Batman: Dark Tomorrow

"Introducing Batman's newest villain...Kemco!"

My friend Stephen AKA MRated1987, who wrote a review for this game on the Xbox, tells me constantly what a horrible game this is. I rented to see for myself and he couldn't have been more correct. I can just see the head executive of Kemco in his office right now drowning his shame in a bottle of Jack Daniels. Hell, the entire company is hiding in shame. Gee, I wonder why they shut down their official message board for months? Anyway...

GRAPHICS: 8/10

Some nice work here. The cinematics are smooth and somewhat polished and the in-game graphics are decent but why the hell would Kemco spend so much time on their cutscenes and totally abandon everything else? This game is true proof that graphics don't make a game.

GAMEPLAY 1/10

Did The Joker's men bust into Kemco's studio and beat the gameplay programmers into retardation? It's just that bad. The key element to a great superhero title is to have various attacks at your disposal, right? Am I missing something, all I see are TWO freaking attacks, a punch and a kick. That's it! Kemco needs to wake up because two attacks that are used in an entire just doesn't cut it anymore. Next off, the insanity-inducing camera. At almost every part in the game, you can never see where you're going because the camera is fixed either directly in front of you or way behind you. Taking down the enemies is such a horrible process. They attack you in swarms and you'll end up throwing your generic moves at them hoping to knock them down while your getting shot and beaten to death. What's funny is that a spray of AK47 rounds does less damage than a single kick. So anyway, when everyone's down you'll have to use Batcuffs on everyone, somehow having an unlimited amount. This game also tries to be like Metal Gear Solid. When does Batman use stealth to bring down enemies? And it's poorly done at that. You try to sneak up on someone but they almost always turn around.One last thing, where does Batman throw his Batcable when he's on a rooftop? Maybe onto a helicopter or a distant planet? Overall, to sum the gameplay with one word, I say ''asstastic''.

SOUND 5/10

Not good work. When you're pounding your enemies, they make the same repetitive grunts over and over. But hopefully the horrible gameplay and camera angles will distract you.

OVERALL 2/10

In conclusion, this a disgrace to Batman and DC and not even the biggest fan of the series will go for this. MRated1987 quoted me and said ''A generic piece of crap with a license slapped on it'' but this game doesn't even rank up to the standards of generic. This is nice Kemco, just keep on adding to your already horrible reputation. I can't wait to see the day you morons crash and burn.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 06/13/03, Updated 06/13/03