That Time Ubisoft Made a Batman Game

[@ThatBoyAqua]

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[@AxelOwnz]

Played this game when I was younger and still to this day I measure ladder climbing speed in videogames compared to how crazy fast batman climbed them in this game.

Rise of Sin Tzu... now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time...

[@philipmousa6051]

It seems that like everyone at first you didn't figure out the Progessively unlocked Special combat moves you can perform with that stamina bar under the health bar by holding down a combination of buttons then releasing them after 1-2 seconds, you can find the combos in the pause menu its just hold then release, it's really one of the best features of the game.

[@Mohamedhassan-qo7go]

Watching your gameplay I realised that you don't use special moves These things are really useful in combat You press a combination of buttons at the same time to do one of these moves You unlock them as you progress in the story and that yellow bar under the player's health bar is the bar for special move Depending on the damage that the special move inflicts on an enemy the bar will drop You can fill it again by punching and kicking enemies and it fills up fast I remember when I discovered this as a kid I was shocked because i played batman vengeance alot when I was young and the game didn't tell the player what is this whole special moves thing

[@philipmousa6051]

Just made the same comment as you after watching the video and now saw yours after a refresh, Felt the same shock back then I had finished the game maybe 3 times and when I came back to it a year later and discovered the moves it was soooooo cool and felt really powerful.

[@Mohamedhassan-qo7go]

​@@philipmousa6051 and the animations of these moves were amazing

[@Wyliefox-ed3gv]

“Better than real life” is crazy

[@GreenGuy502]

Someone save bro ☠

[@samuelgallegos5107]

He probably meant RDR

[@OpoOnTheGo]

You severely overestimate the capabilities of my fading vision lol

[@marioaudito]

Most likely all of the physics and speed problems were related to your FPS, not the refresh rate. Games of that era were bound to 30 fps target, and anything above that would just speed up/glitch. Great video btw :)

[@DiegoReviews]

Dude! Every time I replay this game, that little opening between the two crates goes right over my head.

[@guzax729]

I used to play this game all the time as a kid and it had that vibe of feeling insanely unnerving when you spend a lot of time in one area

[@memorexdrc]

This game was a dream come true when I was a kid. I was (and still am) in love with BTAS and being able to inhabit that world as Batman was amazing.

[@AnxMa]

Any chance of a Kevin Conroy tribute? Nov 10th marked 2nd anniversary of his death. He was the best voice of Batman and with Mark Hamill, made the Animated Series into a classic. I made a tribute to him using the classic 90's toys with footage from Burton, Nolan, Arkham and Injustice but I don't got ur reach, and he deserves much bigger tribute.

[@namacamx-qr9tv]

your tribute is pretty cool, such a cool idea to use the toys, dont give up.

[@TheMadHouse1939]

This dude really goes to multiple channels spamming this over and over again....

[@jinxx3744]

​@@TheMadHouse1939 I was about to say I see him in the comments of many Arkham youtubers saying the same..

[@user-wk5rn5rx1j]

Using somebody's death to self promote your own channel is wild, have some respect

[@TheMadHouse1939]

@@user-wk5rn5rx1j he keeps doing it a lot,but never seen him answer these spam comments,he either has a bot doing it or just copy pastes and doesn't care....i think the bot option

[@WishlockPSN]

I had no clue this was an Ubisoft game but I loved it on my ps2….. born in 1994.

[@RainRainingIndeed]

I played this game so much as a kid, it's good! A bit clunky for modern standards but still fun. I remember 2 roadblocks I faced as a kid. In the Joker boss fight he tackles you to the ground and starts hitting you. For the life of me I couldn't shake him off, like my keyboard inputs didn't work. So him jumping on me meant I lost the fight. And 2 - after Mr Freeze boss fight he freezes you and you have to mash left and right arrows to free yourself but I didnt figure it out for a long time and thought I lost and had to load the save file. Other than that I got so many fond memories

[@Misu88]

For some goddamn reason, at 2:17 I thought "damn this Delsin Rowe cosplay goes crazy"😭😭

[@luko177]

“This game is 2001 old” proceeds to make me feel old bc I was born in 2001🥲

[@mdecast]

7:16 so funny thing is that with a lot of older pc ports they never really had framerate caps despite certain glitches to the game occurring if getting over 60 fps. with web of shadows time challenged are completely broken when getting over 60 fps, and lego batman and the assassins creed games have many similar glitches as well. if you lock your refresh rate to 60hz and then turn on vsync to the game through nvidia control panel it could maybe help with these issues? but i could also be totally pulling this out of my ass because ive never played this game before and the issue could be completely different lol

[@jiggusfiggus]

I get that you're young, but having difficulty to comprehend and interpret low-poly graphics is some next-level brainrot.

