It obviously plays like shit, but visually, this game is legitimately impressive for a PS1 game. This came out the same year as Metal Gear Solid, and even MGS didn't go for character models this detailed. The realistic and dynamic cape physics actually have me reeling.
"What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!!!" i've got to say the film is definately a guilty pleasure for me, yes it's corny and stupid but i love it and i have nostalgia for it :)
The movie truly is a so bad it’s good. To the f you to gravity with everyone flying into the air on wires Mr.Freezes ice puns Poison Ivy’s over the top performance and sexual innuendos (you know for kids). The terrible editing where Robin is trying to get out of the water in poison ivy’s little shop of horrors knockoff plant and they just reverse the footage I could go on.
Sometimes, some good camp is all you need. The Adam West Batman show is still fondly remembered today, and for good reason. Also, Bat Credit Card. I have nothing else to add.
I adored this game as a kid, when i knew no better, it was my first open world game - being able to walk around AND drive in the same game whilst also playing as Batman was literally the peak of my gaming life at that time. Heavy nostalgia, don’t care how it shit it lmao, will always cherish this one!
To be fair, this game is INSANELY detailed for the time. Considering 3D gaming was still relatively new, they got a huge amount out of the PS1 for this game. It really was ahead of its time; it’s just a shame they opted for “intricate” and not “fun to play”. The clunky movement and mechanics are just deal-breaking. Look at the fluidity of this game compared to, say, Tomb Raider 2 and it’s just no competition.
I think that it would've made more sense if it automatically switch between combat and detective mode. That way, you don't have to worry about what mode you're in and investigate whenever the enemies aren't around... and fade the alarm sound after a few seconds from the trigger.
The movie's worth it just to have 2 hours of Arnold Schwarzenegger just having the time of his life (Just look at the smile on his face during behind the scenes interviews. The saying goes, If you do what you love you never work a day in your life).
Rerez finished this game, and from their Batman & Robin video I just knew about this game having a "cheat mode" by finding an area which is the game developer's office (?) and after some stuffs there you can turning on some cheats like infinite health, etc.
I can't believe that this was my first Batman game...Then again, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were my first and second Batman movies that I ever watched. Nostalgia hitting to the max Venom level that even Bane would be jealous! Not the Tom Hardy one I'm talking about the big dumb brute Bane!
So... Uhhh... Bookworm was a villain from the 60's Batman TV show. He was played by Roddy McDowell. He turned up exactly once. I kinda marked out at the reference. So at least one Batman meganerd had some fun making this game.
A few things you might like to know about this game are some of the Easter Eggs it has revolving around the Batman history. For example: Batman 89 Easter Eggs: A newspaper contains an article about the Fugelheim Museum. You also get to explore Axis Chemicals. Batman Returns Easter Eggs: A window of Selina Kyle's apartment with the words Hell Here can be found on a building near Gold and Wonder and also the Museum. There's also several posters for Shrecks Department store and the cinemas in Gotham are showing a film called The Happy Penguin. Batman Forever Easter Eggs: The police HQ is the one where Bruce visits Chase Meridian. There's a newspaper containing an article detailing how the GCPD are locking Nygmas blueprints for 'The Box' away as evidence and an Arkham visitor card for Two Face can be found. Plus some of the street thugs look like Two Face's girlfriend Spice (Debi Mazar). Batman & Robin Easter Eggs: there are a number of cafe's called ARNIE'S. Batman 66 Easter Egg: The bookstore are called Bookworms. A villain from the Batman 66 show.
Ah Man I remember two friends of myself and my bro had this and we played it, don't think we got pretty far in it either lol. Looking back it was very ambitious but poorly executed. Would love to play this again just for shits and giggles. Great vid as always Matt.
The fact that you can't save really seems to be it's biggest problem. The game is so clumsy and fails at absolutely everything, but is indeed super ambitious for it's time and I gotta respect that. However no checkpoints or saves? Man, what were they smoking.
@@vrapbrap if i recall there was saves, you have to do it on the bat computer in the batcave or computer terminals around the city which helps with clues picked up during the game.
