Superman, on the other hand, follows rules to the letter. Whether you're smashing through the side of a building with the Batmobile in Arkham Knight, picking a fight with a random thug in Arkham City, or taking a couple hours to investigate the dark halls of Arkham Asylum, there's a precedent for it across the character's many appearances over the years. In the world of the Arkham games, running over criminals, shooting them with a high-velocity cannon, electrocuting them, or sending them flying down a flight of metal stairs simply leaves them 'unconscious.' There's a ridiculous amount of hand-waving, but Batman's vigilante roots make him a natural avatar. On the other hand, while Telltale's mold seems perfectly adapted to telling a uniquely empathetic Clark Kent story, the necessary limitations on the choices offered to a by-the-books Superman could ironically rob the player of a sense of agency. Game development isn't a question of being unable to solve an issue-it's a question of how, and the tradeoffs you're willing to make in service of the core experience.Ī typical AAA open world action-adventure game could capture the grand strokes of Superman's fight against various forces of evil, for example, but might struggle with quiet, human moments like the one described above. Telling these kinds of stories is not impossible in an interactive medium. Superman ends up saving her life-not with bravado or muscles, but with simple empathy.
She forces him to promise he won't take her down against her will, and after listening to her issues, he waits with her through the day and night to speak to her on her terms.
In it, Superman encounters a woman on the verge of leaping from a skyscraper and committing suicide. Above: watch us play Superman 64 as part of Waypoint's 72-hour launch livestream.Ī few months ago, a post about Superman went viral on Imgur.
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