Six Alternative Settings for RPGs

The editors at PC Gamer have compiled a list of settings they’d like to see the RPG genre explore more. One of these is the superhero genre, and while they suggest Blizzard as a developer and a more open world structure, I can recall a developer that tackled it in a more modest, action-RPG fashion:

Superheroes
By: Tom Marks
Who should make it? Blizzard

Superheroes make it into a ton of games, but not really big open world RPGs, even though a comic book superhero universe seems like a no-brainer for a Witcher-style game. So much of comics is talking and story, and the rest is filled with epic, superpowered fights. I wouldn’t even necessarily be interested in a licensed hero like the Arkham games, but something new with a classic comic feel. Games like Prototype and the Playstation’s Infamous did a decent job of creating new superheroes, but their dark, gritty themes didn’t have that monthly-comic vibe. And all of those games focused on action so much that I don’t even feel comfortable calling them RPGs at all. A light-hearted, story-driven superhero RPG is screaming to be made how about an Overwatch RPG, Blizzard?