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"Superman Returns "
Very good if you want always dreamed about being superman, as a game it needs more work, for superman fans is a must have

"super-d-duper"
yet another under-appriciated game. lots of fun but totally bashed by reviewers. but still a damn-fine game. based on the movie and decades of superman comics, movies and cartoons. a definate rent or buy must.

"This game had such potential...."
...but failed to deliver! Superman is arguably one of the best comic book super heroes. I had such high hopes for Superman Returns. Unfortunately this game is by far the worst game I've played on Xbox 360. Viva Pinata and Lego Star Wars are better than this game. In fact I can honestly say this is the worst game I've EVER played. (and I have a pretty sizeable game library) I'll start with the good, since there is so much wrong with this game.

Pros: 1) Breaking the sound barrier while flying. Hands down this is the best part of the game. If you want to experience this, download the demo on XBL.
2) Huge open ended city. This city is designed to be seen from a distance. If you look closely you'll notice the programmers used copy and past for a lot of buildings and textures
3) Easy Xbox 360 achievement points. You can unlock all of the achievement points in about 12 hours of gameplay. (even less than that if you don't go for the "12 hours of gameplay" achievement)
4) Ummm... that's it!

Cons: 1) REPETATIVE!! The bad guys in between bosses are all the same! There's no variety! The main bosses all have about 3 lines that they repeat over and over and over again! To quote Will Ferrell from Zoolander, "They're all the same!! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"
2) Not fun! This is the greatest sin a video game can commit! The game started off fun, but after 6 hours of playing I'm so frustrated I can't take it anymore. My wife even commented that it's not even fun to watch.
3) Poor controls. The controls are great if you're just flying around exploring the city, but once you get into a battle things quickly devolve. The lock on system is terrible. If you lock on to the wrong thing (a pedestrian or car instead of the bad guy) you can't just cycle through the available things to lock on (like every other game where you can lock on to things) you have to unlock, get your curser right on the guy you want and try to lock on again. As bad guys are constantly moving this quickly becomes a game of trial and error. The super speed button is great when you start flying and want to go straight up. It's also great for flying far above the city, but trying to use it while close to the ground or during a battle is horrid. For these situations it needs to be more of a gradual speed up. You're going 20 mph one second and 200 the next. It's very easy to fly right past your target and run into cars and buildings. That's another complaint! If you're superman, the man of steel, flying faster than the speed of sound and you run into a building, that building won't stop you. You should fly right through that building, not the case with this game. You simply leave a small dent in the building as you come to a complete stop. It's the same story while running and being completely halted by cars.
4) No story! In between fighting the same guys over and over you see clips from the movie. (They're not really from the movie; it's animated but the voice acting sounds like the stars from the movie)
5) Did I mention how repetitive this game is?

To sum things up, breaking the sound barrier is fun; everything else about this game is NOT! Now that Superman Returns is in the bargain bin, it MIGHT be worth it if you're really hard up for quick easy achievement points. But those points come with a price; it may be the longest 12 hours you spend in front of your TV. For the same monetary price I'd recommend Lego Star Wars. It's a lot more fun! The achievements take a lot longer and are a lot harder, but it is a truly fun game.


"Never Knew Metropolis Had So Many Robots :l"
i loved this game. the graphics are awesome and i can not express how much FUN it was to fly around such a Large world, inbetween buildings, underpasses, along bridges and then dive from about 500,000 feet in the air straight into the ocean and skim along the water at TOP speed....it is truly an amazing thing and has made me LOVE this game since iv played the demo and then rented it...but something buggs me...

too many robots :| youd think youd be able to save some people...put out a some fires...stop some thieves...a couple shoot outs...meteor showers...stop a plane from falling out the sky...maybe even a few spats with Lex Luthor wouldnt hurt. and things that Superman does in everyday life. but for some Dumb reason...every 10 seconds, the city is being attacked by what? Robots :| annoying...hard to kill...wayy toooo mannyy of themm....robots. after about the 10th battle with a STREET full of robots, youll be tired of it...

then i heard something about Dragons from one of the reviewers on here as well. thats just too much Stupid for me :| i dont want to fight anymore robots...and definately not Huff the Magic Dragon and 100,000 of his friends.

Buy it used at Gamestop for 20 bucks and return it in 7 days for something else...ill stick to Spiderman 2 on the original xbox for my superhero high...

iLL .

"Just like the movie....very mediocre"
I believe it was in 97 or 98 when I attended E3 in Atlanta. One of the booths I was excited about was Superman 64. So when I attended the event I found the Titus booth and immediately went to play Superman. My first task...flying through rings...you have got to be kidding me.....RINGS!!! What the ???? Okey, I thought after this ridiculous start that it would get better...oh no it got worse...much worse. Several times I found myself stuck in the wall. Alarmed I asked one of the people who represented the company who was making this horrible game that I got jammed in walls an awful lot. The lady scowled at me and acted like it was no big deal. She might as well have had on a T-shirt that said "I don't care".

You know when you get gum on your shoe and you lift up your foot and you give it a dirty look. Yep, that's how the lady looked at me. Like, how dare I breathe the same air as her. After playing the game for a few minutes more I left really disappointed and when the game did come out...well you know the drill. The reviews were downright abysmal. I believe it's listed as one of the worst games ever made next to ET for the Atari.

Anyway after that experience I still kept up hope that maybe someday we will get a superman game that truly gives the character its due. When I heard that they were making a superman game for the xbox 360 I could hardly wait. The screenshots were incredible and the premise seemed promising. Will this be it, the superman we all have been waiting for.....?

Uh...No.

Like the movie itself it misfired badly. I do agree that the first hour is very encouraging and has moments of video game bliss but after fighting my 30th robot and realizing the game is about as deep as Paris Hiltons personality, I was left cold and unfortunately I can't recommend this game for purchase. As a rental......definitely!!! That's it, that's about as far as you need to go. Play it for awhile call it good and than forget about it. Its not even close to super....I cant even say semi-super, I can only say average and it's only a few ticks from being below that.

The sad part is that this game had potential, the ideas were there but unfortanately after the first hour of the game it becomes a monotonious, uninspired mess. It says on the back of the game box that the game was taken from over 60 years of comic book stories and the movie itself. Uh...okey since when did Superman fight dragons and robots endlessly day after day after day. If he did, would you want to read those comics? I would rather read home and gardens. Alot of wasted oppertunity...this game if given more time to be cared for like Halo or GTA, than this game could have been EPIC...easily. Instead, its just been made to accomdate the crappy movie.

I guess we must all still be patient for a really good superman game. However it's nice that I didn't have to fly through rings this time or do those stupid clark kent stealth levels in the PS2 superman. And SR is the best superman game out now but really is that saying much? Uh no.