Well yeah. Back in the day Infocom could have made a brilliant text-adventure out of it. But I can't see how that sort of dialogue-heavy game can ever exist on consoles.
But looking at it from the other direction, using the Watchmen characters in your standard GTA-style game would give it more depth than the competition.
That's the thing - there are many potential "good" choices of genre. But as a brawler it's only ever going to be another brawler, and there haven't been many good ones in the last decade (let's face it, it's not going to be God of War). And there are plenty of good, dialogue heavy adventure games on console -text adventures don't even begin to describe the range. You've got RPGs, action adventures, even point-and-click adventures. And, as you say, open world games. It's the laziness that pisses me off. Competenet brawlers are easy to code and easy to develop, unlike time consuming adventures and art intensive open worlds.
Anyway, more info. Apparently the episodes are going to be prequels, hence the brawling.
QUOTE: It's in "Tainted Love",according to Wikipedia. The story's called "Finest Hour". And I think it may have been a Hurricane, actually.
Picked up a few of the Hellblazer trades recently and it's in Tainted Love, yeah. Brilliant story. Ennis was frustrating. His opening volley on the title was the best he ever wrote but, issues like that one we mentioned aside, were poor. Although I'm probably best to reserve my final estimation until I read Rake At The Gates Of Hell, the conclusion to his major arc.
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In case it hasn't been mentioned, and I can't believe it won't be in over five pages, a "must read" graphic novel is the two-parter "My Father Bleeds History"/ "And Here My Troubles Began".