Ps2 Superman Returns Video Game

[Robin91939]

To anyone who has bought this, or seen it played on PS2, is the gameplay noticably worse than on Xbox 360? Are the graphics still solid? I'm buying it, but a bit concerned that I'm not getting a great version of the game.

-R

[Man_of_Steel]

I have the X-Box version and the graphics are quite good...X-Box 360 has the upperhand, of course...but nothing too dramatic.

[Superman45]

I have it for ps2 and the cape doesn't move like the 360 one. The city is huge much bigger than spiderman 2 I am a little surprised that I haven't saved a plain yet, and i haven't stopped the bank robbers all i'v done is save kittens and beat up robots. The flying is fun but after seeing the 360 version i feel let down but i'm getting used to it.

[ReporterKent]

I have the X-Box version and the graphics are quite good...X-Box 360 has the upperhand, of course...but nothing too dramatic.

But there's no difference in Game play, like is Metropolis still huge?

[BrollySupersj]

I just got it today for the PS2, and their really isn't TOO much difference. Fighting, flying, it's all the same. Superman himself maybe a bit different. And by that I mean that the cape isn't as fluid moving as the 360 counter part. BUT it still moves, so yeah, take it from me. The PS2 version is most likely just as good at the 360.

[Matt Murdock]

I don't know about anyone else, but after owning the game since the 21st, i feel heartily (ok, perhaps thats slightly harsh) let down.

I read on the site that pedestrians would get out of their cars to snap pictures of me... hasn't happened yet.

I read on the site that bank robbers or metallo...it made no difference, i'd stop 'em both. I have yet to encounter one bank robber, hell i'd settle for a bank.

I thought that this game would involve clark kent. Nope. Not one bit. Not even a chance to save Lois Lane or Jimmy Olsen. As IGN put it "Superman isn't the sum of his powers."

I agree.

Gameplay, however is fun. It's revolutionary. Sure, Spidey 2 was fun, and had a huge environment, but this city...metropolis...it is simply nuts. Flying two miles up, and hovering i could feel the vastness of the city. Which, after letting the camera take its nifty little "display mode", is really cool. EA really thought it through with Supe's powers. Particularly in flight.

I read on EA's website that there would be 3 sonic booms. Whoops, there are 4. After the 4th, you're flying faster than sound, and all you can hear is the freeze breath, super breath, or heat vision you use, and the musical score. Other than that, there is silence. Flying over water after the 4th sonic boom is utterly remarkable. After Spider-Man 2 or ultimate spiderman, when i felt bored or stressed, i pop either spidey game into my playstation and swing around NYC. Now, im certain that that will be replaced with flying around metropolis and saving kittens.

The combat system is quite tricky. There are a vast number of moves the player can do, each in varying complexity. However, it does get quite repetitive...however, this could be due to the.....

enemies! There are, approximately, 8 villains in this game. And i don't mean bosses. I mean 8 variations of baddies that you have to use a combination of super strength, vision, or breath to beat. That's it....8. Sure, there's an occasional fire, but fire is....well, its fire.

This game is supremely awesome in the first hour. It all goes down from there. However, after i beat story mode, im sure that things will pick up, since there wont be a robot invasion every 60 seconds. Finally, i'll be able to destroy the city as bizzaro, or have fun in my SR pod suit.

EA games has got the basics of superman down. Now, let's see where they can go with it.

-SSF!

[Matt Murdock]

Quick question. I own the Bradygames guide for the game, and in every screen shot, theres a HUGE metropolis health bar. Mine's is smaller than my stamina bar. Any thoughts?

[Superman45]

mines small too. I got bored fighting the dragons so Im on here seeing what the rest of the world thinks. i haven't played one mission from the movie yet. No plain,and no bank robbers, i hope the end is good. I hope i get my ass handed to me by lex i hope new krypton comes out of the water, I hope i lift it into space. But from the looks of it I think it will be a cut sceen. EA kinda let me down. The flying is fun though I hate being interupted to fight stupid dragons the same way i always do every sec.

I feel like mr incredible. " I just cleaned this place up could we keep it clean for a little while" Spiderman 2 was better in my mind. This is by far the best Superman game ever so if your a hardcore fan pick it up.

[Costumedfreak]

The 360 is noticibly sharper than the PS2 graphiclly, as it should be especially in high defintion & 5.1 Dolby Digital sound, as for the game itself, ill put it this way if you are a hardcore Superman fan like spidey said this is the game is what you have been waiting for your whole life, if you are a average gamer you will find it repetitive its as simple as that. The game is MUCH more fun when cheat codes are applied such as the city meter never goes down & every power & bonus unlocked. When i first played this game in the meteor shower mission i was laughing with glee, i thought to myself... finally a kickass supes game, 6 strait hours later im still craving more!

[Robin91939]

I don't get why we can't fight....NORMAL humans. Get shot by bullets, something!!! I hate fighting all of these Sci-Fi monsters every sec.

