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Table of Contents

1. Basic Gameplay / Controls
2. Enemies
3. Walkthrough
4. Points
5. Revision History
6. Credits
7. Contact Info / Legal Junk

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1.0 Basic Gameplay / Controls

The majority of the game takes place in third person. This is when Batman
is running around and doing whatever Batman does. During fights, the
controls change slightly, but it is still in third person. Occasionally you
will duck into first person. This is usually to use a gadget. The only
other form of motion you have control over is free fall. Occasionally
Batman will dive and you have to control him to get him to catch something.
There is also one scene each with the Batmobile and Batplane and the each
have their controls.

1.1 Controlling Batman

1.1.0 Third Person

Third person controls are similar to most games. The control stick moves
you around. Batman is oriented appropriately. Thus, to turn around, you
don't need to make a half circle. just point the opposite direction and
Batman turns around.

The A button is used to jump or glide. You glide by pressing the A button
while in the air. You can change directions while you glide but after about
7 seconds, you start to free-fall again, and must re-press the button to
glide again.

The B button causes Batman to punch. Punching a foe is how Batman usually
"initiates" combat. Until you punch a guy, you remain in third person mode.

The X button makes Batman block or duck (or both). This is a good thing to
do when a foe is rushing you.

The Y button makes Batman either use an object (like a switch or a door) or
makes Batman hug the wall directly in front of him. Wall hugging is very
useful in certain situations. You still move right and left then use the Y
button to break back into normal motion. The Y button is further used to
cuff thugs (provided you have Batcuffs). Not cuffing thugs allows them to
get up after a minute or so.

The Z button (button on right shoulder) causes Batman to throw a flash bomb.
This stuns the enemy temporarily. To be honest, the only time I used this
was accidental.

The L button (left shoulder) is used to contact Batgirl. She can usually be
counted on for an obvious hint, like "You need to shut the pipes off now,
Batman"

The R button (right shoulder) is used to select gadget and then enter first
person. Holding it down pauses the game while you select your toy, then
releasing it puts you in First Person mode.

Start goes to the game menu

The D pad does nothing

The C stick reorients the camera behind Batman (when he's not moving)
regardless of what direction you push it.

1.1.1 Fighting

Fighting is very similar to third person. The difference is that left and
right cause you to strafe around your opponent, the A button now becomes a
kick button instead of jump, the L button is used to do a Power Move, and
the Y button breaks combat.

There are a number of combos you can do. They all stem off of kicks and
punches and directions. Personally, my favorite is to punch until Batman
uppercuts, then kick. It causes a 1-2-3-Uppercut-Kick-Kick that, if
successful, knocks the opponent to the ground. While he gets up, you can
get behind him.

Power Moves are earned by getting points. When the yellow meter under
Batman's health is full, hold the L button and press the appropriate button
and Batman will do a Power Move. For convenience, the moves are listed in
the menu. Every single one leaves the opponent on the ground and can not be
blocked, so use them when you can.

1.1.2 First Person

First person controls take a little getting used to. The control stick
moves Batman, but he never changes direction. To do that, the C stick needs
to be used. It's hard to get used to, but once acclimated, you can
definitely use this to your advantage. For instance, I have trouble aiming.
So what I do is get it close then walk around until I'm aimed perfectly.

To use whatever gadget you're holding press the A button. The R button lets
you select gadgets, X makes you duck, and the Y button breaks back into
third person mode

1.1.3 Free Fall

This is by far the easiest control mechanism. Use the control stick to
point Batman in the appropriate direction. The B button slows you down, and
the Y button speeds you up. You really don't ever need to slow down though.

1.2 Bat Vehicles

1.2.0 Batplane

The batwing isn't too hard. It's disappointing there was only one scene it
was used in. The direction stick moves you around the screen. The A button
fires your thrusters. The B Button fires the guns and the Y button fires
missiles. In general, I fired missiles whenever possible as you only have
three, they only fire when something is under the target, and they recharge.
Pressing a shoulder button once causes you to turn sideways and a double
tap causes a spin. There's one place you have to turn on your side, but I
never spun.

1.2.1 Batmobile

The Batmobile is similar to the Batplane, without the missiles. B button
still fires guns, A button still boosts, and the control stick still moves
you around. You have to avoid cars on the road. Also, to take a sharp
corner, you need to use the appropriate shoulder button. Green arrows
appear on the side of the screen to tell you when to hit it.

1.3 The Menu

The menu can be a little tricky the first time. Press start in-game to get
to it. Here there are five options.

The first shows you your items. There are a total of 4 non-disposable items
and 7 diposable ones. Anything you can have is listed and anything you're
not allowed to use is greyed out.

The second option shows the items you've found in game. There are 16.
These are usually keys, cheat envelopes and the occaisonal item. They are
gotten in order, so if you have any gaps, odds are you missed a cheat.

Next is a list of power moves and the interface to enable or disable cheats.

Fourth is the list of points you've gotten so far. It shows you the current
level but you can cycle back to any level you've completed to see your
score.

Finally are the in-game options. Sound, controls, rumble, that sort of
thing. Also this allows you to quit from the game.

Quitting can be important. Any time you want to save your game, you must
quit to the main game window. From here, select the Save Game option.
Otherwise your progress will not be saved and you'll find it tedious to
watch the cutscenes over and over again.

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2.0 Enemies

There are four types of enemies in Batman:Vengeance:

- Thugs (these are the peons of the game)
- Mini-Bosses (slightly harder than thugs)
- Bosses (usually pretty easy)
- Criminal Masterminds (occaisonally these double as bosses)

2.1 Thugs

2.1.0 Joker's Thugs

Joker's thugs can be found throughout most of the game. They have white
faces and basically look like muscle-bound jerks. They wear either black or
white and can carry a pistol, shotgun, sub-machine gun, or flamethrower.
It's usually good to disarm them first with a batarang. Then let them rush
you and, once finished blocking their combo, pull a counter-move.
Eventually they develop the ability to grab out.

Found in areas:
3.0.4 - 3.0.6
3.3.0 - 3.4.0


2.1.1 Freeze's Snow Babes

Freeze employs snow babes, wearing trendy little coats. Fortunately, taking
these chicks down is easy. Usually you can sneak up on them and cuff them
from behind. When that fails, a single hit will disarm them. After that,
their attacks are pretty easy to block and don't hurt much if you forget.

Found in areas:
3.1.0 - 3.1.1


2.1.2 Poison Ivy's Plants

These guys can be the hardest guys in the game. They go down instantly if
you have electric batarangs on you, but otherwise can be a challenge. If
you're at a distance, they spit acid at you. It's easier to avoid than
gunfire, but still annoying. Once you get close (but are still out of
combat range) they whip you with their arms. This knocks you down. If you
have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them, get close enough for them
to whip you, block it then dart in for the attack. Unfortunately, they're
pretty lethal at close range too. Kicks work better than punches for some
reason.

Found in areas:
3.2.0
3.2.3 - 3.2.4


2.1.3 The Fuzz

At one point, you've been framed and Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) is
on your trail. These guys carry stun rifles. The fire about the same rate
as shotguns, but carry a much stronger kick, Fortunately a single punch
takes them down.

Found in areas:
3.3.2