Superheroes vs. Nazis? What's not to like?
Before Irrational Games went on to command the attention of the entire gaming industry with their BioShock series, they were creating the Freedom Force games. Featuring characters that are essentially parodies of existing characters from the Marvel Universe, Mentor, The Ant, Liberty Lad and co. duke it out with the Axis in 2005's Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich, after a spot of time-traveling leads to the Nazis winning World War II. The plot is suitably overblown, its dialogue knowingly cheesy and its graphics colourful and appealing, authentically aping the Golden Age of comic books which it was inspired by. Aside from its myriad of aesthetic achievements, Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich is also an accomplished RTS, making it one of the most well-rounded yet sadly forgotten superhero games of the past decade.