Batman: Dark Tomorrow

by Kemco

Product Features

• Explosions echo through the Gotham streets -- Commissioner Gordon has disappeared, and the city's crime lords are openly fighting for control of the streets. Batman must put an end to the violence while finding Gordon's kidnappers.
• Use stealth and detective abilities to track down clues as you swing, jump and glide through Gotham City
• Battle against the strangest and deadliest criminals on Earth -- Killer Croc, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, the Joker, and more
• Use your fighting skills and utility belt to defend ordinary citizens against violent criminals
• Piece together the clues & information you gather, not just to find Commissioner Gordon, but to find the mastermind behind the violence in the city!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006ZCCQ
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,547 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Batman, the dark knight detective of Gotham City, is back for an all-new adventure. Things are getting ugly in Gotham City, and it's up to Batman to solve the mystery and save the day. The legendary Caped Crusader must use all his mental and physical skills, devices from his utility belt, and sleuthing prowess to fight crime, solve the mystery, and defeat the bad guys. Batman: Dark Tomorrow is the first Batman game based primarily on the comic book Batman, not a movie or the animated series. Veteran Batman writer Scott Peterson and video game creator Kenji Terada (Final Fantasy I, II, and III) have teamed up to craft an intriguing story with an innovative control scheme.

Product Description

Batman: Dark Tomorrow takes you into the dark world of Gotham City, as it shadowy defender: the famous Batman!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly disappointing addition to the Batman franchise, April 10, 2003

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C. Doemel (Lansing, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Batman: Dark Tomorrow (Video Game)

The designers at Activision proved that you can make an excellent video game based on a comic book superhero (or in the case of Spider-Man: The Movie, based on a comic book superhero with a popular feature film). In Spider-Man, you are almost instantly swinging gracefully between buildings, shooting webs at the bad guys, and throwing punches, kicks, and combo moves.

Alas, the people at Kemco should have played Spider-Man before releasing Batman: Dark Tomorrow. It's a shame that such a popular character should have to go through the indignity of starring in such a remarkably [sad] title.

The cinematic introduction to the game (and most of the later cinematics) are very well animated. Unfortunately they fail to prepare you for the disappointing gameplay when you move from cinematics to taking control of the character yourself.

Within the first five minutes of the game I am certain that many players will find themselves swinging face-first into the side of a building -- and once you miss the building ledge you are destined to watch Batman fall to his death. The camera, which is usually placed in the most inconvenient location possible, makes it impossible to control your character and as a result Batman staggers back and forth through his world less like the Dark Knight and more like an intoxicated Halloween partygoer.

The combat system is, as others have observed, pretty much geared to frontal assaults with no way of defending yourself. As a result you spend much of your time being shot from a distance while you close the gap between you and your attacker. And finding the attacker can be a challenge, not because of clever positioning, but because of that darn camera.

The last aggrivation is that the game pauses constantly to load the next part of the level. It's strange that massive environments like Halo can avoid ever disrupting the game play to load another section of the level, while Batman has to do this practically every other screen. I'm guessing that the time is necessary to calculate the worst position for the camera's third-person perspective.

It's too bad that Amazon[.com] doesn't allow for 0-star ratings, as this title truly deserves one. Even renting this game would be a waste of money, except for other game designers so they can learn how not to build a superhero video game. Stick with Spider-Man. It's going to take the Dark Knight a while to recover from this embarassment.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOY BUY!!!, March 22, 2003

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David P. Ervin (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Batman: Dark Tomorrow (Video Game)

In a review of one word....HORRIBLE.

The gameplay is slow to repond and not very well configured.
The camera views are sub standard and very jumpy.
Most of the time Batman is a little, tiny figure that is hard to control.
There is no way to control the camera views.
Your utility belt, while well stocked, is too cumbersome to use properly and while you are trying to get to something, you are getting the poop beaten out of you.
If Amazon allowed 0 stars, this would get it!

Honestly I cannot say enough bad things about this game, and only wish that it was available to rent first!

Do yourself a favor and pick-up Buffy or Indiana Jones instead - they are much better games!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Batman: Dark Tomorrow, June 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Batman: Dark Tomorrow (Video Game)

Dont listen to all these people that say this is the worst game ever. They dont know what their talking about. Yes the camera angles [are bad] at times, but so what. It makes it challenging. These people are just mad because they couldnt beat it in 2 hours. This game has a great storyline and like i said its challenging, isnt that what makes a good game?? Believe me its a good game, but since there are so many mixed reviews i recomend renting it first. just alittle f.y.i.