-R

[BrollySupersj]

I don't get why we can't fight....NORMAL humans. Get shot by bullets, something!!! I hate fighting all of these Sci-Fi monsters every sec.

-R


I don't lol, it gives me something to do. I'm fighting Bizarro now.

[Matt Murdock]

bizarro isnt enough of a challenge.

[Superman45]

i wanta save a plain damit!!!!

[Matt Murdock]

you arent going to.

maybe a blimp, but not in the way you're thinking

[Matt Murdock]

any news on increasing metro's health?

[Costumedfreak]

any news on increasing metro's health?

Keep doing challenges, & you can put in a code where the city health meter & power stamina never goes down. Its just alot more fun than having to rush to beat every boss before the city meter goes down.

[Matt Murdock]

ive done the code, but i can't understand why the city's health is smaller than my stamina.

[bhogg]

This is the first non-sports game I've ever had. How do I get out of the initial "learning" game. I hate it. I just want to explore the city for now, but all I can do is learn about my powers, then all hell breaks lose when I can't save the city from the meteors.

[Matt Murdock]

save the city, beat the game, then you can explore.

[Mister J]

It does suck the way you start the game off. When I had to stop the meteorites, the flying system was still very awkward and the city kept getting blown to hell. It's good to have early missions to force you to use certain elements of your abilities, but that was more frustrating than enjoyable. That's not how it should be.

Then you go to WarWorld and it took a good while to learn the proper technique and distance to beat Overcast. As much effort as I expended there, afterwards I made Mongul my ***** like it was nothing. Very uneven there.

The flying does get addictive though. I don't even mind the incessant robot attacks so much now. At any rate, decent gaem, but it should have been better with that long ass delay and all EA's big talk.

Gotta go. I have a big ass Metallo-launched, city-destroying missile to stop. :cool: :super:

[Matt Murdock]

that missle was a let down as well :(

[Mister J]

Crap, it was. That battle started out so promising too. Outside of me going bat**** crazy for the flawed targeting system, that was pretty fun. Everything after the missile launch was downhill. There should have been more interactive combat.

[bhogg]

save the city, beat the game, then you can explore.


As an "old guy" I hate this crap. It's a problem I have with all of EA's games. They expect me to "unlock" a bunch of crap. Why can't they just make it available. For Christ's sake, I paid for the game.

Surely they'll be a code or something to get into this stuff without doing the crap I don't care about.

Oh well, I'll take a little time this afternoon to see what I can accomplish :)

[bhogg]

Hey, I made it out of Warworld.

I can get past metallo but the second wave of robots gets me. I can't seem to find them.

By the time I do luck up on them, it's too late and Metropolis is doomed :)


The game is starting to perk my interests. . . . .this is the first non-sports title I've ever owned.

[young-nyc]

metallio shouldn't pose too much problems, what i do is simply superspeed fly up and look down to see where the robots are. from there lock on to them using the L1 button i believe and superspeed into them with heat vision. hope that helps

good luck

[BrollySupersj]

How many cats has everybody found?

I have 15 out of 100.

[Matt Murdock]

86/100

[BrollySupersj]

86/100

Well, you've been a busy beaver.

[Matt Murdock]

:d:d:d

[jbsuperman2]

I have the game. Played it for 40 mins. I like it so far. I bet you're thinking...40 MINUTES??! I'm a busy guy. Have a girlfriend and work and stuff so I don't get to play PS2 a wholte lot.

[young-nyc]

when do you have time to find cats in the game? every minute the city goes undersiege with dang criminals...i only found 3 cats so far, 64% done with the game

[Matt Murdock]

every time i felt the controler vibrate i got a cat.

[Darkest Knight]

So you can't save planes?

Metropolis pedestrians don't snap pictures of the rare glimpse of Superman?

All which were said to happen in the game.

Is this game AS dissapointing as the actual movie?

[IronMan_2005]

So you can't save planes?

Metropolis pedestrians don't snap pictures of the rare glimpse of Superman?

All which were said to happen in the game.

Is this game AS dissapointing as the actual movie?

No to planes, yes to blimps.

No, noone snaps pictures, they cheer and thank you for rescuing them though.

Personally, niether were dissapointing to me. I loved the movie and I'm really enjoying the game. They only thing I hated (yes it's past-tense) about the game were the controls and the camera angles, but I've got used to them now.

[bhogg]

The game is very fun. You fly around and do cool stuff. . .. always fun.

I'm just glad you don't return to the beginning after you fail. I guess I'm about half way through the game thus far.

[Scottish Flash]

Is this game worth getting?

I'm a big Supes fan an was really looking forward to this game coming out. Watched all the preview videos but then the reviews started pouring out from IGN, Gamespot and the like and it was not good. Now it seems to be a mixed bunch of reviews from people who actually own the game. Is it good enough to validate me spending £40 on it, baring in mind i'm a poor student :woot:

[Super Kal]

no it's not... it's worth a rental at best.

