Batman: Arkham Asylum

[Nefarius]

I loved the beginning of the third Scarecrow dream sequence.I was freaked thinking that my game crushed.:biggrin:

[SpideyZERO]

@Mike Pothier
I think you can just create an offline profile. Then you just sign in the offline profile and you can save the game. I did the same thing

I LOVE this game. I have exam tomorrow and I just planned to install and enjoy it after the exam. But once I start, I can't stop playing! Wish me luck tomorrow...

[glue]

nevermind....just got it

[Zero Hunter]

There is one thing I really need to know

Did Croc eat Crane? It was never made clear

After the credits You see Scarecrows hand come out of the water in the harbor and grab a crate of Jokers drug that was floating towards Gotham

[StoneGold]

After the credits You see Scarecrows hand come out of the water in the harbor and grab a crate of Jokers drug that was floating towards Gotham

Again, assuming you get that ending, there are three.

[carabas]

There is one thing I really need to know

Did Croc eat Crane? It was never made clearBatman villains don't die. I reckon Croc just got a really big helping of fear gas and went sitting in a corner having nightmares about shoes and wallets and handbags for a few hours.

[Zero Hunter]

Again, assuming you get that ending, there are three.

I didn't know that. What are the others?

[Young Avenger]

Batman villains don't die. I reckon Croc just got a really big helping of fear gas and went sitting in a corner having nightmares about shoes and wallets and handbags for a few hours.

That's true for the comics but this is a video game. They can take more liberties with the characters. I wouldn't think killing off a character would be above them.


I didn't know that. What are the others?

I beat the game twice. The first time it was Bane. Second time it was Croc

[Arachnid]

There is one thing I really need to know

Did Croc eat Crane? It was never made clear

I was shitting bricks at that part.

Honestly, I kind of hope Croc ate Crane. I don't know why though. It just gives the game badass points for me.

[carabas]

That's true for the comics but this is a video game. They can take more liberties with the characters. I wouldn't think killing off a character would be above them.Not when you have Paul Dini writing the story.

[SpideyZERO]

I just finished Killer Croc's lair. I thought the whole looking for spore part extremely funny. You have Killer Croc suddenly pops out with dramatic music playing, and you just throw Batarangs to send him away. The best part is when Croc falls down back into the water, it send tides and cause the wood panels to shake and turn around, but the Goddamn Batman can walk on the turning panels with no problem! :biggrin:

[Nefarius]

I just finished Killer Croc's lair. I thought the whole looking for spore part extremely funny. You have Killer Croc suddenly pops out with dramatic music playing, and you just throw Batarangs to send him away. The best part is when Croc falls down back into the water, it send tides and cause the wood panels to shake and turn around, but the Goddamn Batman can walk on the turning panels with no problem! :biggrin:

I loved when Croc popped out and you have to figure out from which direction is.

[Saxon]

The most impressive aspect of the game to me is the level of detail. Walking passed the various cells, looking in them in order to complete the Riddler challenges (A smile creeped onto my face when seeing Dents cell, as well as Freezes).

The combat doesn't get repetitive even though there is only one attack button and the stealth based sections are by far the most entertaining.

The only area of the game that made me sigh was that Batman is the most uninteresting character in the entire story. Then again, with a villain cast like the Batman series, what could you expect?

[SpideyZERO]

I love the end of Scarecrow level 3. Batman broke through the fear gas. Scarecrow was terrified and went "How are you doing this? You've invested enough toxin to drive 10 men insane. What ARE you?"

Badass

[Inkthinker]

Best part of Croc's lair for me was realizing I could use the zip line to get around rather than having to walk quietly. That part of the game was awfully repetitive, it was one of the few disappointments I had with the game... after all that buildup with Croc, I really wanted a fight, not a frustrating search and evade game set in an environment of repeating textures and models in every direction.

Though I did have a couple good moments where I thought I'd hit Croc too late, and he missed Batman by that much. Boosts the ol' heartrate a bit, but it doesn't make up for the disappointment of not actually getting to fight Croc.

MY biggest disappointment was in realizing that once you get all the Riddler puzzles (nice ending to that, by the way), there's not much reason to re-enter the story mode of the game. You can't fight Joker again (it just doesn't let you open the door), nobody who's left alive has anything to say but the same one or two phrases, there's nobody to fight and nothing to do except zip around the environment.

