Batman Begins (PS2): The Review
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The final ever Batman movie to be adapted into a console game, and that's a fucking good thing!
The game featured is Batman Begins on the Playstation 2.
And like all great (and horrible) comic-book movies, stick around after the credits for a special surprise. Well, when I say special, I mean horrible horrible waste of time.
Enjoy!
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Thank god for the Arkham games.
darkforces i don't like them as much as people like
i prefer the NES game
+RafaelDB64
Whoosh... Are you serious?
OpticMel81 yes, i even prefer the SNES Beat en up by Konami (you know? when they we're good) and even the Batman & Robin cartoon game for the Genesis (that one has some kick ass ost!)
OpticMel81 the nes game was great, this guy is wrong by saying all batman games where crap.
that said it doesn't match up to the Arkham games.
darkforces Yeah the arkham games were the best
I'm not gonna lie this game isn't perfect but I actually did f**king dig and enjoyed it when it 1st came out.
Travis Yanez Yeah bro. I was around 4 or 5 when I got it for game cube. Those were the days man.
Haha defiantly. For a superhero game back then it was decent. Ressidant evil 4 on GameCube as well 100% haha.
Travis Yanez please dont compare this shitty game to resident evil 4
@@RowBlanka he never compaired it, he just said that game was also a good game on the GameCube, in his opinion they were both good games.
@@orangeusername1792 don't compare the gamecube to the ps2 dude!
"Tell me about rabbits"
"Can you be more threatening"
"*TELL ME ABOUT RABBITS*"
hahaha I cried
He did sound more intimidating though
"I'm wearing lady's underwear!" -random thug 2005
Okay... who thought of the idea to turn The Dark Knight into a children's book, and what were they smoking when they did?!
I think my brother has this book of drugged up freaks
Was the book called I am Batman?
Tectiva I remember that book
Cuz they are called comic books, not drama books.
Tectiva happens all the time with superhero movies
I have that fucking book from the ending.
That was such shit. I cannot believe I used to like that…
The Temporal Detective I have the FUCKING game. Lord give me strength.
I wish the kids book would have included Joker cutting people's faces.
"Joker wants people to smile!
But the people are not happy.
Joker needs his own special gear to make people smile.
Joker takes out his KNIFE. It is very good at making people smile."
"TELL ME ABOUT THE RABBITS!!!"
Why do they wear the mask?
Could you be more threatening?
Ge-George, te-te-tell me about the rabbits again.
@@hdiver3834 LOTA LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN
I loved this game as a child
Mangayo same!
Same here
I used to play it on a game cube, good times
Same, enjoyed it so much on my ps2
Bro same
I miss the era where everything got a videogame 😭
Me too😢
This game is very underrated. Hell I'll go as far & say that I think this game is a precursor to the arkham series
There was supposed to be a video game for The Dark Knight that I think was going to be open world but that project ended up getting canceled.
Murphdawg1 gaming \[T]/
This guy should do a rewiew of Batman Dark Tomorrow if he wants to know what a shitty game looks like.
Agreed but it's still clear the developers had no idea what they were doing and that this game was a bland cash-grab.
technically, it was? maybe?
The game is not that bad, It's way better than Batman Dark Tomorrow.
I had never heard of that game in my life
@@SirCaco means you're not a fan of batman video games
@@tunkunrunk On the contrary, I loved Batman on NES, Return of the Joker on SNES, Batman Beyond on PS1 (EDIT: okay on second thought, maybe just the music as far as this one lol), and of course Batman Arkham Asylum, City, even Origins and I've yet to play Knight but they did give it away recently so that's going on my backlog for sure.
@@tunkunrunk no it's a bad game he doesn't need to konw
And forever snes and batman and robin ps1
this game was awesome for its time
GoodORasberry No.
GoodORasberry not at all
+MyHeroMacadamiaNuts As far as Superhero games go, it was fairly average. Now, it's mediocre by today's standards. Just like Arkham Knight.
Crono arkham knight never became average or mediocre it's still one of the best fighting games
MyHeroMacadamiaNuts yes it was
But you have to wait for elevators in the arkham games too, that point is invalid.
Wol1427 I get what you're saying but It's honestly not the same. Imagine if in the Arkham games you wanted to get onto the roof of a building, but instead of been able to use the grapple-hook, the game instead forced you to go through the front door and then get the elevator to the top. Every time. That's what this feels like.
