Before the Teenage Merchandising
Totals there was Batman, the original
Hero of Hype. This is the second of his 3
Ocean games (sandwiched between
3D
and
The Movie) with 2 separate scenarios
and the action laid out in comic strip
panels. Depending on which side you
load, you're either trying to foil The
Penguin's latest world domination plot, or
else out to congratulate The Joker on
disposing of that irritating git who's been
tagging along with you for years... (what?
Oh, sorry)... or else out to apprehend The
Joker to free your kidnapped buddy
Robin. (Ahem.)
Whichever baddy you're up against, the
basic idea is to traipse around Gotham
City, biffing the villain's henchmen while
solving puzzles. These often have clues
in the panels' captions, and their difficulty
level is more 'afternoon gameshow' than
'Don Priestly' (use the torch in the dark
room etc). Graphics are crisp, there's a
snappy title tune, and as you'd expect
from top programmer Jonathan Smith,
you couldn't get this game more polished
if your name was Mr Sheen. The best of
the Batgame trio (
3D was too silly, The
Movie too serious), it has a nice line in
humour and oozes playability. In short,
the spankiest comic conversion since
Dan
Dare and a des res in barg city.
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