I've always been surprised at how ahead of its time this game was, only for its weird game mechanics to really sink any effort it had on it. As for requests, how about the Batman: Brave and the Bold game? It was pretty decent sidescroller and it did a commendable job at capturing the spirit of the show it was based on.
Yeah, heck yeah Batman Brave and the Bold would be a fantastic title for Matt to look at, plus it's legions better than what Matt just put himself into.
if i remember right, the open world thing was going to matter much more and be even cool, but had to be cut down cause they were forced to release early or something but yeah, ahead of its time, shame every good thing has two negatives, one step forward and 2 bck
I remember playing this game and indeed being scared. I was scared, confused and never got past the damn diamond part because I didn't understand what was going on. But even my youngling brain realized how horrible the drawing distance was for driving.
I had this game as a kid but a combination of being too young, not knowing English and the game being so dark I couldn't see shit I never progressed at all, just wandered blindly around the batcave, and drove blindly around Gotham until the timer ran out or something.
@ 4:53 "anal-lyse?!?" LOL I didn't think this game featured Buttman, a superhero who fights crime with an assorted list of anal swabs. @ 16:24 Robin brutality!!
I beat this game once, years ago with the help of my GameShark. Unbeatable or at least not fun without the cheat device. I'd love to see this game get a second chance, remaster the visuals bringing it up to current standard graphics and fix the known bugs and it would sell I think.
Just recently found your channel and binged watched them every morning to wake up to, and every night to sleep to during an especially trying week. Keep up the hard work, you are very talented and appreciated!
Fighting is super hard in this game. Rented this when I was like 12, using an invincibility cheat was the only way I could progress, and even then, I could not figure out how to prevent Freeze from getting the 2nd diamond.
Oh my gosh, I think I remember this rightly, but in the last stages of the game the vehicles and costumes changed for no apparent reason. JUST LIKE IN THE FILM... which I have a bizarre urge to watch now.
Dude this was the first game I ever owned as a kid! The audio for this game is so nostalgic! And you’re right, ridiculously ambitious I’ve heard that the game is physically impossible to complete? (Edit) remember when Batman was a detective?
The FIRST Open world Batman Game before the "Batman Arkham Series" did it.......back in the LATE 90s. Being born in the late / early 90s, Seeing this game, despite NOT owning it in the past, but having "Batman Vengeance" on Xbox only to DECADES LATER play through and experience the "Batman Arkham Series" MAKES ME FEEL OLD! It shows just how far Batman has progressed as a Video game Property
Honestly, an Elden Ring rogue-like based Batman videogame with time based mechanics and clunky movement sound great and... --- spoiler (kinda?) alert for Batman's latest movie, proceed at your own risk (ig) --- ...exactly like what WB should do for a videogame based in the latest movie. (yeah, that's all I wanted to say, still I though I had to make it clear so no one felt I ruined anything)
This game was way too ambitious . It would have been better off as a linear , level by level, beat 'em up . You know, just a simple, 2 player , 'die hard arcade ' style 3D brawler kinda thing, where you play as either batman , batgirl or robin and beat up bad guys over the space of like 10-12 levels (most of them being of the beat em up variety but some of them being on-rail shooter levels from the pilot/driver perspective of bat vehicles). Sure, its not as ambitious the sprawling saga the developers wanted this thing to be , but it would have made for a better game .....
This game is super clunky but goddamn is it charming. I feel like I can’t be too harsh on it solely because of how ambitious it was, even if it didn’t pay-off in the end.
George Clooney as Batman Reporter: Mr Wayne, is it true that you’re Batman? Bruce Wayne: Huh? Reporter: It is said that you sound similar to Batman. Could it be that you’re Batman? Bruce Wayne: Umm, probably it’s just someone who’s really good with voice impressions and he managed to do a decent impression of my voice…hehe!
I remember playing this, and though now I can tell it's really shitty, I'm surprised by how ambitious it is: They were trying to make an Arkham game all the way back in 1998!
