Superman: 10 DC Games Rocksteady Should Make Instead
4. John Constantine
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John Constantine has been in and out of the public eye for the last decade now, and with appearances in film and TV having cemented him at the forefront of DC's heroes, it's time he make the leap to gaming (again).
Yes, while 2005's THQ movie tie-in may have marked the first appearance of DC's premier occult detective in video games, it wasn't particularly good. A lot of that comes down to the fact that it was based entirely on the terrible movie adaptation (sorry, Keanu), but obviously Rocksteady would look to the comics first and foremost were they to make a Constantine title.
The supernatural scouser pretty much wrote the book on DC's Vertigo imprint back in the day, and though there are certainly other occult characters to choose from in DC's library, including the likes of Doctor Fate and Zatanna, John is the main man.
Plus, there was that easter egg from Arkham Knight, so he definitely exists in the Arkhamverse too.
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.
