With the release of "Batman: Arkham City" fast approaching, CBR takes a look at the history of the Dark Knight in video games and presents our picks for the best to feature Gotham City's defender.
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06-01-2011, 09:53 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: CBR's Best Batman Video Games of All TIme
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06-01-2011, 11:32 AM #2Senior Member
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The only good games on this list are Arkham Asylum and Lego Batman all the rest are terrible.
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06-01-2011, 11:55 AM #3Member
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The problem is those were the only two good batman games at all up to this point and a top two list just doesn't make for a good article.
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06-01-2011, 12:22 PM #4Remastered
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Arkaham City!
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I LOVE THIS GAME ALREADY!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXqN...mbedded#at=110TEAM TEEN JEAN 2013!!
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06-01-2011, 02:17 PM #6Rargh!
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The Nes Batman is actually incredibly good, Ninja Gaiden 2 level good. Originally Posted by Scud
As was Adventures, which played and looked amazing.
There were no post SNES era good batman games until arkham asylum, but before that, good games did come out.Nothing's gonna happen without a warning
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06-01-2011, 02:27 PM #7Member
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Yes, I'll agree the NES one is really good. Originally Posted by Alex
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06-01-2011, 03:05 PM #8Cat smells like fish
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The Genesis one was pretty awesome as well. As was the arcade. Really, this whole article seems limited in scope. It doesn't even bring up stuff like the Sega CD game -- ok, questionable in terms of quality, but it had an entire original BTAS episode in it. Originally Posted by Alex
And, of course, Revenge of Shinobi.
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06-01-2011, 03:09 PM #9Veteran Member
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What? Batman Returns was GREAT! I still enjoyed that going back to it years later. The music especially was a highlight for me.
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06-01-2011, 03:35 PM #10Rargh!
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I liked the one with a dog the most, nostalgia reasons. Originally Posted by StoneGold
And, of course, Revenge of Shinobi.
Shadow Dancer?Nothing's gonna happen without a warning
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06-01-2011, 03:48 PM #11Cat smells like fish
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Shadow Dancer was also a pretty strong side-scroller. To which I mean it's better than just for nostalgia. It was also a bit more pure action than Revenge, which wasn't as fast paced, a bit more complicated, but less arcadey. Originally Posted by Alex
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06-01-2011, 03:50 PM #12Marquis de
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So, we get multiple playable characters now. Could be sweet. Originally Posted by Vivica Kang
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06-01-2011, 06:33 PM #13Member
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EDIT: Nevermind.
I kinda preferred Vengeance over Sin Tzu, though.
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06-01-2011, 08:55 PM #14X-Gene Positive
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I actually liked the NES Batman. You have to remember that, when it first came out, most comic book games sucked HARD. Just go back to the old Questprobe Marvel games for the PC. Laughably bad at best. Even Batman's contemporaries like LJN's Uncanny X-Men game for the NES was painful. Batman for the NES isn't anything special by today's standards, but it certainly gets bonus points for actually trying to be better than the games that came before it.
As a product of its time, Batman for the NES was spectacular. Compared to more modern superhero games, it's a little underwhelming. Then again, the same charge could be levied against Activision's original Spider-Man for the PS1. A huge game changer for when it came out, but better Spider-Man games have come along since.
There's one Batman game that deserves more credit than it has ever gotten though. Batman Vengeance for the GameCube is much more fun than most reviews let on. The camera is flawed to be sure and the level of detail pales compared to what Sony was offering on its console at the time. Having said that, you actually do get the feeling that you're playing in the Batman TAS world. The voice acting is spectacular and some of the boss battles are quite clever. Fighting the Joker has never been more fun. IMO, Batman Vengeance was just a few months of tweaking away from actual greatness. Had it not felt so rushed in places, it would have been far more appreciated. As-is, it stands as a wonderful diamond in the rough.
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06-01-2011, 10:06 PM #15New Member
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I have to agree with some of the posters here in that the early NES, SNES and even Genesis games were both fun and good for their time. I still enjoy playing Batman: TAS on both SNES and Genesis. (Though I will admit the Genesis version is a bit more of a guilty pleasure being basically a pure action shooter.)
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