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It's like TRON with skeletons. by Jerry Whorebach 01/11/2012, 12:40am PST
I can see what you mean about the coloured lighting. Every once in a while my Detective Vision will get switched off for some stupid reason, and I'll be like "What the fuck, why is everything GREEN? When did I cross into the GREEN ZONE?" I haven't seen such flagrant misuse of UnrealEd since that Klingon Honour Guard level set in an Andorian disco. But it doesn't matter, because I immediately switch Detective Vision back on and go back to sneaking like Riddick, exploring like Metroid, investigating like Condemned, or fighting like, jeez I dunno, Space Channel 5 maybe? I think the combat might actually be original. It's pretty fun, though I wish they were doing some quantization with the music (horns or cymbals or whatever, you know like in the '60s TV show). I would play a re-make of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker that used this battle system.

Also, the story is one of the best video game stories of all time, just because it features characters I already care about voiced by the actors I most associate with them. I have no idea what the plot is, and moreover I don't care, it's all just an excuse for Batman to say Batman stuff and Joker to say Joker stuff. Wait, let me guess what the plot is: Joker has a plan to take over the world and phase one is taking over a mental institution and phase two is it doesn't matter what phase two is because we're never going to get past phase one because Batman exists. It's like all those bad guys in '40s serials whose plan to take over the world started with taking over that one cave in Bronson Canyon (the one that's actually a tunnel). It's like a pattern for a knit sweater that doesn't need to go beyond "obtain a ball of yarn and find an end," because everyone knows some square-jawed guy with a jet pack and a Rocketeer helmet is just going to come along and unravel it anyways.
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Jso and I liked this. ^_^ by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/15/2009, 12:55pm PST NEW
    A sequel was announced the other day. by Last 12/15/2009, 1:50pm PST NEW
        batman vs the riddler with unseen side character the joker and his riddles NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/15/2009, 3:22pm PST NEW
    so yes it's as good as everyone said it is, but it's still not as good as l4d2 NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/15/2009, 4:21pm PST NEW
    I hated it at first by Lizard_King 12/15/2009, 4:33pm PST NEW
        batman is played by the same guy from the excellent animated series... BUT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/15/2009, 4:55pm PST NEW
            Re: batman is played by the same guy from the excellent animated series... BUT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/15/2009, 4:58pm PST NEW
        Re: I hated it at first by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/15/2009, 4:57pm PST NEW
            you put your own text in quotes where is the quote button icj NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/15/2009, 5:53pm PST NEW
                EVERYBODY'S FUCKIN FIRED NT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/15/2009, 7:25pm PST NEW
    It's like TRON with skeletons. by Jerry Whorebach 01/11/2012, 12:40am PST NEW
 
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