Even earlier than the latest reboot, Planet of the Apes was one of many greatest and well-known franchises of all time. So it would shock you to be taught that there have solely been 5 video video games (and one themed DLC) based mostly on the franchise launched since its inception. The final one, which was a VR unique title generally known as Disaster on the Planet of the Apes, was launched all the best way again in 2018.
Previous to that, it was 2017’s Planet of the Apes: Final Frontier, which happened between 2014’s Daybreak of the Planet of the Apes and 2017’s Struggle for the Planet of the Apes. In contrast to Disaster, Final Frontier was a morally ambiguous sport that had a powerful concentrate on narrative, just like the likes of Telltale Video games’ The Strolling Lifeless, and was much less gameplay-orientated.
With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes being such an enormous success earlier this 12 months, I might argue that now could be the right time for a brand new, triple-a Planet of the Apes sport that ties into the present collection. Not solely has it been far too lengthy since we have acquired a sport set throughout the Planet of the Apes universe, however none of them have ever actually been that good.
Planet Of The Apes Deserves A Good Recreation Adaptation
As I beforehand talked about, there have solely been 5 video video games based mostly on the Planet of the Apes collection, regardless of it being some of the well-known franchises of all time. However the worst factor is, not one of the video video games related to the collection have ever actually been that good.
The primary Planet of the Apes sport was developed within the 80s for the Atari 2600, but it surely did not see the sunshine of day till 2003 when it was launched as ‘Revenge of the Apes’. Initially conceptualised as an official Planet of the Apes sport, improvement was by no means accomplished because of the closure of twentieth Century Fox’s online game department, ensuing within the lack of the sport for a few years. Till 2002 that’s, when it was rediscovered, tinkered with, after which launched to the general public in 2003 as ‘Revenge of the Apes’ because of copyright and licensing points.
Then got here alongside a number of Planet of the Apes video games in 2001, all printed by Ubisoft. In whole, there have been 4 totally different variations of the sport launched, however actually, it was simply two totally different video games on a number of platforms.
Each video games had been titled Planet of the Apes, with a Recreation Boy Advance and Recreation Boy Color model after which a PlayStation 1 and PC model. The thought was that these video games would tie into the 2001 reboot by Tim Burton, however because of a number of delays, the video games did not have something to go off of, which meant they had been… forgettable, to say the least. The PC model presently sits at a reasonably abysmal rating of 41 on Metacritic.
Then, 16 years later, Planet of the Apes: Final Frontier arrived with a barely much less abysmal rating of 59 on Metacritic. Visually, it is one of many best-looking Planet of the Apes video games we have ever gotten (though, that is actually not saying a lot). However, gameplay-wise, there is not actually any, as this can be a narrative-driven point-and-click sport.
Lastly, only one 12 months later, we acquired a VR tie-in generally known as Disaster on the Planet of the Apes. It had essentially the most gameplay out of all of the titles launched, however, once more, simply wasn’t that good. It sits at 49 on Metacritic, proving my level that we now have simply by no means acquired Planet of the Apes sport.
Contemplating the collection reboot has a way more spectacular Metacritic rating between 68 and 82 throughout all 4 films, does not this iconic franchise deserve a genuinely good online game adaptation?
There’s By no means Been A Extra Excellent Time
The Planet of the Apes collection is an iconic franchise that has been round for many years, however there is not any denying that 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes propelled the collection into crucial acclaim. If we ignore Tim Burton’s questionable remake try in 2001, it had been virtually fifty years for the reason that final Planet of the Apes film.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was not solely a crucial success, however its three sequels have been simply as huge, that means there’s a complete new market seemingly being uncovered to the collection for the very first time. And with video video games evolving evening and day for the reason that unique films, now could be the right time to capitalise on not solely the massive success of the franchise, but in addition online game know-how and curiosity being at its peak.
As reiterated in a latest interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the collection writer-producer duo Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver plan to make 9 Planet of the Apes films in whole, with the lately launched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes film being the fourth. With every entry discovering big success, it is seemingly that Jaffa and Silver get their want of 9 films, that means now can be the right time to develop a online game tie-in.
Like many different movie-goers, I used to be desirous to know what occurred to Cornelius between the occasions of Struggle and Kingdom. Possibly a online game based mostly on Ceaser’s son might fill the hole? Come on, Disney, make it occur.