Can't believe I haven't seen this video until now! Batman & Robin may be a bad movie, but this game truly transcends it in every way. It's just a well rounded Batman detective, crime-fighting experience, it even has Easter eggs to Tim Burton's Batman such as Catwoman's apartment with the "hell here" neon sign. Not having voice acting made the experience better Imo, I could really become an amalgamation of a cinematic Batman in 1998. It's easily my favorite PS1 game, and yeah I've beaten it a few times haha. It's truly horrible, but a wild ride. It's so criminally overlooked, and the recent Gotham Knights is the only Batman game to even remotely come close to this ambition sadly.
Personally when it comes to the Schumacher films, I always felt uncomfortable how much he was thrown under the bus for it's failures, when he could be a fantastic director (he gave us The Lost Boys and St. Elmo's fire for crying out loud). Maybe he played a part in the misfires, but how easy is it to tell when his selection as Burtons replacement from the word go was explicitly for the goal of a movie franchise easier to sell toys for. I honestly think the movie as a whole would be able to be appreciated more (flaws and all) if it had been allowed to be it's own standalone story, and not a direct sequel to the (while campy in their own way) much more dramatic centered Burton films.
I'd actually love to see this game get a second shot at life using the Arkham engine. Game was ambitious as hell and had it not had time constraints on the development it might've been the first awesome open world style Batman game.
It be nice if the next Batman arkham games are loosely base on the older films, like the 89 and up films. I know if be a nightmare to license everything, but that's why I said loosely base on. Like if they hire the 90's and early 2000's animated voice cast, or the voice cast from the other video games. If they can license and get or almost get everything and everyone, that would be nice. But the music and tone settings, and the time period would be main focus for the game, basically capture the films looks and tone but plays like a Batman arkham game.
Rerez did an excellent vid on this as part of their Just Bad Games series. It had all the makings of a critically acclaimed game-including revolutionary design choices for the time-but it instead-at best-fell as flat as its polygons are now. Doesn’t really help that its movie is regarded as one of the worst films ever made-but hey, Bat-Nips! That makes things better, right? …right?
@@MattMcMuscles Since U mentioned Begins , There was a Dark Knight game in development but the developer when out of business if I remember correctly. Could be a Wha Happen episode.
@@MattMcMuscles After you mentioned "Batman Begins" I went over to see the gameplay...its a really good game (EA was much better and more respected than it is nowadays hehe). But "Batman Returns" has a special place in my heart, an excellent "Beat em Up" from Konami's golden age. ;) Dude...totally out of context...but I'm taking the opportunity to say that I love your videos...I even laugh a lot. When I can... I recommend it to my friends. Keep up the wonderful work ;)
@@DanielS_FloripaAfter researching it, I read that Pandemic Studios wouldn't be able to meet the deadline and is why it was cancelled. Pandemic Studios did eventually close though so I wasn't wrong there I figure.
I did a search and didn't see Aquaman on there; any chance you'd be interested in doing that? Only thing I've seen from that game is footage from X-Play in the early 00's
It obviously plays like shit, but visually, this game is legitimately impressive for a PS1 game. This came out the same year as Metal Gear Solid, and even MGS didn't go for character models this detailed. The realistic and dynamic cape physics actually have me reeling.
No IT DOESN'T
"What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!!!" i've got to say the film is definately a guilty pleasure for me, yes it's corny and stupid but i love it and i have nostalgia for it :)
The movie truly is a so bad it’s good. To the f you to gravity with everyone flying into the air on wires Mr.Freezes ice puns Poison Ivy’s over the top performance and sexual innuendos (you know for kids).
The terrible editing where Robin is trying to get out of the water in poison ivy’s little shop of horrors knockoff plant and they just reverse the footage I could go on.
@@bearerofbadnews1375 yeah the constant puns are so stupid that they are funny and the ending was hillarious :'D
“WHY DONT YOU CHILL?”
@@AugustBurnsRed181 hahaha love it :'D
Sometimes, some good camp is all you need. The Adam West Batman show is still fondly remembered today, and for good reason.
Also, Bat Credit Card. I have nothing else to add.
Robin: "I wanna car. Chicks dig the car."
