Superman

"Don't even bother."

A few years back, I saw an advertisement for this game. I thought 'Oh that might be kind of cool'. The advertisement talked about how you got to play as superman and got all his powers. I was a pretty big fan of the cartoon so I thought it sounded like a good idea. I had hoped the N64 game would come to the psone. Thank goodness that wish never came true. For I played this sorry excuse for a video game several months later. I had heard warnings. My friends cautioned me that it was the biggest travesty since E.t. for Atari. I should've listened. But like the optimist that I am, I figured 'Hey how bad could it be?' Here's what Titus didn't tell you....

Graphics: 2
It's been about seven years since this game came out and even then the graphics sucked. They don't use hardly any of the N64's power. Most playstation games had much better graphics than this piece of garbage. The graphics are blocky and jagged as hell. I just don't understand how a game on N64 could have graphics this poor of quality. You can look at this game's graphics and tell that little effort was put forth took make them look worth a damn. But No one should be surprised, afterall, Titus made this game.
Remember what early playstation games looked like? (Hell, remember what Shadows of the Empire looked like.) No good right? This game manages to out do all that other graphical garbage of the past. The level design is extremely uninspired. The levels are undetailed, bland, and as jaggedy as the pitiful characters designs. I'm not even sure if Superman had a face in this game. Hell, Titus doesn't care what they put in games as long as they can sucker some poor few into buying their crap.

Story:3
What story? This game blows. You get two movies in this entire game. One at the beginning and one at the end. And they're are almost identical. The levels don't make any since towards the plot either. At one point, you're in a virtual reality game of Lex Luthor's and you have to escape by flying through a series of rings. That's right, rings. Oh and the level design is so cool. It's Metropolis except covered in pink fog. I told you the graphics sucked. There really is no story and no time was spent developing the characters. Superman sounds like the one off the cartoon. But it doesn't matter because he only has two lines! And things get pretty old after you hear them about ten times each. Marvel vs Capcom 2 has a better plot than this piece of junk.

Gameplay:1
This game is about as fun to play as it's graphics are to look at. The gameplay is sub-par at best. The controls are unresponsive and slow. If the controller should come out of the port the game keeps going. That's what this game thinks of the person playing it. The game is also very repetitive. There are two types of enemies. Robots and Shadows. I would like to point out the visual laziness that is present. The shadows are Lex Luthors men and they are what they sound like. Solid black,undetailed people. Oh and don't even bother trying to make this game fun. Cheat codes do not enhance the experience. They sometimes don't quite work. 'Wait.' You say. 'What about having all his powers?' Oh don't worry, Titus kept it's promise about that. You have all of his powers. What they didn't tell you was that was that you have to find them as PICK-UPS! And once you've found them, the garbage doesn't end there. His powers have a limit. That's right. There's a little meter and they run out. And when you have them, his powers really aren't all that great. His laser vision blows. Often it will go right through the enemy and not even hurt them. Ofcourse you can fly, but with overly complicated and unresponsive controls it really doesn't matter.

Replay value:1
There is no replay value. You shouldn't even play this game to begin with. It's pathetic. If you like Superman, just read the comic.

Overall: 1
This game really doesn't even deserve a one. It's awful. This is one of the top five games to stay away from.(the others are Street Fighter the movie, Batman Dark Tomorrow, The Fantastic Four, and Friday the 13th.) There is one good thing about this game. Depending on your sense of humor, this game is so awful it's kind of funny. So there for somewhat entertaining. From the pink fog to the laughingly bad graphics it's almost like Titus ment to be funny. Unfortunately, we all no the truth. Titus is run by a bunch of nuts who don't know what the Hell their doing. But make no mistake about it, this game is not worth your hard earned money.(Even if you mooch off your parents,don't waste their money) Yep. This is another blockbuster from Titus. It's about as enjoyable as their other games(like Batman Beyond and Carmageddon) or about as enjoyable as getting a root canal.

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 04/29/04