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All-Action Heroes

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 55 / 58
Date: October 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES is an arcade-style actioner. There's no deep thinking here, just twitch movement and slam-bang action with some of DC's greatest heroes. People looking for something deep or something more along the lines of a true RPG need to look elsewhere. This one is for the kids -- and for dad (and moms) who want to be superheroes with their kids.

We bought the game yesterday when it came out. So far, my 9-year-old has spent hours on it. My 17-year old has been there as well (giving up time on MySpace to hang with his little brother during fall break), and dad and mom have suited up with the caped crowd as well. As a general across-the-board game the whole family can play and have fun at, JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES succeeds.

The game is for 1-2 player(s). It has a preset course that doesn't allow you to choose heroes, but you get to cycle through them in pairs. There's even a feature that allows a single player to shift characters in the pair. Players playing together can do the same, swapping characters over and over as they go along.

The primary choices for the missions are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter. It looks like there are possibilities to be other superheroes as well, but we haven't gotten there yet.

For the younger crowd or players wanting a no-brainer with awesome graphics and cool cut-scenes, JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES really hits the spot. This is the perfect game to get the kids for Christmas, then sit right down with them over Christmas break and be a kid again yourself.

More than meets the eye.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: October 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a previous reviewer pointed out, there's nothing groundbreaking to be found in this game. It was built on Snowblind's Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance game engine; it's the standard smash and grab game and the game itself is kinda short too. If you're only interested in beating the game once and putting it away, you're sure to be disappointed.

However, if you're a DC fan you'll find the game's story interesting and if you play the game over, continuing to develop your characters as you go, you'll find the game MORE CHALLENGING and MORE FUN! You can't fully develop ANY of the character's powers and abilities playing the game only once. There are also lots of perks for certain characters (Superman) in the unlockable game items that REALLY enhance the gameplay.

If you buy this game, plan to play it through MORE than once to get your money's worth.

If you own this game, finished it once and put it away, get it out and play it again with the saved characters from the last game! You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i actually got pretty close to what i thought was the end when my ps2 crashed and corrupted the saved game. i had to start over at the beginning, but it was just as much fun the second time through, and only slightly easier since i remembered how to beat the tough guys. the flash is my favorite with his pinball/ricochet attack, and wonder woman's block winds up killing anyone who's shooting at her. you can also customize the heroes and build up their skills as the monsters get tougher. the plotline is pretty good too, you go through one villian to find another, etc. overall very smooth and nice.

Better than Marvel Ultimate Alliance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: January 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I own both this game and Marvel Ultimate Alliance (MUA) (on PS2) and despite some reviews, I strongly feel that Justice League Heroes is far superior! Why?:

Better/More Straightforward Gameplay/Graphics - Two heroes on screen at one time is perfect for this game. Sure, four (as in MUA) sounds better but it really isn't. In MUA, you rarely even notice what your teammates are doing because you are paying attention to your character. With four heroes on screen at once, MUA gets very cluttered and requires a zoom out level that makes the heroes appear the size of lego people. Sure, you can zoom in but MUA is simply not designed to zoom in to the level were the graphics detail is on par with Justice League. At that point, the gameplay on MUA suffers because enemies off screen are firing at you, etc. All this is resolved in Justice League. The graphics have perfect detail to deliver clear and comfortable gameplay. Likewise, in Justice League, it is very easy to keep track of your partner and coordinate attacks, etc.

Better story and more straightforward goals: The animations in Justice League are outstanding (as they are in MUA) but unlike MUA, there is nto a lot of BORING text boxes that the users has to sit through to deliver Pym's helmet (yawn!!!), etc... Also, MUA can get confusing and it is easy for the vague goals to lose the player. This is almost never the case in Justice League. Sure, the clarity of the story sometimes limits your hero selection, but that is a much better alternative than having Elektra fight at the bottom of the sea...

Overall, Justice League Heroes has better graphics, better gameplay, better story and better characters (you can ~be the ORIGINAL Flash, Jay Garrick!!! :D). Marvel Ultimate Alliance is based on a terribly outdated game engine that makes the game play more like Diablo 2 than anything else. (Diablo 2 is still more fun to play than MUA...).

