David Jaffe Wants a Better Marvel Game

It seems we can’t go a week without God of War creator, David Jaffe, posting an raving-but-surprisingly-insightful rant on his blog. This week, the game developer aims his critical eye at anyone who’s made a Marvel game, and he’s not happy with they way they’re handling their licenses:

“As a huge comic and game fan- and as a game designer as well- I really hope Marvel stops ONLY using the HOW TO MAKE A MARVEL GAME template that seems to demand: Open City, Hero Powers, Recycled Missions ad nauseam, and a few Unique things tossed in. And I hope they stop because this template- in most cases- goes against the very thing that makes the comics so special: story.”

He goes on to argue that comic-based games would probably fare better if the story took a more linear approach, in order to focus on the plot more. To his credit, he does have a point. Almost anything based on comic books tend to go down in quality the more they deviate from the source material, whether it’s a game, a movie, or a TV show. But the real message here is clear: David Jaffe really wants to make a Marvel game. Personally, I think that would work out pretty well. Hell, take out Kratos, put in Wolverine, and you’re halfway to a game right there.

Via David Jaffe’s Blog