Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu.(computer adventure game evaluation)(Product/Service Evaluation)

Good: Boffo boss fights against rarely seen Bat-villains

Bad: So damn hard, it'll crush your will in its iron fist

Much, Much Better Than: Batman: Dark Tomorrow

Joe: Unlike Ubi Soft's adventurey Batman Vengeance, Rise of Sin Tzu is a 3D Final Fight-style beat-em-up--one that strives to be more than standard fare through a wide variety of upgradeable moves, a sharp visual style, and great production values. Unfortunately, an unforgiving difficulty level and harsh time limits severely undercut the fun.

You'd be amazed how tough a game intended for a mainstream audience can be...it's so hard that the easy difficulty is the only playable …