Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker [U] ISO

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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is an Adventure game, developed and published by Kemco, which was released in 2000.

Looking forward to the upcoming video/DVD of the same name, I picked up a copy of Batman Beyond: ROTJ on name value only. This is becoming a bad habit as DC has yet to release a decent ''Super Hero'' game on any system, with the exception of the old SNES Batman Returns and Batman: TAS when they were released at the time. I have been heavily disappointed with Superman for the N64 and GB recently and Batman & Robin still gets play time only because I am foolish enough to try and find something good to say about it. After Activision's Spiderman game, I hoped that Ubi-Soft would be able to pull off a similar effort with my favorite character. After popping the game into my PSX, I was first disappointed that there was no intro...the title screen pops up with the typical ''START'' button flashing. The scene opens nicely with a still picture of the futuristic Gotham City but then the screen changes to a still picture Batman with text on the screen. I may have been expecting too much when I thought that we would hear Terry and Bruce talking about the upcoming mission or maybe a cut scene from the movie considering that the game is based on it. The game style is like that of an old SNES or even an old PSX side scroller, only you can walk forward, back and up and down. There are various Bat-suits that give the character different abilities but that doesn't help much as they seem a bit too similar. The typical punch, kick and jump buttons are there but you can't even pull off a leaping attack. The game seems a bit stiff at times and you can generally just stand there and go ''toe-to-toe'' with any enemy and hope to outlast him. The game just leaves so much to be desired but if you are a die hard Batman fan and have to have every Batman game there is...don't be too disappointed.

Graphics: 8
The graphics aren't bad, but at the same time they also fall into a very 2D world. This isn't too bad but with what they have done with the old PSX engine lately you kinda expect more. The lack of FMV hurts as well as I was kinda expecting some scenes from the movie to push the game along.
Sound: 5
Typical sound...from older games. Maybe later in the game we will hear other things but there are typical hit sounds and explosions, I didn't really hear the theme and after Activision's Spiderman I was hoping to hear the voices of the characters.
Gameplay: 6
Because you are fighting in a semi-3D world you have to aim where your attacks are going and you do miss if you are slightly facing away from your opponent. The controls are a little sluggish at times but the lack of a leaping attack hurts. The game seems very...''old school''. Like Streets of Rage or Final Fight. But then again maybe it gets better if you get a little farther into the game.
Overall: 6
Actually 6 might be a little high...I might be biased because it is a Batman game and I continue to play it hoping it will get better. Hopefully the upcoming Batman ''racing'' game or the GBC game will be better...It's just that everything about this game seems a bit dated and the company hoped that the ''Batman'' name would be able to sell it. If that is what they were hoping for...Here is one sucker that fell for it.

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