[@brainbuster1234]

Man, hearing you say that you had never heard of this game makes me feel so old. Lol I begged for this game for my Xbox when I was a kid and I loved it so much.q

[@RudyCrowley-b1j]

Ubisoft used to have a pretty stellar record in the 2000s. Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy, Rainbow Six: Raven Shield, Splinter Cell. Their reputation fell off hard in the recent years, but they had a lot of good stuff.

[@kaidorade1317]

If the footage wasn’t real I’d say this was a joke

[@nivaneh1010]

Bro called me old lmaooo

[@NessKeyi]

My first console was the Gamecube and the three games my parents got for me with it were Batman Vengence, Spongebob BFBB and Spider-Man 2. For 6 year old me this game was difficult. Maybe I should finally complete it.

[@nicksterwixter]

EXCELLENT video about an underrated classic! It was a weird time to be a Batman fan in the early 00s, especially since the cinematic Batman series was all but dead after Batman & Robin. But I did have my Gamecube, and would you believe that there was a whopping FOUR Batman games on it? Batman Vengeance Batman: Dark Tomorrow Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Batman Begins I played the absolute HECK out of Vengeance, and loved its surprisingly dark storyline and extremely varied levels. I feel like its biggest contribution to what would become the Arkham games is its cape gliding mechanic, which would be copied in Batman Begins as well! Of the two you haven't played: Rise of Sin Tzu is clearly the direct sequel to Vengeance, although like you mentioned it fundamentally changes up the whole game design to be a two player arcade-style beat em up. It can be fun but it's not nearly as varied or interesting as Vengeance. And then "Dark Tomorrow" is absolutely the one that people refer to when they say "Batman games sucked prior to Arkham Asylum". What a broken mess of a game, though there's still so many interesting aspects of it! It has absolutely gorgeous cutscenes and an incredible soundtrack, and tells a great Batman story that's actually based on the comic book universe instead of a particular movie or TV series! I'd love to get your thoughts on that one, though I'm going to warn you that gameplay-wise it's an epic disaster :P There's a Gamecube and an Xbox version--I had the Gamecube version. And from what I hear, the Xbox version is even worse so definitely play the Gamecube version if you can.

[@DisMan42]

Before Batman Arkham, I had this..

[@Lots-Of-People-are-Saying]

Ubisoft has a ton of bangers. They've only gone down hill in the last decade or so.

[@mr_z_____]

I just played this game on PC. It translates the Bruce Timm art style to 3d so good, but the controls are awful. It needs a remaster mainly to improve controls so it can be more enjoyable. Also having to switch from 3rd person to 1st person view is so annoying - we should have been able to turn the camera in 3rd person and look around freely.

[@anarchy_x6895]

I only accidentally discovered this game has Power Moves on my third playthrough when I was 12, makes combat significantly easier in late game. That's what the yellow bar that fills up during combat is for

[@betoPaioleti]

This game is the DEFINITION of nostalgia for me among sonic adventure 2 & samurai jack shadows of aku,I love this game!

[@aaronproctor3623]

I know I'm a nobody but you really do need to check out Guardians of the Galaxy. It's amazing

[@MetalheadSean666]

They've actually made two, the other being rise of Sin Tzu as well as Vengeance and I love them both, still replay them occasionally do this day

[@MetalheadSean666]

Well I guess that's what I get for commenting before finishing the video

[@hucys]

"and it's only a year younger than me" no fuckin way ur 22, what am i doing in life 😭 i could be making these kinda at 22 man. i'm jealous love ur vids

[@Scorpiofrfr]

I played the gameboy advanced version. Its AWESOME!!! One of my favorite Gameboy games along with Pokemon Ruby and Dragon Ball Advanced

[@crimsoncockatoo]

It's better than Gotham Knights.

[@jashardwallington]

That cap ubisoft made prince of persia, splinter cell, ghost recon, rainbow 6, watch dogs

[@Farmeryeti]

I played this game a TON as a kid. It's such a vibe.

[@CoffeePotGames]

I completely forgot this was a Ubisoft game. This was my Batman game as a kid until I got Arkham Asylum

[@DarkDax]

Holy hell I had forgotten about this game. It’s been in the back of my mind since I rented it from the store. Thanks for this trip of nostalgia!

