The game uses a simple fighting scheme when you are facing the goons of the
various supervillians. One key hits, one kicks, and one blocks.
Batman can pull off a few different moves, but you're not really in control of
them beyond selecting a punch versus a kick. Once you knock out a
henchman, you need to use batcuffs to keep them immobilized. If you don't,
they'll eventually pop back up and try to attack you again. This can be
annoying at times because your batcuff supply is very limited, and you can be
stuck trying to time your next jump correctly while being constantly harassed by
the same goon. Another fight annoyance is that the game sometimes takes a
moment or two to realize that you are in a fight. The fight keys also
double as jump and duck keys, so you'll sometimes hop around a baddie for a
little before the game switches you into fight mode. Of course your enemy
does not suffer from the same handicap and can use this opportunity to get in a few
cheap shots.
You'll have the opportunity to man a couple of Batman's vehicles, but
controlling vehicles is more an exercise in frustration than the thrill it
should be. The culprit? Once again shoddy, unresponsive controls and
poor level design. Case in point is a chase through the concrete canyons
of Gotham in the batplane. Your plane is slightly sluggish and the flight
controls are inverted, but in spote of this you are asked to squeeze between buildings and
go over and under bridges. Be ready to reload this level far too many
times before you luck your way through it - and to watch the level's opening cutscene every time as there is no way to skip it.
On the positive side, if you loved the animated series you'll like the
quality of animation in the game. Batman moves just like he does in the
cartoon, and the designers did a good job of capturing the look of the series.
The voiceovers are also good, and definitely of the same quality as the show.
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated:
58%. Poor, unresponsive control and linear level design prevent this
game from being enjoyable by anyone other than big fans of the animated series.
System Requirements: Pentium II 450; 128 MB RAM; 8 MB
Video RAM; 4x CD-ROM; 700 MB Hard Drive
Space; Mouse.
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