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Some one finally got it right!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's about time that I play a Batman Game that allows me to really "be" Batman, in the sense that you don't just go running around using bad-balls equipment, and fighting bad guys. This game did for stealth action what Splinter Cell did, and I'm not the only person who thinks that, just read the other reviews, EA didn't do much with the NFS Underground series, as Midnight Club 3 easily out-weighed them in awesomness all around, but, when it comes to Batman, that's one series that is going to make consumers very happy with Electronic Arts. The only element that was lacking was free roaming, but I'll get into that later. Here are some +'s and cons (cons and not -'s because, - - what sucks..., would look wierd).

+ - Graphics are equally as beautiful on PS2 as on X-Box. Game mags., like Game Informer, usually use X-Box screens on reviews and previews for multi system games, but for Batman Begins, they used PS2 screens. That's a good sign.
+ - Controlls are easy and fluid, even on X-Box and Gameqube, but PS2 still beats them.
+ - The fact that you have to actually use your head. It's extremely smart to include the element of suprise. If you scare your enemies, you have a huge advantage over them before they ever see you. That's where the Area Fear and Reputation meteres come in, when you blow up someting or make different virtical objects collapse while hidden, you scare the crap out of you foes, and your Reputation goes up, and the thugs also have individual feat "meters" as well, different from the Area Fear meter located right under the Reputation meter. The individual thug's fear which shown by an EKG in the top-left corner of the screen. The more frightened they become, the faster their heart races, and the more fumbly they become fighting you, which, obviously, makes it easier for you to interrogate them, of course after beating the crap out of them. Blow up a near buy gas tank, distracting 4+ thugs and makin' 'em drop their guns, then sneaking behind one, takin' 'em out slinently, then the remaining thugs effortlessly, then sparing one thug for interrogation involving more violence, is just enormously entertaining. It's never gets old.
+ - Free-roaming isn't nessesarily a good thing, especially in a game like this, because the game already gives you a sense of Gotham City that is enough to make you happy with what EA did. The game keeps you with the story, instead of letting you wander off and start doing things that have nothing to do with Batman's main objective, in other words, things that keep you from completing the game, like Spider-Man 2. I like the fact that the game keeps you in the story throughout the whole thing because it would ruin the dark, surprising, bad-@$$ mood of bing Batman in the area which he belongs, the action, not the randomization. No free-roaming? No worries, here folks. Enjoy what you paid for, Batman, not Distractionman. Okay that was a little cheesey.

cons - None that I can really think of. Less is more, that's true with this game, less distraction, more Batman.

Point being, this is a long review, but also, this is a great game. Don't pass it up.

dude!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is great it lets you jump straight into the action as soon as you start it up,the levels are long but the game itself is short, that may be one of the things that lets it down along with the fact that it is too easy, i say just rent you'll be done in under a week

High Production Values, but the Gaming Leaves Something to be Desired

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I won't re-hash what other reviewers have said in too much detail: The game does indeed look great, the fact that they corralled the ENTIRE principal cast of the film (except for Gary Oldman) to provide the voices is a major bonus, and it's *just* different enough from the movie to leave you guessing at certain points. The game focuses on stealth, which means that, in most cases, bursting through a door without checking or barrelling into a group of enemies will get you killed. Fortunately, most of the levels contain several checkpoints, which allow users to forego the tedium of having to start from the beginning if they mess up toward the end.

However, this isn't really a game that invites the player to revisit it. For one thing, the environment is very directed: You can look at the scenery all you like, but at no point can you really deviate from the prescribed path and explore. Crates and pipes litter the game, but you can only climb certain ones. Your weapons and gadgets are only active when the game deems them necessary. For example, you're only allowed to use your batarangs to, say, cut a specific support wire or break a specific window -- you can't access them in combat, or while roaming around. And the gadgets that you *can* access in combat -- smoke grenades and flash-bangs -- aren't active unless you're already engaged in hand-to-hand. You'd think that a game which rewards stealth would allow you to snipe an enemy from safety (if not to damage them, at least to throw them into confusion), but this is not the case.

The paths you must follow, and the items you're allowed to interact with, are usually clearly marked, which is both a blessing and a curse. It essentially keeps the player from puzzling it out on his own, which makes the game go faster, but... well, put it like this: I'm an older, occasional video game player. It usually takes me about two weeks to finish one of these games. I finished this one in three days of intermittent play on the "normal" difficulty setting. Exactly how challenging, then, would this be for the average teen or pre-teen?

And what is the reward for finishing the game? Well, you have the option of replaying it in a different costume. The "bonus" Batmobile levels are actually ones you played earlier in the game, minus the urgency you initially felt to beat them.

All in all, it's fun while it lasts, but it doesn't last very long, and there's no real reason to go back and try it again.

