If you're familiar with the character advancement/game play styles of LotR:RotK, the BM:RoST follows suit. The animations are well done, and in the spirit of Batman The Animated Series, and the game play is a blast. When starting the game, you can choose story mode or versus mode (I haven't played with that yet), and choose to play as Batman, Nightwing, Robin, or Batgirl. Then you basically go out into Gotham, and LAY SOME FUCKING WASTE to crime everywhere. The ideal is to enter combat with the hordes of criminals that come after you, rescue civilians, disarm bombs, and generally beat the living shit out of all that oppose you.
At the end of each level, you’re evaluated on your performance in the level including, number of consecutive hits without being hit, use of utility belt gear, and time to targets. Targets might be either bombs to be defused or civilians to be rescued. You're given experience for each of these things (mostly combat performance), and you can use the experience points to buy upgraded special moves.
The cut scenes are cool, and the game is mindless fun. I recommend it.