That's where a New Game+ mode would have come in nice.

Last gripe: what the hell is up with giving us that super awesome set of game model trophies to check out... and then saddling it with a crappy effing camera? No free-roaming control? Locked focal point? WHAT THE HELL? It makes it impossible to see the models from certain angles, which essentially wastes some part of that gorgeous work that the team put into such rarely seen but awesome pieces like the Batplane. Really, really sad, because it was something they should have been able to implement easily enough. The trophies were easily one of my favorite rewards in the game.

[SpideyZERO]

You can actually use the zip line for Croc's lair? I tried it. Sometimes it works, but sometimes Croc will jump out and pull you into the water.

I finished the game second time now. I will start the third round soon. I do agree some part of the game are repetitive though, especially near the end

[TJR357]

You can actually use the zip line for Croc's lair? I tried it. Sometimes it works, but sometimes Croc will jump out and pull you into the water.

I finished the game second time now. I will start the third round soon. I do agree some part of the game are repetitive though, especially near the end
Especially if you play it through 3 times.

[SpideyZERO]

Yeah. I really hope the game was longer

[Astonishing X-Fan]

I've said this before, but, the game was long enough. It was paced pretty much perfectly aside from the Croc section, and delivered just the right amount of content to keep things from getting stale and wrapped it all up in a nice, tight package. I had more fun on my first 8-10 hour playthrough than I've had playing a lot of 40-50 hour RPGs.

8-10 hours is a perfectly respectable length for an action game of this type. Especially when said 8-10 hours are as well-crafted as they are in this game.

[StoneGold]

I've said this before, but, the game was long enough. It was paced pretty much perfectly aside from the Croc section, and delivered just the right amount of content to keep things from getting stale and wrapped it all up in a nice, tight package. I had more fun on my first 8-10 hour playthrough than I've had playing a lot of 40-50 hour RPGs.

8-10 hours is a perfectly respectable length for an action game of this type. Especially when said 8-10 hours are as well-crafted as they are in this game.

That's the problem, any plot-heavy game without a lot of random filler is generally going to get tiresome after too long. I guess they could have thrown in another half-dozen villains, but to what end? At that point, you're just going to get pissed off that the game is getting repetitive. And do we really want it to end up being Assassin's Creed?

[Nefarius]

I've said this before, but, the game was long enough. It was paced pretty much perfectly aside from the Croc section, and delivered just the right amount of content to keep things from getting stale and wrapped it all up in a nice, tight package. I had more fun on my first 8-10 hour playthrough than I've had playing a lot of 40-50 hour RPGs.

8-10 hours is a perfectly respectable length for an action game of this type. Especially when said 8-10 hours are as well-crafted as they are in this game.

I agree.I enjoyed those 8-10 hours more than playing an open world game and ending feeling bored.

[Superbeast]

I hope a Batman: Gotham City is already being tabled for 2011 since they have the engine and character models already.

[Astonishing X-Fan]

I think an open-world style game would destroy a sequel, honestly. This is a game that's strength lie in it's setpieces, atmosphere, and Metroid style backtracking/exploration. Swinging around Gotham as if it were GTA really doesn't seem like it would work.

[Donald M.]

I think an open-world style game would destroy a sequel, honestly. This is a game that's strength lie in it's setpieces, atmosphere, and Metroid style backtracking/exploration. Swinging around Gotham as if it were GTA really doesn't seem like it would work.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a game set in Gotham, but confine it to a few key areas.

Open world games are too open for Batman. Batman's about confined spaces and concealing darkness.

I actually like this game's approach. Include stealth elements but don't rely too heavily on them as so many stealth games do. Batman's a fighter so fighting should be and thankfully is an option, though in the harder difficulties stealth becomes a necessity when facing anyone with a gun in his hands.

[DeathXIII]

I'd like to see them do a Superman game now.
Instead of "detective mode" you could go in to super-sense mode with x-ray vision and super-hearing, etc. And instead of gadgets you could have powers like heat vision and cold breath. And instead of stealth elements they could have flying elements.

[Nefarius]

I'd like to see them do a Superman game now.
Instead of "detective mode" you could go in to super-sense mode with x-ray vision and super-hearing, etc. And instead of gadgets you could have powers like heat vision and cold breath. And instead of stealth elements they could have flying elements.

