Oh yeah, I can see what you mean in that post now. Very mature of you to admit to your shortcomingsgcar said:
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Zero Punctuation: Batman Arkham Asylum
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This was a sad trade in for me. I liked it, enjoyed my time with it, and completed everything but inevitably it had no lasting appeal for me.
Nope, you're definitely not the only oneFoggy_Fishburne said:Heh it feels like I'm the only one who loves Batman and plays games because of HIM and saw the Batman movies because of HIM. The villians are fantastic too
Anyway, I bought the game a few days ago and finished it earlier today. Excellent game though I agree that the boss fights were underwhelming.
Kal El said:FANBOY ALERTFoggy_Fishburne said:Heh it feels like I'm the only one who loves Batman and plays games because of HIM and saw the Batman movies because of HIM. The villians are fantastic too
Nope, you're definitely not the only one
Anyway, I bought the game a few days ago and finished it earlier today. Excellent game though I agree that the boss fights were underwhelming.
That was the main reason I hated all the 90's Batman movies.
Yes they were the epitome of Hollywood excess. Yes they were badly written toy commercials that never captured the essence of the characters and were full of atrocious lines such as "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" and "Vhut keeled da dINOsaurs? DA ICE AGEEE!" Yes Batman killed people, the Joker died and there were nipples on the Batsuit.
But the most important thing was that when I walk into a Batman movie, I EXPECT IT TO BE ABOUT BATMAN! It's not called Joker, or Catwoman and Penguin, or Joker with a coin and Jim Carrey. I want to see Batman being Batman instead of playing a secondary character to the villain of the week.
When I walked into the theater for Batman Begins I thought I was never going to see a faithful or capable Batman on screen besides Mask of the Phantasm. I came out of the theater as if I had just witnessed a miracle.
"How do they signal Batman during the day?"
What a silly question! Everyone knows that crimes are only committed at night.
(or, if The Dark Knight has any say, fewer crimes happen during the night with Batman on the scene, so they need to get his attention when something's going down! Batman does have a day job, you know...that's what the cops are for)
What a silly question! Everyone knows that crimes are only committed at night.
(or, if The Dark Knight has any say, fewer crimes happen during the night with Batman on the scene, so they need to get his attention when something's going down! Batman does have a day job, you know...that's what the cops are for)
He could have made these coments for 50% of his reviews. This game was amazing, there were so few things wrong with it that he had to find the smallest thing that most people didnt care about.andsoitgoes said:
I hated having to use "detective mode" to see what I could grapple. It should be common sense on what could and couldn't be used in collaboration with a grappling hook. Speaking of which, the modification you acquire later to grapple onto people and grates. WTF was that about? As if a grappling hook couldn't do that already!
It's as if they thought, "well, we can't let them have that right now, because then they could explore the areas earlier and wouldn't have to back-track just for trophies and recordings, or solving those bloody riddles for the 208th f**king time. Not to mention annoying taunts from those you're dispatching, those who claim to be helping you as you solve HIS riddles, or those who are ordering those you're dispatching to attack you.
Anyone else play this to get an HD look at Harley Quinn and/or poison Ivy?
It's not as if you're addicted to repetitive game-play just for a look at which bat-man costume they're using this year and oh, my it has 1 bloody tear in it. The hell was that about? 1 tear and no blood or vulnerability from it.
Well, at least no Schwarzenegger/Mr. Freeze cameo..... It's easier to "chill" with out that annoyance. For those who haven't seen the 80's and 90's Batman movies, consider yourselves the lucky few. The horror we've witnessed!
It's as if they thought, "well, we can't let them have that right now, because then they could explore the areas earlier and wouldn't have to back-track just for trophies and recordings, or solving those bloody riddles for the 208th f**king time. Not to mention annoying taunts from those you're dispatching, those who claim to be helping you as you solve HIS riddles, or those who are ordering those you're dispatching to attack you.
Anyone else play this to get an HD look at Harley Quinn and/or poison Ivy?
It's not as if you're addicted to repetitive game-play just for a look at which bat-man costume they're using this year and oh, my it has 1 bloody tear in it. The hell was that about? 1 tear and no blood or vulnerability from it.
Well, at least no Schwarzenegger/Mr. Freeze cameo..... It's easier to "chill" with out that annoyance. For those who haven't seen the 80's and 90's Batman movies, consider yourselves the lucky few. The horror we've witnessed!
Now this one I love.
'The Fucking Start Button' bit actually made me cry with laughter. :') Good Job
'The Fucking Start Button' bit actually made me cry with laughter. :') Good Job
I'm surprised I'm the only one who complains about the combat but it honestly felt like a series of glorified quick time events. For instance, mash the two combat buttons until one of the baddies has a magical "i'm about to blind side you" notification blinking over his head, then push the appropriate counter button, repeat. Am I the only person who thought that kind of combat was a bit shallow?
I recommend you play it on hard, you have to watch the movements of each enemy on screen. It's DEFINITELY more challengingTheFPSisDead said:
That's for sure.Squaseghost said:
My major complaint, aside from the silly over-sexualization of Harley Quinn, is the slow response of the controls.
Punches, kicks and dodges that come around a precious fraction of a second too late are too common in this game, at least in the pc version. Also, the fact that you cannot cancel a knockdown move, specially one of those big thugs are charging towards you. Really stupid design.