Top 20 Worst Superhero Video Games

destroyed three remaining regulator destroyed two remaining regulator destroyed one welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 worst superhero video games [Music] for this list we'll be looking at the most disastrous Hero games that are anything but super did we miss any heroic failures let us know in the comments below number 20 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 . in 2014 Gaming publisher Activision released a title based on one of comic's most beloved superheroes but with great power must also come great responsibility to make a good product and unfortunately The

Amazing Spider-Man 2 is not that so you used me to take out the kingpin's rivals fantastic I noticed you jumped in to stop him talking to me he is eye rolling and the graphics are unpolished at best but its greatest sin lies in its stiff combat in fact the poorly realized open world only emphasizes how janky and unfun Spidey feels to control since there's a bevy of spectacular Spider-Man games to choose from there's never a reason to revisit this hollow interpretation maybe it's for the best that Activision lost the Marvel license after this I'll distract

him with cupcakes this is why you will lose you underestimate him he has fought for his life since he was a boy number 19 Iron Man scans indicate that this is a weapon storage facility cool can't wait to blow it into a million pieces let's find those weapons based upon the franchise spawning Blockbuster of the same name this tie-in game didn't have quite the same glowing reception of its source material and that's putting it nicely both critics and players are like drag this game through the mud with particular criticism levied at its repetitive missions and

incomprehensible camera except this one hurt all the more because of how much potential it squandered there's so much to do with an Iron Man game especially one with the budget to get Robert Downey Jr's voice and likeness but instead this 2008 misfire is destined to be forgotten amid the slew of other disappointing superhero games stain's suit is in critical condition Sam he cannot draw Power safely from his power core oh man number 18. Catwoman where'd you come from Moonlight sail boys what the hell are you supposed to be video games based on movies are usually

hit or miss with most of them leaning towards the miscategory but in the case of 2004's Catwoman game it wasn't even based on a very good film to begin with so as expected the entire thing is a rushed unfinished mess most of the quote-unquote gameplay includes traversing some incredibly lazy and Barren dungeons although the lack of challenge is the least of its problems considering the camera controls put up a better fight than any of the in-game enemies the only real enjoyment to derive from Catwoman is in its cutscenes which are the textbook definition of so

bad they're good I've been using the cream myself do I look toxic to you detective to the Bone number 17 Thor god of thunder oh my God [Music] getting Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston back as Thor and Loki is a pretty good pitch for a game however that's pretty much the only thing of note in this train wreck without even touching upon the clearly unfinished visuals Thor God of Thunder fails because it almost immediately devolves into a grueling Mash Fest there are a few glimmers of inspiration in its combat but since the enemies are so

spongy you'll be too frustrated to ever actually make use of them the tedium just feels like a ploy to Pat out a game that seriously lacks playtime so if you want your Thor fix you're better off looking just about anywhere else number 16. Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer man we're gonna need an assist here yeah and uh big rock make little rocks no problem step aside Sparky the only impressive part of this cash grab is that it's somehow worse than the movie it's based on and that's really saying something it took its four

unique super powered Heroes and subjected them to some of the most uninspired beat-em-up gameplay in the whole genre to make matters worse it feels like they only had time to make one dungeon and simply reused it until the game was an acceptable length although if it had just been a single level at least it would have saved us from the snooze Fest of a campaign ironically Rise of the Silver Surfer only succeeded in putting the franchise's gaming prospects six feet deep device number 15 Batman Forever [Music] the beat-em-up genre is defined by its flashy combat

and fast-paced gameplay unfortunately Batman Forever doesn't come close to capturing either the sluggish Pace at which you Traverse levels would even make a snail look like the flash the doll plotting controls don't help either the boss fights are over quickly but that's only because you've stun locked them or they've done it to you first and if you die in the final stage of a level sorry you have to start back from Square One punching through enemy hordes all over again hey at least it lives up to its title by the time the credits roll you'll

really feel like you've been playing forever [Music] number 14 Green Lantern rise of the manhunters the nicest thing to say about this movie tie-in is that it could have been worse after all rise of the manhunters does a pretty good job bringing the Green Lantern's Powers into the gaming space but it all feels wasted on a product that's too easy and repetitive to ever reach its full potential in fact it's as if the game knows how limited it is since it will often plop Hal Jordan into my numbing on the rail shooter sections if Green

Lantern was a bit longer and had a more acceptable frame rate it could have been something great then again this probably is the best anyone could have expected from a game based on a box office bomb foreign number 13 Fantastic Four somehow this game took Marvel's first family and made them anything but fantastic although since the models are so low-res they're practically unrecognizable anyways as a matter of fact this 1997 title feels specifically designed to distract players from how bad it really is the enemies and attack animations throw so much clutter on the screen that

it's difficult to even figure out where you are most of the time and don't even get us started on the boss fights the only semi-enjoyable part of this experience is the kart racing mini-games during loading screens yeah you know you've messed up when the Fantastic Four aren't even the best part of their own game thank you number 12 Silver Surfer foreign ly all you get that's right Silver Surfer is a decent looking side scroller with very little in terms of variance or innovation while that's not a crime in and of itself the game has gone

down in infamy because of its insane borderline unfair difficulty spikes that when paired with gameplay that's pretty much just holding down one button gets old very fast in a grander sense the game's fundamental flaw is that it requires Mastery to beat but offers no rewarding way to actually learn its systems thankfully silver surfer's outstanding music almost makes its infuriating difficulty worth it almost number 11 The Incredible Hulk the pantheon Saga energy even people who've never touched a comic book know that hulk smashes so it's an unforgivable sin that you don't end up doing much of

