Batman

Batman games are few and far between, and most don’t provide much in the way of fun and enjoyment. The last Batman game was Batman Begins, that was freed at the same time as the movie of the same name. I enjoyed Batman Begins, and while Arkham Asylum has a similar feel and atmosphere, the most recent Batman game brings much more to the table with fantastically elaborated graphics, cinematic fights, and intimate good guys and bad guys.

The game takes place at Arkham Asylum, a place that any fan of the comics will have to know; it houses the worst crooks in Gotham, like Killer Croc, Scarecrow, Bane, and of course, Joker. The opening sequence introduces the Caped Crusader a little bit dissimilar from what we remember, he’s a foot taller than every one else, his armor is riveted , his gloves have metal studs for that extra oomph in his punch, and his boots resemble the attire people wear on ski slopes. Joker looks more like he did in the comics, with his narrow face and trademark purple suit that has seen more than it is reasonable share of Batman’s punches and kicks.

The graphics in the game are incredible, and it’s apparent the developers put a lot of time and crusade into the detail their reputation models. The Joker’s face is weathered and wrinkled, while Batman’s stern jaw shows his resolve and fortitude amid turmoil in the asylum. The clarity and detail of the game support construct a dark atmosphere that envelopes the player as soon as the gates of Arkham Asylum swing open. As Batman wanders down the hall with the green trails of paint used by the Joker, the deceased doctors and security guards gives the game a dark and severe theme, this isn’t a villain from the cartoon, this is a villain from the comic book.

Batman’s movements are liquid and controlling him is somewhat straight forward, with your intermediate controller layout that allows you to jump, punch, crouch and use gadgets. Along the way, you pick up respective tools that support you out in dissimilar situations, like the explosive gel that allows you to blow up sure walls, or the batarang that may stun an contestant just long sufficient for you to take him down. One of my bestloved Batman distinctivenesses is his glide ability, which allows him to jump and exaggerate his cape. You may now and then glide kick an unsuspecting enemy, where Batman will glide from a high place and launch his feet into the enemy; it’s ordinary in picking off oponents who are isolated. The fighting system is simple and looks great. Batman has a number of combos as a popular attack and may counter attack when you press the button as the contestant attacks. This allows you to engage a group of foes at once.

When those foes have high powered assault rifles, stealth becomes the name of the game. Batman can’t survive a barrage of bullets, and at the hard difficulty, the oppositions don’t miss much. Batman may crouch and sneak up behind unsuspecting opponents and carry through a stealth takedown that doesn’t alert anybody else. Using your grappling hook to perch on gargoyles allows you to set Batman up on an enemy for a glide kick.

My only minor complaint with the game is in all probability my own fault, since I set the difficultness to hard. Boss fights may be a challenge and may take a number of times to figure out the necessary moves to get out of their way and inflict harm of your own. Large rooms with a number of armed hostiles may be tricky if you alert all of them at once. It brings about a trial and error approach to situations, so don’t get trouble if you die a lot in the game, I surely due. This difficultness also seems to heighten the game in a good way, it lets the player realize how difficult it would be in real life for a normal person to do what Batman does. Remember, he doesn’t have super humane strength or speed, he’s just a better than intermediate athlete and martial artist, so you have to play Arkham Asylum with some thought and intelligence.

There are so numerous games out there that don’t deliver what is expected from a game, so it is freshening to experience one of the most usual comic book heroes of all time with the medium of video games. Batman Arkham Asylum takes the gamer to a new level with the Caped Crusader, and I utterly commend adding this one to your game library, because you’re unquestionably be playing this game through a few times.

Batman

Batman
After a young boy witnesses his parents’ murder on the streets of Gotham City, he grows up to become the Batman, a mysterious figure in the eyes of Gotham’s citizens, who takes crime-fighting into his own hands. He original emerges out of the shadows when the Joker appears — a horribly disfigured person who is out for revenge on his former employer and in general likes to have a good time, but the identity of the `bat’ is unknown. Perhaps millionaire Bruce Wayne and photographer Vicki Vale have a good probability of finding out?

Batman Returns
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne?

Batman Forever
Riddle me this, riddle me that, you’ll find adventure on the wings of a bat! Brace for excitement as Val Kilmer (Batman), Tommy Lee Jones (Two-Face), Jim Carrey (The Riddler), Nicole Kidman (Dr. Chase Meridian) and Chris O’Donnell (Robin) star in the third spectacular film in Warner Bros.’ Batman series.

