While the gameplay was based largely on Justice League animated fight scenes, Salvatrix said that Blue Steel’s world design took more inspiration from the Superman animated series and the architect Hugh Ferriss, whose work influenced the darker, imposing sights of Gotham and Metropolis,
Other effects included shockwaves from individual hits, impact marks on the streets and buildings, and knocking an enemy a block away. All the main gameplay was in place and had been proven out.”įactor 5’s Superman game was aiming to recreate the visual flair of DC’s animated fight scenes, including aerial brawling between Superman and his foes, large urban environments, and even the ability to crash through buildings, scattering office equipment to pieces.
“We had it fully working as a prototype and were shifting to full production when the crash hit. “We hadn’t seen a game really deliver on that promise before, and to be honest I have yet to see it delivered fully since,” Salvatrix said. Notably, Superman also manages to explode a pair of city busses with his laser vision. In the video, Superman is seen fighting Doomsday, similarly throwing him through a building’s interior and grappling with him mid-air. Salvatrix also shared a CG target render video showing what Factor 5 hoped the final game might look like. But it shows brawling while crashing through offices! - Salvatrix July 14, 2021 Obviously art is still placeholder, though more polished assets are starting to get swapped in such as Supes and Zod.
Superman can also be seen punching a villain into a building, leaving a huge streak of cracked bricks and concrete in his wake.Īnd videos! This was our first playable prototype during pre-production. Most notably, Salvatrix shared a video of an early build of Blue Steel’s gameplay, showing Superman fighting common and superpowered enemies, including one sequence where he rams a villain through an office building’s interior. We’ve gotten a few glimpses of what could have been over the years, but now lead designer Salvatrix has shared a huge slew of details on what Factor 5 was building, opening a window to a game that has yet to really come to fruition. Take the road less traveled for a change.Factor 5’s canceled Superman game, codenamed Blue Steel, is one of gaming’s bigger “what ifs?” Despite looking like a promising action game, like an early version of Marvel’s Spider-Man but not open-world, the game was shuttered following Factor 5’s unfortunate closure during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
It is known that there six ultimate horrible experiences that a human can endure. When I told my best friend I was getting this game, he asked me, "Did someone throw it at you from a moving vehicle?" That, in my own humble opinion, is the perfect summation of this game. Other things happen, but this is the closest you will ever come to playing ET for Atari. On the other hand, if you like your irony like you like your PBR (with a neck beard, Weezer glasses, and Sriracha sauce), then by god you LOVE THIS GAME! Superman must rescue Lois Lane by becoming a better game (Pilotwings 64). Isn't a passing knowledge of how terrible this game a basic part of getting access to classic video game sites? Come now, gentle shopper, do you just buy every game you find? If so, I feel nothing for you. If you somehow managed to get a job, a credit card (or debit card), an internet connection, and a copy of this game, then you are completely responsibly for the fate that befalls you.