Played a decent amount of Batman: AA tonight. Really digging that game and it inspired me to come up with this list. Feel like I'm missing something though. Any thoughts? 
 

How to make a proper comic book game

Playing through Arkham Asylum really made me think about how rare it is to play a great comic book inspired game. Here's a list of some of my favorites.

	1. Batman: Arkham Asylum BAA feels more like a Deus Ex game to me then a traditional comic book game. It has everything all the collecting and exploration from metroidvania style side scrolls but in a really fleshed out world. Setting the stage at Arkham Asylum at first seems limiting but then slowly opens up to become a great set piece. Can't wait till The Batman ends up in a Gotham heavy sequel.
	2. Freedom Force Put simply my favorite comic book game of all time. Like the movie Unbreakable I love it for being an original universe that awesomely pays homage to its genre. The story is genuinely funny, which is extremely rare for a game. The sequel wasn't as strong, but I'd still love to see a sequel to the FF games.
	3. Marvel Ultimate Alliance Speaking of stories, MUA is one of my favorites. Take everything you casually know about the marvel universe and then throw it into a fairly long adventure with admittedly button-mashy controls and you've got a winner. Hell, the game has freaking Galactus in it.
	4. Champions Online Champions continues where City of Heroes left off and bar-none has the greatest character creator ever made for a videogame. I've spent more time just designing character's suits then actually playing the game. Still, it's a fun, if a bit casual MMO in its own right.
	5. The Darkness Funny, but I knew nothing about The Darkness comic until I played the game. The grimy world filled with mobsters and supernatural powers felt pretty cool when it came out. The only problem I have with the game is its absolutely floaty controls and auto-aiming. It just never felt... right.
	6. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes 74 hit combo for the win! I spent many an hour trapped on the arcade version of this game. I remember buying the xbox version and getting absolutely wrecked by Japanese kids online. These days it's just way too fast for an old man like me, but back when it came out I absolutely adored it.
	7. Comix Zone There are comic inspired games and then there are games where you play through a comic. Comix Zone still holds the award for the weirdest take on the comic as game genre.
	8. Batman: The Video Game To be honest I can't remember terribly how good the Batman video game or the NES was. I remember playing the hell out of it and that like a lot of NES action games was extremely hard. It plays a lot like a Castlevania game with a pretty strict control style and a healthy amount of switchable weapons.

I guess mine would be MvC2.

MUA for me 
 
oh and Xmen 2 rise of apoc was a great story game too

The first things that comes to mind (after Batman) are the first two Spider-Man games from last gen, although they were based on the movies to some extent. I forgot about MUA, but it probably deserves a high spot. I hope the sequel turns out to be great, too.
 
The only genres that seem to work are action/adventure/open world type games, like Batman and Spider-Man, and fighter/brawler, like MUA and MvC2. The Darkness seems like the only FPS. Champions Online (and City of Heroes) seem to really work as MMOs, though. Any other types of games that might work?

Spiderman.

Only Arkham Asylum on my list.

MUA, Spiderman 2, Hulk UD. Those 3 are unbelievably awesome. Also I know its not based on a comic, its just done in the style of one, but it had a comic along side it so I feel obliged to add XIII to my list.

" MUA, Spiderman 2, Hulk UD. Those 3 are unbelievably awesome. Also I know its not based on a comic, its just done in the style of one, but it had a comic along side it so I feel obliged to add XIII to my list. "

Unfortunately I still haven't played Batman: AA. Need to get some funds together for that one asap. With that omission, I'd say my faves are:
 

1. Spiderman 2 - Utterly awesome open world game. Probably one of my fave of the genre to date -- best swing mechanic also.
2. Marvel Ultimate Alliance - I think everyone else covered it, it's awesome.
   
3. The Darkness - Fantastic looking, well paced and great sound design. A few gameplay hitches aside this is one of my fave games from this gen, and marks as the first game on my 360 that I played through in one sitting. 

I really enjoyed Spiderman 2. It wasn't a great game, but it was really fun to play.

Snide you should waited til ultimate alliance 2 was out to make this post since I have such high hopes for that game and I would have loved to see what you thought about it.

