Monolith Productions, Inc. · Disney
Huge kudos to Disney who just updated the Steam build of the fourteen year old FPS Tron 2.0 to work properly on Win 10! …
Huge kudos to Disney who just updated the Steam build of the fourteen year old FPS Tron 2.0 [official site doesn’t even exist any more] to work properly on Win 10! … [visit site to read more]
We apologize for the compatibility issues we’ve been having with Windows 10. But we’re happy to say that our top engineers pulled an Alan Bradley and solved the problem. So, grab your disc and get on your light cycle, it’s time to defeat fCon!
We apologize for the compatibility issues we’ve been having with Windows 10. But we’re happy to say that our top engineers pulled an Alan Bradley and solved the problem. So, grab your disc and get on your light cycle, it’s time to defeat fCon!
We apologize for the compatibility issues we’ve been having with Windows 10. But we’re happy to say that our top engineers pulled an Alan Bradley and solved the problem. So, grab your disc and get on your light cycle, it’s time to defeat fCon!
We apologize for the compatibility issues we’ve been having with Windows 10. But we’re happy to say that our top engineers pulled an Alan Bradley and solved the problem. So, grab your disc and get on your light cycle, it’s time to defeat fCon!
I had twin criteria for this. The first was ‘is it a decent game?’ and the second ‘does it meaningfully evoke the spirit, themes or characters of the movie in addition to having Quite Good Guns And Graphics?’ The second saw quite a few games which would otherwise qualify ruled ou
I had twin criteria for this. The first was ‘is it a decent game?’ and the second ‘does it meaningfully evoke the spirit, themes or characters of the movie in addition to having Quite Good Guns And Graphics?’ The second saw quite a few games which would otherwise qualify ruled out. This year’s Mad Max, for instance, was an agreeable murder-romp but it’s much harder to argue that it nails the desperation or oddness of the films it’s based on. Star Wars: Battlefront, meanwhile, is an OK online shooter with marvellous graphics, but it’s too mechanical to ‘feel’ like Star Wars once you get beyond the spectacular presentation. Ah, ‘feel’. That’s the thing, isn’t it? Does a movie game make you feel like you’re a part of that movie’s wider world, or is it just wearing its skin?
It’s that question which most informed this list. I don’t disagree that there are, in some cases, better games-based-on-movies if ‘game’ is the foremost criteria, but these, in no particular order, are the ten games which most understood and even grew my appreciation for their subject matter, rather than simply piggy-backed it. (Additional FYI: I decided not to include any superhero games, reasoning they’re really their own thing rather than innately movie-based).
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Gathering together the best shooters is no easy task, but if you’re looking for a new PC FPS to play, look no further. Your favourite game is at number 51. …
Gathering together the best shooters is no easy task, but if you’re looking for a new PC FPS to play, look no further.
Your favourite game is at number 51.
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Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy soundtrack has taken up residency on my speakers once again, so my mind naturally turns to the other time a series with far more potenti
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.
Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy soundtrack has taken up residency on my speakers once again, so my mind naturally turns to the other time a series with far more potential than actual achievement reached great heights. 2003’s Tron 2.0 was a mixed bag for sure, but for visual style – abstract shapes, big punchy colour, swathes of otherworldly black – it remains one to beat.
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Tron 2.0 was not a hit by any stretch of the imagination. Released in 2003, it was well-reviewed, but didn't catch on with gamers; Tron fans in particular, at least those that I know, seemed to have a particular dislike for it. I, on the other hand, was a big fan, and so I'm very
Tron 2.0 was not a hit by any stretch of the imagination. Released in 2003, it was well-reviewed, but didn't catch on with gamers; Tron fans in particular, at least those that I know, seemed to have a particular dislike for it. I, on the other hand, was a big fan, and so I'm very pleased to see that it's taken its rightful place in Disney's recently-launched Steam stable.
The game is really only loosely connected to the movie: Bruce Boxleitner reprises his role as Alan Bradley, but the action focuses on his son Jethro, aka Jet, who is digitized by his father's AI to aid in the fight against the runaway virus Thorne. It's a fairly conventional shooter, but the expected Tron elements are all here too; the disc weapon made famous by the movie is present and actually quite useful, and you will also race light cycles—although you'll be forgiven if you choose to skip those bits, since they're almost impossible to beat.(Monolith, the developer, actually patched in an option allowing players to get past the light cycle segments without winning them, because of all the complaints from players.)
Despite not having much to do with the film, it's all wonderfully Tron, with clever dialog and everything rendered in neon, including your stretchy duds. And the gameplay, light cycles notwithstanding, really is quite fantastic; as far as I'm concerned, it's a shamefully underrated game. Fortunately, it's also really cheap: Tron 2.0 goes for $10 on Steam, and for the next couple of days is can be had for ten percent off.