Superman Returns (PS2)

Superman Returns is an action game for the Playstation 2 developed by EA games. The story somewhat follows the plot of the movie which puts Superman in a face off against his arch rival Lex Luthor but adds in a whole lot more including fights with the giant robotic Metallo and his alter ego Bizarro, fans may complain that the story isn't faithful to that of the movie but in my case I found the movie to be so light on the action scenes it would have made for a terrible video game! In the game you control the character of Superman, you fly around the city of Metropolis and it is actually quite a fun experience, they have definitely nailed Supermans speedy ...  Read the complete review

When its comes down to this game, I have to admit that Superman Returns isnt my favourite. Although I liked the film, this game wasnt up to much in my opinion. My son loves this game, and I bought it for him, but when I had a go, it just didnt work out, and it is probably due to the fact that it trys to be like the film a bit too much. You can buy this game on almost all of the platforms, and on playstation 2, you cant really do as much, as far as the control go, than you can in other games. When there is another superman movie released, I hope that the game will be much better than this one. It was a true disappointed, as I was looking forward to playing it. ...  Read the complete review

Superman Returns, for the PS2, although sharing the title of the recent film shares nothing else with regards to plot. For this game the writers have taken the content more from the comic-book side of superman. The game world is free roam; you may fly anywhere within Metropolis which is fully modeled, although as you would expect as you move away from objects they degrade in visual quility - ie. they have a 'draw distance'. Superman's powers are all available to you from the begining and after a brief battle with a rather large alien you are set free in metropolis (superman 'returns'). The gameplay takes a serious dive into monotony once the pleasure of flying around the ...  Read the complete review