Batman: "This is why Superman works alone"
Robin: (incomprehensible whining)
@@IDHLEB Robin: "I hate sand"
I feel like every time a new Batman movie releases. Batman and Robin 1997 always seems to crawl back into our minds.
i think the movie itself could be a good subject for a "What Happened?" episode, considering its huge infamy
It likely doesn't have enough of a strange story
It probably turned out the way it did on purpose
@@1stCallipostle 😏
@@hchoe741 I have aged poorly
I adored this game as a kid, when i knew no better, it was my first open world game - being able to walk around AND drive in the same game whilst also playing as Batman was literally the peak of my gaming life at that time. Heavy nostalgia, don’t care how it shit it lmao, will always cherish this one!
Yes.
🤡
To be fair, this game is INSANELY detailed for the time. Considering 3D gaming was still relatively new, they got a huge amount out of the PS1 for this game. It really was ahead of its time; it’s just a shame they opted for “intricate” and not “fun to play”. The clunky movement and mechanics are just deal-breaking.
Look at the fluidity of this game compared to, say, Tomb Raider 2 and it’s just no competition.
I think that it would've made more sense if it automatically switch between combat and detective mode. That way, you don't have to worry about what mode you're in and investigate whenever the enemies aren't around... and fade the alarm sound after a few seconds from the trigger.
Yeah, like the presence of enemies triggers like a "fighting mode". That would have been better.
@@MattMcMuscles
that kinda just sounds like that spawn the eternal ps1 game (or batman vengeance).
The movie's worth it just to have 2 hours of Arnold Schwarzenegger just having the time of his life (Just look at the smile on his face during behind the scenes interviews. The saying goes, If you do what you love you never work a day in your life).
17:56 I see Batman hold on that Batcredit card pretty tightly😂
Rerez finished this game, and from their Batman & Robin video I just knew about this game having a "cheat mode" by finding an area which is the game developer's office (?) and after some stuffs there you can turning on some cheats like infinite health, etc.
Six minutes into the video and Batman performs a Sub-Zero-esque fatality on Quan Chi.
I don’t know if I should be proud of what I’m about to say or the complete opposite but I’ve beaten this game.
TWICE
How much of a masochist are you?
I’ve se seen things
I'll bet that took balls... of ICE!
(I trying to match my puns to the quality of Batman and Robin)
Now speedrun it.
You beat it as a child or in your older years?
I love how the streets are so small the Batmobile almost covers both sides of the lane.
This game TRULY captures what a trashheap Gotham is.
Well it is New York City so...
It's going to take me a long time to get over the fact that you can buy a newspaper in a Batman game.
Let alone scrounging for quarters to use the machine, despite being Rich.
Mr. Freeze is unironically a very compelling character when he’s written well. I really hope that we eventually get a good movie adaptation for him.
Matt Reeves said he was considering him for the sequel
Animated series Mr Freeze was such a depressing character. He goes through so much shit and then dies a lonely miserable death at the end of it all.
Why do you say unironically? Do people think he's NOT compelling when done right? First I've heard of that.
Everyone can be a compelling character when they’re written well, so what’s your point?
@@Bingo_the_Pug
Some characters just haven’t been written well IMO.
I'll never get over "feel thier pain".
I never knew of this batman game it’s hilarious it’s like a demake of Arkham city this made my night thanks mr mcmuscles
I was waiting for the acknowledgement of Trash Boutique and you didn't disappoint Matt
Ive never seen past the museum for this game. Gotta get into it one day again
I can't believe that this was my first Batman game...Then again, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were my first and second Batman movies that I ever watched. Nostalgia hitting to the max Venom level that even Bane would be jealous! Not the Tom Hardy one I'm talking about the big dumb brute Bane!
So... Uhhh... Bookworm was a villain from the 60's Batman TV show. He was played by Roddy McDowell. He turned up exactly once. I kinda marked out at the reference.
So at least one Batman meganerd had some fun making this game.
The movie logo is one of the best logos ever. Looks sick, the batman and robin together.
A few things you might like to know about this game are some of the Easter Eggs it has revolving around the Batman history. For example:
Batman 89 Easter Eggs: A newspaper contains an article about the Fugelheim Museum. You also get to explore Axis Chemicals.
Batman Returns Easter Eggs: A window of Selina Kyle's apartment with the words Hell Here can be found on a building near Gold and Wonder and also the Museum. There's also several posters for Shrecks Department store and the cinemas in Gotham are showing a film called The Happy Penguin.
