I’ve gone on record several times that sometimes all it takes to make a great comic book game is to shamelessly borrow from the best of the business. A review that includes the sentence “it’s like (X) game, just featuring (Y) skin” shouldn’t be taken as a mark against any licensed game, but rather a…
When it comes to movie tie-in games, the Dark Knight has a pretty great track record. Discounting Acclaim’s work on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (though admittedly I have yet to get my hands on the pricey Batman Forever the arcade game) both Batman: The Video Game from Sunsoft and Batman Returns from Konami…
In my discussion of why I thought Batman: Arkham Asylum worked, I mentioned how it was due largely to the fact that it took the Batman character and merged it with Nintendo’s long-standing Metroid franchise. I then began to think about what other games would be great templates to join to a comic book character…
Comic Book Video Games 