[@Shindai]

I remember this game. I was only 15 when it came out and shall we say, less experienced with gaming. I don't remember much about it beyond rescuing Harley Quinn from a fall, and then I got stuck on a train level. It was so new at the time I couldn't even find a walkthrough for it, the only guide I could find ended halfway through the train level I was stuck on. I never did get to finish it, but I remember enjoying it

[@drdnla2452]

I still remember this. There's this level I can't climb have no idea to, then suddenly I accidentally press B then batman floating and I managed to get through the crate lmao.

[@ronniefazzio6979]

I’ll need to check this Batman game out. P.S. I loved Prince of Persia the Lost Crown and it got me to go back and play the older PoP games. Sands of Time was also done by Ubisoft Montreal too and its combat system is very reminiscent of what the Batman Arkham games would do years later.

[@broskey4041]

my childhood game getting an Aqua review? it really is Christmas

[@ayushxettri7070]

The mr.freeze chapter the cold cold hearts art still feels awesome to me i played the hell out of this game when i was little

[@danhibiki4536]

Merry Christmas!!!!

[@davidpowell7922]

I played this game on GameCube when i was younger. It was one of my first console games i ever played. Fond memories of this one.

[@The_Koolbreeze]

I played this the same day I got my PS2 in HS and it took me a couple years to finally be patient enough to beat it in college & I bought “Rise of Sin Tzu” shortly after & beat it easily with my old roommate playing along but I don’t remember it as fondly as I did Vengeance. With that said, play it & post it please 🙏🏽

[@w.a.o.a.w]

One of the best Joker designs IMO. I hope we get to see a Gotham like this with modern technology.

[@supershot7028]

Try playing Batman Dark Tomorrow! I thought it would be like Batman Vengeance but I was so worng

[@travit666]

1:22 I like older games though there's something about the nostalgia of it especially when old game gets a remastered like the turok trilogy which I just downloaded and started playing the first game of so good same with the thing remastered

[@Reach008]

When the Arkham franchise came out, people hailed it as the first great Batman game. I was confused because Batman actually had some pretty good games up to this point such as Begins, Vengeance and even 89 Batman on Super Nintendo. Same for Spiderman with the ps4 game, he had plenty of great games like Spiderman 2, web of shadows and such.

[@ericb3157]

let me tell you about a couple of bad games by Ubisoft that i've played: -"Stronghold kingdoms". it's a multiplayer game where you build castles, and armies to capture castles. BUT, what it DOES NOT tell you is that it's a HARDCORE game, if your castle gets conquered, you lose EVERYTHING YOU EVER BUILT. -"O.R.B. offworld resource base". it's a VERY cheap imitation of the Homeworld games. it's also very glitchy.

[@PIMPTD]

I really love this game. Took me forever to beat it as a kid I didn’t understand the handcuffs so they keep getting back up while I ran around lost however not knowing I had special attacks. Was stuck at the sewers forever lol.

[@RyanMcIntosh-x6i]

When i was a kid, i played this game on a FLIGHT STICK for pc. honestly, i think it worked pretty well.

[@BEYONDTHESPIDERFILMS]

Ah yes, I had this game. It was such a vibe! The Mr. Freeze boss fight had me stuck forever!

[@callmejacob3234]

I remember playing Batman: Vengeance with my brother when I was little. It was very stressful.

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

It's more Batman game than Arkham ones where you play more as nerfed Superman in Batman costume. With x-ray vision and all.

[@JTGallant]

My first ever ps2 game! I'm so glad you covered it!

[@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo]

I never played any of the games based on the animated series but I did play Batman begins and boy do I still love that game.

[@andthatswhyidontlike]

It’s almost like there’s this thing called the internet now and you could’ve just googled the controls.

[@GreenGuy502]

It saddens me every time I'm reminded of what ubisoft used to be.

[@KrisTheBatSpider21]

And people say Batman had bad games before the Arkham came along WRONG!! Batman was right up there with Spider-Man when it comes to great games like theses

[@TheBatman39]

At least is better than Dark Tomorrow

[@petwisk2012]

I swear to god i saw a video of yours once where you played every batman video game... But searching for it shows that was only tbe Arkham games, even worse because i know i saw a video like this before and i simply can't find it

[@brisingr14]

Not emulate. Download the rom and play on original hardware 😎

[@cosmosofficial6585]

0:04😂 thank you for not trashing far cry 3 cause it’s a damn Oscar worthy and game of the year masterpiece

[@vodkajaybulls]

Let's do that Batman: rise of game. It was beautifully done and I have amazing memories of it. My boxed version even came with a cheap Nightwing figure. But it was for my birthday so I was extra hype!!