Batman Forever Easter Eggs: The police HQ is the one where Bruce visits Chase Meridian. There's a newspaper containing an article detailing how the GCPD are locking Nygmas blueprints for 'The Box' away as evidence and an Arkham visitor card for Two Face can be found. Plus some of the street thugs look like Two Face's girlfriend Spice (Debi Mazar).
Batman & Robin Easter Eggs: there are a number of cafe's called ARNIE'S.
Batman 66 Easter Egg: The bookstore are called Bookworms. A villain from the Batman 66 show.
Ah Man I remember two friends of myself and my bro had this and we played it, don't think we got pretty far in it either lol. Looking back it was very ambitious but poorly executed. Would love to play this again just for shits and giggles. Great vid as always Matt.
The fact that you can't save really seems to be it's biggest problem. The game is so clumsy and fails at absolutely everything, but is indeed super ambitious for it's time and I gotta respect that. However no checkpoints or saves? Man, what were they smoking.
@@vrapbrap if i recall there was saves, you have to do it on the bat computer in the batcave or computer terminals around the city which helps with clues picked up during the game.
I've always been surprised at how ahead of its time this game was, only for its weird game mechanics to really sink any effort it had on it.
As for requests, how about the Batman: Brave and the Bold game? It was pretty decent sidescroller and it did a commendable job at capturing the spirit of the show it was based on.
Yeah, heck yeah Batman Brave and the Bold would be a fantastic title for Matt to look at, plus it's legions better than what Matt just put himself into.
if i remember right, the open world thing was going to matter much more and be even cool, but had to be cut down cause they were forced to release early or something
but yeah, ahead of its time, shame every good thing has two negatives, one step forward and 2 bck
8:07 I'm surprised you didn't see that statue wink at you
which was a friendly gesture from developers and it terrorized me more already
I had to do a fucking double take at that secret tunnel gag, bless this channel.
Ironically if this was an indie project developed by a team of like 7 people, it would’ve been kinda impressive
7:50
"Yeah, Collateral Damage."
It's even funnier when you realize Arnold schwarzenegger had a movie called Collateral Damage.
I remember playing this game and indeed being scared. I was scared, confused and never got past the damn diamond part because I didn't understand what was going on.
But even my youngling brain realized how horrible the drawing distance was for driving.
Really enjoying these playthroughs. Some interesting titles and great humour
Did nobody noticed how the statue blinks!!!!!??
I had this game as a kid but a combination of being too young, not knowing English and the game being so dark I couldn't see shit I never progressed at all, just wandered blindly around the batcave, and drove blindly around Gotham until the timer ran out or something.
@ 4:53 "anal-lyse?!?" LOL
I didn't think this game featured Buttman, a superhero who fights crime with an assorted list of anal swabs.
@ 16:24 Robin brutality!!
This game is the chilling sound of your doom.
Allow me to break the ICE! My name is FREEZE!
I beat this game once, years ago with the help of my GameShark. Unbeatable or at least not fun without the cheat device. I'd love to see this game get a second chance, remaster the visuals bringing it up to current standard graphics and fix the known bugs and it would sell I think.
Take this, Goldust! 🤣
Random muggings, Enemy car AI, Actual chaos around you. This PS1 game is beating the shit out of Cyberpunk.
"Chill Out!"
Arnold "Mr. Freeze" Schwarzenegger
This is the most I've heard you swear, it's freaking great
Just recently found your channel and binged watched them every morning to wake up to, and every night to sleep to during an especially trying week. Keep up the hard work, you are very talented and appreciated!
@@MrWhis-fe5hs it's so good. I'm glad it found its way to my recommended videos
14:25 that is a wild hybrid of gold-dust and sting and now I have nightmares. Thank you Matt
This game is the best example of "ambition is the enemy of success."
I fucking lost it when "Secret Tunnel" started playing.
“You’re not sending me to the cooler!”
Fighting is super hard in this game. Rented this when I was like 12, using an invincibility cheat was the only way I could progress, and even then, I could not figure out how to prevent Freeze from getting the 2nd diamond.