Justice League Heroes - 5 stars, hands down! Solid and up to date.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - 4 stars. Good stuff, but it feels like an overly ambitious game released in 2002.

DC Comics Fans REJOICE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After so many Marvel games out there finally a decent looking game featuring DC's most popular heroes.For those of us who grew up reading DC comics this game is a dream come true.
The pros:
Wonderful realistic graphics that can rival the PS3.
Outstanding cinematics where you see all the characters up close, thus provide the storyline of why you're saving the world with your heroes team.Great voice acting.
Great combat system and use of all the superpowers of each hero. Also the change of costumes from the classic ones to recent new looks for certain main characters.
Ability to play with a friend and switch characters.Play in various modes; easy, medium, hard, elite and superhero.Though aimed mostly at a male audience, female players can play as Huntress, Hawkgirl, Zatanna and of course Wonder Woman.
Once finished you can open the extended play feture and have all your experience and new costumes and superpowers upgrades transfered to a new game mode of your choice.
Unlock other heroes as game goes on.

The cons:
Gets a little repetive after a while.
No mini-games.
Details on the costumes of some characters have been omited.
Only certain heroes can and must be used in certain levels.

Overall is quite entertaining and finally get to see DC most beloved superheroes in realistic 3D form. The controls aren't that tricky to use unlike previous games that featured Batman. I think a sequel should follow.

Special notes:
If you stop playing for a minute and a half without pausing, your heroes will say 3 different funny phrases about themselves or you as the player.All heroes have them.
Although there is a mention in the instructions booklet (for voice talent) about Supergirl and Black Canary, these two heroines do not seem to appear in the game at all.

An Alternative to Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Geared Towards Familes and D.C. Fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

To be completely honest, other than sport and racing themed games, the number of video games that two people can play together nowadays is quite small. The number is even smaller if you wish to play a game that has an extended storyline with someone else. Having grown up a fan of D.C. superheroes (instead of Marvel), I was quite surprised when my brother recently purchased JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES and we were able to play the game together.

The game features seven members of the Justice League that each person gets to play at least one during the storyline of the game. If you choose to play the single player mode you get to play each character at least once, too. The members of the Justice League played in the game are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Zatanna. As one progresses, other characters, including Huntress, Aquaman, Hawkgirl, and Green Arrow, can be unlocked and played at certain moments. The game begins with a clip showing a mysterious meteorite landing on Earth. Soon after Batman is called to Metropolis to aid the city in what appears to be a takeover by robots from S.T.A.R. labs. Superman arrives to assist and game play is underway. Villains fought along the way include Queen Bee, Brainiac, and a clone of Doomsday.

The game is fairly easy to play with a storyline streamlined enough for even grandparents to play with their grandkids. The game plays pretty much like a typical fight game, but there is some strategy has to be used throughout. The game also features some basics from RPGs that break up what could have been some monotonous moments in the structure and format. The visuals are well drawn as are the voice talents. Also, unlike many games like this, there are no little boxes, thought bubbles, or speaking bubbles that have to be read. The action moves fairly quickly and taken as a whole it seems very much like an animated film that one is being allowed to partake in.

My brother and I found the game to be a treat. It was the best video game of its type that we've been able to play together since the original NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade game. The characters (except for Wonder Woman) are animated really well and the costumes follow the classic costuming for all of the characters. Superman and Flash are two of the most powerful characters to play from the onset, but I found it surprising to learn that after advancing just a few levels, Zatanna is perhaps the most powerful character to play (part of this is because of a heal spell she has that can heal both her and her partner if they are nearby). I recently learned that though Zatanna is a secondary character in the D.C. universe, she has played a huge role in some important events and is viewed by some members of the Justice League to be almost too powerful.

