Superman; he stands for everything that justice should be and yet a great injustice has been put onto us gamers the world around. Superman is arguably the greatest hero the world over and yet gamers have been burned by his presence time and time again. It is safe to say at this point that no publisher or developer dares take a shot at creating a game that stars the man of steel. Many have tried for many of years now and all have failed in one way or another. In comic book and in film, fans of the superhero have been able to enjoy him in all his glory in one way or another, but not us gamers. It is our time to get the Superman we all have always wanted; it is our time to get the Superman we deserve.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, enjoy these awful games.
Cultured Vultures: Following the reveals for Wolverine and Spider-Man 2, there are some other new superhero games that'd make us very happy indeed.
I'd be down for Invisible I enjoyed the cartoon I wouldn't mind at least seeing a new Mystery Men movie that could lead to a game. Or even give Kick Ass a game I though hits movies were pretty good Wild C.A.T.S would also be an interesting game.
I’d like to see a world breaker hulk vs the Illuminati game. Or army of darkness vs marvel zombies.
Superman Returns had potential and to me the best Superman game to date. Yet it lacked so many features like Superman music from John Williams , day and night cycles, Sidequests spaceflight, weather changes and much more. Take Returns foundation and expand to current gen and give slice of what Arkham did for Batman.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Why do we do this? We are well aware that a specific licensed game isn’t good, yet we actually manage to be less critical, we manage to overlook its issues, and enjoy these tie-ins, these perfect definitions of the word “shovelware”, without an issue. What is it about these games that makes us more… tolerant? Is it the novelty of playing a game based on a license we like? Is it some kind of psychological effect that reminds us of simpler days? Does it mean that playing these games brings out the best version of the gamer inside of us?"
Man, I remember Superman for the Atari 2600. Back in the day, it was a great game (and yes, I'm THAT old - LOL). Great article BTW. I'd love to see Supes get his due with an epic, next-gen game.
Cough Cough
OT: interesting to see but it could be quite difficult (being what superman can do)
Hey if Rocksteady can put Bats back on the map, think of what they could do with Supes.