There's even a clip I put in at 6:32 where Batman has to get up to a first floor balcony, but instead of using the grapple hook, you have to press a button on the wall that raises a projector screen. Batman then has to grab onto the projector screen, wait to be lifted up, and double-jump onto the balcony.
EA pretty much neutered Batman in this game just so that the game could be longer. It's especially frustrating to play. Hope you can kind of understand where I'm coming from! :)
***** lol I understand you, I'm just making pointless remarks for fun, but couldn't you say that with almost every game with hero's or superheroes they always limit your accessablity or ability for padding or just for gimic, why should Batman use an elevator when he could just glide, that's true, but what if I told you that another game based off the same character and developed by people whom cared about the character does a similar thing, Batman Arkham Knight makes players trudge through with the batmobile for the sake of a gimic and to pad out the game to be longer, when we could of used the batwing to get most things done quickly and effectively. What I'm saying is that it's a game developers basic instinct and mentality to pad out a game with unnecessary shit, whether if it's long or not, it's inevitable, every game has something tedious about it. Lol
Wol1427 Those "elevators" are hidden loading thing ... like in Mass Effect to stream maps into the memory
They made Batman like this because it was a pain, to develop large maps that would fit in the limited memory and then stream it ... see this like Spiderman 1 on PS1 gimick and their gas , thats why you play in the city on rooftops only (or Silent Hill fog that was memory limitation)... loading small map sections looked elegant and made sense from the technical stand point ... but then again in 2001 we had RenderWare engine that was used for any Console game back then to have big streaming worlds and sandboxes (this game was from 2005)... now all console games use Unreal 2/3/4 for the same reason
So now the the big question would be, what engine did they used ? Burnout 3 engine ... but that was Renderware
hmm , interesting what custom engine they made... also, back then the main platform for this game was Xbox , and it shows ... compared to the PS2 version that had awful problems ... signs of a awful port (from xbox)
Well EA at least had good graphics for the time being. Lol
+Deadpool
None of these games suck. Batman Begins was very decent, not as amazing as the Arkham series but both of these games were still great.
I'm suprised they got the actual actors to voice the character's.
10:07 - “Batman is the biggest serial killer in this game.”
Do you even Michael Keaton bro?
ikr lol
That voice actress for the nurse sounds like someone from a porno I watched a while back...
Kent Dawg Not gonna ask
Kent Dawg fam send me a link
On the subject of shitty movie-licensed games from 2005, you should review the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory game which is a piece of utter bullshit.
SuperSand1egend That video game is my least favourite video of all time and I played Hong Kong 97. The piss poor controls and the camera still drives me nuts to this day.
SuperSand1egend yeh I used to have that on the ps2 and it was fucking dreadful. Only ever made it to the bit where Charlie gets into the chocolate factory and I can barely even remember that as I was so young.
I had that... i thought it was ok as a kid but I remember it being VERY difficult. The last part I remember is when Mike TV made an army of Chocolate Factory robots go rogue (because that definitely would've happened in the film.)
Oh god, that game had glitches that just broke the entire thing and made levels unpassable.
"Never a brilliant Batman game"
Uh...
Batman on NES
Batman on Genesis
Batman Return of the Joker on NES
Batman Returns on SNES
Batman and Robin the Animated series game (Genesis and SNES)
The Arkham games...
Batman vengeance?
Batman on Gameboy was decent
Alex PMS that PS1 game with horrible controls?
I liked Rise of Sin Tzu even if it was a repetitive beat em up. That was the first playstation 2 game I ever had.
Giordan Diodato all pretty crap games. Superhero games only started picking up a few years ago
This is such an underrated video. This was beautifully crafted, hilariously narrated, covered all points that needed to be covered, and never made me stop laughing
We can all agree that Batman's ladder climbing animation is amazing.
This Game Save Automatically ?
I liked this game. Thought it was pretty good.
David Robert Same
Same
Same. (One MORE plz, just for the even no. of replies..?)
This game was my childhood
Ok but at least acknowledge it’s flaws
You consider Batman on NES to be terrible? Huh, never heard that one before. I honestly think that what you're saying applies better to Superman than Batman honestly.
electricmastro Superman 64...*shudders*
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I actually love this game, I don't compare it to today's games. I loved it simply because it was the first realistic Batman game. You are not bulletproof so you have to use stealth, and in reality u may be great at fighting but ur still only human. In the movie he couldn't take on more than six guys in open combat.
