I just hope that it doesn't break the current record for the movie that generated the biggest revenue in my country because here in Italy there are LOADS of AC fanboys (and when I say fanboys I mean fanboys as range between 8 and 12 years old) and I'm shure they'll watch it multiple times and will defend it even if it's clearly horrendous...

@bold. No. Not pretty damn good. They were OK and pretty much got what they deserved, money-wise.

Prince of Persia was also OK for the movie genre, and it's the highest grossing video game movie ever, though Tomb Raider wins when adjusting for inflation. It's main problem was the horrendously large budget, which made it extremely difficult for the movie to break even. If they'd found a way to shave $50 million off the budget the movie might have made a modest profit.

These are the hurdles that a video game adaptation needs to jump in order to have a good chance at profitability (which is the key at the end of the day, reviews don't matter if the movie profits, which is why there have been multiple Resident Evil movies). Writing and budget. The movie has to be well enough written that there's actually something worth filming. Most video game adaptations fall over at that hurdle. Budget is important because that sets the break even target. People in the industry should know that it's very difficult to get a box office smash with video game adaptations, so budgets should be kept as tight as possible. If you make a decent enough movie first time out one a modest budget, then you can think about splurging and spend more on a second movie.

You've identified the main writing issues. Do you wirte a movie version of the game, or do you write a totally different story based on the overall theme of the game? That all depends on the game. With The Last of Us they are essentially adapting the game to the big screen, pretty much like adapting a book to the big screen. With Ass Creed arguably none of the games individually have a base story sufficient to adapt into a movie, so the best thing is to make a movie using the name and major themes of the franchise. It also somewhat depends on whether a game or game franchise focusses strongly on one single character (God of War, Uncharted) or whether the franchise has multiple characters (Resident Evil, Ass Creed). It's easier to follow the themes but not the plots for games where the whole narrative isn't focussed on one character across multiple games. But it can still be done.

To me, as I mention above I have a significant concertn about the writing quality for Ass Creed. And that is likely to be its weak point and the reason it falls over critically and financially. hardly anyone other than Ass Creed game fans are goiong to go and see it, and with Ass Creed diminishing in popularity among gamers that Audience is probably going to be not as big as it was a couple of years ago. The movie was perhaps a bit too late in coming out.

Probably shouldn't be optimistic, but i am.