Personally,i would love them to make a Daredevil game.The "detective mode" could be DD's "sonar radar"mode.Also,more or less,DD has a similar modus operandi with Batman(stealth and intimidation).

As for a sequel,i agree that a free roam game would ruin it.I would prefer certain areas from Gotham rather than an open city.

[StoneGold]

I'd like to see them do a Superman game now.
Instead of "detective mode" you could go in to super-sense mode with x-ray vision and super-hearing, etc. And instead of gadgets you could have powers like heat vision and cold breath. And instead of stealth elements they could have flying elements.


Personally,i would love them to make a Daredevil game.The "detective mode" could be DD's "sonar radar"mode.Also,more or less,DD has a similar modus operandi with Batman(stealth and intimidation).

As for a sequel,i agree that a free roam game would ruin it.I would prefer certain areas from Gotham rather than an open city.

I'd rather either character be looked at from a ground-up approach.

[Inkthinker]

You can actually use the zip line for Croc's lair? I tried it. Sometimes it works, but sometimes Croc will jump out and pull you into the water.


I was able to use it for the first part of the level, the "walk quietly" part to find all the plants. After Croc starts popping out and you have to smack him with a batarang to make him drop, it's less useful... you can still use the zip, but when he pops up you risk flying right into him.

The other problem with the zip is that you have to be fairly precise with your aim, or it can carry you off to the side so that when you do drop down, you fall in the water.

[Jmacq1]

Yeah, an open-world sequel would be almost impossible to pull off well with this engine.

Maybe they'll go with Batman: Blackgate instead. Though I suppose an "illusory open world" that has Batman zipping from set-piece to set-piece in Gotham City could maybe work.

Then again, maybe there simply won't be a sequel. Sometimes even highly successful games don't get them. Or they get talked about for years but never really happen.

[Donald M.]

Then again, maybe there simply won't be a sequel. Sometimes even highly successful games don't get them. Or they get talked about for years but never really happen.

True enough, though it doesn't happen as often these days. More and more, businesses are interested in exploiting their successes and I can't see Warner Interactive not wanting to follow up on this game's success, though Eidos probably won't be involved.

[Superbeast]

I would enjoy a sandbox style Gotham where you have to drive around in the Batmobile to various locations which you then have to enter and secure before moving onto another or going back to a previous one. I'd like to win back Wayne Towers from Black Mask, have to track and fight Croc under the city, drive to GCPD to meet Gordon for my next mission when I see the Batsignal, maybe have side missions where you have to bust the occasional robbery by chasing them down in the Batmobile or get to the docks and stop an arms shipment being delivered. Maybe go to the Iceberg Lounge to save Penguin from Mr Freeze... I could see it working. I don't think swinging around the city would do any favours as it apes Bionic Commando and Spiderman but maybe ziplining from one building across to another like the line launcher does already....

[Venom]

True enough, though it doesn't happen as often these days. More and more, businesses are interested in exploiting their successes and I can't see Warner Interactive not wanting to follow up on this game's success, though Eidos probably won't be involved.

Eidos are just the publishers, so they didn't play a big part to begin with as much as the developers, but they will be involved with future Batman games as they currently hold the rights to publish them. The developers, Rocksteady have said that they'd love to do a sequel somewhere down the line and that they'd be mad not to do one.

Here's a link.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a176197/batman-developers-want-sequel.html

[Chris S.]

GameInformer is apparently putting this in as one of their game of the year games. Anyone else agree with this?

I could see it being up there. It does seem like they like to choose stand alone games with no ties though. I'm interested to see if it gets in there though.

[Jmacq1]

GameInformer is apparently putting this in as one of their game of the year games. Anyone else agree with this?

I could see it being up there. It does seem like they like to choose stand alone games with no ties though. I'm interested to see if it gets in there though.

Given how many high-profile 4th quarter releases have been pushed to 2010, I'd be very surprised if this isn't on a LOT of peoples' "Games of the Year" lists. It's an excellent game that does what it sets out to do extremely well. Why wouldn't it be on "Game of the Year" lists? What else has come out this year that was that strong?

I suspect its' a strong competitor now, with "Modern Warfare 2" likely ending up as its' biggest rival. Maybe "Brutal Legend" as a dark horse contender.

