Batman The Movie - Low Score Challenge, Warmup Try #3, (no commentary)
34Batman was played in July in the SuperLeague games competition, where we decided to reverse the game mechanics and play this for the lowest score possible. This transforms the game from an action game to a sneak 'em up. Here is one of my warmup tries for the compo.
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Captured: 6th July 2022
This is just a video of my attempts to get used to the low score challenge. Unlike a high score challenge, the low score method is often incredibly more challenging, as every enemy killed is a score increase. This doesn't matter for the driving and flying sections, but you have to do them on one life, otherwise, if you die, you have to do the level again - increasing the score. If the player has a bit of health at the end of level 1, they can take the hits from the final enemies and then take out Jack with the bat-rope on a diagonal shot (not in the video). On level 5, it's possible to avoid all of the guys on the ladders with good timing, but I didn't manage to git good enough to master it. Swinging over the gap at the start of level 5 means a quicker route to the top, but also less enemies. You can see me practising this swing in the video. Lastly, the puzzle section (level 3) gives more score if you beat the puzzle quickly, hence I had to wait until the end.