Batman & Robin
Chills and thrills: Will Gotham City be put on ice? George Clooney is Batman as the Dark Knight battle his greatest threat yet: Cold-hearted Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and venomous Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman). Batman has more than Gotham City to protect: The youthful positive feeling of wanting to push ahead of crime fighting comrades Robin (Chris O’Donnell) and Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone) puts them oftentimes in harm’s way. New very special effects include a wild sky-surfing sequence and Freeze’s outrageous ice-blasting arsenal. It’s state-of-the-art excitement from our Batman family to yours!

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31 of 32 humans found the following review helpful.
Good value, but the quality is terrible.
By Jonathan Kui
I’ll confess that the price is cheap. Having all four films for less than $10 is great, but upon observing the basi disc, I find that the quality of the transfer is perfectly terrible. Lots and a large total of pixelation artifacts, specially when there’s black on the screen, and let’s face it, BATMAN was not a brightly lit film. The quality is barely, BAREly above VHS. I feel like they hooked a VCR up to a DVD recorder and had at it. I’m not even talking when it comes to grain (which I would suppose from an older film transfer), but rather poor resolution. There are no solid diagonal lines, everything is blocky. The video looks like an SVCD that was poorly upconverted to DVD.

It’s good value, if you’re just looking for an lowpriced way to finish your collection, but if you’re applied to DVD-quality video, you will be disappointed…

18 of 20 persons found the following review helpful.
A review of the set, not the person films.
By Matthew D. Davis
This set is amazing! It is all 4 movies for a very low price of 10 bucks. I picked this up at my local Target on Thursday and watched all the batman movies through the weekend. This set includes four Batman films. Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997). The special features include galore reputation facts and production notes. It is all very basic reading material on the disc, but I found a lot of it to be very interesting. They could have had utterly no special features at all, and I still would think this set is worth it! Is this set better than the Motion Picture Anthology? Well it depends on how much you care when it comes to these movies to want to watch all the special features for them. I would say I wouldn’t mind watching the special features of the basi two movies, but the last two I could do without. As far as the price goes, this set is better because it is only 10 bucks and the anthology is $80. As far as picture quality goes, all the films looked outstanding to me. You can’t actually go faulty with this release, you get 4 films for 10 bucks in a single DVD case on 2 discs (and the discs are double sided with one movie on each side for those worried when it comes to compression)! Talk when it comes to saving shelf space! I am thinking of buying the other sets in this series like the superman and matrix collections and replacing my existent DVDs with them just to save shelf space alone! Anyways this is the initial of the “4 film favorites” collections that I have purchased and I am very happy with the purchase. Sure not ALL the films are that great, but your going to be spending more than 10 bucks for just one of these films and I may tell you that 2 of the films will have to be owned by everyone.

16 of 18 humans found the following review helpful.
Holy Budget DVD, Batman!
By K. Fontenot
Way back in 1989, long before the current influx of superhero films, millions of persons lined up to see Michael Keaton put on Batman’s cape…..nah, let’s be honest, people lined up to see Jack Nicholson’s version of the Joker. However, Keaton’s fantasti performance shocked audiences and so begun a string of successful films that got progressively campier over time.

If you’re like me, you thought “Batman” was excellent, liked “Batman Returns” even though alterations were made to the Penguin, enjoyed Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey in “Batman Forever” in spite of the campiness, and thanked the good Lord above that “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” managed to wipe away the stain of the fourth film in this collection, “Batman and Robin.”

This “Four Film Favorites” collection gives fans of Batman and superheroes in general all four of Warner Brothers’ late century versions of Batman on two bare bones discs. According to the box, each film comes with production notes. What this boils down to is a stills gallery, brief actor bios, and a few lines in regards to makeup, particular effects, and Batman’s fantasti toys.

The actual films are staged in a widescreen format and appear to lack any major clean-ups. The introductory film is a bit grainy at moments and the third film had faint traces of pixellation in close-ups, but the second and fourth film look visually excellent.

I won’t waste any time reviewing each film in depth. If you want this collection, you in all probability already recognise why you are getting it. I purchased it mainly for the introductory and third films in the franchise. Being a completionist, though, I wanted to get the second and, yep, even the fourth film in this collection. This two-disc set gives you all four films for a wondrous price.

Highly commended to fans of Batman or comic book films who want all four of these movies without breaking the bank. It will give you a taste of a lot of of the best and galore of the worst moments in comic film history!

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