"You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

Batman on Genesis is alright, it's one of those action sidescroller type deals. I don't really care for the jumping much though, it's a bit stiff and you have this weird double jump that you won't realize you have until the game asks you to get over a tower of crates that's too tall for you to jump over without it. Which is funny, because it also insults our intelligence by allowing enemies to run right past it and attack you. Like how dumb is Bruce in this game?

Bats: "Ah god, I can't get over these crates!!!"

enemies harmlessly walk right by it

Thug: "Wow, what a dingbat. Eheheheheh."

The peak of the game is the auto-scrolling shmup sections with the Batmobile and the Batwing, thankfully they aren't five hundred million centuries long like the one in Adventures of Batman and Robin. The bosses are the weakest part for sure, it's unfortunate there's also a boss rush at the end which annoyed me enough to want to rate the game lower, but the game very generously allows you to continue indefinitely. Thank you very much.

Why does The Joker have Terry Bogard's Power Wave? I was half-expecting him to ask if I was okay.

Reviewed on Jul 02, 2022


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