That Time Ubisoft Made a Batman Game

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  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2025

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  • @ThatBoyAqua
    @ThatBoyAqua  Місяць тому +35

    Check out the holiday deals at Green Man Gaming, running until January 10th! There are deals on all the Arkham games! bit.ly/ThatBoyAqua

    • @ogladaczr.t.3168
      @ogladaczr.t.3168 Місяць тому +2

      The problem i had with this is the level saves ALL progress... so it's impossible to play without restarting levels, so very limited equipment, or without, but with very limited health. EDIT and as far as missing stuff.... you know that game has points and unlockable attacks? xD

  • @AxelOwnz
    @AxelOwnz Місяць тому +133

    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.

  •  Місяць тому +112

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

  • @philipmousa6051
    @philipmousa6051 Місяць тому +65

    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
    @Mohamedhassan-qo7go Місяць тому +62

    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
      @philipmousa6051 Місяць тому +4

      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
      @Mohamedhassan-qo7go Місяць тому +2

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

  • @Wyliefox-ed3gv
    @Wyliefox-ed3gv Місяць тому +72

    “Better than real life” is crazy

    • @GreenGuy502
      @GreenGuy502 Місяць тому +14

      Someone save bro ☠

    • @samuelgallegos5107
      @samuelgallegos5107 Місяць тому +2

      He probably meant RDR

    • @OpoOnTheGo
      @OpoOnTheGo Місяць тому +5

      You severely overestimate the capabilities of my fading vision lol

    • @cristianprado634
      @cristianprado634 Місяць тому

      Cityboy

    • @arthurfleck629
      @arthurfleck629 День тому

      @@samuelgallegos5107 That game legit looks just like the real world sometimes I swear, makes you wonder just how crazy GTA VI is going to be when it finally releases.
      The world of gaming will change forever come the end of this year or early to mid next year.

  • @CoffeePotGames
    @CoffeePotGames Місяць тому +6

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

  • @DiegoReviews
    @DiegoReviews Місяць тому +22

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

  • @guzax729
    @guzax729 Місяць тому +17

    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

    • @arthurfleck629
      @arthurfleck629 День тому

      The sewers in the Lizard missions of Spider-Man 3 on the PS3 always creeped me out lol, especially since I got stuck on the second Lizard mission, had to try over and over again.
      The creepy ambience and all those people who got turned into lizards constantly coming after me freaked my 7 year old ass right the hell out, had to take long breaks between attempts.

  • @RudyCrowley-b1j
    @RudyCrowley-b1j Місяць тому +7

    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.

  • @memorexdrc
    @memorexdrc Місяць тому +2

    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.

  • @luko177
    @luko177 Місяць тому +16

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

    • @Ebell899
      @Ebell899 Місяць тому +8

      You're 23. Def not old lol. I'm 35 and I'm not old.

  • @RainRainingIndeed
    @RainRainingIndeed Місяць тому +9

    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
    @Misu88 Місяць тому +7

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

  • @Shindai
    @Shindai Місяць тому +2

    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

  • @DarkDax
    @DarkDax Місяць тому +2

    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!

  • @The_Koolbreeze
    @The_Koolbreeze Місяць тому +2

    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 🙏🏽

  • @OhYeahCartoons
    @OhYeahCartoons 18 днів тому +9

    ThatBoyAqua, can you make a video on your UA-cam channel about Audition Online, it's a popular dance video game please 🙏🙏🙏

  • @ayushxettri7070
    @ayushxettri7070 Місяць тому +3

    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

    • @MultiKingvegeta
      @MultiKingvegeta Місяць тому +1

      Yep me to lol. I got this game on Christmas morning.

  • @HARBRINGERZERO
    @HARBRINGERZERO Місяць тому +2

    I still have my copy of Batman Vengeance for the PS2. Loved that game back in the day.

  • @NessKeyi
    @NessKeyi Місяць тому +3

    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.

  • @WishlockPSN
    @WishlockPSN Місяць тому +11

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

  • @nicksterwixter
    @nicksterwixter Місяць тому +3

    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.

  • @marioaudito
    @marioaudito Місяць тому +3

    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 :)

  • @TenaciousTenno
    @TenaciousTenno 28 днів тому +2

    "how tight the stealth is in splinter cell" shows ghost recon breakpoint

    • @Flaremc26
      @Flaremc26 27 днів тому +2

      Stealth so tight you think it's another game entirely

  • @brainbuster1234
    @brainbuster1234 Місяць тому +2

    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

  • @RyanMcIntosh-x6i
    @RyanMcIntosh-x6i Місяць тому +1

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

  • @mdecast
    @mdecast Місяць тому +11

    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

  • @broskey4041
    @broskey4041 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @GIJoeFan97
    @GIJoeFan97 Місяць тому

    There was also another game based on Batman TAS from Ubisoft called "Rise of Sin Tzu". That game was actually my introduction to the series.

