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Playstation 2 : Batman Begins Reviews

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Below are user reviews of Batman Begins and on the right are links to professionally written reviews. The summary of review scores shows the distribution of scores given by the professional reviewers for Batman Begins. Column height indicates the number of reviews with a score within the range shown at the bottom of the column. Higher scores (columns further towards the right) are better.

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Only for Batman sake and "fear" system's sake

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I will be frank, this game sukes, I don't know why I bought this piece of crap.

They say this game is good and I am telling you it is nonsense. The graphics are AWFUL and I was surprised to see so many people appreciated it, I wonder if they know what they are talking about. The character models are AWFUL, they look like they were made to fit PS1 with no decent details at all! The character movements just FAKE, and the game RARELY apply the law of physics, and when I was playing the game I asked myself did they really have motion capture or not, because it seems the character is like puppet controled by invisible lines.

The overall game experience of 1st time is all right, but the game is not worth to play several times through as there is only one route or method can be used to go through levels, even in 1st time, if you get used to the game very quick like me, you will simply be bored of the game. If it was not for the bonus unlockables, I will not finish the game even once.

Another thing is that this game plays REALLY like Splinter Cell and Burn Out(in 2 levels) but it doesn't have the quality (in terms of overall graphics) of these two. The good thing is that it took a step further from these games but still too much alike. To tell you the truth, if it isn't for batman's sake, I would definitely buy Splinter Cell and Burn Out instead of this game.

Ok, on to some good things about this game. The sound track is quite cool and although i wish they used the same score from the movie, the sound effect fits the game quite well.

The game plays like a complementary to the movie that sort of complete the experience from the movie. This is maybe the only reason you should consider if you want to purchase this game.

The game have some movie clips from the movie. This is both pros and cons. The pro is that they made the gaming experience more like a movie experience. The con is that it made you (at least for me) dislike the character models and movements even more.

The controls and maneuverability is quite good, and very easy to get used to.

The fear system is VERY cool, it boosts your batman experience a lot.

To sum up, comparing to Metal Gear Solid 2&3 and Splinter Cell 1-3, Batman Begins (the game) is rubbish. However, if you don't mind at all the negatives I mentioned, and you are a fan of batman, then this game is for you.

ONE WAY TO DO IT BATMAN

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: November 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A few years ago, the coolest thing to ever happen to gaming came to the playstation 2. Wide open game playing. Give the game player a city and let them go. Give them a story to follow, but also give them some room to play and create their own story. Give the gamer multiple ways to accomplish the goals.

This game IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE!!

Time after time while I was playing BATMAN BEGINS I kept going from level to level and situation to situation and there's is only ONE WAY or VERY FEW ways to accomplish each thing. If you don't do things a certain way... you are riddled with bullets and killed in seconds.

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR CREATIVITY!! You have no choice but to defeat the bad guys in the EXACT SAME WAY that the GAME-WRITER planned it.

This gets very old... very fast.

Of all superhero games that should adapt a wide-open theme. BATMAN IS IT!!! Come on GAME-WRITERS!! GOTHAM CITY for godsakes!! Let us have some fun.

Please... give us a BATMAN meets GRAND THEFT AUTO mix and we'll love you for it.

Anyway... this game is a thrown together, repetitive mess. Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of fun playing as Batman and the graphics are pretty good. But, after completing about half the game, and getting killed 10 times everytime you enter a room with thugs... until you get it down the way the game-writer intended it... the game looses its excitement.

After 2 levels of the game, you are all of sudden in the BATMOBILE or the TUMBELER. No explanation. No reason. But all of a sudden you are racing through Gotham chasing after dozens of bad guys in cars and running them down or running them off the road. WHY? I don't know. There's was no story to it. Or reason. Just... do it.

Thrown together... pointless... repetitive... promotional tool...

I mean... come on... I can see how hard it would be for someone to actually create a BRAND NEW character like say... RATCHET & CLANK, or Rynn & Arohk, or Claire & Chris Redfield and have the gaming world embrace them... but how do you screw it up when you have an already established character that everybody already loves like BATMAN?

I tell you how... you give them a one dimensional game that is about as fun as figuring out the maze in your local newspaper. Instead of giving them a game that lets the game player use their OWN MIND to figure out the best way to be Batman.

Give us Gotham City. Give us random crimes. Give us a game where is it up to us if his identity is figured out. What crimes we're gonna fight. Who we're gonna save. The makers of Spiderman 2 figured this out.

I won't buy another Batman game until they give us the wide open Grand Theft Auto format. Give us GOTHAM CITY to explore.

This game... actually sort of insults your intelligence as an individual. The game writer is basically saying that he's the only one that knows the proper way to fight each thug and each situation. Keep your creative ideas to yourself.

some mo garbage

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 21
Date: August 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My favorite super hero is batman. the graphics is all right. but everything else is garbage. you do the same thing every level. You grapple here, interogate him get the password. scare these guy's they get so called terrified. Beat them up game over. I got one word.

