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Batman: Dark Tomorrow (GameCube)

A series of seemingly unrelated events are taking place on the mean streets of Gotham City. Rival warlords and their gangs of thugs do battle in a series of ongoing turf wars. GCPD Commissioner James Gordon goes missing. And Arkham Asylum, the part-time home to Gotham's most dangerous criminals goes into lockdown - no one in, and no one out! It's up to you to guide the Dark Knight as he works hard to piece together clue after clue and get to the bottom of Gotham's problems. You'll have all of Batman's resources at your disposal, including a fully functional Utility Belt, help from allies such as Oracle, and a wide variety of stealthy moves and combat techniques. [Kemco]

Kemco
Third-Person Action
Players: 1
T (Teen)
Developer: Kemco Japan
Released March 25, 2003

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

29 / 100

Critic Reviews

50	Nintendophiles The gameplay here sucks. It is heinous, hideous, and despicable. The game's presentation, though, does shine through and makes the game bearable.
50	Gamer's Pulse Graphics and sound quality were especially impressive, but its gameplay flaws destroyed any possible greatness it might have had.
45	NintendoWorldReport The game’s presentation is nothing less than excellent, and its graphics and sound are great too. On the other hand, the control and camera are awful, and the gameplay often fails to deliver on its lofty intentions.
38	Nintendo Power The story, cinema scenes and rendered graphics are in keeping with the Batman franchise, but the game suffers greatly from its difficult control scheme. [Apr 2003, p.134]
38	GameCube Europe Stay far away from this game.
35	IGN If you're able to survive the first batcable swinging level with any hair left in your head and are then able to experience the first combat level of the game for yourself, then you will truly understand the pain involved in playing this game.
32	Game Over Online A stagnant pond full of crap-sucking carp that’ll have you reeling in one piece of garbage after another. The gameplay is excruciatingly unresponsive, the graphics are generic – quite simply, there is no possible excuse to buy this game, even if you consider yourself a Batman fan of the highest degree.
30	All Game Guide If players can overcome the gloomy graphics, irritating camera, and puzzling gadgets, they can look forward to swinging from rooftop to rooftop, punching dozens of enemies using two moves over and over again, ducking behind walls like "Metal Gear Solid," and even taking to the skies in an awkward controlling Batglider.
30	Cheat Code Central Stay away from Batman: Dark Tomorrow like it was a greatest hits CD of Christina Aguilera songs performed on an water-swollen oboe.
28	GameSpot When you combine the stiff gameplay, muddy graphics, and clunky movement in the game's levels, Batman: Dark Tomorrow ends up feeling like it was thrown together with half-finished components.
20	G4 TV A disaster. It's a mile-long train wreck in Gotham City's dirtiest and most rat-infested train yard.
15	Electronic Gaming Monthly I think this is the most unplayable game I've ever encountered... and I've played some real crap. [June 2003, p.112]
8	Game Informer The action that unfolds is so incomprehensible and littered with bugs tht you can't help but wonder if your GameCube or television is on the fritz. [May 2003, p.87]
0	Game Revolution You'll find it almost unplayable thanks to both the worst camera and control in the history of video gaming.

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