no one could properly control, and only the worst possible people completed it. "''

->''"The movie ''{{Film/Waterworld}}'' lost so many millions of dollars that it would have been cheaper and less embarrassing if Creator/KevinCostner spent $110,000,000 hiring crowds of people to watch him cry during sex. While he was filming ''Waterworld'', Music/MCHammer was holding Oakland money eating contests that were more fiscally responsible -- and more watchable. The movie was made into a game for the Super Nintendo; a game that's historically considered less fun than playing with a small pox blanket. It was also released for the UsefulNotes/{{Virtual Boy}}, but wasn't received as well there. In fact, [='=]''Waterworld'' on Virtual Boy' is now how you tell a computer to fuck itself in machine language."''

->''"I don’t think I can hold your suspense on whether this movie is bad. But the real question is ''how'' bad? I gauge the absolute worst on the level of the ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'' NES game which I actually played btw."''

->''"It is as though they took two-level demos of five games deemed unworthy of further development, [[DolledUpInstallment reskinned them to include Marvel characters]], and released them as an omnibus. The connections between levels and the five playable superheroes are often tenuous at best. Cyclops is randomly thrown in a [[MinecartMadness mine-cart level]]. Storm is trapped [[UnderTheSea underwater]], seemingly mainly so nobody would have to figure out how to get good controls for a flying character."''

->''"After all, what is Holmes' hallmark? An eye always open for details, a strong grasp of scientific matters and a mind able to piece seemingly unrelated clues together. Put that into a game, and it translates as: {{pixel hunting}}, [[ViewersAreGeniuses obscure knowledge]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle leaps of logic]] -- not exactly an engaging prospect."''

->''"While bad movies often make bad games, it's when a great movie spawns an interactive atrocity when things hit rock bottom."''

->''"Presumably Creator/{{Sega}} took a look at the Famicom catalog and note that games based on cartoons were supposed to be slapdash, generic affairs."''

->''"They don’t make games like this very often anymore, but there’s a good reason for that. Because people wised up about buying licensed games when they were full retail titles. Let’s hope they’re still smart enough to do it when they’re $10."''

->''"Making games was an experimental process in 1989, even more so than today, when so many established formulas have proven successful. Couple that creative spirit with antiquated tech like the then 6-year-old Famicom, and developers had to be imaginative in how they brought movies to life as games. “Imaginative” is putting it gently, in fact. [[WidgetSeries They had to get weird.]]"''

->''"Wrestling and video games have been married together for nearly 35 years. With that being the case, how is it that wrestling games have never seemed to improve since the heyday of the Nintendo 64? Never has that been more true than with WWE 2K20, a game that was [[ObviousBeta so amazingly broken that it boggles ones mind that it was ever released]]. [[SnarkBait The GIFs alone have made it the stuff of legend]]. And just when we thought it couldn’t get worse we learn that on January 1, 2020, [[EpicFail the game simply STOPPED WORKING!]] I’d note that was incredibly slopping programming, but maybe it was just the company’s way of trying to save everyone from such an atrocious game."''
-->-- ''Website/WrestleCrap''

->''"You know a game's [[ThisIsGonnaSuck gonna be something special]] when it's got ''[='=]The Video Game'[='=]'' somewhere in its title."''

->''"What's he [[HeartsAreHealth catching hearts]] for? I suppose it's like in the movie where Lorraine has a crush on Marty. Why isn't he ''avoiding'' the hearts then? Oh, I see. I guess he's catching them in a book or something. It's the most [[LiteralMinded literal interpretation]] of a movie. ''"It's about time, so let's have ''clocks!'' It's about romance, let's have ''hearts!''"'' Was this game designed by a human being?"''

->''"I understand that [[TheNineties back then]], if it had a '''face''', they made a frickin' game out of it, but really? ''Series/HomeImprovement:'' '''''THE GAME'''''? I mean, for shit's sake, have some restraint! That's about as good an idea as making a [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]] out of ''Series/SisterSister''."''