that in this Hulk game rather you mainly slug around doing puzzles that are so simple they border on offensive regrettably the combat isn't much better it somehow makes a beefy overpowered hero like the Hulk feel like he's in the middle of a pillow fight suffice it to say this is a Hulk game in name alone although maybe the mocking lack of difficulty is a mercy that way players won't have to indulge this chore any longer than necessary thank you number 10 spawn the eternal despite input from the character's Creator spawn the Eternal plays more like

a buggy demo than a full price video game mainly because there's so little to actually do most of the time you're just aimlessly walking around poorly rendered dungeons that's it that's the whole game sure you also occasionally find an enemy to beat up but thanks to some of the worst hit sound effects in gaming history you'll be actively avoiding combat when possible [Music] so if there's nothing to explore the combat is straight up unfun it begs the question what are you even supposed to do in this game unfortunately decades later Gamers still haven't found an

answer to that question number nine X-Men Destiny if you have powers you better learn to use them this is an unforgiving arena on paper this is the X-Men game of everyone's dreams so it's a real tragedy that it's so clearly prioritized style over substance the branching story mode isn't half bad but having to replay it over and over is a tough ask when the gameplay is so lacking criminally Destiny never delivers on the promise of its mutant powered combat after all unlocking and using the various abilities isn't satisfying when you can just Mash through even

the toughest fights with ease no matter the mode it never feels like there's a reason to engage with Destiny Beyond its surface level mechanics so it's almost poetic that due to legal reasons copies of the games were recalled and destroyed number eight Marvel Nemesis rise of the Imperfects foreign a Marvel branded fighting game with only 12 Marvel characters is pretty inexcusable especially since so many of them feel like copies of one another the other half of the roster is padded out with the EA created imperfix original characters with zero charm or Intrigue the cast doesn't

matter too much though since the game barely lets you play anyways the enemy AI usually just spams infinite combos or long range projectiles until your health is depleted so while the flashy finishers are cool it's hard to appreciate them when they're only being used against you it's a good thing this is the first and only time we've had to play with the Imperfects number 7 The Uncanny X-Men [Music] mutant powers are a beacon of creativity for game design but you wouldn't know that from this NES disgrace for one it's hard to even tell the characters

apart thanks to the poor Sprite work and while each playable mutant has their own unique moves there's no real reason to use them if you want any actual chance at winning your best bet is to spam a projectile and hope your AI companion doesn't get in the way it's not pretty but it's the only sane way to get the job done this game is so bad that no developer has ever officially taken credit for it uncanny indeed oh number six The PowerPuff Girls Chemical extraction the recipe for this license title was sugar spice and gameplay

that is the opposite of nice its polished Graphics are wasted on a combat system that's brainless to the point of aggravation since there's just 10 playable characters and the story mode is a glorified Boss Rush you'll be doing a lot of it too don't expect to use any of the Powerpuff Girls iconic abilities either mostly fights boil down to throwing random objects which takes out of any player expression skill or fun at a base level this game has little to offer and the stuff it does bring to the table isn't even good in the first

place number five Kick-Ass the game it's deeply ironic that a movie about deconstructing superhero tropes fell into the genre's pitfall of cheap tie-in games all the Hallmarks of a soulish cash grab are on full display here there's unrefined gameplay horrible controls and the inescapable feeling that the entire product was rushed out the door except Kick-Ass the game takes all of that and ramps it up to the nth degree to start there's a paltry lack of content in its scant playtime and yet even with so little to load the game runs about as smooth as sandpaper

although not even a consistent frame rate would fix this janky combat system it's truly a mystery how a game like this got a sequel [Music] number four Batman beyond return of the Joker it's a real shame that one of the Caped Crusaders best animated movies led to one of his worst games somehow it's not even consistently bad across platforms either those who picked up the Game Boy Color and N64 versions complained that the game was so easy it could practically beat itself with no input from the player however the PlayStation Port had a different enemy

AI making it unplayable in the complete opposite way the idea of customizing your batsuit and gadgets is a good one but the game is either too easy or too difficult for the Player's Choice to matter at all which honestly is a pretty good metaphor for this game overall number three Aquaman battle for Atlantis this fishy hero already has a tough time being taken seriously and games like this don't help his case despite its title the battle for Atlantis consists of mashing through dull enemies and getting caught on invisible walls rinse and repeat however perhaps the

best indicator of its quality is the fact that its entire story mode is told through still images allegedly it's meant to invoke the comic book feel but all it does is come across as cheap and lazy which is a sentiment that extends to just about every corner of this game's design there's an ocean of potential in an open world Aquaman game but the waters are incredibly shallow in this one thank you number two Batman dark tomorrow [Music] Bruce Wayne has one of the most legendary gaming catalogs out there which is precisely why a dud like

Batman dark tomorrow stands out so much even setting aside the superhero part this so-called game is an unmitigated mess at every turn it never commits to a gameplay style long enough for any of them to leave an impression let alone generate anything resembling fun reportedly developers had an ambitious open world Gotham game in mind but if this was the kind of combat and exploration we would have gotten we may have dodged a bullet with this scaled down version still after a critical flop as bad as this it's just a Wonder Batman games ever bounced back

foreign be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure to go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Superman the new Superman Adventures foreign ly Kryptonite isn't Superman's greatest weakness no that belongs to bad game design although that implies there's a game at all which doesn't feel like the case in the new Superman Adventures aka Superman 64. often times it comes off as more of

a flight simulator and not even a particularly good one when it finally lets you walk the ugly and Barren environments will have you longing for the empty Skies again the only real novelty in this dumpster fire is trying to stumble upon yet another game breaking bug as a result Superman 64 is often cited as not just one of the worst superhero games of all time but one of the worst video games period [Music] did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be

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