Garbage

yes I am over 13 and I cant spell. all I need to know how to spell is garbage. I like this reveiw stuff.

you should only rent this game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game a few days ago, and it has great graphics, and the music is creepy, but in a good way. when i first got this game, i thought it would be like the spiderman games: just action and roaming the city. i was wrong. In this game, there are certain levels where u can roam the streets, but not many. Also, this game is complete stealth. If u try to sneak up on a guy who has a gun, and get caught, 5 shots and your DEAD. Overall, the action is great, but the stealth part is EXTREMLLY hard and if u die, u have to start at your last checkpoint, and there are not many checkpoints in a level. I would only recommend this game to people who are great at stealth videogames, and enjoy waiting 5 fricken minutes for a guy to turn around, so u can use steath on him.

Batman Begins is a good first step.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First and foremost, this isn't a bad game. I enjoyed playing it very much, but I wanted more.

The graphics are stunning. I loved the dark gritty look of Gotham City and it's inhabitants. The characters were well done and the principle players looked remarkably like their real-life counterparts. The lighting effects within the game were great. Fires, sparks, shafts of light sifting through dusty crawlspaces... it just blew my mind. I'm usually very XBox biased, but this game made me see that the PS2 can produce graphics that can compete.

Beyond how the game looks, the controls were pretty easy to learn and were pretty intuitive. I didn't read the instruction book, and was off and running with very little trouble. The in-game help pop-ups and the training level with Ducard were great and didn't feel like an "Intro to being Batman" course. It fit in pretty seemlessly with the story. Driving the Batmobile was a joy. So much so, that I was disappointed that there is only two levels within the story.

With all that said, there are flaws here. Unfortunatly, the game is very short. I bought it on Thursday and finished it on the following Monday. It took maybe 10 hours to complete the game on the normal difficulty setting. I wanted more! I was also disappointed in the way the game handles all of Batman's goodies. Why is it that I can only throw the bat-a-rang when the game wants me to? Why can I only use the grappling hook in a limited few places? I wanted so much more in this area. Your main weapon is fear, but the only fear you are allowed to unleash on your enemys is that which the programmers set up for you. My last complaint...I wanted more extras. I loved all the movie clips and the interviews with the people who worked on the game. That stuff is always great to see. The alternative costumes are a good touch, too. I just wanted MORE! Maybe, I'm greedy, but I pay 39.99 for a game, I want my moneys worth.

In the end, I felt like I was on a very limited path through the game. I enjoyed the path very much, but I would have loved to be able to step off the path and work out new ways to terrify the bad guys out there.

Rent this game. Or, if movies are expensive in your area, buy it and take advantage of the free movie ticket. Enjoy the game and then trade it at your local game store. That way you'll get a free movie and a chance to play the game, but you'll only spend about the same amount of money that you would have if you'd just rented it.

Note to EA and WBIE: Do another Batman game! This one was fun and beautiful. Next time...Just give us more!

Under-rated by the professionals, but a great adventure nontheless

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 22
Date: July 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've never been a fan of movie-based video games. You either play the game before watching the movie, and get yourself spoiled, or the other way around. It's a similar story when I was deciding whether to get Batman Begins. This is especially so when reviews on major gaming sites have unanimously slammed this game as an also-ran. Still, I went with my gut feeling and bought it anyhow, and I haven't regretted since.

If you've watched the movie, you'd notice that the plot in this game follows the one in the movie closely. I won't call it an exact replica, but you basically play through the movie, with variations as to how some objectives are achieved. You begin with a prologue, which takes you through some of the basics of the games. This is then followed by the Himalayans training section, which teaches you even more controls. From then on, you pretty much spend your game in Gotham, and boy, what a beautiful city this is.

Gotham is a sight to behold because the graphics in this game are quite awesome. The game takes you to various locales from the movie, like the earlier mentioned Himalayas, the Gotham Docks where Batman downed Falcone, and the Arkham Asylum where the Scarecrow operates, etc. The characters faces are really lifelike, but this is of course expected, since they are modeled after the actors. You also get to see actual footage from the movie, which is a nice touch that pushes the story forward a little in between the levels.

The controls for the game are quite straightforward. With the PS2, you get to kick using the triangle button and punch using the square button. When your enemy is close to expiry, you can use the circle button to "finish" him off. The X button is used for jumping. The shoulders buttons allow you to equip items and use them, as well as blocking an attack and rolling on the ground. It's all quite basic, and overall adequate in undergoing the various missions.

