Rocksteady's Superman Wishlist: 10 Things We Want To See

1. An Actual Living Metropolis

By far the most frustrating aspect of the Batman: Arkham games was that, when they ventured into open-world territory, the environments never felt lived in. Arkham Origins came up with a phoney excuse to evacuate the populace with a haphazard blizzard, Arkham Knight followed the same routine with another evacuation call, and well, it just wasn't particularly convincing.

With Insomniac having laid down the gauntlet with their stunning recreation of New York for their PS4 exclusive Spider-Man title, there really isn't an excuse for Rocksteady not to at least attempt to make Metropolis feel like a living, breathing city. Ditching the Die Hard-style 'all in one night' premise would be a good move in this case, and in making sure Metropolis feels distinctly different to Gotham, it has to feel beautiful, intimidating and operatic all in once.

It's not an impossible task, and while an alien invasion could form the basis for yet another evacuation, one would hope that the game dares to be bigger, and meets Insomniac's open-world with a considered reply - one packed with all the detail, Easter Eggs and intricacies that made Arkham Asylum and City's environments so compelling to begin with.