What are the best superhero games ever?

[lugaru]

So I've been on a huge superhero kick for some reason, devouring every movie and animated series in my path. I dunno, comes in cycles I guess. So now I want to get hardcore into superhero games but I want some suggestions plus best of threads are always fun. I only play on PC and DS but feel free to mention console games too. Lets see, here are mine:

1) Freedom Force: you dudes should totally try this game out.
2) Batman Arkham Asylum: the detective mode is a "win" button but still it is a ton of fun and very convincing.
3) X-Men Legends 2: Loved that game. Spot on.
4) X-Men Origins Wolverine: under appreciated but that game is the best at what it does... being a wolvie game.
5) The Punisher: A weapon in each hand, foes that panic, interrogations... perfect punisher game. Very underated.
6) Champions Online: great hero creator, somewhat repetitive after that. Only played City of Heroes for a month so I cant compare.
7) MUA: great game but never actually finished it, maybe I should revisit.
8) Marvel Vs Capcom: ITS MARVEL VS CAPCOM! Gonna take you for a ride, naranaa naaa...
9) Spider-Man 3 felt like GTA spidey.. explore NY, take photos, have fun.
10) Punisher vs Nick fury, X-Men arcade game, X-Men Mutant academy... etc. Suggestions?

[JeyNyce]

If you are talking about a game that stays TRUE to the hero? then I have:

Freedom Force - Of course
Batman: AA
Spider-Man: WoS
Wolverine

Playing those games I truly felt like the hero and didn't feel like I was held down like some other superhero game *cough Superman cough*

[lugaru]

I have not played a spidey game in years but it is looking like Web of Shadows and Ultimate are the way to go.

[lugaru]

BTW want to throw in an honorable mention for Prototype... it is much more of a Villain game but talk about a rush, you get to be the hulk + carnage at the same time in a grand theft auto NY.

[electro]

#1 City of Heroes : Not only is it the best superhero game but, I think it's the best game ever made - To run around with any hero that you can think up & the characters feel really powerfull as you go threw the lvls - You can run around in huge worlds with your friends or try to hook up with other local heroes & lend your skills to the frey - To sum it it quickly CoH makes me really feel like i'm becomming a Superhero & any game that can do that get's the top slot

#2 Freedom Force : No need for description because we all know how cool this game is

#3 Batman Arkam Asylum : Finally a quality Batman game after all these years - Looks like O'l Bats beat Superman to get the first good videogame

#4 Hulk Ultimate Destruction : Hulk Smash

[TheMarvell]

-Hulk Ultimate Destruction
-X-Men Origins Wolverine
-Ultimate Spider-Man
-X-Men Legends 1 & 2
-MUA 1 & 2
-Spider-Man 3

yeah, I liked Spider-Man 3 the game. I know everyone tends to hate it, but I honestly, for the life of me, can't figure out why. It plays like Spider-Man 2 (which everyone loved) but has improved graphics and better missions. Will never understand how people can love 2 but hate 3. I'm thinking the movie has something to do with it, cus nothing else makes sense.

Web of Shadows is fun, and it doesn't follow a movie which is always welcome, but Spider-Man's voice is laughably bad and almost all of the "sidequests" are an incredibly tedious exercise in repetition. "First objective: kill 50 guys. Second objective: kill 100. Third objective: Kill 1000. Rinse. Repeat. For every enemy type." It's good, but not great.

Looking forward to Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions.

Can't think of anymore right now that I've played. Hulk and Wolverine are probably my favorites besides MUA.

[detourne_me]

Top 3 Modern games:
1. Freedom Force (and all mods/sequels)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. X-Men Legends (and all spinoffs)

Honorable Mentions: Every GTA Spidey game has been pretty good - except for the PC version of Spider-man 2 - I really liked Ultimate Spider-man actually
Wolverine was fantastic, I just didn't like some of the platforming elements
The Hulk games have been great too.

Top 3 DS games:
1. X-men Origins: Wolverine - super fun, fast and furious
2. Spider-man: Friend or Foe - The most underrated Spidey game for DS but my favorite
3. Lego Batman - Was almost going to put Justice League Heroes in here, but Lego Batman was silly fun

Top 3 Classic Games:
1. X-men 2: The Clone Wars - one of the best X-men games ever! Plus you get to play as Magneto!
2. Spider-man/Venom: Maximum Carnage - Probably my favorite beat-em-up ever.  Great soundtrack from Green Jello and a poopton of characters to fight; Shriek, Doppelganger, Hobgoblin, Carnage - Guest appearances from Cloak and Dagger, Johnny Storm, etc.
3. X-Men on Sega Genesis - The way to continue the game after fighting Mojo at the big crunch was mind-blowing

Honorable Mentions: The Adventures of Batman and Robin for Genesis, Batman for NES, Spider-man for PS1 - i just swung around the city for hours in that game!

[BWPS]

Theres a lot I haven't played, heres what I thought of.

1. inFamous/Freedom Force
I like to put these as tied.
2. XM: L series
3. MvC2
4. Batman: AA
5. City of Heroes (sweet character creation, awesome travel powers, boring locations and missions)
6. Spider-Man for N64
7. That really hard Sega X-Men game
Does Viewtiful Joe count?

[TheMarvell]

forgot about Maximum Carnage. But I liked it's less popular sequel better: Separation Anxiety. Main reason being that it had 2 player co-op, which should be mandatory for any beat-em-up. Maximum Carnage, for whatever reason, didn't have that, if I remember right.

[bat1987]

No particular order:


Batman: Arkham Asylum
Spiderman: Web of shadows
The Punisher
Champions Online
Batman: TAS for snes

Havent played Xmen origins : Wolverine, but I heard its really good, so I will give it a try for sure.

[Dr.Volt]

Yep, looks like my choices are the same as others:

1.  FF all the way (both games)
2.  Batman AA
3.  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
4.  BASH! UE (a pnp rpg)
5.  Mutants and Masterminds (pnp rpg)
6.  Champions (pnp rpg)

And I have high hopes for Spiderman Shattered Dimensions and DCUO...but waiting for the reviews before I plunk down that kind of $$.

[Spe-Dog]

#1 City of Heroes : Not only is it the best superhero game but, I think it's the best game ever made - To run around with any hero that you can think up & the characters feel really powerfull as you go threw the lvls - You can run around in huge worlds with your friends or try to hook up with other local heroes & lend your skills to the frey - To sum it it quickly CoH makes me really feel like i'm becomming a Superhero & any game that can do that get's the top slot

#2 Freedom Force : No need for description because we all know how cool this game is

#3 Batman Arkam Asylum : Finally a quality Batman game after all these years - Looks like O'l Bats beat Superman to get the first good videogame

#4 Hulk Ultimate Destruction : Hulk Smash

You got my list cold, but I would add Justice League Heroes as well.  Very underrated game, and I am still in mourning over the fact that there is no plan for a sequel.