Growing up, I’ve idolized many, many heroes off the pages of comic books, tv and pretty
much any character that was on a lunch box in the 1980s and 1990s.
But DC has always held a special place in my super hero loving heart.
And there really is no point in leading you on, so, I guess what I’m trying to say is,
is that, I really want Wonder Woman to use her magic lasso on me!
This is Justice League Heroes for the PlayStation 2.
This DC based video game features a variety of different levels, villains, player abilities
and destructible environments.
From Batman’s batarang, to Green Lantern’s power ring, Justice League Heroes which was
developed by Snowblind Studios, is a game that is both cool, and yet I wish it gave
me more.
My biggest let down is that this game is only up to a 2 player co-op, instead of up to four
like you’d normally see in a game like this.
When they eventually do make another DC game like this one, I have only one thing to say
before they do, “make it four players!”
Okay?
Good!
Thanks!
Moving on…
Although this game is pretty sick when it comes to the world of DC comics, I felt they
needed to expand, expand, expand in their variety of Heroes to choose from.
If you call the game Justice League Heroes, wouldn’t you include more heroes, rather
than less.
Bottom line, they left out a lot of characters.
My guess is that they called up the justice league members of all generations and asked
their permission to be in the game and they all denied.
The probably called up Black Vulcan, and he was like, “Naaa man!
I don’t like Supa man stealing my scene man.”
So then they called up Apache Chief, and he was like, “Apache Chief also don’t like
Superman stealing spot light!
Now excuse me while I chase that bitch, Giganta.
ENEKTUK!”
You’re right my heart was not into those impressions whatsoever!
Nor were they accurate…Hell, nor were they any good.
Ha!
I mean DC comics finally made a game similar to Ultimate Alliance, which was cool, but
it wasn’t without its flaws.
The character variety in Ultimate alliance is awesome, the variety in Justice League
Heroes is weak.
And I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of unlocking characters as you play
a game.
I mean I know the creators are just trying to have you accomplish something, but I simply
hate, not being able to choose whoever I want at any point.
When you have to unlock a hidden player mid-way through a game, to me, that’s just not cool.
For most, the players that have to be unlocked in games like this are usually the cool ones,
Sooooo, why only give the fans the satisfaction of only allowing them to be their favorite
hero for only half of a game.
Because its games like this that after you’ve finished it, you never play it again.
So after you’ve FINALLLY unlocked he or she, HA!!!
Whats the point?
One of the things that REALLY pissed me off in this game is the mandatory player selections.
In certain levels, or sections of the game, you are forced to be specific characters,
now, I know that it all correlates to the story and they can’t be in two places at
once, but why would you force me to be a hero that I don’t want to play with, like Zatanna.
. . . Although I can’t bash that hero too much, since she is just derop dead sexy in
this game!
I really wish we would have seen the ‘Toyman’ in this game…NA NA NA NA, I don’t mean
the toyman of today, I’m talking about the toyman from the Superfriends in the 1970s.
I love the old version of the guy, because of his voice “Nice try super fools!
You’ll have to do better than that to destroy my death ray.
Now run along kiddies…hahahhahaaha.
. . Sorry that kinda sounded like the Crypt keeper’s voice towards the end, but anyways
you get my point.
The voice over casting in this game is also a plus; it features people you’ve never
heard of.
But, with the exception of Batman who is voiced by Ron Pearlman.
Who is a personal favorite.
You may have seen him in his current role as “Clay” from the Sons of Anarchy TV
series, the Hellboy movies, and, dare I admit this…The Beauty and the Beast weekly TV
show from the late 1980s.
. . I know, I know…guilty pleasures.