For some reason, I loved Ultimate Spiderman. I've been wanting to play AA, being a pretty big Batman junkie myself, but I have yet to have the opportunity to. Played the demo, it was fantastic, but I understand it was only the tip of the iceberg as far as the game goes. I would probably like MvC2 if I didn't absolutely suck at anything remotely resembling a fighting game.

I'd like to see what your top 8 worst comic games of all time are ..

I've just remembered that I bought Freedom Force on steam ages ago when it was on sale, yet never got around to playing it. I'm going to download it now and give it a play since it comes so highly recommended from Dave.

• Spider-man (Not the movie)
• Spider-man 2
• Ultimate Spider-man
• X-men Legends
• MUA
• Arkham Asylum
• Marvel Nemesis
  

My top 5 comic book games

	1. X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse in my opinion X-Men legends 2 is the greatest comic book based game ever created.
	2. Spider-Man Spider-Man has some of the best unlockables in a video game ever, from around 150 spider-man comic covers and story synopsis to a mode where a goldfish appears in Mysterio's head.
	3. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe I really like the MK games and the fighting is just solid.
	4. X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 Mutant Academy 2 was the first fighting game i got good at, so it holds a specal place in my heart.
	5. Comix Zone Comix Zone is a brilliant example of style over substance, the gameplay is aweful but for some reson i still like it.

I liked most of the Spider Man games except Web of Shadows. The swinging just felt wrong to me and the missions became way too repetitive even for me who doesn't always mind doing the same thing over a few times. The thing I hated the most was you had to press a button to stick to walls, so many times i just wanted to land on the wall and start crawling up it without thinking about what button to hit. 
 
I enjoyed Lego Batman because it kind of Lampooned one of my favorite comic book characters and it had an original story and was not based off of a movie.

Batman for NES. Super hard, but very good for it's era.

InFamous.

1. Batman Arkham Asylum
2. X-Men Legends
3. Marvel Ultimate Alliance
4. Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
5. Marvel vs Capcom 2
6. Ultimate Spider-Man
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
8. Hulk Ultimate Destruction
9. X-Men
10. Spider-Man
11. Batman Returns

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

MUA

X-Men (Genesis)

X-Men (arcade)

" InFamous. "

" @Red said:

" InFamous. "

OMG!  How did we all forget about Infamous?!?!? "

" @Red said:

" InFamous. "

OMG!  How did we all forget about Infamous?!?!? "

" @jakob187 said:

" @Red said:

" InFamous. "

OMG!  How did we all forget about Infamous?!?!? "

Still the best comic game ever. even better than batman aa.  "

1. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
2. Spider-Man
3. Captain America and the Avengers

" @TwoOneFive said:

" @jakob187 said:

" @Red said:

" InFamous. "

OMG!  How did we all forget about Infamous?!?!? "

Still the best comic game ever. even better than batman aa.  "

How is Infamous considered a comic book game? Superhero game sure, but not a comic book game. "

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum
2. Marvel Vs. Capcom
3. Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
4. TMNT: Turtles In Time (the original)
5. X-Men Legends
6. Ultimate Spider-Man
7. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
8. Captain America and The Avengers
9. X-Men: The Arcade Game
10. X-Men 2
 
Special mentions go to: Sly Cooper series (because they had comics based off of them, but they weren't based off of comics or based off of things that were based off of comics), Viewtiful Joe (it's a superhero game, which is close, but it's pretty clear it's moreso from Japanese TV superheroes), and Strider 1/2 (because they were both sort of based off of a manga, which is a Japanese comic, but I was only including Western comics for this).
 
Good list, Snide. I liked Comix Zone, the little bit I played, and same with The Darkness.

1. Batman AA
2. Spiderman Web of Shadows
3. Mavel UA 2
4. Marvel vs Capcom 2
5. X-Men Legends 2

The three that come to mind immediately: Arkham Asylum, Spider-Man 2, The Darkness.

Ultimate Spider-Man gets a lot of love, but I actually felt it was a step backwards from Spider-Man 2. Even if Venom eats the kid with the goddamn balloon. The swinging was streamlined, but sort of nerfed, and the fighting was just sort of meh. I love the art-style, however. Could go back to that game today and not be unhappy with the looks.  

InFamous. 
 
It's a comic book game because a comic came out preceding the game.