[carabas]

Dragon Age: Origins is still on for next month, isn't it? I don't see Arkham Asylum beating that.

[Astonishing X-Fan]

There's also Uncharted 2.

[Jmacq1]

Dragon Age: Origins is still on for next month, isn't it? I don't see Arkham Asylum beating that.

Maybe, maybe not. Mass Effect won lots of "RPG of the year" awards but didn't win many "overall game of the year" awards (IIRC Bioshock took most of those). I think there's a subtle bias against RPGs when it comes to that sort of thing. Uncharted 2 might have a little difficulty simply because it's platform-exclusive.

Of course, that very same genre-bias will always make "game of the year" subjective. I have no enthusiasm whatsoever for most first-person shooters, but they often have at least a couple that make it into the "game of the year" nominees, and ofttimes even win.

As much of a RPG nerd as I am, I still don't see any reason that Arkham Asylum couldn't be considered an equal-or-better game. Just because it doesn't have 40 hours of main storyline gameplay doesn't mean its' inherently inferior.

[Redem]

Maybe, maybe not. Mass Effect won lots of "RPG of the year" awards but didn't win many "overall game of the year" awards (IIRC Bioshock took most of those). I think there's a subtle bias against RPGs when it comes to that sort of thing. Uncharted 2 might have a little difficulty simply because it's platform-exclusive.

Of course, that very same genre-bias will always make "game of the year" subjective. I have no enthusiasm whatsoever for most first-person shooters, but they often have at least a couple that make it into the "game of the year" nominees, and ofttimes even win.

As much of a RPG nerd as I am, I still don't see any reason that Arkham Asylum couldn't be considered an equal-or-better game. Just because it doesn't have 40 hours of main storyline gameplay doesn't mean its' inherently inferior.

While I would say that Mass Effect is a better game than bioshock, what make you think there a bias against RPG in general? the idea intrigue me

[Jmacq1]

While I would say that Mass Effect is a better game than bioshock, what make you think there a bias against RPG in general? the idea intrigue me

Well, I may just be imagining things, but I get the impression that RPG gamers are considered a sub-sect of "hardcore gamer" that's looked down upon by other "hardcore gamers." Not that there aren't plenty of people that enjoy all different kinds of games, mind you. Still, if you look at the "big" RPGs of the last couple years, it really does look like they're starting to incorporate more and more elements of other genres, doesn't it (especially "shooter" elements...Mass Effect and Fallout 3 being prime examples).

Think of the FPS-nuts and sports-gamers as the "jocks" and the RPG gamers as the "nerds." But maybe that's a bit of my real-world experience creeping in and coloring my perceptions. Truthfully, while I love the franchise I blame Final Fantasy and some of its' more...ardent...fans. The other aspect of RPGs that's often a strike against it is innovation. While we get the occasional Mass Effect we also get a dozen JRPGs that follow basically the same formula with practically the same engine (turn based combat and all) and the same design aesthetic. While that makes the truly innovative stand out that much more, it hurts the genre as a whole.

But anyway, as far as Mass Effect vs. Bioshock, I think technical glitches killed ME's shot at game of the year (in addition to the potential anti-RPG bias). The texture pop-in, the interminable elevator rides, and the cookie-cutter "exploration worlds" and connected side-quests. Don't get me wrong...I'd pick ME over Bioshock if given a choice, but Bioshock was a more polished product (and to its' credit, is one of the few FPS-ish games I've made it all the way through and enjoyed).

[carabas]

As much of a RPG nerd as I am, I still don't see any reason that Arkham Asylum couldn't be considered an equal-or-better game. Just because it doesn't have 40 hours of main storyline gameplay doesn't mean its' inherently inferior.Nor do I, but my list of best games ever is pretty much Bioware RPGs, plus Silent Hill 2, Oblivion, and Fall Out 3.

[Jmacq1]

Nor do I, but my list of best games ever is pretty much Bioware RPGs, plus Silent Hill 2, Oblivion, and Fall Out 3.

But again, for the most part that's showing a genre bias (not that there's anything wrong with having that preference). Clearly you're a big RPG fan so you're naturally going to feel as though the RPGs are "better."

I'd likely be inclined to agree with you, being a big RPG fan, but I'm trying to look at it objectively. :biggrin:

[Venom]

GameInformer is apparently putting this in as one of their game of the year games. Anyone else agree with this?

