Originally Posted by JavaBlack

They weren't always that bad. I remember the original NES used to have a few decent games based on movies or TV shows...
It's just nowadays there isn't a lot of creativity on game structure. You know every game based on a movie or TV show will be that Tomb Raider engine (notable exceptions: The Office PC game looks like a cheap game downloaded off Yahoo and the Desperate Housewives PC game looks like a Sims clone- would be kind of funny if that one was Tomb Raider-style, wouldn't it?)

Now movies and shows based on video games- that has always been a bad idea!