The most accurate/inaccurate comic book games
source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-most-accurateinaccurate-comic-book-games/a-2009081110113666008
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It's tough being the biggest comic nerd in the office. For instance, when a new Green Lantern film is announced, everyone wants to know the very detailed reasons why Hal Jordan's one-time weakness to yellow is no more. Then I have to educate everyone about the original Green Lantern - Alan Scott - and his weakness to wooden objects. Still, I secretly enjoy these moments, as I push up my glasses with one finger, take a deep breath and say, "actually, it all started in Green Lantern Volume 3, issue 50..." and go from there.
So as a tremendous comic geek, I've played a parent's basement full of comic book videogames, and even the best of them still leave me with some minor annoyances every time they mess with established continuity. As I whine about these errors to whoever comes near me first, I add them to the list in my head, one day hoping to let the world know these errors or applaud the unsung heroes who got their mythologies right. Today is that day.
Let's make the criteria clear right now: this only covers games based on comics, and doesn't include games based on movies based on comics, or games based on TV shows based on comics. TV shows and movies already take heavy liberties with their source material; never mind how far the games stray. Plus, those games have a 90 percent suck rate, as opposed to comics games' 60 percent. And before you accuse us of repeating ourselves, we know we did something like this a few years ago, so we're just going to skip over the five games in that great feature.
So as a tremendous comic geek, I've played a parent's basement full of comic book videogames, and even the best of them still leave me with some minor annoyances every time they mess with established continuity. As I whine about these errors to whoever comes near me first, I add them to the list in my head, one day hoping to let the world know these errors or applaud the unsung heroes who got their mythologies right. Today is that day.
Let's make the criteria clear right now: this only covers games based on comics, and doesn't include games based on movies based on comics, or games based on TV shows based on comics. TV shows and movies already take heavy liberties with their source material; never mind how far the games stray. Plus, those games have a 90 percent suck rate, as opposed to comics games' 60 percent. And before you accuse us of repeating ourselves, we know we did something like this a few years ago, so we're just going to skip over the five games in that great feature.
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smurph25
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Adding this to the "Superhero Central" group:
http://current.com/groups/superhero-central/ - 2 years ago
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smurph25