As much as I enjoyed playing the game, there are a couple of drawbacks. Though characters such as Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, and Zatanna are drawn correctly their darker costumes sometimes blend in with the game's background making it difficult to see where they are and who they are fighting. Also, there are select times during the game that you are allowed to choose a character. However, most of the time you are automatically given one of two characters to play (though you can switch between those two characters if you wish). I liked it that everyone is given the chance to play each character at least once, but I wish there would have been a couple of more times to choose your own character to play. The final drawback of the game is Wonder Woman. Though her costuming is correct she doesn't have very many powers and she isn't drawn very well. Wonder Woman is supposed to be a powerful goddess, but she is very, very weak in game. Also, instead of a beautiful woman, she looks more like a middle-aged mother who would rather take a nap than defend the universe from an evil, hostile takeover.

Serious gamers might not enjoy JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES, but I recommend it for families, especially those with children, as well as D.C. fans who enjoy playing video games.

all the greatest superheroes in one game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

the graphics are great, the powers are very well thought out and cool (the flash zipping around the screen at super speed, the different green lantern powers, and of course the big guns like superman's heat vision, etc.). the best thing about this game is you get to use the real top shelf superheroes (batman, superman, wonder woman, the flash, green lantern, etc.), with their own different costumes and powers. this game is different than x-men legends in that you don't have to run around busting all the environment (boxes, etc.) for powerups and xp. which makes this game a lot shorter but it's refreshing to not have to spend 10-20x more time in a level busting boxes after you beat the bad guys. the only things i wish were in this game other than a bit more length is i wish there was some between-level place to run around like the x-mansion in legends (like maybe the watchtower or the bat cave or the fortress of solitude?). and i wish there were famous flashback missions like in legends. but then again jlh gives you the best heroes, whereas in legends i liked the game but don't really dig the x-men.
one big plus in justice league heroes is the cutscenes and voice work are top top notch. ron perlman has the greatest batman voice ever. i never thought i'd get chills hearing someone say 'i'm batman'.

An Awesome Game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

thank god they finaly made a game where you can play the flash and other cool dc comic heroes. this game is fun to the limit. must i say more.

DC Comics fans FINALLY get a decent game with their heroes!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am not a gamer, but I am a huge fan of the DC Comics characters Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman! With JLH, we finally get a game featuring DC Comics that is not awful. In fact, this is downright fun!

But if you are a DC Comics fans, then it is beyond fun--it makes you yell out loud and jump for joy TOTALLY geeking out at all the fan boy goodness therein.

First off, the characters are very much inspired by their comic book selves and play that way. Superman and Wonder Woman are very evenly matched in strength and toughness as they are in the books. However, Superman has greater offensive measures whereas Wonder Woman has greater defensive capability and is more balanced. They even have her bracelets do the deflection thing which makes your enemies offense her own.

Of course, with normals like Batman (and HUNTRESS!!! She looks SO. COOL!!!) in the game there is going to be a suspension of belief as they can punch and be punched by the same robots that Superman and Wonder Woman can be hit by and uh, not like, die and stuff. But that is to be expected.

That does not for me detract from the customization of each hero. Batman even has his Batman Begins bat attack!

I have to say, the animated clips are eyepopping and amazing with nods to the various media the heroes appeared in and to their comic book selves. The heroes voices sound great and are very well done. And the action is epic in the clips. At one point, Wonder Woman is out in space defending Earth from an invading battle fleet! And it is ON!!

Gameplay is okay on its own. But throw in the DC characters and it is magical!!! With a replay revisit factor out of the park as you can continue to build the heroes once you beat the game the first time.

Get it and go ga ga at the cool and varied displays of the Leaguers Superpowers and for the beautiful graphics and the EXCELLENT sound and superpowers! From Zatanna's spellcasting to Flash superspeed, from Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso to Superman's heat vision, it is amazing to see everything work so differently and look (and SOUND!!!) so cool!

Get it today!

action at its best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm the kind of guy who loves a good action game. However, I'm not crazy about superheroes. That's the only bad thing about the game. The fact that superheroes are the characters in charge is the only complaint I can find.

I won't complain, though. Because going around performing superhero moves on the enemies is really fun. This game finally got it right, breaking a horrible tradition of releasing one bad superhero game after another. Finally, a good one. No, I take that back- a GREAT one.

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