Uwe Boll's New...Game?
Not content with ruining videogame franchises by creating terrible movies from them, notorious director Uwe Boll has decided to attack games right at the source by creating his own. I present to you 1968 Tunnel Rat A Uwe Boll game scheduled this fall for the PC and Xbox 360 to coincide with an original Uwe Boll movie of the same name. The name refers to the American, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers in the Vietnam War who performed underground search and destroy missions (thanks Wikipedia). Now, the Vietnam War is still a relatively unexplored area in videogames, and that setting in combination with tunnel claustrophobia has the potential for a great war-themed horror game. But one look at the PS2 quality environments and Uwe Boll's name slapped on it, and expectations instantly plummet. Also of note is the movie this game runs parallel to, which apparently goes for authenticity by not having a script. At least Boll has realized that he can't write and has stopped accordingly. If only he'd do the same with his directing career.
NaviFairy
Posted to Video Games, Videos on 18 September 2008
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For cereal? Who gives this man money to make things?
I love Uwe Boll movies. The only thing more fun than watching an Uwe Boll movie - with its blatant and unapologetic disregard for any semblance of plot, quality, or believability - is watching everyone on the internet froth at the mouth over it, indignant that anyone would have the unmitigated chutzpah to make a bad movie about a game that... well, bluntly speaking, makes a bad movie.
I mean, come on. You expected good movies to be made from House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and Blood Rayne? Seriously? Because it's so stunningly unlikely, I cannot imagine how anyone could be surprised that what we got in the end was crap. It's not even good crap; you know, there's this type of bad movie that's sort of good-bad, or maybe bad-good. The kind where it has some redeeming quality that makes up for it. Like Eraserhead or Pink Flamingos, which show voluminous evidence that they were made by some twisted variety of genius.
Uwe Boll is not some kind of twisted genius - he just makes bad movies. But de gustibus non disputandum est, and I happen to like the particular style of bad movies he makes. If you don't... WTF are you doing watching them?! It's not like he's made progress or anything.
I hope he keeps making movies forever. I simply love them. :)
Eh...just looks like your average, run-of-the-mill first person shooter to me. But then again, I suppose average is a step up for Mr. Boll, ain't it?
hmmm... this looks strangely like the game Vietcong...
I'll wait for the review first.
As if it'll get good reviews. People refuse to give any Boll project a chance and it's a shame. I'll rent the game and buy when it's $10.