Overall 7 Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 4 Story 6 Depth 6 Difficulty 8
5
'WHEN THE BAT COMES TO PLAY, WE'LL PLAY' Tommyspud
Batman Forever is a beat em up game. It's not a fighter, though it rips off one. Made in 1995 by Acclaim's attempt to suck the Mortal Kombat license for a movie game, this game was plagued by inconsistency and idiocy. Before I get into a rant, let me tell you my professional opinion on Acclaim, since some of you don't get this.
Apart from a few specific games, Acclaim is, and always has been full of fail. Just like SUNSOFT, just like LJN. That is my opinion, regardless of how many 'WM-The Arcade Game' come out. Anyways, let's go over the game.
Batman Forever is based on the movie, so we basically have to own both Two Face and Riddler(Probably my third favorite villain ever). The only problem is, it's a generic beat em up, not a good one like Final Fight, but one of those old, terrible ones, where you can get away with whittling down an enemies health bar by punching them in the nuts over and over again. The fighter AI is terrible, because it falls for stupid tricks, and let's be honest. THIS GAME RIPS OFF MORTAL KOMBAT. The moves look exactly the same as MK moves, and I'd be in support of this, if the moves weren't so slow and broken, they should be fast and fluid like the MK series. I mean, heck, a beat em up should be fluid, not jaggedly. This is only one of the many gripes I have with this game.
The controls are a mess, since you actually have to use the bat grapple. Using it requires you to press three or four buttons at once, and heaven help you if you screw up within a tenth to a degree, because it will laugh in your face, making you just miss. But, besides that issue, the controls, as a whole are a clunky mess, that really makes me shudder every time I play the game. It's that bad.
I'm not going to go into how stupid the enemy names sound. Let's just say, there are some hilarious ones, like Giggles and Chuckles, or Evil *insert name here*... Honestly, is every prisoner called Evil? And why do they look almost exactly like MK1 Kano?!?!?
The graphics are the best part of the game, because they actually look pretty good for the Genesis era. However, Graphics DOES not a good game make. Regardless if it's on the PS3 or not. People should know this by now. Oh, and neither does sound, though the sound is decent, like many Genesis titles.
Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 4 Story 6 Depth 6 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 2.3/5
Submitted: 05-01-12
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