To mark the impending release of The Dark Knight Rises newbreview.com looks back at EA's Batman Begins game
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Why do we do this? We are well aware that a specific licensed game isn’t good, yet we actually manage to be less critical, we manage to overlook its issues, and enjoy these tie-ins, these perfect definitions of the word “shovelware”, without an issue. What is it about these games that makes us more… tolerant? Is it the novelty of playing a game based on a license we like? Is it some kind of psychological effect that reminds us of simpler days? Does it mean that playing these games brings out the best version of the gamer inside of us?"
Batman Begins 2005- A Retrospective Looks into the cobbled-together mess of gameplay and the path it would pave for future Batman games. The 2005 game is a lot like Batman’s utility belt. It has a lot in it, can do a lot and looks nice most of the time. But it’s a quickly made Batman movie tie-in game, another in a very long line of them. While not overly bad it’s a very very short one and done game.
Owned it, liked it. Twas the best Batman game up until Arkham. Wish I never traded it in.
Batman, like most superheroes, doesn't have the most stellar record when it comes to video games. It's not as bad as Superman, but it's not exactly a mouth-watering list.
The Arkham games changed all that. Rocksteady's trilogy - and Origins - are as high-quality as you could hope for, topped off by the fact they're aimed at adults.
What else deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence, though? VideoGamer picks its favourites.
Don't know about the best game. But I know the one with the best soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/JvzsFS4Plm...
Oh yeah, brings back some fond memories of trying to beat this game. Great music!
Listen to the batman and robin soundtrack for genesis. That's my favorite old school batman soundtrack. Jesper Kyd did it before I even knew who he was. Amazing.
I haven't played many of the Batman games from the past. I did play the original Batman on the NES and I played Batman Forever for the SNES many years ago. But yeah, great list and interesting video.
