In the absence of his own AAA solo or Justice League game, MultiVersus has become the best Superman game yet. Other games like Superman 64 have tried (and failed) to give an authentic Superman experience of flying and using all of his powers. MultiVersus provides not only the experience of using Superman's flight, but also his super strength, heat vision, and frost breath.
Since MultiVersus entered its beta, essentially a soft launch, on July 26, players have been enjoying the platform fighter and have been especially impressed with its faithful depiction of characters' source material. Characters like The Iron Giant, Steven Universe, and Arya Stark all have movesets that are rightly pulled from their source movie, cartoon, and book/show, respectively. Superman is no exception and has a variety of moves from his iterations across different media.
MultiVersus is surprisingly the best Superman game, as it successfully shows his whole kit of powers, without feeling either overwhelming or aimless. Using the simple controls featured in MultiVersus, all of Superman's abilities are easy inputs, making any player able to use Superman's powers and let players feel like they're in complete control over the Man of Steel. This simplicity doesn't compromise anything, though, as MultiVersus players still have access to a complete set of Superman's powers.
Superman's Simplicity Without Compromise Makes MultiVersus His Best Game
After players unlock Superman in MultiVersus, they'll find that thanks to the simple control scheme of WB's crossover platform fighter, all of Superman's abilities feel easily usable. None of the powers feel as though they are overly complex for players to pull off. Frost breath is just holding down the special attack button in front of a player. Heat vision is the same, just while the player is in midair. Even flight, one of Superman's hardest moves to translate to video games well, is simplistically controlled by the player thanks to MuliVersus being on a 2D plane, instead trying 3D flight most Supes-centric games would have tried for.
Despite the simplicity of control in MultiVersus, it doesn't feel like any of Superman's powers are compromised. Using his flight, Superman can grab and throw opponents, a common tactic. The frost breath is more situational, but can still be effective in disposing of enemies, including enemy characters MultiVersus could add after launch. Finally, heat vision can be used on the ground or from the air, and ignites enemies. These effective implementations make Superman feel complete, while also keeping some of the moves balanced to keep the competitive integrity of MultiVersus intact.
Overall, in the absence of his own major solo game, Superman's MultiVersus incarnation is his best game appearance yet. Thanks to the simplicity of control and complete depiction of his powers, Superman feels authentic to his various iterations throughout different mediums like comics and movies. For now, MultiVersus is the best Superman game, a testament to the game's faithful and fun adaptations of Warner Bros. properties.