A Batman game is AAA? The apocalypse is surely nigh!

I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

Timstuff

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

I guess you meant Superman?

Saw it coming miles away...

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I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

kaealy

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

Well I think Batman Returns on the SNES may have some AAA reviews if there were sites reviewing games when it was released. That game was freaking awesome. Pretty difficult game though.waynehead895

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I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

mitu123

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

Those games are the majority of the batman games. We've waited years for a lot of games, the final line is that most of the batman games has been great or good. Batman forever is the only really bad game based on Batman that i can recall from recent memory, the one on the last gen consoles were ok.

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[QUOTE="kaealy"]

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

kaealy

Those games are the majority of the batman games. We've waited years for a lot of games, the final line is that most of the batman games has been great or good. Batman forever is the only really bad game based on Batman that i can recall from recent memory, the one on the last gen consoles were ok.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

kaealy

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

I guess you meant Superman?

So they had some half decent games 3 gens ago, that makes a great history? thats 3 gens of crappy batman games, thats not a great history.

[QUOTE="waynehead895"]Well I think Batman Returns on the SNES may have some AAA reviews if there were sites reviewing games when it was released. That game was freaking awesome. Pretty difficult game though.mitu123

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[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

warmaster670

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

I guess you meant Superman?

So they had some half decent games 3 gens ago, that makes a great history? thats 3 gens of crappy batman games, thats not a great history.

Half decent? Ok, there's no point discussion this any further with you i see.

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[QUOTE="kaealy"]

Batman has a great history of video game titles...

Batman the video game and batman the video game 2 for the nes were really good platformers, the first one was one of the best on the system.

Batman returns and Batman based on the animated series on the snes were also great games.

I guess you meant Superman?

kaealy

So they had some half decent games 3 gens ago, that makes a great history? thats 3 gens of crappy batman games, thats not a great history.

Half decent? Ok, there's no point discussion this any further with you i see.

Ya, half decent, they had a few half decent batman games out of the 17 batman games released before this gen, even if 3 of those were AAA, thats still not a "great history".

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So they had some half decent games 3 gens ago, that makes a great history? thats 3 gens of crappy batman games, thats not a great history.

warmaster670

Half decent? Ok, there's no point discussion this any further with you i see.

Ya, half decent, they had a few half decent batman games out of the 17 batman games released before this gen, even if 3 of those were AAA, thats still not a "great history".

The history isn't bad though, Batman has had some great games compared to the boy in blue

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I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

Timstuff

If they can do it for Batman, does this mean they might finally make a AAA Superman game in the future........ I highly doubt it.player_leo

[QUOTE="waynehead895"]Well I think Batman Returns on the SNES may have some AAA reviews if there were sites reviewing games when it was released. That game was freaking awesome. Pretty difficult game though.mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="waynehead895"]Well I think Batman Returns on the SNES may have some AAA reviews if there were sites reviewing games when it was released. That game was freaking awesome. Pretty difficult game though.Giancar

I was listening to the guys on the Joystiq podcast talk about the game and one of them describs it perfectly. He said:

"This is the first time someone actually designed a Batman game where they envisioned him as a videogame character first and a comicbook character second."

I paraphrased but it's pretty much the essence of what he said.

I hardly thought I'd see the day when a character with a video game history as shoddy as Batman's would get the much-coveted AAA status, and yet here we are. I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I was hoping for the best, but dang! I seriously need to get this game now. The demo actually felt like a game where I was playing as Batman, rather than a generic action hero dressed up like him. It looks like the glass cieling for liscensed superhero games has finally been shattered for real!

Timstuff

now sonic will follow and get a AAA game :o

if he wasent dead allready, together with superman

If they can do it for Batman, does this mean they might finally make a AAA Superman game in the future........ I highly doubt it.player_leo

It seems really cool but there are other comic book related games that were very enjoyable. Maximum Carnage is one of my favorite beat em ups and Xmen arcade *drools.

Batman on gamegear was AAA in my eyes.