5 Best and Worst Batman Games of All Time

Tonight is the beginning of the end. The last entry in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series arrives at midnight. As one of the best movie series of all time comes to a close, now would be a great time to view its video game counterpart. Stating the best isn’t as fun when you don’t include the worst. With that being said, here are the 5 best and worst Batman video games.

[jony_dols]

No Batman Begins on PS2 & Xbox?

[BlackTar187]

hope you are saying good cuz i actually liked that game

[toxic-inferno]

I actually really enjoyed it too. I mean, it was nothing compared to modern Batman games, but as far as movie tie-ins go, it was a massive surprise. The Tumbler driving moments still stand out in my mind!

[BlackTar187]

yea i mean for a movie tie in game it broke the mold of normal crap. Whihc was surprising so im glad i didn't miss out on the little gem because it is worth at least a rent or it was.

[darthv72]

i would actually replace the NES version with the Genesis version of Batman. Much better game that 'almost' didnt get released.

That was back in the day when nintendo had a lock on developers releasing the same game on competing platforms. Sunsoft and a bunch of other devs sued nintendo and won. Thus changing their contractual relations and opening up the door for competitive ports.

An honorable mention should go to Batman Returns for Sega CD. the music was really good and the driving levels showed off some good scaling effects for the time.

[antz1104]

Advenbtures of Batman and Robin was pretty amazing. Lol I liked Batman Begins.

[mafiahajeri]

Batman vengeance deserves a place on this list that game was great and did BTAS justice.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watc...

P.S George CLooney was the worst batman ever!!

[optimus]

"loosely based on the tim burton film..."... I would say directly based on the tim burton film seeing as how it uses cutscenes (pictures actually) from the movie... I almost skipped buying arkham asylum thinking it was loosely based on the chris nolan series which i find to be overrated...but that's just me.

[toxic-inferno]

Not based on the Nolanverse at all actually :)

[optimus]

I know, which is why i said i almost skipped buying it. Once i realized it wasn't then i was intrigued.... Prior to that i've owned 2 other batman games that were good for their time...batman for the nes, and batman begins for the superfamicom (snes)... There was talk of it not making it to the U.S. So i bought an adapter and ordered the game from overseas.

[Shepherd 214]

They obviously use elements from Nolans films in the Arkham series. The Joker has the same messed up face paint and the same scar-style lip paint as Heath Ledgers Joker(but a hairstyle like the cartoon), and Two-Face has the grisly, realistic messed up left side face as The Dark Knight(but his clothes are split up black and white like the cartoon)

The whole atmosphere of the Arkham games is a blend of the movies, the 90's cartoon, and comics.

[optimus]

I meant batman returns for the super famicom, not begins... @shepard... I would have disagreed with you about them using elements from the dark night movies until i caught the dark night on tnt today (i forgot most of the movie cause i simply disliked it the 1st time around)...
I noticed that the sonar imaging that batman used to fight the swat team in the building is pretty much detective mode in the arkham games... The costume is also similar...i disagree on the joker though, he's closer to the cartoon version.

[JohnApocalypse]

I've heard that the SNES version of Forever is worse then the beat'm up version

[capcock]

arkham city is my favourite game right now and I'm wathcing through the whole animated series and batman beyond all over again. Animation was so much better then... now it's so computerish. TV is crap today in general.

[NYC_Gamer]

I never really enjoyed Batman games until Arkham Asylum/City.

[dalibor]

I enjoyed batman returns for the snes, that was the first batman game I really liked. Never could beat it it was a hard game. But than again I was a lot younger back then. And the new batman games are great

[solid_si]

Arkham series are defo the best but batman begins is really good, infact rocksteady had borrowed alot of the elements from batman begins and improved upon. All in all, batman series has had really good games. Cant be said about other comic book series.

[sourav93]

Spider-man maybe?

[riksweeney]

Awww, they didn't include the Spectrum version of Batman:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[NJShadow]

This writer has GOOD taste. I still own 'The Adventures of Batman and Robin' for my Genesis, and it's easily the best Batman game I've ever played.

And I mean c'mon, how awesome of an intro is this?

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[I_am_Batman]

Yeah that game was awesome. I still have it too and now that I got reminded I am thinking about playing it. If I reacall correctly it was pretty hard too. You can't really compare it to the Arkham series though.

[NJShadow]

Yes, that game was pretty darn difficult. If you managed to actually make it to the Mr. Freeze section of stages, you were pretty darn good.

[mafiahajeri]

Ahh thanks. That video brought back great memories. I used to love BTAS and I still remember the first time I played it and watched the intro with its badass music it's was so intense! I also remember it being really hard too.

[ClimateKaren]

"As one of the best movie series of all time comes to a close..."

Ok I'm just gonna stop reading right there.

[GaboCalde]

I really enjoyed Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, should be on the list.