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Incredibly disappointing addition to the Batman franchise

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The designers at Activision proved that you can make an excellent video game based on a comic book superhero (or in the case of Spider-Man: The Movie, based on a comic book superhero with a popular feature film). In Spider-Man, you are almost instantly swinging gracefully between buildings, shooting webs at the bad guys, and throwing punches, kicks, and combo moves.

Alas, the people at Kemco should have played Spider-Man before releasing Batman: Dark Tomorrow. It's a shame that such a popular character should have to go through the indignity of starring in such a remarkably [sad] title.

The cinematic introduction to the game (and most of the later cinematics) are very well animated. Unfortunately they fail to prepare you for the disappointing gameplay when you move from cinematics to taking control of the character yourself.

Within the first five minutes of the game I am certain that many players will find themselves swinging face-first into the side of a building -- and once you miss the building ledge you are destined to watch Batman fall to his death. The camera, which is usually placed in the most inconvenient location possible, makes it impossible to control your character and as a result Batman staggers back and forth through his world less like the Dark Knight and more like an intoxicated Halloween partygoer.

The combat system is, as others have observed, pretty much geared to frontal assaults with no way of defending yourself. As a result you spend much of your time being shot from a distance while you close the gap between you and your attacker. And finding the attacker can be a challenge, not because of clever positioning, but because of that darn camera.

The last aggrivation is that the game pauses constantly to load the next part of the level. It's strange that massive environments like Halo can avoid ever disrupting the game play to load another section of the level, while Batman has to do this practically every other screen. I'm guessing that the time is necessary to calculate the worst position for the camera's third-person perspective.

It's too bad that Amazon[.com] doesn't allow for 0-star ratings, as this title truly deserves one. Even renting this game would be a waste of money, except for other game designers so they can learn how not to build a superhero video game. Stick with Spider-Man. It's going to take the Dark Knight a while to recover from this embarassment.

Terrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of comic book gaming, I looked forward to playing a Batman game. Boy was I disappointed. First off, this game actually looks great, the graphics are some of the nicest I've seen on the small screen. That being said, the game play is impossible. Many times your objective is not obtainable due the camara angles, which are the worst of any game I've ever played. If your looking for a good comic book games for the Xbox, see X-Men Legends or Spiderman. Return this game as fast as possible!!!

Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Let me start of with the good qualities of this game... Oh wait there are none. This has got to be one of the worst batman games ever. Aside from that the camera angles are rediculous. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this game.

Another letdown

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Is it possible to produce a good game based Batman? I can't remember ever playing a good one, going all the way back to the old "Batman Returns" on the Sega Genesis. And this game is even worse than that. It features the worst camera angles I've ever seen on a game (while moving, the camera suddenly shifts, and you find yourself going in some other unintended direction). The graphics are sub-par. The only good thing about this game is the cutscenes - they're first class. But apparently, the budget for the game was spent on this feature alone, because the gameplay and graphics are awful.

This should give you an idea of how bad it is. I bought it yesterday, and attempted to trade it in today. The guy at EB was so ashamed of how bad the game was, he refunded me the full price.

Big waste of Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I actually bought this game on release day at a local store, my thinking was "They've messed up every attempt at a good Batman game, so by now they have to have developed a good one" Boy was I wrong, although the graphics are good, cut scenes are awesome and the story line is up there... the most important things, the gameplay and the camera absolutely ... and make this game virtually unplayable and more annoying than fun. After 3 hours of "playing" this game I was literally sickened by the fact that they charged for this game at all. This is my first review on Amazon.com (or anywhere else) and only posted because I wanted to save fellow gamers and Bat Fans the agony and money! Save your cash for the Matrix game.

NEVER EVER BUY THIS GAME...EVER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THE WORST GAME EVER INVENTED...!!!.dont buy this Ple[eeee]a[aaaa]se dont waste your money buy splinter cell: chaos theory or Halo 2 or ANY OTHER GAME THAN THIS[!!!]
Graphixs-0/10-UGH[HHHH!!]
Gameplay-0/10-ok, i tried, i realy did try to have fun and enjoy the gameplay and such...but it was sooooooo inpossible. For 1, you have to hit them, and then "arrest them" AKA'tie their hands up while getting shot by all, i reapeat. ALL his stupid buddys. When theres 20 of them, it just doesnt work out.
Music-?/10- i couldnt pay attention to the music beacause i was to busy BREAKING THE FREEAAAKING DISC IN HALF AND POURING GASOLINE ON THE STUPID M[---------]This content is not suitable for anyone. so please hold[------------]--G]------]DA[------]STUPID[-----.]thank you for holding[.......]
sorry there ol' chap now where were we... oh yes. ok the whole sum of this crappy game is
Overall-0/10- to bad amazon didnt have an option of ZERO STARS!!!!!
remember.... never buy this
Thanks!!

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game today and I am taking it back after 15 minutes of playing. the camera angles stink, the graphics aren't too bad but I just think the game is dumb in general

Resident Batman

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The camera angles in this game absolutely stink. They remain fixed and do not follow you around as you move through the game. This method of gameplay worked pretty well in the hit series Resident Evil, but plays out very poorly in this game. It's difficult to maintain fighting sequences with bad guys and to see exactly what you're doing. The fighting sequences are very frustrating and the punch and kick combos look terrible (Batman kicks low, to the shins! now that's low for the dark knight).

The tools also stink. The batarangs and smoke bombs are awkward to use, and pretty much unusuable during combat.

I do have to give this game some props for the music track and style - both of which are very good. But the gameplay is awkward. This game is difficult, and not in a good way. Huge batman fans, prepare to be disappointed.

DO NOY BUY!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In a review of one word....HORRIBLE.

The gameplay is slow to repond and not very well configured.
The camera views are sub standard and very jumpy.
Most of the time Batman is a little, tiny figure that is hard to control.
There is no way to control the camera views.
Your utility belt, while well stocked, is too cumbersome to use properly and while you are trying to get to something, you are getting the poop beaten out of you.
If Amazon allowed 0 stars, this would get it!

Honestly I cannot say enough bad things about this game, and only wish that it was available to rent first!

Do yourself a favor and pick-up Buffy or Indiana Jones instead - they are much better games!

Bad, bad Batman

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A game has to be really bad for me to get motivated to write a review. I can't think of anything really positive to say about this game other than the cutscenes are nice to look at. The gameplay is terrible, the graphics are sloppy and the stiff control configuration will make you want to throw your controller out the window. What a shame because they had a great team of writers to create an interesting storyline. It's too bad the technical side could not rise to the task.

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