  • @Lots-Of-People-are-Saying
    @Lots-Of-People-are-Saying Місяць тому +3

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

  • @DisMan42
    @DisMan42 Місяць тому +4

    Before Batman Arkham, I had this..

  • @Knight1029
    @Knight1029 24 дні тому +1

    One game I would love you to cover is Anthem. It has some amazing movement mechanics that are right up your alley.

  • @Byte_Excyte
    @Byte_Excyte Місяць тому

    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

  • @Scorpiofrfr
    @Scorpiofrfr Місяць тому +5

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

  • @mr_z_____
    @mr_z_____ Місяць тому +6

    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.

  • @betoPaioleti
    @betoPaioleti Місяць тому +1

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

  • @quickup7530
    @quickup7530 29 днів тому +2

    *2001. "When games were good." No excuses for this slop. If people want to nitpick "modern games" and act as if this era is superior*

  • @MetalheadSean666
    @MetalheadSean666 Місяць тому +1

    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
      @MetalheadSean666 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @travit666
    @travit666 Місяць тому +2

    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

  • @danhibiki4536
    @danhibiki4536 Місяць тому +1

    Merry Christmas!!!!

  • @drdnla2452
    @drdnla2452 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @JTGallant
    @JTGallant Місяць тому +1

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

  • @G0DLIKE92
    @G0DLIKE92 Місяць тому

    This game was so hard for me as a kid. I got to Mr Freeze only two times. The batmobile drove me crazy too.

  • @aaronproctor3623
    @aaronproctor3623 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @Farmeryeti
    @Farmeryeti Місяць тому +1

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

  • @PIMPTD
    @PIMPTD Місяць тому

    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.

  • @checkoffgames
    @checkoffgames Місяць тому

    One issue I've noticed, apart from PC forcing mouse controls in first person and having no mappable pause button, is the graphics are really blown out in some key areas because the game is 90% gray.

  • @davidpowell7922
    @davidpowell7922 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @HEKFACT
    @HEKFACT Місяць тому +3

    Most of the glitches, like the lasers, helicopter etc. caused by the fps. Back then there were no game engines like now that could do extra calculations for them. They made the lasers to turn x degree every 30 or 25 frame (probably) so if you have 200 frame it will turn a lot. There you have it, I tried to explain it as simple and fast as possible.

  • @gumballwatterson-l7t
    @gumballwatterson-l7t Місяць тому +1

    1:07 just because I'm a zoomer doesn't mean i didn't play it aqua

  • @Pepsi_Cat-d5v
    @Pepsi_Cat-d5v 3 дні тому

    wow. a freeze boss fight where he needs to be drawn into traps.

  • @callmejacob3234
    @callmejacob3234 Місяць тому

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

  • @ronniefazzio6979
    @ronniefazzio6979 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @FirstnameLastname-my7bz
    @FirstnameLastname-my7bz Місяць тому

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

  • @andthatswhyidontlike
    @andthatswhyidontlike Місяць тому

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

  • @BEYONDTHESPIDERFILMS
    @BEYONDTHESPIDERFILMS Місяць тому

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

  • @Reach008
    @Reach008 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @bobmclovinelectricboogaloo
    @bobmclovinelectricboogaloo Місяць тому

    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.

  • @crimsoncockatoo
    @crimsoncockatoo Місяць тому +23

    It's better than Gotham Knights.

  • @checkoffgames
    @checkoffgames Місяць тому

    So, this game in particular was actually built for console, and later pushed over to pc - an issue that makes its wacky controller support on PC much stranger.
    This was normal until some years after Steam came out.
    The game functioning at all is incredible if you're accustomed to old PC programs requiring effort to boot and then get working - Sonic Adventure, GTA trilogy originals, any other game requiring non-preinstalled DirectX redistributables or interference from outside programs will give you an taste of the problems.

  • @w.a.o.a.w
    @w.a.o.a.w Місяць тому

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

  • @jiggusfiggus
    @jiggusfiggus Місяць тому +9

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

  • @checkoffgames
    @checkoffgames Місяць тому

    My third comment on this video - I'm basically spamming for the alg at this point.
    Two strategies I learned is to press the "disengage" button immediately on entering a fight and just keep moving, or just crouch to evade attacks.
    Also, I think the colored wire puzzle is unsolvable - I've never seen a playthrough where the explosion wasn't triggered, even on 100% runs.

    • @JimmyJackRabbit
      @JimmyJackRabbit Місяць тому

      It's possible , I've solved it once and I'll never forget it. Insanely hard but you can do it.

