Favorite Batman videogame?

[Travesty]

I was just reading an article at IGN here, and it made me forget about a lot of the good, and a lot of the extremely bad, Batman videogames. After I read it, I DL'd the NES game, which is one of my favorite Batman games ever made. Of course I know most will say Arkham Asylum, and I'll agree, but what other games on that list do you guys remember loving/hating?

 

[The Joker]

You should make a poll, Trav, which excludes Arkham Asylum because it's the obvious choice for fan favorite.

But others I've loved are:

- Batman Returns on the SNES. Such a great beat 'em up game. Batman had some bad ass combat moves like slamming two guys heads together, body slams on the ground and throwing up against windows and walls etc. The Batmobile level was very cool, too. The graphics were terrific and the music was based off the movie soundtrack. This game is the second best Batman game after AA.

- The Adventures of Batman and Robin on the SNES. Another great one that's almost as good as Returns except the combat moves are not nearly as good as the ones in Returns. 8 great levels, all based off episodes from BTAS, like Joker's level where you fight him on the roller coaster in the 'Be a clown' episode, or chasing Penguin through the Gotham Museum from the 'Birds of a Feather' episode etc. It's just a shame you never got a two player option to be Robin since the game was named after Batman and Robin.

- Batman Vengeance on the PS2 was a decent game. Could have done with a few more villains since it was based off BTAS and sadly only feature Joker, Harley, Ivy and Mr. Freeze. The combat system got a little frustrating sometimes. The graphics were great. All the BTAS voice actors were involved as well.

- Batman Returns on the Sega Genesis. This game has a bit of a bad rep but I loved it. Really moody graphics, really awesome levels and Batman had a great selection of gadgets and weapons to use.

 

[Travesty]

You should make a poll, Trav, which excludes Arkham Asylum because it's the obvious choice for fan favorite.

I'm not saying to exclude it, just that it's an obvious "favorite". I wanted discussion on the others, which, it seems you have brought.

Edit: Oh, you're talking about that on the poll.

I've never played The Adventures of Batman and Robin. I'll get that one after I beat Batman NES. I'm on the last level right now. Joker is pretty hard.

 

[Godzilla2014]

To be honest, I have only played 3 Batman games: Batman Vengeance, Batman Begins, and Batman: Arkham Asylum.

 

[gmanca]

The arcade game by Atari for the first film; very cool for the time with the sampled speech that played against shots from the film.

 

[ThDWgeek]

Arkham Asylum. It's the first sole Batman game I've ever played, and I don't know why :S

 

[DrewHLMW]

Arkham Asylum, it's the only batman game I've ever played and it got me interested in the dc comics universe so I thank it for that

 

[Godzilla2014]

Batman: Arkham Asylum. The best Batman game yet!

 

[Anno_Domini]

When it gets to October, the answer will be Batman: Arkham City.

 

[Silentguardian]

^This.

But until then, Arkham Asylum goes without saying. Exlcuding AA, Batman: Vengeance owns all.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I always liked Return of the Joker on GameBoy when I was a kid, even though I never beat it.

 

[The Joker]

The one on the PS1 is one of the worst games I've ever played.

 

[AnneFan]

The games I have played:

1. Arkham Asylum (Arkham City will no doubt take top spot very soon)
2. Batman Vengeance
3. Lego Batman
4. Batman Begins
5. Batman Rise of Sin Tzu

 

[Brain Damage]

anyone remember this?

Could have been the greatest Batman video game of all time. ended up being the worst.

 

[Mister Meddle]

My three favorite Batman games: Batman Arkham Asylum (360), Batman (NES), Batman Returns (SNES).

I tried Batman on the Sega Megadrive but it wasn't as good as the NES version. I played Batman Beyond Return of the Joker on N64. It was just okay. I played Forever but I don't remember much about it. I always wanted to play Batman Begins. I might get it one of these days. I still have my PS2 connected.

 

[Tatsumarushinob]

While I am enjoying AA as we speak (yeah i only started playing it one month ago and finally bought the ps3 to go with it), I also enjoyed the Batman Begins game for PS2. If anything, it inspired a better Batman game. I think that is why they didn't make one for The Dark Knight. AA was just too much. Batman Returns ruled and so the did the Batman nintendo game from 89'. Memories.

 

[Frontier]

Arkham Asylum. No contest.

 

[Ponyboy]

loooooved the SNES batman returns! AA is great too. I can't wait to play Arkham City with the Miller DK skin.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I can't wait to play Arkham City with the Miller DK skin.

WHAAT?!

 

[Travesty]

WHAAT?!

Yeah, theres different skins. There is a BTAS skin, a Miller-TDKR skin, a classic comic skin, a Batman Beyond skin, and the regular AA skin. Although, from what I've heard, its only for UK preorders, so I don't know about the US.

 

[Brain Damage]

Those all look amazing

 

[Travesty]

I just looked it up, and none of those are coming to the US, it seems the skins are just preorder exclusives tied to certain stores and certain areas overseas. The US is really getting screwed with any good preorder goodies. Wal-mart and Amazon give you a $10 gift card, Gamestop gives a a Joker challenge map, and that's really all I've seen so far. Just stupid gift card bundles more than anything else. Kinda lame, I really wanted to play with the DKR skin.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Best Buy has Robin Challenge Maps. That is what I pre-ordered.

 

[Ponyboy]

One of the skins shoulda' been the Keaton Batman suit

 

[Brain Damage]

TAS Batman is clearly the standout here. It just looks so freaking cool.