Game development isn't a question of being unable to solve an issue-it's a question of how, and the tradeoffs you're willing to make in service of the core experience.Ī typical AAA open world action-adventure game could capture the grand strokes of Superman's fight against various forces of evil, for example, but might struggle with quiet, human moments like the one described above.
Telling these kinds of stories is not impossible in an interactive medium. Superman ends up saving her life-not with bravado or muscles, but with simple empathy. She forces him to promise he won't take her down against her will, and after listening to her issues, he waits with her through the day and night to speak to her on her terms.
In it, Superman encounters a woman on the verge of leaping from a skyscraper and committing suicide. Above: watch us play Superman 64 as part of Waypoint's 72-hour launch livestream.Ī few months ago, a post about Superman went viral on Imgur.
