Superman: Shadow of Apokolips
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Superman: Shadow of Apokolips is a
Plot
Believing Intergang to be starting up again, Superman learns that beings causing chaos throughout Metropolis are, in fact, a group of robots using Intergang's old methods. These "Interbots" have access to very high-grade weaponry, which is powerful enough to seriously injure or even kill the Man of Steel. These bots are being ordered by a leader that is later revealed to be Lex Luthor, who is secretly working with Darkseid.
Finding that the weapons come from Apokolips, Superman sets out to destroy the bots, and their weapons, having to fight a multitude of enemies that Luthor sends after him. Parasite, Metallo, and Livewire contracted to kill Superman to allow the bots free rein to obey Luthor's wishes.
Design
The game featured designs reflecting the look and feel of
Development and release
In September 2000,
At
Infogrames published a GameCube port of the game in March 2003.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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AllGame | [10] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 6.8/10[11] |
Game Informer | (PS2) 7/10[12] (GC) 6.5/10[13] |
GamePro | [14] |
GameSpot | (PS2) 6.4/10[15] (GC) 6.2/10[16] |
GameSpy | (PS2) [17] (GC) [18] |
GameZone | 6.9/10[19] |
IGN | (PS2) 7/10[20] (GC) 6.5/10[21] |
NGC Magazine | (NGC) 60/100[22] |
Nintendo Power | (NGC) 3.2/5[23] |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | [24] |
Entertainment Weekly | C−[25] |
PlayStation World | (PS2) 3/10[26] |
The game received average to positive reviews, with an air of uncertainty going into its release because of the failure of the 1999
GameRankings gave the game a score of 65.46% for the PlayStation 2 version[6] and 64.37% for the GameCube version,[7] while Metacritic gave it a score of 64 out of 100 for the PS2 version[9] and 66 out of 100 for the GameCube version.[8]
References
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- ^ a b "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ a b "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ a b "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips Critic Reviews for PlayStation". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- AllGame. Archived from the originalon 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ^ "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 161. December 2002. p. 218.
- ^ Reiner, Andrew (November 2002). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 115. p. 113. Archived from the original on 2004-08-24. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GC)". Game Informer. No. 121. May 2003. p. 87.
- ^ The D-Pad Destroyer (2002-10-03). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2006-01-18. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ a b Varanini, Giancarlo (2002-10-03). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Varanini, Giancarlo (2003-03-28). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips Review (GC)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Villoria, Gerald (2002-10-14). "GameSpy: Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Williams, Bryn (2003-04-12). "GameSpy: Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GCN)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Knutson, Michael (2002-10-08). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ a b Perry, Douglass C. (2002-09-26). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Lewis, Cory D. (2003-04-02). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GC)". IGN. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Bickham, Jes (June 2003). "Superman of Apokolips". NGC Magazine. No. 81. p. 48. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips". Nintendo Power. Vol. 168. May 2003. p. 138.
- ^ "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. December 2002. p. 174.
- ^ a b Bernardin, Marc (2002-10-04). "Superficial (Terminator: Dawn of Fate; Superman: Shadow of Apokolips)". Entertainment Weekly. No. 675–676. p. 157. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Melville, Richard (February 2003). "Superman: Shadow of Apokolips". PlayStation World. No. 8. p. 70. Retrieved July 25, 2021.