12 Worst Superhero Video Games Of All Time

7. Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis

Iron Man 2008 Sega Video Game
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Aquaman gets a lot of flack already for being that fella who talks to fish, but he really deserves all the negativity coming his way if you've ever played Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis.

Panned upon its release in 2003, Aquaman is full of genuinely atrocious gameplay. The vast majority of the experience will have you swimming around a really poorly rendered version of Atlantis, following your radar to find small groups of enemies. Once you've found them, you engage them in almost-completely-broken combat scenes where our fishy friend can punch, kick, do a couple of special moves, and even call in sea-life for help too. There's no need to do so though; mashing the attack button is generally more than sufficient for getting through this, thanks to the terrible AI.

Ever played a game where the camera perspective changes, and suddenly down is up? Aquaman perfects this technique with a completely erratic camera that moves wherever it wants, routinely swapping out your controller direction so before you know it, you're pressing up to go left.

Then there's the fuzzy textures, terrible draw distance, lack of variety of things to do, and the fact that all the enemies have the same basic attacks and animations.

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Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.