Good morning all you awesome people, your old buddy Wildcat here, and today Im bringing you a look at another video game based on a DC property. Weve a string of good ones lately as past couple of weeks weve taken a look at Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Arkham Asylum but today, um yeah time for our own amusement to look at one of the truly bad ones. Has their ever been a good Superman game? I mean yeah there have been some good games with Superman in them (Injustice, Justice League Heroes) but as far as the big blue boy scout in his own game? Nah cant remember one including a 1999 release for the Nintendo 64 called Superman: The New Adventures. The story is Lex Luthor has created a virtual version of Metropolis. During a battle with Lex in his LexCorp office, Superman manages to witness the trapping of his friends Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Professor Emil Hamilton within the virtual realm. Superman enters Lexs interdimensional portal, where Luthor tells Superman that he must fly through his maze of rings scattered across virtual Metropolis in order to save his friends. Other villains Superman battles in the game include Parasite, Darkseid, Brainiac, Mala and Metallo. n the main single-player mode, the player assumes the role of Superman, who is challenged by Luthor to complete various tasks and puzzles. Superman can walk, fly, combat enemies, and use super-strength to lift and carry large objects. Supermans other superpowers, such as Heat Vision, Freeze Breath, and X-Ray Vision, are only accessible through collection of power-ups in certain levels and have limited reserves. If Superman is attacked by enemies, hazards, or is in close proximity to Kryptonite, his health will decrease. The player will enter game over (indicated with LEX WINS) and will be required to restart the current mission if Superman loses all his health. The player will also enter game over if a civilian character is attacked or time limits imposed on various missions expire before they are completed. It is almost impossible to describe how truly awful this game was. Common complaints were directed towards the games controls, graphics, and general gameplay. Supermans flying controls were heavily criticized by multiple critics for being unresponsive, sometimes requiring multiple button presses for taking off or landing. Here are some example of the poor reviews this game received. Matt Casamassina of IGN rated Superman 3.4 out of 10, saying [Superman] is executed so poorly that it actually serves to butcher the reputation of the prominent action hero. Joe Fielder of GameSpot gave the game a score of 1.3 out of 10, making it the fourth lowest rated game by GameSpot, declaring that This is easily the worst game Ive ever played... it serves no purpose other than to firmly establish the bottom of the barrel The game was rated as number seven in the list of 20 Worst Games of All Time in a list created by Seanbaby in Electronic Gaming Monthly. It was also named second in the G4 series Filters Top 10 Worst Games of the 90s. Nintendo Power magazine rated it as the worst game on a Nintendo system. So there you go, a look at the truly horrid Superman for the N64. Did you have the displeasure of owning or playing this game? Did you actually like it? Sound off in the comments. Wildcat.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:08:03 +0000
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