Superman Returns: The Videogame

Superman Returns: The Videogame Description

Superman, as you might have guessed, has returned. And most impressive his return looks, too. Players can now take on the role of Metropolis's recently returned guardian to protect the city from a plethora of evil lurking on its streets (and, on occasion, in its skies). In the past, Superman games have been a tad on the awkward side. Not that we can pile too much blame on the programmers, mind you. Making a bevy of powers that includes flight, super-strength, super-speed, heat vision, arctic breath, x-ray vision (and a bunch of others too myriad to list here) work and play well is no mean feat. With the current crop of consoles available, however, EA finally has technology to work with that's up to the task. Superman Returns offers 80 square meters of playable landscape for Supes to get to grips with and it's littered with all kinds of nastiness to test your powers. And making use of the powers on offer is undeniably going to be a huge part of the experience. EA hasn't skimped on the 'super' front and offers a variety of creative ways to use your abilities. Within a couple of minutes of hitting start, you're fighting fires and cooling off comets with your super-breath, then blasting meteors out of the sky with your heat vision. Further into the game, players can mix things up to find new ways to stop enemies and save lives, such as freezing a torrent of water spraying from a fire-hydrant and hurling it at the baddies with super-strength. The sheer range of what you can do with your powers is astounding. Oh, and did we mention the baddies? Well, yes. But we can't help but mention them again. Expect (amongst others) Mongul (yellow-alien-warlord-type), Bizarro (demented-Superman-clone-guy), Metallo (giant-evil-robot-thingy) and of course the nefarious (yes, that's right, nefarious) Lex Luthor to try and give you a headache.

• The Authentic Superman Experience - True to the fiction in every respect, this is the game based on the Superman universe that fans have been anticipating for decades.
  
  
• Metropolis Comes to Life - From excited citizens stopping to take your picture as you fly overhead to the traffic on the streets, every detail of this vibrant city has a mind of its own. These 80 square miles are brought to life for the first time in a videogame.
  
  
• Huge Open World - Go anywhere and do anything in Metropolis as Superman. Non-linear gameplay allows you to explore and play the game exactly how you want to at your own pace. Where and how you fly - to the top of skyscrapers, dodging elevated trains - is completely up to you, since gameplay is designed as a true open world experience.
  
  
• Missions and Mini-games - With notorious villains like Metallo and Parasite, and colossal challenges only Superman can overcome, you must navigate the Man of Steel to monitor and protect Metropolis from destruction.
  
  
• Varied Gameplay - Three distinct types of gameplay - Flying, Rescue, and Combat - will keep the action constant and the challenges relentless. Play both film-inspired missions as well as original content created exclusively for the videogame.
  
  
• Next-Gen Technology - Graphics, sound, and gameplay have been taken to the next level to create a Metropolis like you've never seen it, with three dimensional sound, a complete orchestra soundtrack, and Oscar-wining sound designer.