I want a third person single player Superman game, where Superman is actually as OP as he should be. No squish whatsoever unless kryptonite is involved (and kryptonite would have to be very rare). Because he’d be un-killable and have the edge in almost every situation, the game would have to be pretty creative in order to keep it challenging. And no, I don’t want a Clark Kent journalist simulator. I want to have full 3D flight, invulnerability, super-speed, and everything else. The whole shebang. With some creative storytelling and game mechanics, this could be so awesome.
HP=moral+collateral damage, which would make it somewhat of a Hitman style strategy game to get done what you need to within the bounds of what Superman is… A giant moral pussy.
So while you can melt someone from space or fly through the building instead of around it, you cannot if you don’t want him to die of sadness, and managing that when you easily can, is likely hard.
Now that’s a clever concept, very cool idea. It could even scale based on the difficulty or world-ending significance of the mission. Like, it’s okay if you cause a bunch of expensive damage by bursting through the roof to disarm a bomb because it’ll save a city block and hundreds of people. But you better not cause any damage or break any bones to save someone from a mugging.
Totally forgot about this game! I messed around with it for a few hours a couple years ago, but the lack of a real narrative turned me off. Was definitely a fun power trip though!
I would also take a bizarre, reverse tower defense game, where you have increasingly large hordes of bad guys at your disposal trying to take down an ever more powerful single Superman.
I want a third person single player Superman game, where Superman is actually as OP as he should be. No squish whatsoever unless kryptonite is involved (and kryptonite would have to be very rare). Because he’d be un-killable and have the edge in almost every situation, the game would have to be pretty creative in order to keep it challenging. And no, I don’t want a Clark Kent journalist simulator. I want to have full 3D flight, invulnerability, super-speed, and everything else. The whole shebang. With some creative storytelling and game mechanics, this could be so awesome.
HP=moral+collateral damage, which would make it somewhat of a Hitman style strategy game to get done what you need to within the bounds of what Superman is… A giant moral pussy.
So while you can melt someone from space or fly through the building instead of around it, you cannot if you don’t want him to die of sadness, and managing that when you easily can, is likely hard.
Now that’s a clever concept, very cool idea. It could even scale based on the difficulty or world-ending significance of the mission. Like, it’s okay if you cause a bunch of expensive damage by bursting through the roof to disarm a bomb because it’ll save a city block and hundreds of people. But you better not cause any damage or break any bones to save someone from a mugging.
Yes. Give me the opposite of a soulslike.
You could take a look at Megaton Rainfall. Not Superman specifically and in 1st person, but a total power trip for sure.
Totally forgot about this game! I messed around with it for a few hours a couple years ago, but the lack of a real narrative turned me off. Was definitely a fun power trip though!
I would also take a bizarre, reverse tower defense game, where you have increasingly large hordes of bad guys at your disposal trying to take down an ever more powerful single Superman.
Ooh I like this.
There is an upcoming game called Undefeated Genesis. However, it is an indie game, so temper the expectation.