hey this game feels just like that movie
wait a second welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be looking at the top 10
games that basically ripped off movies
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content so this list we’re
taking a look at the games that took
heavy inspiration from certain films
we’re not saying that these games were
bad for doing so most of them are
actually awesome but this is just to be
more informed about where these stories
got their inspiration from number 10
call of duty modern warfare 2 for the
sequel to infinity ward’s insanely
popular installment in the Call of Duty
franchise they took a little bit of
inspiration from Michael Bay’s the rock
while the set up of a military operated
prison infiltration isn’t new the
narrative beats the game hits along the
way definitely come too close to ignore
among the underwater approach to the
prison the ex-military villain who just
wants respect for his men a grizzled
mentor from the UK and even green
players to stop a bombing there’s
seemingly endless similarities the
cementing detail however is the one
scene where you’re forced to fight
enemies in a prison shower virtually
recreating the film’s biggest turning
point right down to the location
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number nine God of War series wild Greek
mythology is definitely public domain at
this point modern adaptations of Clash
of the Titans and jason and the
argonauts are definitely recent enough
to remember right a man facing the force
of the gods and even the gods themselves
is the most obvious comparison but
smaller details bring the game even
closer to the notable films Kratos has
epic sea voyages invites countless
boards of demons just like Jason and
Perseus before him he goes on to
encounter Medusa an army of Countians
and most notably the Kraken in his long
and blood Yool tale of battling the gods
come down here and face me
number eight grand theft auto vice city
then we go down paying him a little
visit right see how he’s done sometimes
it seems like game creators kind of
sneak stuff into games after seeing a
movie once but this was definitely more
a case of unbridled fandom while the
Grand Theft Auto creators were crafting
this installment in the franchise the
film Scarface a story of a random nobody
becoming a criminal God clearly
resonated within their game I don’t
think we’re going to be getting any more
heat from up north either
there ain’t no up north anymore
featuring several nods to the Babylon
club and Tony’s mansion which itself
includes security screens showing the
real mansion the deepest cut comes in
the random apartment with a bloody
shower and a chainsaw from the film’s
most gruesome scene on top of the many
visuals and settings lifted from the
film the final mission involves a
climactic mansion shootout much like
Tony lasts to him number seven Uncharted
series next stage nathan drake stories
over the years seem to have drawn so
many inspirations that not even the
pixar films have remained sacred
obviously the Indiana Jones series is
the biggest takeaway though in fact if
it worked for the different time periods
the two series could have been mistaken
for each other thanks to similar scenes
of our hero hanging on to speeding
trucks and unearthing mystical golden
artifacts definitely ringing bells
however it’s the almost identical scenes
of love interests getting captured and
the twos mirrored escapes from booby
traps tombs that found Drake stealing
more than just treasure in his games
number 6 halo combat Evolved
although they never seem to get along
too well in films aliens and predator
inspired some of gaming’s finest sci-fi
series Master Chief’s first tale was a
unique treasure of a story but not
without a lot of familiar moments along
the way space marines flying to a
desolate planet check sati sergeant with
a bird-like ship check invisible blade
wielding super soldiers and their human
transforming counterparts that you get
the idea right however thanks to a great
game design and many fresh creative
choices it was easy to forgive budging
for such obvious parallels even when
themes themselves were adapted am i
right Marie hmm damn right I am
number 5 Mass Effect 2 I’m not going
alone
I’ve got some of the best working with
me if we stick together we’ll make it a
ping a film that’s over 60 years old
means you probably won’t be the first
person to do a retelling of a classic
story especially a classic like Seven
Samurai
the Bioware team are known for making
RPGs with some of the deepest and most
fleshed out stories in gaming but you
don’t get to be the best without knowing
the best following Commander Shepards
mission to save the galaxy the game
finds him recruiting an unlikely gang of
heroes from various backgrounds to fight
the collectors retelling Akira
Kurosawa’s iconic samurai story in space
but with cool alien
the game features enough unique lore and
fun combat to freshen its take on the
samurai epic but there’s still no
denying at Japanese roots
[Music]
number four starcraft the now-famous
strategy game by blizzard entertainment
pushed the genre forward and brought
some fun sci-fi along to the ride but
not without drawing heavy inspiration
