VM: "The lush graphics and shiny production values really help to smooth the transitions between different gameplay types. The action and plot move at a fairly brisk pace and once you've beaten Bane the game starts to throw new things at you fairly regularly. As soon as you start to get comfortable with Joker's henchman, a fresh enemy type will pop up to make things awkward: a thug with a cattle prod, perhaps, or a freaky raving lunatic who hops about like a deranged beast. These changes keep you on your toes, and they add to the feeling that the whole adventure is one long ordeal for poor old Batman, his suit and cape gradually becoming more torn and slashed up as the story progresses."
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