[GreenKToo]

I agree,I would rent it first.no it's not... it's worth a rental at best.

[Captain Villa]

I must have spent 3 hours last night, trying to beat Outkast.

How on earth do you do it, when he grows large ?

It is really annoying as you have to start at the beginning again, when he beats you.

Any hints would be appreciated.

[double A-ron]

I must have spent 3 hours last night, trying to beat Outkast.

How on earth do you do it, when he grows large ?

It is really annoying as you have to start at the beginning again, when he beats you.

Any hints would be appreciated.

I'm in the same boat (except that 3 hour part, I'd go *****ing nuts if I played for that long), I can't seem to get past that guy. He truely has my number.

[Matt Murdock]

throw cars at him

[Mister J]

I'm in the same boat (except that 3 hour part, I'd go *****ing nuts if I played for that long), I can't seem to get past that guy. He truely has my number.
Like the above poster mentioned, throw cars or whatever objects you can get, at him. Keep your distance. Supes has a pretty ridiculous range when using projectiles. You can also try waiting out some of his attacks and blocking the energy wave when it comes. Sometimes, my timing in tossing things at him was thrown off and it helped my to block and then pick up something.

[Captain Villa]

throw cars at him

That is the giant metallo part.

[Matt Murdock]

its both.

:o

[Pappa Munchi]

The game was a disapointment.

I was hoping for William's music (it was in the trailer) or even Ottoman or Ken Thorne's effort.

Fighting Dragons was pathetic. I like that they used Mogul and Metello- but where was Lex & Krypton Island to fight on?

I was also hoping for Brainiac, Maxima, Lobo, Zod and Crew to show up- not Dragons!

I was hoping for more costume choices as well as going to the Fortress of Solitude or smallville.

You can't even be clark kent, see Lois or do anything remotely interesting.

It is ok - for a Superman game:whatever:
At least he can fly and use his powers in this one.

[Comic Book Boy]

I like the game, but I wish I had the 360 version, not the PS2. I have 90/100 cats.
It's fun to just spend time being Superman, that's what roleplaying games are for.

[Costumedfreak]

The game was a disapointment.

I was hoping for William's music (it was in the trailer) or even Ottoman or Ken Thorne's effort.

Is this game worth getting?

I'm a big Supes fan


Thats where is worth getting it on Xbox 360, you can you use any music you want, i ripped the Superman The Movie soundtrack & the SR one & it really adds a different feel to the game.

If your a big supes fan you will love this game.

[Pappa Munchi]

Flying around and using the powers is great- but there is very little to do in Metropolis.:csad:

No plane rescue, cars or buses dangling over bridges, no Zod, Lobo, BRAINIAC, LEX or Maxima to fight- they didnt even have new krypton in the game or a brawl with Lex!

All there is are the robots and Dragons.

I was hoping that you could at least become Clark Kent and do daily planet missions if you wanted (using powers, get in a bar brawl with Pepper Martin etc.).

I wanted to see Lexcorp towers, have the fortress or Smallville to fly to- or even go into space.

I just expected more fun and variation in the game- not the same 3-4 brawls with Robots and dragons.

It is the best Superman game to date- which is no real achievement.

If only Rockstar did a Superman game- there would be more variation and overall fun.

[Super Kal]

barely anything to do in metropolis... it's not even a non-linear game. It's worth a rental, because then you can have the joy of taking it back and saying to yourself "I'll never have to play it again."

[Lightning54SC]

barely anything to do in metropolis... it's not even a non-linear game. It's worth a rental, because then you can have the joy of taking it back and saying to yourself "I'll never have to play it again."

agreed

[dude love]

I've got 3/100 cats. How the f**k do you beat Metallo when he keeps using a Kryptonite sheild?

[Super Kal]

just throw stuff at him

[dude love]

Really, I thought that would stuff the Metropolis health?

Regardless, thank you for your help, I appreciate it. :)

[dpm07]

I've got the XBox 360 version. The graphics are pretty cool. I actually like the game a lot more than the movie in terms of plot and action. The only real knocks I have so far is that I wish the Williams themes had been used. Also, it does take a little getting used to all the controls, and flying, while insanely cool, is a little disorienting in the beginning.

Probably my biggest gripe with the game is the lack of being able to save very often. You have to complete the whole act before you can save the game. Otherwise, you have to go through the entire act all over. It can be a little tiresome if you had a tough time in one particular area.

Overall, the game is pretty fun though. Not my favorite game, but not my worst game. It's a good solid fun one.

[dude love]

It's getting pretty repetitive. Batman Begins and The Punisher are definatley better. I can't say it's bad though.

I wish they'd used Marlon Brando and the Williams score. Saving is an annoyance. At least Batman Begins and the Punisher have checkpoints. You have go chapter by chapter in this.