Making a video game adaptation of a movie is difficult under even the most ideal circumstances: even if the movie itself is awesome and the actors are on-board to lend their likenesses, developers are forced to spend a large chunk of their budget on acquiring the license in the first place, which usually results in less resources devoted to developing the game itself, and a shoddy final product. There are, of course, some exceptions, although not many of them will be featured here, because those decent games also tend to feature pretty good visual representations of the actors... It's also important to remember that some actors will be appear in original video game projects, usually having been roped in for a quirky cameo appearance of some kind. Given how, in that case, the emphasis on accurately recreating the performer is paramount, it's ridiculous how often developers just can't seem to get it right. For every game like Reservoir Dogs, where only Michael Madsen bothered to provide his likeness, there are countless video games which have gained permission from the actors themselves, yet still can't manage to create a remotely believable likeness. The results speak for themselves, and are absolutely hilarious. Did we miss any classically awful video game likenesses? Let us know in the comments!
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