Superhero games used to be a bit of a joke. Sure, there were exceptions to the rule, but for the most part, the joy of playing as your favorite crime-fighter wasn’t worth the frustration of mediocre graphics and janky controls. Like superhero movies in the ‘90s and early 2000s, at best it was “good for a superhero game.” At worst, it was an unplayable cinematic tie-in designed to sell more movie tickets. But for the most part, the glory days of the superhero video game genre lay in nostalgic fare like the 1992 arcade beat-em-up X-Men.
