![]() ![]() Because Superman is pretty much invincible, it is Metropolis that features a life bar, and it's up to you to ensure it doesn't deplete. Superman comes equipped with most of his powers, including heat vision, freeze breath and blow breath, although X-ray vision is absent, most likely to keep the game rated T for Teen, if ya know what I mean. Flying at super-speed is a great feeling, and zipping between the skyscrapers of Metropolis feels even better than wall-crawling in the acclaimed Spiderman games. If creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were to pen a comic out of this game, it would be a four-page affair with little-to-no dialogue and a hundred windows of nothing but "crash," "boom" and "bang." Presentation aside, Superman Returns does do plenty of things well in the gameplay department. But how do you create a Superman game without showing Clark Kent once, without having to save Lois Lane once, or without having to do battle with Lex Luthor once? As such, this is a terribly shallow Superman experience, and without having read the comics will you never know who Metallo is, what Mister Mxyztplk wants, and where Bizarro comes from. That is true, and there are a few boss fights against some noted villains of the past. Superman Returns draws from not only the movie but also 60 years of comic book history, you say. And here's a spoiler, in more than one sense: there is no great gameplay battle against Luthor, nor do you save Lois from a crashing jet, a burning building or even a paper cut. Superman, voiced by Brandon Routh, sounds about as interested in saving Metropolis as he is in deciding on a ripe melon at the market. ![]() Even though the stars of the movie lent their voices and likenesses to the game, the voice acting, with the exception of Spacey, is flat. As far as licenses go, this was among the worst uses of one in years. After the cutscene, you will then return to the virtual Metropolis to fight against evil foes that didn't appear in the movie. That is to say that after you defeat enemies not in the movie like Metallo, Parasite and Bizarro, you will be treated to a short cutscene of Lex Luthor, voiced by Kevin Spacey, going over the next phase of his nefarious plan to create a continent of kryptonite. Superman Returns: The Videogame is loosely based on the movie. It should be said that flying and using superpowers are generally fun, but not enough to overcome the average graphics, sound and suspect game design. That alone sums up the wrong direction EA is flying in Superman Returns, an unfinished game that suffers from a poor narrative, monotonous and brainless enemies, and a questionable take on the Superman universe. ![]()
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