Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu

by Ubisoft

Product Features

• The powerful Asian crimelord known only as Sin Tzu seeks out a new challenge. He wants a city to expand his criminal operations, as well as face a worthy opponent. He finds them both in Gotham City -- where he'll face the dangerous Batman!
• Take control of Batman and Robin, or Nightwing and Batgirl, as you face all-new criminal dangers in Gotham City in exciting 2-player action
• Fight through 12 levels of Gotham, to capture dangerous maniacs like Bane, Clayface and the Scarecrow
• Use 35 powerful martial arts attacks and Batman gadgets to fight hoodlums across Gotham City - everything from the grappling hook to the Batarang
• When you finally reach Sin-Tzu, you'll discover the hideous truth behind why the brought chaos to Gotham on the night Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered!

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005BSZX
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,268 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

In Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu, a faceless and mysterious new enemy brings chaos to Gotham -- only Batman and his partners can stop it!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A Batman fans review of a Batman game., August 10, 2010

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ampsy05 - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu (Video Game)

As both a Batman fan and a side scrolling beat-em-up fan I have to say, I like this game. The people who made this game put a lot of effort into it. It plays out like a lost episode of "the Animated Series". Kevin Conroy brings authenticity to the game as Batman. And Cary Togawa (AKA Shang Tsung) takes on the role of Sin Tzu, an evil war lord of some sort. The character of Sin Tzu was created by Jim Lee (who in my opinion has no right creating characters because they're all garbage like Hush and W.I.L.D Cats and also ushered in an era of crappy comics that valued style over substance), the man who (with Jeph Loeb) reinvigorated the Batman franchise.

As for the game, it's a two-player side scrolling fighting game (like Double Dragon or Final Fight). You can play as Gothams 3 main heroes and a visitor from Bludhaven. Not only Batman and Robin, but Batgirl and Nightwing too. As you progress through the game your character unlocks fighting moves and weapons. The fighting is pretty solid. Combo's are preformed by timed button presses and pauses. By the time you reach the last level you feel like you have complete control over the characters.

I'm not saying that you don't have control over Batman (much like you don't have control over him in Dark Tomorrow). It's just that as the difficulty increases, your skill also HAS TO increase. It's a kids game but the developers didn't make this game easy to use. You can button mash through the first couple of levels, but after a while you have to know what you're doing in order to progress.

This game came out during (what felt like) a drought in DC cartoons. The Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman Beyond have long been canceled and the Dark Knight was taking a back seat to J'onn J'onzz and Green Lantern in Justice League (which i couldn't get enough of). So at the time, playing this game (or any Batman game for that matter) was really special. As a fan I was motivated to play it through to the end. When they wrote up the stories and dialog and music (especially in Dark Tomorrow) you can tell that they wanted to treat the characters with care and respect. The game developers on the other hand would make average games and copy and paste Batmans face on them.

Rise of Sin Tzu is an OK Batman game. My copy came with a Batman action figure. It would have been nice if this game were 4-players. If you're following up Arkham Asylum with this, it's best to think of it as a PSN or XBL download caliber game.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Game I Ever Played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, July 4, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu (Video Game)

I got this game at gamestop at ventura and I got it used for $[...].When I bought it it was in excellent condition it's like new.When I started playing it it was fun because I got the secret codes from gamespot.com.I beat it about 10 times and it is so much fun that I give it 5 stars for being the best game I ever played.I got it on May 20,2006.It is fun to play the game and read the manual.This is so much fun than the game batman dark tomorrow because I did not buy it because the company line kemco only made it for Xbox and Gamecube and not on PS2 and it is only online.Well,I did not want to buy it off the internet because that would be retarded.So Batman Rise of Sin TZU is a very good game I would rate it like 10 stars because it is really good to play the game and it is very good!!!!!!!!!!Batman Rise of Sin TZU is one of my most bestest number 1 game I have ever played.If you really want this game on PS2,Xbox,Bamecube,or Game Boy Advance then go ahead go get it it is the most game that I had ever played.If you don't know where to go look for it,you should go to [...] and type in Batman Rise of Sin TZU and select the system you want it on and at the bottom that says check store availability type in 93003 or 93065.Buy this game you will love it it is really fun to play with.Thank you Ubisoft and Gamestop in ventura for having a copy and I really like this game!!!!!!!!!!