The game itself has several elements. You can call it an action game, but it's also a stealth game. Since an unarmed Batman is often easily wasted by an opponent with guns, you will need to sneak up on these opponents by patiently waiting for your chance, before performing a stealth kill on them. You can also use fear tactics to scare these dudes into dropping their guns, and these include sending boxes of crates towards them, setting off a security alarm (for a few times) and using a crane to lift a car up in midair. All these sound rather confusing, but the design of the game makes it very easy to achieve, and the linear nature of the game means that you're almost always told what to do so you won't get lost.

The game also feels like a Prince of Persia game at times, what with all the jumping around. Finding a way from point A to point B requires a careful scrutiny of the environment, and choosing the only right way to proceed. Therefore, it's entirely possible to miss a jump and fall to your dismal death. The good thing is, you always begin at your last save point, so you won't need to backtrack too much. There are a lot of these save points too, so you can safely maneuver without worrying too much about dying.

There are also two levels in the game that turn the game into a racing game, albeit only for these levels. Much like the Burnout series (now wholly owned by EA), you get to control the Tumbler and set off a journey of taking opponents down (Road Rage), beating a time limit to a destination (Time Attack), and even finding a "boss car" to destroy using the Batmobile's weapons. Way cool, if you ask me.

The audios of this game are also awesome. Having voice-acting from the actual actors from the show is one thing. Making them sound like they actually care, and belong, to the game is another. The soundtrack is also dynamic, providing a really neat tribute to the dark nature of the movie.

My main complaint for this game is the quite frequent slowdown in frame rate. It almost always happens when I'm moving when a conversation by opponents is going on. It's quite frustrating because here you're trying to move quickly without getting noticed, yet the game doesn't let you. The camera angle is also quite clumsy at times, even though you've full control of what you want to see. Apart from these, I'm quite satisfied with the game on the whole.

So, here you have it. A review from a fan who actually played through the game twice. Ok, maybe I'm pleased because I didn't have high expectations. But seriously, for a game that provides so much fun, I think the bad reviews are perhaps a little too harsh. Don't trust me for that though. Get hold of the game and try it for yourself. You may end up being a fan too.

batman begins a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Batman Begins is great, short, but yet real fun! you can enter a stealth mode so that the bad guys cant see you then make an awsome combat move, you can use smoke grendans and a sonic bomb which can summon bats the scare the crap outta the bad guys. But whats fustrating is you have to scare the bad guys so that they drop their guns cause then your dead. you scare then by throwing your bat -a-rang at objects and doing other stuff that makes them frightned. it follows the story line from the movie nothing else. its a great game, i found my self playing it again and again, cause i beat it so quickly since its so short, since it was short i just needed more batman so i kept on playing it new game after new game, if your not a big batman fan rent this game, if you are a big batman fan buy this game other then that peace out...

Batman Begins, Only a Begining

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Batman begins is a title i have looked forward to for months. Both the film and the game. I have been a huge Batman fan for years, but always felt in game play, the developers were missing a huge oppurtunity.

When i purchased this game, i was not expecting much. This is for two reason, the poor games batman has had in the past, and also because many movie/game crossovers leave something to be desired for. This is obviously accountable as many games take years to make, whereas a film is done in about one year, and both have to be similar so they need to be made side by side, giving the game developers little time to create the desired game.

However, i now have to say i really like this game. This is a totally new angle to Batman, a secretive and silent stalker that preys on his victims fear. The premise for the game is also a very complex one, making your enemies afraid before you strike. This idea is a brlliant one, but i do feel the game has a lot more potential.

For instance, your trusty batarang. There is one real problem with it, its considered a swiss army knife, it is used for everything. It can be used in this way in real life i know, but it does make the game a very predictable one at times.

I also felt that creating the fear was not developed enough. I felt that the game gives you one chance to scare them. For instance, in one room you knock down a dinosaur statue. This scare four or five thugs and then you go and finish them. Unfortunatly, i think that this idea could be devloped further. If i were designing it, i would set Batman into a very open environment, allowing the gamer to follow his own path around obsticales. I would also make the fear factor lengthier, by gettin rid of the one big fear maker and replace it with having to introduce many small explosions and sounds, from a variety of places.This is what happens in the film and in many horror films.

One real plus is the batmobile levels. Theu were so well enhanced and were the funnest part of the game, giving a break from the slow secretive gameplay and breaking out into a faster mode. It was so good that the developers added another level, unheard of in the film, just to keep it in there for longer.

Overall, it is a good game that will be enjoyed thoroughly by Batman fans. However, more neutral parties will be disappointed and will compare it to more impressive games, such as Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell.

Way Underrated . . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is totally cool! You get to grapple, use cool stealth moves like climbing down pipes or poles, or sneaking up behind someone and knocking them cold! The fighting system is innovative, in a way, and similar to Wolverine's Revenge in that their's a special button for special moves. You can also glide forever with your "memory cloth" cape. And finding a way to strike fear into the hearts of enemies is fun. The only downside is that there is no level select.

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.


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