Ask any gamer out there which DC superhero games are their favourite, and most will fanatically scream the Batman Arkham franchise and the Batman: The Telltale Series. While I love Batman, it seems that DC has been placing all its eggs in one bat-shaped basket by putting all the focus squarely on the Dark Knight. It’s this oversaturation that has given me Batman fatigue.
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With this in mind, I started thinking about other DC superhero games I’d love to see. DC has a plethora of great heroes and anti-heroes to choose from. We’ve already discussed a possible Superman game, so now I’ve put together a list of those other heroes deserving of their own games.
Many might not be aware, but there is a Constantine game based on the terrible movie starring Keanu Reeves. Although you can probably tell I wasn’t a fan of the movie, I did enjoy the TV series, which, as luck would have it, was cancelled after one season. Although the TV series was short-lived, it convinced me that that chain-smoking scholar of the occult, John Constantine, deserves his own game.
Think about it for a second.
Constantine might not be the most physically imposing hero (or, in this case, anti-hero) out there, but his quick wit and knowledge of the arcane make him an interesting and formidable foe to those who dare cross him. A game based on the Hellblazer comics should focus more on what makes Constantine such an interesting and deeply flawed hero rather than just loads of action. It could play out like a cross between a survival horror and investigative game where John is tasked with solving a mystery steeped in the occult while having to make some seriously tough in-game choices that will affect how the game plays out.
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