->''"Ocean truly realized how lucrative these licenses could be, and started buying up everything they could get their grubby little mitts on... The games weren't bad, but people quickly grew tired of them because they were damn near identical... Basically, Ocean's games started to feel as if they were coming off an assembly line, and they also ended up making games that were just flat-out total shit... Although they still produced some cracking arcade conversions and original titles around this time, the licensed games are largely what most people remember about them anyhow, because they continued to pump them out to the bitter end of the 8-bit machines and beyond, by which time their once pristine reputation had taken a hell of a beating."''

->''"Wrestling and video games have been married together for nearly 35 years. With that being the case, how is it that wrestling games have never seemed to improve since the heyday of the Nintendo 64? Never has that been more true than with WWE 2K20, a game that was [[ObviousBeta so amazingly broken that it boggles ones mind that it was ever released]]. [[SnarkBaitThe GIFs alone have made it the stuff of legend]]. And just when we thought it couldn’t get worse we learn that on January 1, 2020, [[EpicFail the game simply STOPPED WORKING!]] I’d note that was incredibly slopping programming, but maybe it was just the company’s way of trying to save everyone from such an atrocious game."''

->''"Wrestling and video games have been married together for nearly 35 years. With that being the case, how is it that wrestling games have never seemed to improve since the heyday of the Nintendo 64? Never has that been more true than with WWE 2K20, a game that was [[ObviousBeta so amazingly broken that it boggles ones mind that it was ever released]]. The GIFs alone have made it [[SnarkBait the stuff of legend]]. And just when we thought it couldn’t get worse we learn that on January 1, 2020, [[EpicFail the game simply STOPPED WORKING!]] I’d note that was incredibly slopping programming, but maybe it was just the company’s way of trying to save everyone from such an atrocious game."''

-->--''[[{{VideoGame/Superman64}} Superman 64]]'' interview (archived by [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-superman64.htm John Szczepaniak]])

->''"It is as though they took two-level demos of five games deemed unworthy of further development, [[DolledUpInstallment reskinned them to include Marvel characters]], and released them as an omnibus. The connections between levels and the five playable superheroes are often tenuous at best. Cyclops is randomly thrown in a mine-cart level. Storm is trapped underwater, seemingly mainly so nobody would have to figure out how to get good controls for a flying character."''

->'''Spoony:''' Just like O.J., when you're wanted for murder, "Everybody Runs". So that's exactly what I do; beat up a few guys along the way and run for the front door--but door's locked.\\

-->-- '''Matt Cabral''', ''Parents Guide to Video Games'' [[http://www.egmnow.com/walmart-parents-guide-to-video-games-2018/ 2018 issue]], "Play as WesternAnimation/PawPatrol's Day-saving Pups in a New Interactive Adventure: VideoGame/PawPatrolOnTheRoll Brings Nick Jr's Canine Hit to Game Consoles"

-->--'''JimSterling''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_O4K5HQtgo "Top Ten Shittiest Games of 2014"]]

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/the-adventures-of-rocky-and-bullwinkle-2000-des-mcanuff/ on]] ''Film/RockyAndBullwinkle''

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/youre-on-the-global-frequency-spider-man-and-the-x-men-in-arcades-revenge/ Dr. Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge'', "You're On The Global Frequency"

->''"VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge'' is an example - a crushing, awful disappointment waiting to sting anyone foolish enough to be seduced by its branding. It is as though they took two-level demos of five games deemed unworthy of further development, [[InNameOnly reskinned them to include Marvel characters]], and released them as an omnibus. The connections between levels and the five playable superheroes are often tenuous at best. Cyclops is randomly thrown in a mine-cart level. Storm is trapped underwater, seemingly mainly so nobody would have to figure out how to get good controls for a flying character."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/youre-on-the-global-frequency-spider-man-and-the-x-men-in-arcades-revenge/ Dr. Phil Sandifer]]''', "You're On The Global Frequency"

-->--''[[TheOnion The A.V. Club]]'', [[http://www.avclub.com/article/japanese-studio-turned-major-league-extraordinarly-207568 Adapt And Die]]: ''Film/MajorLeague''