Why Are So Many Superhero Video Games Bad?

Vince and Captian Logan discuss superhero video games, and why not very many of them are very good.

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[BIG10717]

I'm surprised that you guys didn't talk about Marvel Ultimate alliance series I thought those games were really good.

[Geekvolution]

@BIG10717 Yeah, those are pretty good-- I meant to mention them and forgot.

-CL

[8comicbookman8]

If I made a Superman it would be similar to Shattered Dimensions, you could have like a Superman from the Golden Age, so you would just be jumping, it could even be based off the old Fleicher cartoons. There could be levels from the movies and comics and animated series too. The levels would progress through Superman history, so "leveling up" would be going into a new time when they gave him new powers.

[Geekvolution]

@8comicbookman8 That's a great idea-- I'd really enjoy that. Or even just a Fleischer Superman game would be pretty neat! Push that train up that hill! Do it! Do it!

-CL

[MrAStev]

With movie tie-ins lack of time really can't be over-stated.

From what I understand it takes at least a couple years to build a basic game from the ground up and movie games (because they have to wait for concept art, an early script draft, etc. to get started and are saddled with a release date that's out of their control) get maybe half or three-quarters of that time to produce a game.

[batmankixass]

the reason that Marvel Vs Capcom 3 has so many less characters is that they wanted each character to play as different as possible so they felt unique, so that's why I don't mind.

[Nockyout]

MUA2 sucks.

[RationalRoundtable]

One of my favorite video games is a superhero game, 'InFamous' and 'InFamous2' are excellent. I think that trying to build a game on existing superheros/villains is almost always doomed to fail. Game makers must follow the cardinal rule of 'balance' but in comics it is the imbalance that keeps things interesting.

[xNightxSpawnx]

Awesome to hear your input on this issue. I hope for the day that there is a good Superman game. I played the Captain America movie tie in game and it plays like a half rate Arkham Asylum. I found all the Riddler trophies. It helps to interrogate all of the accomplices to find the locations on the map.

[ExcelsiorProduction7]

The Riddler Trophies in Arkham City annoyed me quite a bit. Being a HUGE Batman fanboy I GOT ALL OF THEM in the time frame of like, 2-3 weeks. You actually take down the Riddler before collecting all of them but then you get tonted by loading screens telling you to "Collect them all". I did. And what was my grand reward for completing every side mission and Riddler Trophy in Arkham City? A loading screen that says "Arkham City sight secured and ready for shutdown. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!­!

[ExcelsiorProduction7]

Hey guys, theres a rumor that Rocksteady might be making a TMNT game. Heh, get it? Bebop and "Rocksteady"? Whats your thoughts on it?

[ExcelsiorProduction7]

Sorry Vinz, Ubisoft failed to renew the license and now the TMNT Arcade Game and Turtles in Time Reshelled are forever lost

[theepic1701]

Superman Returns not so much

[theepic1701]

I really liked the Spiderman 2 game on the PS2

[jiopa]

I think a superhero game generally needs a superhero that can deal with any situation. A quick example would be someone who can fight both in close range and long range: Spider-man, Batman, Cole Mcgrath from InFamous. You can never make a game about Cyclops or Captain Atom because they'd be screwed in close range. As a player, the character should make you feel competent in all areas, not just one, which is why Spiderman and Batman are such popular videogame characters.