Batman: Vengeance

The player controls Batman, mostly from a third-person perspective, as he traverses environments that combine platforming, combat, stealth, puzzles, and occasional vehicle or aerial sequences. Most of the time, the player can run or walk, jump, climb ledges, and use Batman's cape to glide from heights, enabling traversal across rooftops or through the environment. Movement is complemented by a variety of gadgets the player can cycle through, which aid Batman in taking down enemies or navigating the environment; when using a gadget, such as aiming a batarang or Batman's grappling hook, the game switches to a first-person perspective.

Combat in Batman: Vengeance uses a beat 'em up style, requiring the player to chain together melee attacks such as punches, kicks, and blocking; more powerful moves are unlocked as the player progresses through the game. Encounters frequently involve ranged gadget use (to disarm or distract enemies) followed by close-quarters hand-to-hand combat; once foes are incapacitated, Batman must quickly handcuff them to prevent them from getting back up and resuming the fight.

Batman saves a woman named Mary from a bomb planted at Gotham Chemicals by the Joker, who is holding her son hostage for ransom. Using a transmitter, Batman tracks the Joker and Mary to a partially demolished Gotham Bridge, where Mary is unmasked as Harley Quinn and the kidnapping scheme is revealed to be a plot to trap Batman. Batman defeats the Joker, but the latter falls off the bridge to his apparent death. Suspicious that the Joker survived, Batman lets Harley escape in order to monitor her using the transmitter.

Batman and Batgirl are later alerted to Mr. Freeze attacking Gotham Industrial Research to kill scientist Isaac Evers, the creator of the miracle drug Promethium for cryogenically frozen people. Freeze seeks revenge against Evers for a promotional Promethium video he believes Evers sent to mock him, due to Freeze having already used the drug on himself and his wife, Nora, to no avail. While pursuing Freeze, Batman uncovers Evers' dealings with the Joker, who funded his research after his government funding was cut because of Promethium's unstable nature.

Batman: Vengeance took environmental and character designs from The New Batman Adventures. Many voice actors reprised their roles from the show, including Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as the Joker, Tara Strong as Batgirl, Diane Pershing as Poison Ivy, Michael Ansara (in his final acting role) as Mr. Freeze, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth, Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn, Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon, and Lloyd Bochner as Hamilton Hill.

Batman: Vengeance received "mixed or average reviews" across all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said of the PlayStation 2 version, "While it has a number of things going for it, Batman Vengeance still comes up short in a few key areas."

Jon Thompson of AllGame gave the PlayStation 2 version 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that it was "hampered by its linear nature and lack of mental challenge, but the game is still heads and shoulders above all other Batman titles released in the last few years. Those looking for an entertaining action game as well as those who are huge fans of the Dark Knight will definitely get a kick out of the experience." Later, Chris Holowka gave the GameCube version a similar score of 3.5 stars, saying it was "truly an interactive cartoon, beautifully mimicking the simple, bold animation style that made the animated television series so groundbreaking." Brett Alan Weiss gave the Game Boy Advance version 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "The simplified Metal Gear-type gameplay is marginally appealing and helps tie the package together as an entertaining mixture of well-known play styles with a Batman theme." Computer Games Magazine gave the PC version 2 out of 5 stars, saying, "There's a few clever puzzles scattered throughout the levels; unfortunately, there's also a few incredibly painful flying and driving sequences as well."