I could see it being up there. It does seem like they like to choose stand alone games with no ties though. I'm interested to see if it gets in there though.

I reckon Arkham Asylum could win it. It was definitely the best game I bought this year.

[4thHorseman]

Only have two or three combat challenges left to get my last two achievements: all the combat challenges and 100%.

I was playing last night and had three batarangs for Rumble in the Jungle (extreme).

Died on the last level with one titan and one henchmen left. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[Redem]

Been playing Arkahm Asylum all week-end I'll try to get all collectible before the joker fight because I'm too scare I won't be able to after I crush him

Great game really

I think if there would be a sequel it should be set Crime Alley

[Inkthinker]

Getting the Riddler challenges is about the ONLY thing you can do after the Joker fight. You can't even fight the Joker again. But you can run around the entire, relatively empty island, picking up the various trophies, archives, etc.

[Redem]

Getting the Riddler challenges is about the ONLY thing you can do after the Joker fight. You can't even fight the Joker again. But you can run around the entire, relatively empty island, picking up the various trophies, archives, etc.

Yea just find out about it, but still I midly panicked at first

They could at least stop the firework after that

[Rollerblader]

http://kotaku.com/5386835/pc-arkham-asylum-players-play-dress+up/gallery/

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92752

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92257

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[Rollerblader]

Justice Lords Batman
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Superman-Batman 'World's Finest'
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[Rollerblader]

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[Rollerblader]

Darkness Batman i assume
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Joker-Batman
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[Rollerblader]

Batman Beyond
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[Rollerblader]

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Tim Burton Batman
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[Rollerblader]

Batman Beyond 2
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[Rollerblader]

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Captain America Batman
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[Rollerblader]

Ghostbuster JokerBuster Batman
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Batman of Zur En Arrh
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Dark Claw Batman
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[Rollerblader]

Azreal Batman
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Green Lantern Batman
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[Rollerblader]

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Armored Batman
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[Rollerblader]

Owlman
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[Rollerblader]

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[Rollerblader]

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[Rollerblader]

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[Rollerblader]

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[Tyr]

Played it on hard again tonight for Halloween, couldn't get past the first area, wow I really suck. :frown:

[SpideyZERO]

Beat the game 3 times on normal now. I will try hard...

[Treqqor]

Just finished the game on hard, first playthrough. Can't believe how fantastic the game is.

EXCEPT for the combat challenges. I hate those. Can't get 3 bats on most of them. :mad:

[Matt]

Have to admit, this was one hell of a fantastic game. Perfect mesh of thinking/strategy and combat. Everything about it looks gorgeous, even the voice acting was spot on.

Best game I've seen all year.

[Venom]

Just finished the game on hard, first playthrough. Can't believe how fantastic the game is.

EXCEPT for the combat challenges. I hate those. Can't get 3 bats on most of them. :mad:

The combat is one of if not my favourite part about the whole game. They're so damn fun.

When I first started playing the combat challenges I was lucky if I got two bats. Now I'm in the top 100 leaderboards on a lot of the maps. I'm ranked 3rd on the Crime Alley Map and 7th on the Scarecrow Map on the PS3 version.

Trust me mate, you'll get better at them. It's one of those games where over time you'll naturally get better.

[Green Goblin]

I just finshed it on easy mode one of the most excting games I play I really liked the scarecrow levels

[Mike Pothier]

Yeah, you want to put a lot of time in the challenges. Not for the score, its just good practice. After I put in several hours into the challenges, I noticed my second play through was much easier, and it was on hard mode.

[Treqqor]

The combat is one of if not my favourite part about the whole game. They're so damn fun.

When I first started playing the combat challenges I was lucky if I got two bats. Now I'm in the top 100 leaderboards on a lot of the maps. I'm ranked 3rd on the Crime Alley Map and 7th on the Scarecrow Map on the PS3 version.

Trust me mate, you'll get better at them. It's one of those games where over time you'll naturally get better.

I was pretty much ready to give up on the challenges (I did the predator ones no problem, and SOME of the combat). I figured, I beat the game on hard difficulty, that's good enough.

But you inspired me to keep going!! :biggrin:

I only have the last 2 challenges left to get 3 bats on! Rumble in the Jungle (with the titans) and the one before that that's in the sewer.