This was on rerez, their review on this is hilarious
To quote Shane from Rerez, "IT'S JUST BAD!!!"
Oh my gosh, I think I remember this rightly, but in the last stages of the game the vehicles and costumes changed for no apparent reason. JUST LIKE IN THE FILM... which I have a bizarre urge to watch now.
Dude this was the first game I ever owned as a kid! The audio for this game is so nostalgic! And you’re right, ridiculously ambitious
I’ve heard that the game is physically impossible to complete? (Edit) remember when Batman was a detective?
Someone actually did complete it and uploaded it here on RUclips. The game is far too convoluted though.
Noone ever gets past the first level
The guys fron Rerez played this on Just Bad Games. They finished it.
17:13 almost had me soil myself with laughing lmao
Brings back bad memories 😖
I feel that the people who voted on this game was due to them watching Rerez.
Me. Lol
The FIRST Open world Batman Game before the "Batman Arkham Series" did it.......back in the LATE 90s.
Being born in the late / early 90s, Seeing this game, despite NOT owning it in the past, but having "Batman Vengeance" on Xbox only to DECADES LATER play through and experience the "Batman Arkham Series" MAKES ME FEEL OLD! It shows just how far Batman has progressed as a Video game Property
I played this wen I was 7 never passed the museum lol
I had this as a kid and couldn't figure out what to do, so I wrote it off as bad. Well, I wasn't wrong, at least.
Honestly, an Elden Ring rogue-like based Batman videogame with time based mechanics and clunky movement sound great and...
--- spoiler (kinda?) alert for Batman's latest movie, proceed at your own risk (ig) ---
...exactly like what WB should do for a videogame based in the latest movie. (yeah, that's all I wanted to say, still I though I had to make it clear so no one felt I ruined anything)
You should play X-2 Wolverine’s Revenge on the PS2. Mark Hamill voices Logan and it’s a fun time. 😆
Damn it's like Arkham City before Arkham City was even a thing
Buttman and ribbon
This game was way too ambitious . It would have been better off as a linear , level by level, beat 'em up . You know, just a simple, 2 player , 'die hard arcade ' style 3D brawler kinda thing, where you play as either batman , batgirl or robin and beat up bad guys over the space of like 10-12 levels (most of them being of the beat em up variety but some of them being on-rail shooter levels from the pilot/driver perspective of bat vehicles). Sure, its not as ambitious the sprawling saga the developers wanted this thing to be , but it would have made for a better game .....
I just noticed the editor put a Ric Grayson joke and I approve.
Maybe the darkest era of Dick Grayson's life....the Ric-koning.
@@Gliscor101 the Ric-koning is behind us now.
This game is incredible, so long as you don't play it yourself. I have massive respect for the devs, even if the end product was...well, trash.
I thin ReRez might be one of the only RUclips teams to actually beat this game.
Only one I know who has its such a sh!t game
Not without unlimited health bar that they found in the game
@@dandruff3414 Given how badly the game plays, I can't say I blame them.
"Take this Goldust" got me
I would still love a Batman Forever SNES video! It was the first game I owned as a kid that even my stupid kid brain knew was a raw deal.
Batman Forever, Genesis w/ 6 button controller. Wildly hated by everyone but this was a childhood favorite.
I think you need to "chill out" sir lol.
From Wikipedia: "The game won the award for "Most Faithful Use of a Movie License" at the 1998 OPM Editors' Awards"
.... I just foiled the Sudan Diamond Gotham Museum robbery today. Again, an outstanding PS1 experience
I would love to see you play The Punisher. It’s actually decent and and janky if that makes sense
1:01 - Sounds more like Werner Herzog than Arnie
This game is super clunky but goddamn is it charming.
I feel like I can’t be too harsh on it solely because of how ambitious it was, even if it didn’t pay-off in the end.
George Clooney as Batman
Reporter: Mr Wayne, is it true that you’re Batman?
Bruce Wayne: Huh?
Reporter: It is said that you sound similar to Batman. Could it be that you’re Batman?
Bruce Wayne: Umm, probably it’s just someone who’s really good with voice impressions and he managed to do a decent impression of my voice…hehe!
Batman & Robin walked so the Arkham games could run!