The first realistic one was on PS1. And it sucked, but way ahead of it's time. Just like Shenmue.
6:44
The world's greatest detective right there.
9:54 The "no casualties" thing reminds me of the stupid thing in Transformers: The Game where whenever you pick up a car, whoever's in it manages to get out in time, or whenever you destroy THE OUTER LAYERS of buildings, nobody's inside.
And what about the fact that you can RUN OVER People in your batmobile in Arkham Knight!?
The Joker didn't need to throw a smoke bomb to make everyone yawn - he just had to read the book.
2:57 I love how that guy practically EXPLODES into a split.
11:52 - Fun fact, Dr. Thomas is based on and played by Nolan's wife, Emma Thomas.
13:39 ROFL! That's Denny O'Neil, son. He knows more about Arkham Asylum and its history than you ever will since he's the one that created the hospital and gave it its Lovecraftian name. O'Neil didn't write the game, he did write the novelization and they just had him there for the interviews. He would have been very aware of Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth since he was the main Batman editor at the time. The graphic novel isn't canonical, so I'm sure he meant that they didn't tell a proper story in the main series.
TFW a comment makes the video maker speechless and ashamed.
Minchken How the fuck do you know that?
It threw me off when he started shit talking denny. Like yea you have no fuckin clue who you are insulting lmao
Glad to see this comment. His entire "take" on the impact of Batman Begins made no sense. X-men and Spiderman made comic films something to invest in again and really he used the Marvel Cinematic Universe as influenced by Batman begins? They're the exact opposite of what the Nolan Films are. They're light, bright and popcorn fun. It's what comic films needed. But dear god, his attacking Denny O'Neal who made Batman a creature of the night again in the 70s, and penned so many amazing batman stories made me roll my eyes. Do a little research before you make a video.
mikepupo Honestly, I’m a little disappointed to see the comment at 91 likes. More people need to know he’s slandering the dude that *literally* created Arkham Asylum. An apology should not be out of order. Especially now that he’s gone, I’m even more pissed at this ancient video.
Enjoyed the review but you say the first level as playing as batman is the falcone shipment area but wasn't there a tutorial level in the beginning where you got sprayed by the scarecrow ? , p.s i actually really liked this game back in the day , the fear take downs while silly and repetitive added something different than other batman games where in you would just walk in a room and beat everyone up
Ross Martin-pavitt Yeah you're absolutely right. I only realised while I was editing that people might misinterpret me because I wasn't that clear. I meant it as in it was Bruce Wayne's first time as the Batman!
All I could is that you should always do real well on source in when making videogames! -_-
10:18 ok that montage made me laugh more than it should XD
Did anyone realize that Wally Pfister, the film's cinematographer, was being interrogated? 08:32
Well yeah everyone knows ol' Wally Pfister!!
"Could you said that a little more threatening please?"
Batman: "TELL ME ABOUT THE RABIIIIITS!!"
Dude, where have you gone?? I miss your videos
I actually loved this game and still do. When I had it for my GameCube, I played it everyday. Maybe nostalgia is tied behind it but I still love it
Why aren't you more famous
Man, people nowadays sure love to hate things just because. This was a really good game, you probably didn't take a stealthy approach and just fought enemies stupidly. Of course it is not on par with Arkham games but it's still very enjoyable.
David .Barrantes That's the thing. You can't be stealthy in this fucking game. Also he's criticizing this game. Because he's a critic. That's what he does.
Its product made by human beings and it is a product sold for money for consumer entertainement. It can be criticized just like anything else that's a product. Are their people out there hating things for the sake of reactions or just for the sake of hating, those people are assholes and trolls. But there are actually legitimate things to say about this game that hell, someone could have looked at this game to know how to make a better Batman game BECAUSE of the flaws with this one. Because of crap games like this, we get good ones like the Arkham ones.
Yea this game is amazing he might need to take a step back and look at it
Elijah Jacobs his highest viewed videos are “The worst games you’ve never played”...he knows his audience. I don’t happen to be his audience tho. I just was curious what this game was, and ironically I was actually surprised how good this looked for it’s time.
Shorty The stealth approach to this game is so boring, tedious, repetitive and underdeveloped that I'm pretty sure he didn't even bother to touch upon the subject because a normal human can do a stealth run in this game with his/her EYES closed. This game is very unbalanced, it's either really easy or fucking hard.
