Batman Begins

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November 30, 2004 - While EA and Eurocom\'s first partnership didn\'t exactly warrant much trust with the horrid Catwoman, the recently released Batman Begins could, and very well should, be a different story. We know that because of our paid subscription to Game Informer, which has given us new details behind the upcoming action-stealth game.

Due to ship on Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in summer 2005 simultaneously with the Warner Brothers\' movie, Eurocom\'s Batman Begins is a one- to two-player action-stealth game shaped along the lines of Ubisoft\'s Splinter Cell. The game follows the narrative of the movie, which is re-written by Splinter Cell writer JT Petty. It follows the main points from the movie using cutscenes and scripted events. The movie is based on Frank Miller\'s 1980s excellent Batman: Year One.

So it\'s natural that players take on the role of a young Batman at the beginning of his superhero career. They\'ll prowl the streets of Gotham City, crawl up water pipes, and swoop down from skyscrapers (using Batman\'s cape) to strike fear into the hearts of the city\'s rank criminals. Eurocom has designed a fear meter that measures enemy\'s heartbeats, giving players cause to earn a reputation as a frightening figure throughout the course of the game.

A little like THQ\'s The Punisher, Batman can incapacitate or interrogate, though Batman doesn\'t kill. Instead, he threatens and applies force, knocking enemies unconscious. Interrogation helps the night-prowling detective gain information but it doubles as a way to upgrade your reputation too. Instead of key and lock level progression schemes, players find passwords, kingpin locations, and acquire enemy goals to further the story.

Although players will primarily play as the Dark Knight, following the arch of the movie, they\'ll also get a chance to backtrack in time and take on the role of Bruce Wayne in training. Batman is equipped with few weapons (though more are sure to be announced) including the trusty Batarang. He\'ll use stealth as his primary weapon, but Batman\'s natural athleticism enables him to throw elbows, knees, head-butts, punches, kicks, and sweep kicks to defeat enemies. He can also use environmental objects to scare enemies, including the ability to hang from pipes and fire escapes to quietly snatch and interrogate guards.

We\'ll have more on Batman Begins, due to ship in summer 2005 on Xbox, PS2, and GameCube, shortly.

I haven\'t seen a good Batman game since...EVER. So I\'m not expecting much. I just hope the movie is awesome

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You obviously never played..

Batman: The Animated Series
(SNES)

Batman:Vengence
(NGC/PSONE/XBOX)

The Genesis Batman and Robin was pretty good as was the first Batman game (based on the film) on the NES.  Batman Returns was decent as well though nothing special.  Batman Forever the arcade game was decent at best while Batman Forever on SNES and Genesis was horrible.  I don\'t think they made a Batman and Robin game and I think the Batman Beyond game they made stunk.  Batman The Rise of Sin Tzu was decent, but should have been handled by someone else as the game just didn\'t take advantage of the Batman license well enough.

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You obviously never played..

Batman: The Animated Series
(SNES)

Batman:Vengence
(NGC/PSONE/XBOX)

I meant recently. I haven\'t played Vengence, but there were some fun ones that I remember on Genesis I hope they can make this one a memorable (in a good way) experience...

Originally posted by Ryu
The Genesis Batman and Robin was pretty good as was the first Batman game (based on the film) on the NES.  Batman Returns was decent as well though nothing special.  Batman Forever the arcade game was decent at best while Batman Forever on SNES and Genesis was horrible.  I don\'t think they made a Batman and Robin game and I think the Batman Beyond game they made stunk.  Batman The Rise of Sin Tzu was decent, but should have been handled by someone else as the game just didn\'t take advantage of the Batman license well enough.

damn sorry to read about your brother.. will put em in the ol\' prayers

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^^^^^^

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I think he\'s talking about my journal, but I honestly don\'t think this is the place to really discuss that...

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Yeah...I believe the Journals say PM the members about their posts in that particular section...

Ryu this is your last warning, please keep the personal stuff in the journals.  Failure to comply may result in closure of said thread.

Anyway I loved AoBR for SNES.  The animation was so smooth and everything looked and played like the series.  Don\'t have high hopes for this game but we\'ll see.