What are some of the qualities of a successful video game based on a comic book?

What are some of the qualities of a successful video game based on a comic book?

Abbie Heppe (Entertainment Editor, "Tips & Tricks" magazine) gives expert video advice on: What are some of the best video games based on comics? and more...

To base some things, especially when you're talking about super heroes, on a comic book, you need to properly emulate those super powers when you're playing the game. One of the very disappointing things about the some of the early superhero games is that, for example, Spider-Man would shoot his web and just knock you over; it wouldn't 'web you', it didn't feel like it it did in the comic book. That's something especially with the Next-Gen Consoles; you're really able to achieve that kind of power. You can be Nightcrawler and jump from place to place in one of the more recent X-Men games. You really can jump as high as a building or fly, and it's important that if a video game is going to be based on a comic book, especially one of the superheroes, that you're able to properly emulate those sorts of powers, because that's the fun in it.