from James Cameron’s alien
the game features Space Marines on a
distant space colony attacked by a
manufactured alien race trying to
harvest them while the story moves
beyond this setup and the gameplay
doesn’t try to recreate the film
scene-by-scene there’s enough quotes
from familiar dropship pilots and
similar cut team to reflect this a lodge
we’re in the fight five five five in the
five five five five number three dead
rising the moratorium on information
getting out is a little extreme in my
opinion and now the lawyers are getting
involved two years after this games
released Capcom was faced with a lawsuit
over the games of procreation of Dawn of
the Dead and they went so far as to put
disclaimers on the game’s packaging both
works follow survivors fighting off
zombies in a mall so it’s not exactly
rocket science to understand why someone
would raise a stick ready to roll
you have at last Capcom ended up winning
the case as the premise alone is too
basic to hold any legal ground still it
goes to show that not everyone sees
imitation as a form of flattery we
should be safe in here
number 2 Max Payne
imitating a movie is one thing but
cloning a director’s trademark is a
whole other level remedy entertainment
didn’t focus on one film when making
their game instead they crafted it in
the style of action director John Woo
pulling from his work as a whole while
obvious things like slow motion bullet
time shootouts featuring dual pistols
while jumping through the air is
littered throughout the game the writers
even went into the realm of self-aware
as here max presses like several of
whose characters in the game and the
developers even named one of their
difficulties hard-boiled in a clear
reference to the director as if there
was any doubt left John Woo is even a
password to a mobsters face in the game
the password John who come okay John
rule number one Mortal Kombat for this
arcade classic one reference to Big
Trouble in Little China definitely
wasn’t enough oh no first off there’s
the broad concept of mixing Asian
mysticism with the Western world with
almost identical villains in evil
sorcerers lo pan and Shang Tsung
respectively these cages add to the fact
that the protagonist is an all-american
Jack Burton or Johnny Cage in the games
case along with his sidekick who could
easily translate into Liu Kang but the
cherry on top here is raided who not
only bears the same lightning powers as
one of the film’s three storms but even
dresses the same right down to the
massive hats that’s both of where
greater good do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
[Music]
you
wait a second welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be looking at the top 10
games that basically ripped off movies
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content so this list we’re
taking a look at the games that took
heavy inspiration from certain films
we’re not saying that these games were
bad for doing so most of them are
actually awesome but this is just to be
more informed about where these stories
got their inspiration from number 10
call of duty modern warfare 2 for the
sequel to infinity ward’s insanely
popular installment in the Call of Duty
franchise they took a little bit of
inspiration from Michael Bay’s the rock
while the set up of a military operated
prison infiltration isn’t new the
narrative beats the game hits along the
way definitely come too close to ignore
among the underwater approach to the
prison the ex-military villain who just
wants respect for his men a grizzled
mentor from the UK and even green
players to stop a bombing there’s
seemingly endless similarities the
cementing detail however is the one
scene where you’re forced to fight
enemies in a prison shower virtually
recreating the film’s biggest turning
point right down to the location
[Music]
number nine God of War series wild Greek
mythology is definitely public domain at
this point modern adaptations of Clash
of the Titans and jason and the
argonauts are definitely recent enough
to remember right a man facing the force
of the gods and even the gods themselves
is the most obvious comparison but
smaller details bring the game even
closer to the notable films Kratos has
epic sea voyages invites countless
boards of demons just like Jason and
Perseus before him he goes on to
encounter Medusa an army of Countians
and most notably the Kraken in his long
and blood Yool tale of battling the gods
come down here and face me
number eight grand theft auto vice city
then we go down paying him a little
visit right see how he’s done sometimes
it seems like game creators kind of
sneak stuff into games after seeing a
movie once but this was definitely more
a case of unbridled fandom while the
Grand Theft Auto creators were crafting
this installment in the franchise the
film Scarface a story of a random nobody
becoming a criminal God clearly
resonated within their game I don’t
think we’re going to be getting any more
heat from up north either
there ain’t no up north anymore
featuring several nods to the Babylon
club and Tony’s mansion which itself
includes security screens showing the
real mansion the deepest cut comes in
the random apartment with a bloody
