So I was reading Official Xbox Magazine this morning, and they kind of offhandedly said that they would like to see a Green Lantern Kinect game, and asked what superhero games we would like to see. I thought that was kind of a neat question, so I started thinking about it a bit, and I came up with some cool ideas. Well, I think they would be cool, anyway. These ideas probably wouldn't work as full triple-a games, but as smaller, budget titles, they could work. Here's what I came up with.
Green Goblin
Well, starting off, why do we always have to be playing as super heroes? Villains could be fun too, y'know. To be honest, I don't really have a specific idea on why this would be a good game, other than the fact that I think it would be awesome to fly around on the glider throwing around pumpkin bombs like a maniac. If you've read Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts run (which, if you are a superhero comics fan and haven't read it, you really ought to, it's great), you know how awesome and hilarious the Green Goblin can be. And I don't mean the crappy, ugly Goblin from the movie, the one from the comics/90s cartoon, damnit.
Venom
Honestly I'm kind of shocked that Venom hasn't just been in more games, let alone having his own. I have still not forgiven Capcom for snubbing him for Marvel 3. ANYWAY, I think now would be a great time for a Venom game, since the Flash Thompson Venom is basically a hero now. He works as kind of a more black-ops type soldier, which means his missions could be broken up perfectly into game levels. And the best part, the common 'morality' system that we've been seeing lately would work perfectly here. Players could play it on the 'good' side, going by the book and keeping the symbiote in line, or they could go a bit rogue, and let the symbiote take over. For the latter, you'd be a lot stronger (and look cooler, obviously), but maybe you'd actually lose control of your character sometimes, and struggle to get control back. I think that might make for an interesting experience.
The Hood
Well, you can be forgiven if you've never heard of this guy, so I'll just give a quick summary. He used to be a petty thief, but then he found a big red cloak that happened to be possessed by the demon lord Dormammu.This gave him really sick powers, and so he quickly became the crime lord of his own gang. The thing that really makes him interesting, though, is that he has a family that is unaware of his life of crime. So maybe there could be some tactical element to the game where you have to manage your crime syndicate while keeping your family safe from it. And then of course you'd be able to go out into the field yourself, fighting with your guns and demon powers.
Black Cat
So, Black Cat has always been kind of grey character morality-wise, balancing being a jewel thief and helping Spider-Man in his heroics. So this is another instance where the player could kind of decide how they want to play. I would view it as like an open world where you could choose between robbery missions or hero missions. Ideally, you'd have to do some of both. Like maybe you would have to do robberies to get money to upgrade your equipment. I dunno why would have to do hero missions, but it'd probably be easy to come up with something after some thinking. And of course Spider-Man would factor heavily into the game, with plenty of opportunities to help and interact with him.
Watchmen
I know, I know. But hear me out. During the Steam Sale, I bought the two Watchmen: The End is Nigh games for $4.50, because hey, it's Watchmen, and it's less than five bucks, right? Why not, they can't be that bad. Well, they ARE. They're really terrible. And that made me sad. I mean, it is kind of cool to run around as Rorschach and beat fools' brains out, but that's about the extent of the tolerability. I think it would be cool to have a game where you can play as any of the Watchmen, not just Rorschach and Nite Owl. Well, maybe exclude Dr. Manhattan, due to the whole omnipotent thing. But Before Watchmen showed me that there are more interesting stories to tell in the Watchmen world, and I mean at this point the ship has sailed with games, movies, and more books, so why not go for it?
Well, I mean, there are plenty more superheroes that would probably make cool games, but I have things to do so I'm going to stop here. And sorry to any DC fans, I've always been more of a Marvel guy, and all the well-known DC heroes already have their own games. But anyway, if you have any good ideas, you could put them in the comments if you wanted. Or not! That's cool too.
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