  • @nicholasgarrett742
    @nicholasgarrett742 22 дні тому

    This game was my shit as a kid. I feel like I remember using gadgets to take down enemies a little more than melee combat but might be misremembering. Also, figuring out how to take out mr freeze took me days.

  • @tylerperry5654
    @tylerperry5654 Місяць тому

    I’m excited for this video mainly because as a kid I absolutely could not beat the second level so I’m curious as so where this game goes lmao

  • @jashardwallington
    @jashardwallington Місяць тому +1

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

  • @ericpratt984
    @ericpratt984 29 днів тому +1

    2:22 5 husbands?

  • @pyroAdapt
    @pyroAdapt Місяць тому

    Tell your 5 husband's and 7 wives merry Christmas for me and tell them that individually one by one.

  • @shirokumahb54
    @shirokumahb54 Місяць тому

    i remember playing it in my og xbox it was great
    and actually you can hug the wall using a the key if you found it

  • @vodkajaybulls
    @vodkajaybulls Місяць тому

    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!!

  • @petwisk2012
    @petwisk2012 Місяць тому

    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

  • @takeafkinchance
    @takeafkinchance Місяць тому

    Bro you're almost 25 how do you not comprehend low poly games

  • @GreenGuy502
    @GreenGuy502 Місяць тому

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

  • @hucys
    @hucys Місяць тому +1

    "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

  • @supershot7028
    @supershot7028 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @imjakedeason
    @imjakedeason Місяць тому

    Prince of Perisa mentioned

  • @ZenTheDolphin
    @ZenTheDolphin 24 дні тому

    This is a major trip down memory lane lmao I remember it looking much better when I was 5 or 6 😂

  • @GodIsFromHarlem
    @GodIsFromHarlem 27 днів тому

    I was surprised that the narrator was surprised this game was out. Then I remembered that I’m 34 and the narrator is probably a younger guy. Come to find out the game is older than the narrator lol.

  • @gori272
    @gori272 Місяць тому

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

  • @jonathancandelario9976
    @jonathancandelario9976 Місяць тому +1

    Please do Rise of Sin Tzu

  • @ericb3157
    @ericb3157 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @chillbizz74
    @chillbizz74 27 днів тому

    I miss these kinds of licensed games that weren't total cash grabs they were so cool, it's a shame that Ubisoft now is a joke..

  • @MarsWrestlingKingdom
    @MarsWrestlingKingdom 23 дні тому

    Batman Vengeance needs a remake by Ubisoft...

  • @brandonfiricano5675
    @brandonfiricano5675 Місяць тому

    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

  • @nivaneh1010
    @nivaneh1010 Місяць тому +1

    Bro called me old lmaooo

  • @kaidorade1317
    @kaidorade1317 Місяць тому +8

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

  • @dshepard05
    @dshepard05 Місяць тому

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

  • @bdubberz
    @bdubberz Місяць тому

    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.

  • @Hikaru0kamiki
    @Hikaru0kamiki Місяць тому

    I'm surprised you found out about theses games there was 3 batman games on ps2 well so far I actually have the original disc for rise of sun tzu and Batman begins, I had vengeance, but it broke when I was like 12.
    *28 now*

  • @LookMaNoHands-e6d
    @LookMaNoHands-e6d Місяць тому

    I can’t remember but doesn’t this game have takedowns when meter gets to a certain point

  • @NadeemShekh-uy9zn
    @NadeemShekh-uy9zn Місяць тому +2

    They also made a Avengers game

  • @kidrobot.
    @kidrobot. Місяць тому

    back then they had manuals to show the moves

  • @cosmosofficial6585
    @cosmosofficial6585 Місяць тому

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

  • @thebeastbro-2547
    @thebeastbro-2547 Місяць тому +1

    They made two rise of tzinsu and vengeance

    • @mr_z_____
      @mr_z_____ Місяць тому +3

      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.

  • @KrisTheBatSpider21
    @KrisTheBatSpider21 Місяць тому

    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

  • @lazer4933
    @lazer4933 Місяць тому

    if ur looking for another retro game that inspired more iterations try spiderman 1

  • @yoryuuotonashi
    @yoryuuotonashi 10 днів тому

    Might be pointless to do this now and not sure if you've tried it for the lasers, but a problem with older games is that animation isn't all that adapted to high frame rate as they mainly try to aim at a flat 30fps. Something worth doing when it comes to older games. Games are tend to be coded to move objects based on frame rate or game physics

  • @TheBatman39
    @TheBatman39 Місяць тому +1

    At least is better than Dark Tomorrow

  • @ar_reactions612
    @ar_reactions612 Місяць тому

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