shower and a chainsaw from the film’s
most gruesome scene on top of the many
visuals and settings lifted from the
film the final mission involves a
climactic mansion shootout much like
Tony lasts to him number seven Uncharted
series next stage nathan drake stories
over the years seem to have drawn so
many inspirations that not even the
pixar films have remained sacred
obviously the Indiana Jones series is
the biggest takeaway though in fact if
it worked for the different time periods
the two series could have been mistaken
for each other thanks to similar scenes
of our hero hanging on to speeding
trucks and unearthing mystical golden
artifacts definitely ringing bells
however it’s the almost identical scenes
of love interests getting captured and
the twos mirrored escapes from booby
traps tombs that found Drake stealing
more than just treasure in his games
number 6 halo combat Evolved
although they never seem to get along
too well in films aliens and predator
inspired some of gaming’s finest sci-fi
series Master Chief’s first tale was a
unique treasure of a story but not
without a lot of familiar moments along
the way space marines flying to a
desolate planet check sati sergeant with
a bird-like ship check invisible blade
wielding super soldiers and their human
transforming counterparts that you get
the idea right however thanks to a great
game design and many fresh creative
choices it was easy to forgive budging
for such obvious parallels even when
themes themselves were adapted am i
right Marie hmm damn right I am
number 5 Mass Effect 2 I’m not going
alone
I’ve got some of the best working with
me if we stick together we’ll make it a
ping a film that’s over 60 years old
means you probably won’t be the first
person to do a retelling of a classic
story especially a classic like Seven
Samurai
the Bioware team are known for making
RPGs with some of the deepest and most
fleshed out stories in gaming but you
don’t get to be the best without knowing
the best following Commander Shepards
mission to save the galaxy the game
finds him recruiting an unlikely gang of
heroes from various backgrounds to fight
the collectors retelling Akira
Kurosawa’s iconic samurai story in space
but with cool alien
the game features enough unique lore and
fun combat to freshen its take on the
samurai epic but there’s still no
denying at Japanese roots
[Music]
number four starcraft the now-famous
strategy game by blizzard entertainment
pushed the genre forward and brought
some fun sci-fi along to the ride but
not without drawing heavy inspiration
from James Cameron’s alien
the game features Space Marines on a
distant space colony attacked by a
manufactured alien race trying to
harvest them while the story moves
beyond this setup and the gameplay
doesn’t try to recreate the film
scene-by-scene there’s enough quotes
from familiar dropship pilots and
similar cut team to reflect this a lodge
we’re in the fight five five five in the
five five five five number three dead
rising the moratorium on information
getting out is a little extreme in my
opinion and now the lawyers are getting
involved two years after this games
released Capcom was faced with a lawsuit
over the games of procreation of Dawn of
the Dead and they went so far as to put
disclaimers on the game’s packaging both
works follow survivors fighting off
zombies in a mall so it’s not exactly
rocket science to understand why someone
would raise a stick ready to roll
you have at last Capcom ended up winning
the case as the premise alone is too
basic to hold any legal ground still it
goes to show that not everyone sees
imitation as a form of flattery we
should be safe in here
number 2 Max Payne
imitating a movie is one thing but
cloning a director’s trademark is a
whole other level remedy entertainment
didn’t focus on one film when making
their game instead they crafted it in
the style of action director John Woo
pulling from his work as a whole while
obvious things like slow motion bullet
time shootouts featuring dual pistols
while jumping through the air is
littered throughout the game the writers
even went into the realm of self-aware
as here max presses like several of
whose characters in the game and the
developers even named one of their
difficulties hard-boiled in a clear
reference to the director as if there
was any doubt left John Woo is even a
password to a mobsters face in the game
the password John who come okay John
rule number one Mortal Kombat for this
arcade classic one reference to Big
Trouble in Little China definitely
wasn’t enough oh no first off there’s
the broad concept of mixing Asian
mysticism with the Western world with
almost identical villains in evil
sorcerers lo pan and Shang Tsung
respectively these cages add to the fact
that the protagonist is an all-american
Jack Burton or Johnny Cage in the games
case along with his sidekick who could
easily translate into Liu Kang but the
cherry on top here is raided who not
only bears the same lightning powers as
one of the film’s three storms but even
dresses the same right down to the
massive hats that’s both of where
greater good do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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