Guess I just needed some patience!!


I just finshed it on easy mode one of the most excting games I play I really liked the scarecrow levels

His first level creeped the heck out of me!!!!!!! This was such a good game on so many levels, it was varied enough to not seem repetitive at all!

[Venom]

I was pretty much ready to give up on the challenges (I did the predator ones no problem, and SOME of the combat). I figured, I beat the game on hard difficulty, that's good enough.

But you inspired me to keep going!! :biggrin:

I only have the last 2 challenges left to get 3 bats on! Rumble in the Jungle (with the titans) and the one before that that's in the sewer.

Guess I just needed some patience!!

That's geat to hear. I wish ya all the best on the last two challenges. :smile:

[Treqqor]

That's geat to hear. I wish ya all the best on the last two challenges. :smile:

Finished 'em last night!
One of them, I had no idea how well I was doing until the very end and was astonished at the score. (I'm in the top 3000, lol, that sounds horrible, but for me, that's GREAT! My first fight I finished somewhere in 74,000, so I'm getting better!)

Makes me want to play through the story part again now.

Sweet game.

[Colinp42]

Just beat it on normal. Gotta finish up a few more Riddler things, then the challenges, then will go back on hard.

Gotta say, I had some trouble with the final battle. It was just the background - I had a lot of trouble seeing who I was fighting. It was really tricky telling what guys had knives or shock sticks. Then I died once because someone started shooting and I couldn't tell who or from where. My second time I just got lucky and took out the gun guy without really knowing what I was doing.

[Tequilamokinbrd]

Yeah, an open-world sequel would be almost impossible to pull off well with this engine.

Maybe they'll go with Batman: Blackgate instead. Though I suppose an "illusory open world" that has Batman zipping from set-piece to set-piece in Gotham City could maybe work.

Then again, maybe there simply won't be a sequel. Sometimes even highly successful games don't get them. Or they get talked about for years but never really happen.



Bingo. Use Gotham as the backdrop, but limit it to levels. So for example, you can't go to Arkham in the middle of the Crime Alley level, you're in crime alley until you beat it.


Crime Alley

The East End

Old Gotham

Arkham Asylum

Wayne Manor



Something like this IMHO would have the potential of being what The Dark Knight was to Batman Begins where someone could say, "Oh you think that was the perfect Batman game? Prepare to be blow away"

[Alex]

I finaly got around to playing and beating this game!
And i loved it overall, i do have quite a few complaints though, i'm sure most of which have been mentioned by others, but i haven't read through the whole thread too see.

First off, the villians they focused on were kind of lacking, and the boss fights were really underwhelming, for the most part.
I didn't particularly like doing the same "fight" against Scarecrow 3 times, and was even more dissapointed when i never got to punch him in the face. BUT, all the parts leading up to him, particularly the one in the mansion, were incredibly well done.

The villian selection overall was kinda blah, imo. Bane is more a memory from kind of a crap period in Batman's history, Croc is strickly B list and one of Batman's least interesting Villians.
They continualy tease you with villians cooler then the ones you see in the game, minus Joker, of course. I suppose they have to save things for the possible sequel, so i sort of understand that.
I wasn't a fan of the ending or last fight, it seemed overly silly to me.

But, the fight mechanics were great fun, the stealth gameplay was implemented very well, the extra bits like the interview tapes were great, with wondeful voice acting. Honestly, all my complaints (Aside from underwhelming boss fights) mainly stem from me enjoying the game so much that i wish there was more.

[Venom]

Finished 'em last night!
One of them, I had no idea how well I was doing until the very end and was astonished at the score. (I'm in the top 3000, lol, that sounds horrible, but for me, that's GREAT! My first fight I finished somewhere in 74,000, so I'm getting better!)

Makes me want to play through the story part again now.

Sweet game.

I'd say that's very impressive especially how there could be hundreds of thousands of players on the leaderboards.

[Superbeast]

I finaly got around to playing and beating this game!
And i loved it overall, i do have quite a few complaints though, i'm sure most of which have been mentioned by others, but i haven't read through the whole thread too see.

First off, the villians they focused on were kind of lacking, and the boss fights were really underwhelming, for the most part.
I didn't particularly like doing the same "fight" against Scarecrow 3 times, and was even more dissapointed when i never got to punch him in the face. BUT, all the parts leading up to him, particularly the one in the mansion, were incredibly well done.

