Who wants to be a Supervillain?

A sci-fi storygame by Miccy2000

Player Rating5.13/8

"#214 overall, #6 for 2006"

Based on 644 ratings since 06/16/2012
Played 8,637 times (finished 748)

Story Difficulty4/8

"March in the swamp"

Play Length2/8

"So short yo' momma thought it was a recipe"

Maturity Level6/8

"I'll need to see some identification"

Some material may be inappropriate for persons under age 16. If this were a movie, it would probably be between PG-13 and R.

Tags

Humor

Puzzle

RPG

Superhero

THE SEQUEL FOR THIS IS OUT NOW, IT HAS LIKE, 4 REVIEWS BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

http://chooseyourstory.com/story/Who_STILL_wants_to_be_a_Supervillian_0x3f_.aspx

GO PLAY THAT SHIT YO

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That's right, you gotta try and become a supervillain. You start off with crimes as simple as pretending to raise money for charity and keeping it, but maybe later you can move on to world domination. This game might be a little repetitive and frustrating, and most of the story is nothing special either, but the next one (if I make one) will be better.

03/07/07 UPDATE

Fixed some glitches, and I've now added the high score table!

Jan 11 07- Thanks to Silverman for pointing out some glitches, much appreciated.

HIGH SCORES

Gerard 201933

Fleshnblood_78 201933

gameshark1313 201933

Cojocaru 201923

Deven711 201918

Silverman 201888

Player Comments

I’m genuinely confused why this game is rated so high. I understand that it’s from a bygone era, and I guess I haven’t read too many of those, but even if this were the standard for stories from the early 2000s, I feel that there are enough fundamental errors that keep it from being as enjoyable as the other reviewers say.

First, you do not become a supervillain in this game. You just graduate from petty theft to grand theft auto and motiveless murder if you want. One of the key elements of a supervillain is a good backstory that explains what makes them a supervillain. This is entirely absent in this case.

This was also in the sci fi category, which itself is a crime. There are zero sci fi elements. In fact, there’s a scene where someone breaks into your house to deliver a note and tells you to answer a call in a phone booth. Like, is this the thirties. If a 2006 story is in the sci fi category, people at the least should fax me instead of breaking into my house.

Speaking of the ending, that note has some of the cringy, “we’re gonna kill you, just kidding” humor that sticks itself in this kind of story all too often. I was also confused that the swat team showed up at the phone booth, but was nowhere to be seen when I blew the redneck’s head off in the gun shop in broad daylight.

I will say that it was very well spell checked, but really, that’s about it. There must have been a lot less to do in 2006 if people thought this was exciting. Even at the time, I probably would have stuck to my Boxcar Children books.

I suppose all of this could be fixed in the sequel, but I don’t care. It’s so short there should even be a sequel.

— Petros on 12/14/2022 9:19:52 AM with a score of 201910

Cool

— Camry on 8/15/2023 4:19:32 AM with a score of 1793

nice

— GenesisReboot1 on 3/6/2023 2:08:18 PM with a score of 201913

imma go buy a gun

— chandubaba on 1/28/2023 2:12:41 PM with a score of 1773

i got a higher score than the person in 5th place

— GenesisReboot1 on 1/24/2023 10:26:03 AM with a score of 201918

This getting a mid 5 is a stain on our site

— Sherbet on 12/14/2022 4:18:03 PM with a score of 655

I really liked the options. The graphics could use some work though.

— Echo714 on 1/11/2022 9:56:43 AM with a score of 201815

Good job. I really liked this story.
Also, I tied with Dameon for top high score.

— alpha_2 on 10/6/2020 7:39:47 PM with a score of 201938

That was a fun game although I am a bit sad that I couldn't seem to get enough money to buy the limo.