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Justin Matkowski's Blog
On 06/25/2013 at 04:19 PM,
by Justin Matkowski
In 2013, Licensed games are still fighting an uphill battle. When you take into account their reputation, it's hardly a wonder as to why this is. For every Batman: Arkham City, Spider-man 2, or TellTale's The Walking Dead, there is a laundry list of licensed games that were cheap cash grabs, showing a lack of care, creativity, or common sense that went into them. You would think that step 1 in creating a title based on an already existing IP would be: "what is it that people love about it, and how do we transfer that into a stellar gaming experience?" The licensed games that excell, such as the Batman: Arkham series and even Capcom's 8-bit Disney classics such as Duck Tales, create an interactive work that is faithful to its subject matter in terms of both how it plays and the feeling it captures.
