Superman: 10 DC Games Rocksteady Should Make Instead
5. Green Lantern Corps
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The fact that 2011's Green Lantern managed to so horrendously tarnish the character's legacy is damn near unforgivable, but that shouldn't mean he's locked away forever. The Green Lantern Corps have featured in some of DC's greatest tales, and considering Hal Jordan was the dullest member of them all, DC need not retread the beats of the Martin Campbell movie.
Fans of Justice League in particular will be able to recall the exploits of John Stewart, an ex-marine turned Lantern voiced by prolific voice-actor Phil LaMarr. He's also the perfect candidate to lead a space-faring GL title, and with fellow Lanterns like Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz to choose from, Rocksteady wouldn't be short of options to bring in other playable characters.
The main difficulty with GL is that he's able to create anything with his mind. Limiting that sense of imagination for the player by allowing them to choose from a pre-planned list of constructs already throws a spanner in the works, but as long as new moves are unlocked - and that there are variations between the different characters - combat should be able to boast a lasting appeal.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