Tennings- pls keep making videos.
10:46
Err did that pipe just faze through a guy's head?.
This game was a banger when it was released
So why'd the adapt the dark knight into a children's book?
Apparently they DID plan on making a Dark Knight game similar to this, but it was cancelled.
I still like Batman (nes) and the Adventures of Batman and Robin (Sega Genesis) best out of all the Batman games, but the Arkham series is pretty good. Not perfect, but good. Still a much better track record than poor superman and aquaman.
There was a Dark Knight game for mobile never played it tho
Now there's a take
0:38 - But wait a minute...it's Hideo Kojima not Joel Schumacher!
1:13 I'm in tears 😂
Heath Ledger would be ashamed of that damn book.
we need more tennings reviews in our lives
One thing from the past decade that EA at least did right: 007 Nightfire.
blackyoshi1230 And Dead Space, and the first two Medal of Honors (a while before but I can't help myself...) and the Def Jam games all come to mind. Much like Warner Bros. they really do go up and down all the time in quality.
The first 2 Def Jam games also
The first 2 Def Jam games also
This game came out when i was 12, and it was the first batman game that made me feel like i was REALLY doing batman stuff. The stealth appealed to the hardcore metal gear fan i am, as well as the fear aspect. I hadn't even seen the film, but in several of the comics i owned back then.... batman was just as much a detective preying on the fearful criminals as he was a GREAT fighter.
But what REALLY stood out to me was the batmobile levels.
They were made by the same guys, as well as used the same game engine as burnout. That was a selling point to me.
The batmobile AND burnout style gameplay?
Hell yeah.
But... today im spoiled by the arkham games... which are true batman experiences. They even seem to be a continuation of the animated series i grew up with.
Big plus.
Kevin Conroy ALWAYS comes to mind when i imagine batman's voice.
Mark Hammil will ALWAYS be the joker. He's the best joker to ever be put in media.
"And he climbs ladders like a prick" lmao
Loving these slightly more regular uploads, keep up the good work! (If you can continue these reviews without sliding into insanity)
Story time at the end kids!
Honestly I miss when everything had a game now everything is so corporatized and straightforward and uniformed. It's not unique anymore.
Fire sprinkler are designed so a seal melts at about 150 degrees. A Batarang would set it off. That’s my contribution to society this year.
Do Catwoman on PS2.
That game was fun ! Lol
I feel like the makers of the Arkham games saw this, and thought the same thing: "Why doesnt he just go over the roof?"
I remember that if you max out the Fear system in the level, you turn into the Bat Demon from when Crane takes the FEAR toxin and scare off/one shot enemies for an area. And that's what made it cool.
I love that classic Batman 1960's music playing over it 10:40
Omg you have the reservoir dogs game?! When can we expect a review of it? Loved the vid
I fucking love this game, and the Arkham games CLEARLY took inspiration from it.
ikr
I too think so
They basically went "those were some cool ideas, let's ACTUALLY do them." I enjoyed it when I was a kid but I remember being annoyed I couldn't just throw a batarang
"Batman games needed to be terrible"- Tennings.
LEGO Batman games say "Hold My Beer".
Batman doesn't kill people.
He just cripples them for life.
*_TEELL ME ABOUT THE RABBITS!_*
*WHERES FALCONE! FEAR ME!*
Quality over quantity. Loved your videos.
3:54 you dont say such things to Tommy Shelby.
Why is this now showing up in my recommended?
you don't know the half of it
I have no idea
Damn , i really miss this reviews
Honestly, that kiddies version of batman at the end seemed worse than the game
14:00 I know this is an old video but still. That was Denny O'Neil you were talking about. Denny is one of the biggest factors in why Batman isn't a goof like he was in the 60s. Saying that he doesn't know what he was talking about is dumb and disrespectful. Denny was a legend, and revolutionized the character in ways few writers have since. Nonetheless great video!
I really liked this game, used to play it on ps2, and i think that some elements of this game really inspired Arkham games, like stealth mechanic for example, where you need to take out armed enemies first, etc. Or that you can take out enemies from below, like from pipes, etc. Also interragations. So yeah, i think it's a very underrated game, imo.
This was a good game
"There were no good Batman games"
Batman on NES was amazing, fu
Imagine you’d have to climb ladders like this in real life.
