Although there have been tens of Batman video games, this is the first title to be built around the original DC Comics IP and the related cartoon series. As such it adopts not only elements of the hand-drawn aesthetic and voice work from the originators of the Batman phenomenon, but it also picks up the darker, vigilante-fuelled approach to crime fighting.
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