The villian selection overall was kinda blah, imo. Bane is more a memory from kind of a crap period in Batman's history, Croc is strickly B list and one of Batman's least interesting Villians.
They continualy tease you with villians cooler then the ones you see in the game, minus Joker, of course. I suppose they have to save things for the possible sequel, so i sort of understand that.
I wasn't a fan of the ending or last fight, it seemed overly silly to me.

But, the fight mechanics were great fun, the stealth gameplay was implemented very well, the extra bits like the interview tapes were great, with wondeful voice acting. Honestly, all my complaints (Aside from underwhelming boss fights) mainly stem from me enjoying the game so much that i wish there was more.

That's how I feel. I wanted to fight more actual villains and fewer nutjobs. Didn't get to fight Harley or Poison Ivy really, didn't even really get to fight the Joker, only punch him a few times after beating up gangs and using the batclaw to pull him over. Didn't get to actually fight Croc or Scarecrow, just avoid their traps and then lead them into some more traps according to the storyline. Zsasz only took a couple of hits first time around and then a batarang. I wanted more actual bad guys worth a damn to fight.

[DKR]

I heard Eidos just greenlit a sequel.:biggrin:

[Venom]

I heard Eidos just greenlit a sequel.:biggrin:

Have a you got a link to it, mate?

[Superbeast]

Have a you got a link to it, mate?

I don't have a link but it was mentioned in the news items of Official Playstation Magazine this month. Although it's still early stages as Dini has been asked but obviously hasn't written anything yet in regards to a sequel's plot.

[Donald M.]

I heard Eidos just greenlit a sequel.:biggrin:

Color me unsurprised.

[DKR]

I don't have a link but it was mentioned in the news items of Official Playstation Magazine this month. Although it's still early stages as Dini has been asked but obviously hasn't written anything yet in regards to a sequel's plot.

If Dini rights it again, great. What would make it gold again: Kevin Conroy.:cool:

[DKR]

Did you guys know the game had viral marketing like TDK? I just found these sites:

http://www.arkhamcare.com/
http://www.gothamcitymunicipal.com/

[Superbeast]

Did you guys know the game had viral marketing like TDK? I just found these sites:

http://www.arkhamcare.com/
http://www.gothamcitymunicipal.com/

Yeah, they mention them during the game via the daily announcements on the intercom and I believe rocksteady sent out mass emails to their mailing list subscribers in the run up to the release.

[Arachnid]

http://www.gothamcitymunicipal.com/?q=articles/blackgate-prison-gutted-fire-displaced-inmates-transferred-arkham-asylum

I loled at the stupid commentary from the bloggers on this page. The viral campain is awesome!

[DKR]

The Video Game Award nominees have been announced and Arkham Asylum has been nominated in many categories:

Game of the Year
Studio of the Year (Rocksteady)
Best Xbox 360 Game
Best Action Adventure Game
Best Graphics
Best Voice (Arleen Sorkin, Mark Hammil)

How awesome would it be if it won Game of the Year? I can't believe that Conroy didn't get any noms in the voice categories though. Oh well, at least Hammil got one.

VOTE NOW BATFANS!
http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009

[Inkthinker]

I think Hamill gets one because even after all these years, when people hear his Joker they say, "That's Hamill? THAT is the voice of Luke Skywalker? NO effin' WAY." That combined with the simple fact that his voice acting is AWESOME. I think I loved Mark Hamill as a VA more than I ever did on the screen, he really sells his characters completely and I never think about the man behind the curtain, which is just as it should be.

I was shocked to hear that he's the voice of the Senator on Metalocalypse. He's the guy who stands next to the big screen and tells the Council about whatever Dethklok is up to this week.

[SpideyZERO]

No Conroy? Aww....

Weird to see Harley on the list

[Hiromi]

Best Action.Adventure is HARD this year, it WOULD have been Batman earlier, but then Uncharted 2 came out and was awesome, and then Assassin's Creed 2 basically fixed EVERYTHING that was wrong with the first game. Man this is tough. Even Brutal Legend gets some thought(though overall it has too many shortcomings to compete)

[Jmacq1]

Dragon Age was well worth a GotY nod. But I'm not surprised it didn't get one.