{"id":310,"date":"2025-07-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:42:56","slug":"games-inbox-whats-the-best-superhero-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/games-inbox-whats-the-best-superhero-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: What\u2019s the best superhero game?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – the ultimate superhero game? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Thursday letters page hopes Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet has a sense of humour, as another reader calls for Star Wars<\/a>: Battlefront 3.<\/p>\n

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Binary choice<\/strong>
An interesting article about Superman in video games<\/a>, but I have a hard time imagining that anyone will bother trying to crack the concept when there are easier heroes to put into games. It is still amazing though, how there still aren\u2019t that many superhero games in general, even though the peak of the MCU has been and gone.<\/p>\n

So the question I\u2019m going to ask, of which is the best superhero game, has far fewer options than there really should be. Personally, I think it\u2019s probably Midnight Suns<\/a>, but if we limit ourselves to action games it\u2019s really only down to Batman vs. Spider-Man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would say that Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City<\/a> are much better games than any of Insomniac\u2019s Spider-Man games, even though Insomniac rip-off so much from the Batman titles. However, I\u2019d also say that Spider-Man 2<\/a> is a better superhero game, in that it gets the character exactly right in terms of character and what he does.<\/p>\n

The problem with the Batman games is that they\u2019re all set in enclosed spaces and even by the time you get to Arkham Knight, everyone\u2019s been evacuated from Gotham, so there\u2019s no civilians and you don\u2019t get to prevent any random crimes, which you absolutely should be doing in a Batman game.<\/p>\n

I always figured that was a technical limitation but since we\u2019ve never had a proper sequel the problem has never been solved.
Archie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Unknown success<\/strong>
Interesting article about game sales<\/a> and how it\u2019s difficult to tell whether a game is a hit nowadays, or at least not until many months since it was out. I say this because I\u2019m curious right now as to how Death Stranding 2 is doing. I loved it but it is clearly not a cheap game to make, and I don\u2019t know anyone else that\u2019s played it and I don\u2019t remember anyone writing into the Inbox about it.<\/p>\n

I see some talk of 1.4 million sales in June, but that doesn\u2019t seem very much. Not for a game like that. I know that GC said 1 million is considered the bear minimum for a hit but it\u2019s dependent on budget. So what does Death Stranding 2 have to do to break even? We usually know that for a movie but never for a game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s frustrating. I hope the game has done well enough that Kojima won\u2019t be impacted but we probably won\u2019t know unless something really bad happens.
Damdon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quick turnaround<\/strong>
A surprisingly interesting set of results for US game sales in May. I certainly didn\u2019t get the impression Elden Ring Nightreign did all that well and it\u2019s almost funny how Switch 1 sold 44% less than last year and it still outsold the Xbox Series X\/S. How they think they\u2019re going to come back from that sort of performance in the next generation I don\u2019t know. But I do know telling us that the killer app is AI isn\u2019t going to work.<\/p>\n

Love to see the revival of Star Wars Battlefront 2 too. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s quite extreme enough for EA to make a sequel though. Even if they started right now it\u2019d take them something like five years to make a new one and whole knows what stay the games industry or Star Wars will be in by that point. Mind you, it was only two years between Battlefront 1 and 2, which is very short nowadays, so maybe they can make it quicker if they use the same tech.
Maister<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Remaster masters<\/strong>
I try to support games and studios I really appreciate with day one buys and think I’ll be doing that with Nightdive Studios\u2019 System Shock 2 25th Anniversary Remaster<\/a>, with its slightly delayed release on console on the 10th of this month.<\/p>\n

I’m on board with and think they do an excellent and thoughtful job of their manifesto of \u2018bringing lost and forgotten gaming treasures back from the depths.\u2019<\/p>\n

I have played System Shock 2 before but will relish a fresh playthrough but have really enjoyed for the first time Powerslave Exhumed and Killing Time: Resurrected from Nightdive Studios.<\/p>\n

There’s so many games I’d love them to take on, like Deus Ex, that maybe might happen if this release does well.
Simundo<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> They\u2019re definitely the gold standard when it comes to 90s era Western games.<\/em><\/p>\n

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