Batman: Arkham Asylum Thread

[Dargogamer]

Edited for spam.

[Angrist]

Those spammers are getting freakingly good these days...

[BreakABone]

Two updates

First is for the Canadians,
seems like Walmart and a select few stores will be selling the game for 39 bucks on launch day... don't know why but that is one hell of a deal.

http://www.walmart.ca/Canada-Feature...=1082&tabId=22

Second new trailer, which doesn't deal with the game at all, more the story of the asylum.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...videos/1343159

[BreakABone]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1016701p1.html

9.3 from IGN holy cow
I didn't expect such a high score.

Some more reviews are pouring in

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=221874
9.2

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/21/re...arkham-asylum/

Rest assured, I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that Batman: Arkham Asylum is unquestionably the best licensed game I've ever played. At the end of the day, however, that's a fairly low hurdle to clear -- it better reflects the game's quality to say it's one of the best stealth-action games ever made, and easily the best video game 2009 has had to offer thus far.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ba...-asylum-review
9

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3175696
A-

[magus113]

Thought this would be a cool vid for people who don't know stuff about Arkham Asylum to check out.

Video Games | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Arkham Retrospective

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

[BreakABone]

Video Games | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Review

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

GT's review

Good to see its north of 10 hrs, though they show one too many boss battles.

[Vampyr]

I'm happy to see it's getting such great reviews. I could tell it was going to be good from the demo, but I didn't think it would get this kind of reception.

[Fox 6]

Has anyone done the B + Y takedown yet? You need at least 5X multiplier. You smash the guy to the ground and then grab his angle and twist to break his leg!

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

Has anyone done the B + Y takedown yet? You need at least 5X multiplier. You smash the guy to the ground and then grab his angle and twist to break his leg!

There's actually a few different ones, and I believe you get one for every 5x on your multiplier for... 5x, 10x, 15x, etc etc

[Professor S]

After playing the demo, this is a definite buy. I love the mix of hand-to-hand and stealth combat, both done quite brilliantly. It shows that you don't have to have an interminable list of buttons mashed to have strong combat, but instead some time sensitive and thoughtful reaction based gameplay to create a really entertaining and deep experience without the frustration of your avatar never doing what you really wanted it to do.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Dargogamer

Edited for spam.

Woah, I just noticed this. That guy signed up months ago, and made normal posts, right? Now he turns out to be a spammer? Smart I guess, but worth the effort?

[magus113]

So I guess we won't be seeing BaB in GT until Arkham Asylum is completed.

And with good reason! It's fucking great!

[Swan]

The question is, who will beat it first!


I think it will be between Combine and SquEARL, seeing as how I don't know anyone else.


Earl is nearly unemployed and Combine is just...Combine

[Bond]

For some reason this race reminds me of hobo fights.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Bond

For some reason this race reminds me of hobo fights.

Except instead of fighting over meat they are fighting over...uh....


What are they fighting over?