

Based on the Superman Animated Series, you play as Superman saving citizens in Metropolis and battling villains like Lex Luthor, Metallo, Livewire, Parasite and Darkseid. It uses cel-shaded graphics and voice-actors from the tv series.
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Earnest, resolved, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Infogrames
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc., Infogrames
- Released
- September 25, 2002
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 6.6/10 from 11 ratings.
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