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Maybe it's because I've played so many Superman games in the past that were REALLY bad, but I thought this game was a lot of fun. It does take a little time to learn the controls and get used to the gameplay, but after that, it's basically an easy game and you can just enjoy being Superman. (And isn't that the whole point, anyway?)

It's set in a more futuristic Metropolis (thanks to Brainiac 13's upgrades), but the look of the game reminded me a lot of the films- especially the nighttime levels in downtown Metropolis. (Copy the Superman soundtrack to your X-Box, and you really start to feel like you're flying around in the movie!)

I noticed one reviewer felt that the game was too rushed, but I think the pace is pretty well-balanced. The timed objectives are primarily in the first half of the game, and actually help to keep the game from becoming monotonous (since you do fight a lot of robots). There's also a lot of objectives that (oddly) aren't timed, and the second half of the game doesn't time you much at all. So, in many of the levels you do have the freedom to let the bad guys wait while you just fly around.

This game obviously isn't for everyone, but Superman fans should definitely give it a test flight.

This is a really fun game.As superman you fight robots,Metallia,
Brainiac 13 and other enemies but it's mostely robots.You also
have to meet timelimits and put out fires,rescue civilins,
lift up towers and put them back were there suppose to be
and chase bank robbers and pick up there car and take it to
the police station.Superman has several controls.He can run
or walk on the ground,hover in the sky and fly at high speeds.
As Superman you also have heat vision,freeze breath and use

punches to take out your enemies.The flying and fighting takes
some getting use to but once you learn these steps you can go
places.The city scapes are very beautiful.There is also levels
were you fly in space above earth's orbit and try to save
sattelites.You also fly to another planet warworld and fight
creatures mostley robots on that planet.Your main objective
is to destroy Brainiac 13 which is on the last level.
Supermans voice in this kind of sounds like Jimmy Stuarts
and he looks a little like him.This is one of the few games
that allows you to here either the music that comes with the
game or your own music soundtrack.Though the game music is fine
I chose to play the Superman Theme from the Superman Movie.
I have put the superman theme from Mantovani on my xbox hard drive and it sounds just like John Williams version.You
can't tell them apart.Also you unlock bonus materials when
you get to different levels but you can unlock everthing with
cheats which are available at supermangame.com.There's two bonuses that must be mentioned.When you unlock free mode you
can fly on any of the screens Metroplis,earth orbit etc
without enemies or time constraints.You just fly for the
fun of it.The flying in this game is pretty cool once you
learn how.The other bonus is the many costumes that you can
pick for superman to fly in.It even has the black one that
he used later in the comics.Also I forgot to mention Superman
must use telescopic vision(black button)and xray vision(white
button)to accomplish some missions.Xray vision helps Superman
find bombs in builings in cars.There is two negatives in this
game that should be mentioned though.Sometimes the controls
for some reason become difficult to use and you sometimes
bump into buildings and when you target an enemie you sometimes
fly by him and sometimes the control can make putting out
fires difficult.The Other negative is you don't get no
continues or no health energizers.If your killed or you
fail your mission you go back to the beginning of the level
you started and you don't get your health restored until you
finish the mission.Maybe this will be fixed in the next superman
game.I highly recommend this game as well as the companion book
superman the man of steel strategy guide.

Superman The Man of Steel seemed like a super game at first. It controls well, has decent graphics, and has all of Superman's powers. However, I didnt even finish this game, since it got so boring and repetitive. It had great potential, but every misson feels the same, and they all are. They are all basically "go to point a and destroy those robots". And after you destroy those robots in point A, it makes you go to point B,and over again. You can fight villans though. If you are a hardcore fan of Superman comics and stuff, you may enjoy this. But I can say that I didnt. It could have been so good too. Its the most authentic Superman game i've ever played, and probably the best one ever. Thats not saying very much though, considering Superman's dark videogame history...