Zero Punctuation: Batman Arkham Asylum

[geldonyetich]

From everything I heard about this game, it's a must-play, and that Yahtzee had to go out of his way to find something wrong with it is about as solid of a reaffirmation as you can get along those lones.

I'm still not dropping $50 on it though. Maybe $20, or a rental. It's just that it doesn't seem like $50 is a worthwhile price for something I play 20 hours and forget about anymore. There's many reasons, but the foremost would probably be (a) the recession and (b) I've a ton of other things on my plate to play right now.

I imagine pitting Yahtzee against Champions Online would be interesting, on the grounds he didn't hate City of Heroes.

 

[NuclearJonJon]

Uh, Batman needs to be Bruce Wayne in the day time?

Also, the glide kick wing thing can be avoided by just rotating the camera around him as he flies.

 

[BonsaiK]

Thank you Yahtzee for not having a stupid gimmick in this review and just reviewing the game properly. I appreciate it muchly.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Gahhh! That's it I can no longer ignore this game, I gotta own it.

 

[Shadowfaze]

Excellent review as always. i also agree about the killer croc part.

 

[blacklab]

Arse...enal! Another great one.

 

[Pscyon]

Dang. I was hoping for another limerick. As for the game being too easy, isn't that generally true about most third-person action games these days? Hilarious as always though. Loved the part with the kittens.

 

[kaijyuu]

I didn't realize it until now, but Batman definitely is the least interesting thing in anything he's in. Bruce Wayne is more interesting than Batman, and they're the same person :X

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

lol, I bought it before and all my freinds are taking the mick, I just can't prove to them its quite good.

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Nice way to bounce back from a couple lackluster weeks.

Highlights include "THE FUCKING START BUTTON," "Press X to KICK ASS" and the astute observation that Batman's villains and colleagues are more interesting than the Bat himself.

However, Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill's voice acting is as top-notch as ever, even if the writing is a bit of a let-down.

 

[Lusty]

Difficult one for Yahtzee this, because although there's plenty of nits to pick, the good stuff (like the scarecrow levels) is so good that you forgive the bad (like the killer croc nonsense).

I think that comes across in the review. But I hope next week he gets something REALLY bad to review.

 

[bachterman]

schindler's list was a zionist propaganda movie, but with very good acting.

 

[ShotgunSmoke]

"How can you get scared when you're Batman, the most capable fictional character since Jesus!"

I love you, I really do. I think I'll get this game tomorrow.

 

[MrPop]

Best one that you've done in a long while. Made me laugh.

 

[angel85]

This is my favorite review from you in the past several months. This is one of the few games that makes me genuinely regret not having a PS3 or 360.

 

[bachterman]

the answer to the riddle: they use black lighbulbs, which cast an inverse batsign.
or simply, they text him.

 

[TheECP]

This was actually a PERFECT review. And if you couldn't tell by him recommending the game, umm, yahtzee recommended a game. I'm not saying he should be your deciding factor, but look how many games he hates that other people like. The flaws he stated are definitely there, but honestly they're just little scratches on a nice sports car. The game plays so well, and the parts you'll really have fun with are there the whole time.

And the scarecrow parts, my god.

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Great review. One of the best I've seen in a while. I'm in full agreement on the Killer Croc fight. I mean seriously what kind of bullshit was that? Either way AA was truly a great game and I can't wait for some free DLC in the next few days.

 

[jane_says]

They probably just phone him if they need him during the day. Probably rude to ring him at night, he might be sleeping. That would be the worst super hero ever, one that only comes if he's up anyway.

 

[Abedeus]

Okay guys, don't get your hopes up too much.

PC version has a nasty, nasty bug. It happens to almost everyone - after rescuing Gordon (don't worry, it's before even Scarecrow, so it's pretty early into the game) OR a bit later, depending on your luck, the game will give a General Protection Fault and crash.

So either wait for a fix, crack-fix (hey, I wouldn't be surprised if the hackers fixed this before the devs do) or a miracle. Or play on Xbox/PS3.