Superman Returns: The Video Game

Price: 9.95 - 57.99

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Superman Returns: The Video Game PlayStation 21161758321

Pros:

Grueling martial arts combat rewards skill, precision, button mashing; great, goofy presentation; large variety of moves to experiment with; well-balanced challenge leads to rewarding victories.

Cons:

Repetitive gameplay doesn't throw many surprises at you; bland level design.

The game unfolds as a series of many brief levels, comprising over half a dozen different stages, each of which are sandwiched between brief, often-amusing cinematic cutscenes. Each stage has its own look, catchy music, and unique enemies, but the stages still are all roughly the same--the level design in God Hand is simply there to put you up against one roomful of enemies after another. There are no puzzles to solve, no bottomless pits to jump over, and barely any other obstacles to watch out for besides all the bad guys. Yet the game stretches on for a remarkably long time for being so simple and will probably take you at least a dozen hours to finish the first time through. While the game does feel padded out with many cookie-cutter enemy encounters, the action stays fun and interesting by providing you with an ever-growing variety of martial arts moves. There are well over a hundred different punches and kicks you can use against your foes, and as you discover more and more of them, you can freely map them to the face buttons on your controller and wind up with your own custom fighting style. You can also buy power-ups that raise your maximum health and boost your special abilities.