Except for Spiderman the PS1 game (not the one that came out after the movie) I'd say that the super hero games I've played have been crap. The Spiderman and X-Men games for Nintendo were truly awful. The Superman game for Nintendo was at least humerous. Superman, the Hulk, and all the other ones for SNES were poor at best... I'd say that Batman Returns for Sega was playable, and the best I've played was probably the Tick.

Maximum Carnage completely shocked me in that it was a very good game. It is exactly like all other side scrolling fighting games (Streets of Rage, the Tick, etc.) in that you fight four of the same generic bad guys at a time for 20 levels. There are a fwe things to spice up the fighting; a little web-slinging is included. But what makes Carnage entertaining is that mixed in with this truly average fighting game style is that there are great comic book style cut screens, a great storyline, and oodles of super hero appearances.

There are tons of super hero friends that help you out along the way (although wouldn't it be cool if you could control them to?) such as Morbius, Iron Fist, Captain America, the Black Cat, Cloak and Dagger, and others all show up. The wide variety of villians is also a bonus, as you have to beat up a variety of Carnage's cronies as well.