Maybe it’s not stretched out, but it’s really “Batman Begins: In Real Time” a new virtual experience!!!
Watching This just makes me want to play Arkham City
Bravo, Tennings; absolutely brilliant. You have honed your craft and it shows, this is a joy to watch.
The dichotomy of playing a bad game based on stellar material is something I have done many times; and i'm talking about the situations exactly like this one where there was no excuse to do anything but an amazing game full of creative opportunities. Even Goldeneye 007 just mirrored the movie. The only one ever I can think of is Riddick: Butcher Bay, but that is hardly fair since the principal actor and force behind it (along with STARBREEZE of all devs) made it a gem.
The cuts to the featurette on making the game are all too fitting. The FPS...unreal(unless that is PCSX or your cpu aren't playing nice). The Tennings, traumatized to Wayne levels. All for the greater good of...erm, something.
9:27 Burnout tree? Never heard of that one
Its three bro
Wow dude. That was an awesome work with this review. To be honest, you are one the best reviewers that i've ever seen. Keep it up.
I laughed so HARD that I JIZZED in my pants!!!
7:15 is the best part😂
Underrated comment 😂
13:39 this is literally the guy who created Arkham Asylum, and was also the editor on Batman comics when Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth was published in 1989 (though I don’t think he was an editor on that title itself, as it was an original graphic novel intended for mature readers to coincide with the Batman movie and not a part of DC‘s main continuity). Notably for Batman Begins, he also wrote the story that introduced Ra’s al Ghul and Talia, as well as a story called The Man Who Falls, which Christopher Nolan himself cites as the main “jumping off point” for the direction Batman Begins took. Every Batman comic book fan who is worth their salt is aware of him, and many would cite him as the single greatest Batman writer of all time. He’s not a video game guy, which is why he appears out of touch in that world and says he hasn’t been in video games for a decade. Just an old hippie comics guy who’s here because he created everything the story is based on.
Ironic how he uses this clip to show that the game devs didn’t care about or understand the source material and were too lazy to do the research before they put this product out there publicly to cash in on a popular franchise
0:39 I remember seeing this as a kid think that was actually him 😂
at least they lost heaps of money when they cancelled the sequel.
That Dark Knight adaptation is a fucking disgrace, man.
Sizifus u do realize your probably the only person who thinks that considering the dark knight rises is hailed as one of the best movies of all time
2:37, "Because EA is EA and always has been E fucking A" best combination of words. lol
This game was fun. Good memories for me. And the Batman voice was so much better
Man your so wrong about this game, it's not really fair to compare it to modern games because of technical limitations. This was the first batman game that really made you feel like batman, was it perfect... No. But the game did a lot of things right that you don't bother to acknowledge. If you look at reviews for this game it averages between a 6 or a 7 but in your review you make it out to be as bad as batman dark tomorrow.
The game runs like shit, I can't get pass from the first level because it crashes for some fucking reason
This game didn't bother me that much. I'm not saying it's on the level of Arkham by any means, but I liked playing it.
I remember actually liking this game back in the day. it's not too bad, but I do remember thinking it was strange how Batman was never really stealthy and clever and also how I wasn't allowed to use gadgets. overall though, it was average but elevated by being Batman.
Love this game, faults and all.
what a shame
I disagree about no one watching Dark Angel. That was a very popular show during its first season. Loved Batman Begins game.
Hey now, no pot shots at Denny O'Neil. We wouldn't have the Batman we do without him! (Even if his Arkham comment makes zero sense 😂)
The picture of Joel Schumacher is wrong, he is an old Caucasian man. Was that photo intentional for comic purposes, or was it inadvertent?
Sherif El Sharkawy It's a photo of the dude who created Bubsy.
cockshield Ah, I see. I didn't recognize him since it has been almost a year since I've seen the Bubsy review.
***** but why? he is a fan of Metal Gear :(
That's Hideo Kojima.
+RafaelDB64 You can like the game but recognise he's a hack
this game is one of the best ps2 games i played go buy it and see for you'er self
The fact youbused a picture of Hideo Kojima for Joel Shoemacher is great
Dude, your attitude and how you edit these videos is infectious. Totally subscribing, and imma marathon all your content now
This game is Good wtf
you are so funny dude, keep reviewing shitty games
"There was never a good Batman video games"
The "Lego Batman" games say "Hi".
This game was my childhood...