Deciding which Superhero Games are Best for You

What do “Injustice: Gods among Us”, “Batman: Toxic Chill”, “Lego Batman: The Video Game” and “Little Big Planet” have in common?

You guessed it; they all have Batman… or something dressed up in a Batman costume. Yet no Batman fan would say all these games are on their top 10 superhero games because Injustice is a fighting game, Toxic Chill is a child’s educational game that they can’t even pretend they have heard of, Lego Batman is, well, Lego action, and Little Big Planet is a plat- former that can’t even be called a superhero game.

So if Batman is in four different genres of games and hundreds of other superheroes are in video games all with their own genres, AND some Superhero MMO Games like City of Heroes have original heroes… this becomes quite complicated.

Since every genre of game has experimented with superheroes at some point, you shouldn’t think “I must play this game because this superhero is in it!” but rather ask yourself: 

•  “Would I still like this game if said character wasn’t in it?”
•  “Do I care how true to the comics or movies the game is?”
•  “How do gamer companies like IGN rate the game?"

Do you have any methods to aid your decision?