This should come as no surprise to gamers who have been stung by crappy videogame ports of popular movies in recent years but you have to wonder, how long will it be before videogame publishers realize that simply slapping a popular license on a quick-and-dirty title won’t guarantee success?The plot of Rise of the Akkadian revolves around everyone’s favorite WWE fighter gone glam: The Rock. It is a straightforward brawler that controls sloppily and attempts to mix in components like an experience-based system but fails miserably in almost every regard. The GBA port was actually a pretty damn good game so how bad can the PS2 version be? Unfortunately, the PS2 rendition of The Scorpion King follows the age-old movie-license tradition of sucking. And that was especially the case with The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian. Here’s the thing, whenever I receive a videogame based on a movie, I pretty much already know that it isn’t going to live up to its namesake, nevertheless, I always go into games like this with an open-mind. ![]() ![]() The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian review
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