DC Legends is a game about DC legends punching each other. It’s one of those RPGs that’s not quite an RPG, but looks quite nice and a lot of people seem to enjoy. And enjoying things is important, right?
Anyway it’s chock full of heroes and villains from the DC Universe, so I thought I’d have a look through my encyclopaedic knowledge of DC Comics (wikipedia) and pick some of the weirder goodies and baddies I’d like to see in the game.
You might agree, you might disagree, they might already be in the game, but in the end we squeezed some content out of the flimsiest of ideas so we can all go home feeling satisfied about a job well done.
Ragman
Ragman is a man made out of rags. Or he wears a rag costume. Let's go with that actually. I think there’s more to it than that to be honest. I remember reading a short run of comics about him. It had Batman in it too, and that dead gymnast who I think is just called Deadman.
Anyway, I think nowadays Ragman can absorb the souls of defeated enemies into his special costume. And use magic. So those are all pretty cool powers that he could use in the game I guess.
Etrigan
Etrigan is my favourite demon who fights crime, because every time he does, he does it in rhyme. He doesn’t always stand on the side of good, but covers the grey area like the best anti-heroes should.
In the game, what could be his powers? Why that’s a question we could ponder for hours. And since we’ve only got a limited space, let’s just agree that Etrigan would be ace. I don’t know how you could write about a DC Legends game without even just once mentioning his name.
John Constantine
More games need loud-mouthed, chain smoking wizards who literally don’t care about anything but themselves. I’ve also noticed that this list is very magic heavy. I guess I just really like magic.
Anyway, Constantine could give enemies lung cancer with passive smoking. Or just scowl at them in the way that only Constantine can. And then I would be happy and I would probably make some sort of IAP. So take note DC.
Zatanna
Sneppah sdrawkcab syas ehs gnihtyreve.
Matter Eater-Lad
He’s a lad that eats matter. I honestly can’t imagine the hours of brainstorming that went into that name. Probably roughly as much time as went into writing this article. So loads and loads and loads obviously.
Essentially he can eat anything. He comes from the planet Bismoll. Oh my word this is incredible stuff. He could eat and digest Superman if he wanted. Matter Eater-Lad for president. Make America Eat Matter Again!
