[James]

The trouble with all game-to-film adaptions is that games get a lot of their ideas from films in the first place. They get away with using old ideas because they are adding interactivity to the experience. When it comes to making the film of the game these familiar ideas go back to being cliches.

The other problem is that games often don't have great stories, it is up to the player to provide the narrative. But that doesn't do much good for a film.