Gave my first real crack at
Adventures of Batman and Robin yesterday.
Firstly, good LORD this game has style. Stages themselves are nothing wonderful, but the boss fights are intense. dodging Harley's bombs while a vector crane arm is swinging back and forth, the giant battleship fight with Two-Face descending a helicopter ladder to toss dynamite... so much happening on the screen. And the soundtrack
Burrows into my brain in a similar fashion to BK3 (though less jarring).
Game is fuckin hard though. Not so much in the boss fights, but the constant enemy swarms can be tough to handle without taking too much damage. Each enemy itself is not too threatening, but once a couple shooters find their way on the screen, along with a dynamite-tossing brute and some purple clowns with an affinity for sliding, it can be hard to manage.
Made it to the giant Cheshire Cat battle in the Hatter stage before having to call it a night. Seriously was in shock when I finally saw a "Stage 2" splash screen after, what, 4 bosses and probably a hundred enemies?
Only real downside I can see so far is that some enemy formations/patterns are repeated a little too often, making the stages drag on a little longer than necessary. Which isn't to say that things don't pick up throughout each individual stage, but the pacing at which it happens could have used some tuning. Still, really enjoying this one, far better than I had imagined it would be.