The Best Batman Begins Game I Ever Played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game on my 10th birthday and a playstation 2 with it and when I started playing it,it was amazing and it is better than the batman dark tomorrow game although I don't have the batman dark tomorrow because I only have playstation 2,playstation,and Game Boy advance.They didn't make batman dark tomorrow on playstation 2 because it was cancelled on the playstation 2,but here are the three batman games I like Batman Rise of Sin TZU,Batman Vengeance,and the Batman Begins.If you want this game buy it.It is so much fun to play it.I think I got this game along with the new playstation 2 look at fry's electronics located at Oxnard near Costco,eb games,and gamestop has it.This is the most best game I ever played.

best batman game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game the day it came out. It is awsome. If you liked splinter cell you'll love this game. If you did'nt you'll still like it. The only downside is it is kinda short. This game is really fun and I highly recommend it.

The Dark Knight is Back!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the Best Batman Games and Movies ever made! The Reason why I said that is because Batman is one of my Favorite Heroes than Superman, and The Incredible Hulk! Also the reason why i said Superman because the biggest disapointment was that Warner Bros is making another Superman Movie but I think Batman is better! It's Just for Superman they Cannot Replace Christapher Reeves! Best of all one of the Best Batman Movies Ever!

Splinter Cell with Wings

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This EA game is well done and should appeal to most Batman fans. The game play is very similar to the Splinter Cell series. We can also find some similarities with "007 Everything or Nothing."

As you progress through the game you unlock certain goodies. One of them is the different Batman costumes you can wear in the game. The Batmobile level is very arcady, so don't expect too much realism there. There were some glitches, but not as much as in SOCOM.

This is a fun game, and I hope you enjoy it should you decide to buy it.

a really good batman game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have heard the most awefull stuff about Batman Begins. "It's dumbed down"
"too short" "shallow". So after all of these lashes I desided to rent the game. The opening sequence was great. The crazy loon is dropped from the window and tells the baddies "batman is coming" and voila the most well made Batman in video games comes down pissed and ready to kick some serious ass. From then on I was hooked. I blew the whole package in maybe 6 hours, but I tried to stretch it to 3 days and a couple of hours each day. But it was a hightlight due to the voice acting and the general game story, its the same one from the film just differently organised kinda like memento"pun intended".
Now this ofcourse are hightlights but here come the dark parts of the game. It is too short, I mean any gamer can blow through it in like 6 to 10 hours so I admit the value is alright, also the gameplay itself makes the game a bit easy, in some way it is a good thing because if it became like splinter cell it would have been waaaaaaay to difficult, especially because you barelly stand a chance against bullets, but also it is a bad thing due to the lenght of the campaing. This doesn't mean you wont get stuck, because you will, but you always know what you are gonna do all the time. The graphics in the game are gorgeous, the models are superb and batman is amazing but there are really weird stuff going on some times, like the batcape going through batman's body or doing the batmobile always having this snow like water stuff when you drive. In the end you can't help but to notice parts where you can improve the game but still critics seemed to get stuck here in the mud of the game instead of actually apreciating what the game did right and that is making the game really fun to play, something Ultimate Spider-Man left behind for example (now that was a shallow game).
In the end Batman Begins may not be the Best game and there still could be some improvement, but it is still a really really good game.

SOoOo GOOD!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was so fun! It's so cool sneaking up on people. At first I was so nervous because I thought I would get shot, but luckily there is no lives and there's also checkpoints so you don't have to worry about starting all over. This is a stealth game and it makes you feel like James Bond...or maybe its just me. You get to use cool gadgets and stuff that Batman uses and my favorite part are gliding and stealth kills. There are parts where you hang upside down and snatch the bad guy up and WHOOO you beat the snot out of him and throw him out. There are also times where you interogate people and thats fun too because you scare the crap out of the guy and if you saw the movie, they show Batman with the scary crazy face from that panic gas thingy. Plus, the music makes the game so cool and suspenseful. I remember I was fricken breathing so hard because I was so nervous 'cause you have to wait for the guys to pass or something in order to do a stealth attack or whatever. Yeah there are parts where you get stuck and have trouble finding out what to do, but hey, thats what makes a game a challenge. It doesn't insult your intelligence, it makes you think which I think makes a game really great. I thought this game was the bomb and you should definetely buy it. Don't play it over and over too much because I think its one of those games that can get boring real fast, but the first time is definetely the most exciting and fun. Best game I've ever played, but then again, I'm not that good at games and dont play that often so maybe thats why i was so excited about this game. Whatever, its definetely the bomb.

Best Batman game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great adaptation of the new Batman film "Batman Begins." This game allows you to learn the tricks of the trade (of crime fighting, of course). It doesn't follow the movie scene by scene, but it has great missions that are chronicled in the movie. Fight the thugs, fight escaped Arkham inmates, fight Ras' Al Ghul, and save Gotham City from the League of Shadows.

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