[@thebeastbro-2547]

They made two rise of tzinsu and vengeance

[@mr_z_____]

I prefer 3rd person action-adventure games like Vengeance, but The Rise of Sin Tzu is easier to control and a bit more pleasant to play, despite being a more repetitive beat-em-up game. + It can be played with friends which is cool.

[@jaughnekow]

will you play superman 64?

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

They also made a Avengers game

[@kalebtrollsalot9737]

A good guitar player isn’t bad because he’s not Tom Morello. Is that from something?

[@ThatBoyAqua]

From KZbinr that boy Aqua

[@gori272]

1:03 I'm only a few months older than the game, dang, I'm still young!

[@dshepard05]

Great job. I bought my PS2 due to this game coming out back in the day. I still have both.

[@3LetterAgency]

I absolutely loved this game back in the day. It was fanservice for TNBA fans.

[@Lemuel928]

When Batman was peak before Arkham Games..

[@arrombaacasa390]

Now play the other Ubisoft batman game... Batman beyond: Return of the joker 👹

[@brandonfiricano5675]

Watching this video brought back memories of me playing this game when I was like 8 I’m 24 now and wish I could get my hands on this game again

[@bintangrizkyutama7909]

the animation is really good tho

[@bdubberz]

I bet the issue with the lasers & helicopter is more a problem with Direct X/11/12 I’ve had weird things like that happen in other original Xbox ports.

[@zaidebtw4438]

Never put the words Ubisoft and Batman in the same sentence again. That shit will put me in a coma.

[@crashybandicoot0136]

Then you better hope he doesn't review the 2nd Ubisoft Batman game

[@Gabrilos505]

That time they did WHAT!?

[@rickesko]

I was 8 when this game came out I had it for my gamecube I loved it. Janky for the era but it was great

[@ar_reactions612]

Someone in my junior school gifted me a copy of this but I couldn’t play it because I didn’t have a PS2

[@malabird]

This game was so difficult as a kid, did you ever learn how to instantly KO a thug? That special meter has to be full Also, the worst old batman game might be Batman Dark Tomorrow

[@liamdodd6637]

This may seem like a random comment but id love that boy aqua to cover the original incredibles game! I had so much fun with it and i think he would too!

[@ThatBoyAqua]

I loved rise of the underminer as a kid

[@liamdodd6637]

@ new video idea? Both?

[@supershot7028]

As someone who was born in 2001, this game is something I grew up on!

[@JRandall-nn6tn]

This Batman game was 🔥 I had this on PS2

[@mjay6245]

Yes, play more old superhero games!

[@zZ---]

childhood

[@dycebastion]

No controller support?

[@lexadams4259]

The standards for games have skyrocketed? Outside graphics, yeah no they haven’t. Ppl had issues with that game and Sun Zu back in the day, the gameplay was bad. Batman Begins was considered the first good 3D Batman and is the game that Arkhams took some ideas from

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

Thank you not being an arrogant douche like so many people and saying “some of you gen z…. “ and not assuming the entire younger generation dislikes old games. I have a lot of old games I love and Im not the only one

[@Siegpearl_of_Catarina]

Hey I have recently played ghost recon wildlands. I am 100 hours in and still can't believe this game was made by Ubi. you need to review it.

[@lukeselinger8856]

please please please do rise of sin tsu i NEED ur opinion

[@jonathancandelario9976]

Please do Rise of Sin Tzu

[@Near2L]

Ah yes batman vengeance, first ps2 game i ever played😎👌

[@PrestigiousConman]

ubisoft & Batman sound awfully like a bad joke we were meant to gloss over. I can’t believe I put Batman & ubisoft in the same sentence. Notice how Batman is capitalized & that despicable studio isn’t…

[@marky3609]

Batman Vengeance I got this game for my 15th birthday it was so awesome at the time. Looking back on it I realize it was probably mediocre at best lol 😂😂😂

[@ricksanchez3695]

"5 husbands" Gay " And 7 wives" oh, not gay the ratio of women to men is higher 😂

[@dimancor2925]

Amazing game. Still have CD of it)

[@Nightxx9199]

Old doesn't mean bad. People are just spoiled nowadays by "triple A" slop lol Edit: As for the speed issues. You probably have to cap your fps to a certain limit.

[@Devilsblight86]

PC is the worst way to play this unless it's emulated.