I remember playing this, and though now I can tell it's really shitty, I'm surprised by how ambitious it is: They were trying to make an Arkham game all the way back in 1998!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked the Pimpmobile.
Stay cöol -Mr. Freeze
“What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!” Mr freeze.
Can't believe I haven't seen this video until now! Batman & Robin may be a bad movie, but this game truly transcends it in every way. It's just a well rounded Batman detective, crime-fighting experience, it even has Easter eggs to Tim Burton's Batman such as Catwoman's apartment with the "hell here" neon sign. Not having voice acting made the experience better Imo, I could really become an amalgamation of a cinematic Batman in 1998.
It's easily my favorite PS1 game, and yeah I've beaten it a few times haha. It's truly horrible, but a wild ride.
It's so criminally overlooked, and the recent Gotham Knights is the only Batman game to even remotely come close to this ambition sadly.
Personally when it comes to the Schumacher films, I always felt uncomfortable how much he was thrown under the bus for it's failures, when he could be a fantastic director (he gave us The Lost Boys and St. Elmo's fire for crying out loud). Maybe he played a part in the misfires, but how easy is it to tell when his selection as Burtons replacement from the word go was explicitly for the goal of a movie franchise easier to sell toys for.
I honestly think the movie as a whole would be able to be appreciated more (flaws and all) if it had been allowed to be it's own standalone story, and not a direct sequel to the (while campy in their own way) much more dramatic centered Burton films.
I tried to play this game a couple weeks ago but couldn't do it, controls were wack, gfx were admiral for its time.
I'd actually love to see this game get a second shot at life using the Arkham engine. Game was ambitious as hell and had it not had time constraints on the development it might've been the first awesome open world style Batman game.
I’d group Batman Forever and Batman and Robin in the same group of movies like Daredevil and Catwoman as just hilariously terrible superhero movies.
It be nice if the next Batman arkham games
are loosely base on the older films,
like the 89 and up films.
I know if be a nightmare to license everything,
but that's why I said loosely base on.
Like if they hire the 90's and early 2000's animated voice cast,
or the voice cast from the other video games.
If they can license and get or almost get everything
and everyone, that would be nice.
But the music and tone settings, and the time period would be
main focus for the game,
basically capture the films looks and tone
but plays like a Batman arkham game.
It looks good for a PS1 game.
Man, talk about timing. I just came home after watching the new batman movie
Rerez did an excellent vid on this as part of their Just Bad Games series. It had all the makings of a critically acclaimed game-including revolutionary design choices for the time-but it instead-at best-fell as flat as its polygons are now. Doesn’t really help that its movie is regarded as one of the worst films ever made-but hey, Bat-Nips! That makes things better, right?
…right?
Please consider playing the SNES Batman Returns game by Konami. I love your content Matt!
I second this.
Bro play Mutant Academy 2 on PS1. Its classic. And have endings
Imagine if the Arkham games played like this.
Best batman after arkham series is Batman returns in SNES
Personally, I would still put Batman Begins over Returns.
@@MattMcMuscles Since U mentioned Begins , There was a Dark Knight game in development but the developer when out of business if I remember correctly. Could be a Wha Happen episode.
@@MattMcMuscles After you mentioned "Batman Begins" I went over to see the gameplay...its a really good game (EA was much better and more respected than it is nowadays hehe). But "Batman Returns" has a special place in my heart, an excellent "Beat em Up" from Konami's golden age. ;) Dude...totally out of context...but I'm taking the opportunity to say that I love your videos...I even laugh a lot. When I can... I recommend it to my friends. Keep up the wonderful work ;)
@@charlesdavis7285 i liked...could be a very interesting episode 😉
@@DanielS_FloripaAfter researching it, I read that Pandemic Studios wouldn't be able to meet the deadline and is why it was cancelled. Pandemic Studios did eventually close though so I wasn't wrong there I figure.
Imo B&R for OPS is AWESOME!
batman and robin and jaggies
Let's kick some ice!
Everything Fresus
👏👏👏👏👏 Perfect ending XD
I did a search and didn't see Aquaman on there; any chance you'd be interested in doing that? Only thing I've seen from that game is footage from X-Play in the early 00's