I don’t think I need to give a lesson on who Batman is. Everyone and their grandparents know who he is. Batman, the Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader. Having tons of comics, films and video games. Some being some of the greatest games of all time and others being… the complete opposite. And that’s what we are looking at, the complete opposite. Developed par the Japanese studio, Kemco Software, best known for their work on the haut, retour au début Gear franchise and their mobile games, they are still around today. Nothing was hurt par this game, DC Comics is still making bank and Batman is still a cherished franchise. So maybe this isn’t…. Too painful?



So we get an opening which… while the mannequins aren’t amazing, it does montrer off a big cast of Batman’s villains, which as a big fan myself, has me excited. I will say, it is a bit jarring to see Japanese names on the credits for a Batman game. Are we gonna get a Batman action game with S Ranks and air combos and all that? Can Batman achieve a Smoking Sexy Style? No, what toi get is...a beat em up that is even worse than Charlie’s Angels. toi beat up three goons in an alleyway with the most stiff animation I’ve ever seen. Kick them twice to knock them down. But that’s not enough. toi also gotta cuff them so that they don’t get back up. Can’t toi just knock them out? After that, toi have to travel across rooftops. Good luck figuring out what to do, the game doesn’t tell toi shit. I appreciate not shoving tutorials in my face, but now it’s being too cryptic. I mean the animations are cool, but they still feel really stiff and sometimes I feel like I’m about to fall off. It is kinda funny to just watch him dangle there if toi lose your momentum. Something about it makes me chuckle. But be careful, because toi could easily fall off. ou glitch off the side of the building and fall to your death with no warning. That’s always fun. Even when toi clearly jump, toi still end up falling to your death. The game demands toi use the Bat Cable. But at least the game has checkpoints so it’s not a complete pain in the ass. Just a marginal pain in the ass. But I did notice that Batman doesn’t strafe. He doesn’t quick turn. He turns like a car in GTA… No, he turns like a car in GTA IV. If toi want him to turn at a 90 degree angle, toi gotta keep his cul, ass from running a full circle. It’s annoying.
So I finally get passed the rooftops and make it to another level. After the ugliest chargement screen I’ve ever seen, I am immediately shot at as a crowd of civilians runs passed me. Well, we’re starting off early, huh. And these enemies have pistolets and l’amour to use them. My health was cut down to half from the first set of enemies. And as I’m running down an alleyway, a car just happens to blow up and almost killed me. So I heal with one of the health packs I got back to full health… and then a gangster shoots me and kills me before I can react… Okay. And then when I restart, something randomly explodes and kills me immediately at the same spot… okay. So I try using a smoke bomb… and I get blown up par a rocket- Why the hell am I still playing this? Also the smoke bombs are fucking useless. They just affect one area and the enemies can still see you. Oh, but I finally found an alternate path. I just had to go passed a mur where a tiny alleyway was hidden and fight goons. Now their pistolets only do half the damage. Also, Black Mask is looking a bit plus like Black Face, if toi ask me. And as soon as I start the suivant level, I get fucking stun locked par a aléatoire weak enemy with no way of stopping the attack. Once I finally knock him down, Batman wouldn’t stop turning like a goddamn car until his friend kicks me and I die. Yeah, I’ve seen enough.
So which is worse, people? A game that is constantly rustrating with bad controls and annoying enemies ou a boring game that functions… most of the time, but will bore toi and leave toi desperate for something else? In short, is Batman: Dark Tomorrow worse than Charlie’s Angels? Well, Charlie’s anges at least left me with ironic stuff to talk about. Batan: Dark Tomorrow left me with a want to turn the game off with boring level design, annoying gameplay mechanics and the worst controlling Batman ever. Have toi ever controlled Batman, he’s quite smooth. Don’t play this game. It’s not worth it, even ironically. I say this, knowing everyone’s first choice was always the Arkham games, but better sûr, sans danger than sorry.