GamerSpeak:
The Best Superhero Games
Published March 6, 2008
We asked Xbox LIVE® members about their favorite superheroes, and what kind of superhero games they enjoyed playing. Ol' Spidey gets a lot of love but there are some surprises among the picks as well.
The Incredible Hulk™: Ultimate Destruction—Graphics were good, plenty of moves to unlock, other unlockable features (such as the boxers). The moves and and fighting made you feel like you were the Hulk, and it was better than all the other Hulk games I've played.
—HardcorElderboy
Spider-Man® 2, Marvel™: Ultimate Alliance, X-Men™ Legends I and II, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Star Wars Jedi Knight®: Jedi Outcast™, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy™, Star Wars Battlefront™, and quite a bit more (come on, aren't Star Wars characters considered superheroes by now?).
—Smug Dark Loser
Spider-Man is a popular hero.
I play hero games as small break from a world that seems to not have heroes. But, most importantly, I play hero games for nostalgia. I miss running around with a towel safety pinned to my neck thinking (not pretending, mind you) that I really was Superman due to the cape.
—Sonovius
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance—It's a very well put together game with great production values. It's incredibly authentic and fun to play, unlike most superhero games (referring to the fun factor, not authenticity). It's also great in terms of being an RPG.
Ultimate Spider-Man—It's unique in its look and also has really high production values. It's fun to play and tried to do something different (and succeeded). I think it's one of the best Spider-Man games ever made.
Spider-Man 2—The freedom that the game gives you is incredible and it's got polished gameplay. The only thing I didn't like about it was the repetition.
—Wick98
Spider-Man 2—I could spend hours free-roaming the city, it really was a great game.
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse—Simply loved it. The RPG elements were awesome.
The Punisher™—It was a really good game even though I hated the blurred executions in the censored version.
—StarkweatherXC
Number one on my list is most definitely Ultimate Spider-Man. The comic book feel and look were just outstanding. The Venom character was sweet (I envisioned so much more that could have been done with him though, on the playable side). The movie-related Spider-Man games ehh, not so much.
—BUTCHER BOYZ
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance—All your favorite superheroes battling evil to save the world, what more would you want? This game has fantastic superheroes as Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, Blade, Ghost Rider, Incredible Hulk, and many, many more! This is definitely the best super herogame around.
—Demon Slawter
Demon Slawter asks a good question. What more could you want?
I think the old school superhero arcade games were some of the best. Now that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade is on XBLA, hopefully it will lead the way for more superhero XBLA games. I would love to see Maximum Carnage and X-Men. Some of my fondest childhood memories are spending so much time on these three games at the arcades, I could have outright purchased the arcade unit in quarters. Never could beat X-Men though.
—Stu Puddasle
Spider-Man is a geeky kid who is a victim of circumstances out of his control long before he got his powers. One misjudgment that weighs heavy on his mind is when he let a crook go that later killed his uncle. That keeps him helping those around him as a form of repentance.
—Acid Trip N
I loved Spider-Man because I like to jump on buildings and swing down upon the weak via webbing. Those jerks didn't even see me coming. I was like a hawk with my pizza.
—THE DON WAN
Hunter: The Reckoning® on the original Xbox®. Now this was a great game and from what I can remember, it had good graphics for that machine. The story line for it was very interesting, but for me, the best thing was that this game had a great four-player campaign mode. The characters were all unique respective to their class (the Avenger, Martyr, Defender, or the Judge). The heroes in this game should make an extravagant return to the gaming world.
—TwinKills
