Zero Punctuation: Batman Arkham Asylum

[Biek]

I think Yahtzee should stick to reviewing games that everyone knows will be bad. Otherwise he'll end up making himself look stupid by nitpicking slightly less pleasurable details of a genuine good game, wich are almost rare these days. We all know thrashing bad games is what he's best at and its hard to believe him when he actually praises a good game because of it.

 

[Zagzag]

Any game recommended by Yahtzee is probably worth buying

 

[JustTheBast]

I guess those imps in the end credits would have been disappointed, even if Batman hadn't come to beat them up. They were signalling for Playmates, not Bunnyman.

 

[pakx]

great review, but i'm going to be the angry nerd on my very first post and beef with the "comic book writing" platitude. i'd argue that most sucessful comics these days aren't written poorly by any standard, and that the corny dialogue in the game could more aptly be attributed to "game writing" if we want to use unfair platitudes to wash over entire mediums.

nerd rant over!

 

[Sonicron]

I agree with the review as a whole, but there are two things that don't sit right with me.

The first is a point so negligible it's barely there, but... am I the only one who played this game and thought, "How is it that even walking seems cool when Batman does it?" For me it felt more badass walking up to the generic henchmen and pummeling them than running towards them at full speed.

The second point doesn't even concern the game in particular, but Yahtzee's statement that Batman is the most boring character in whatever medium he appears in. Having repeatedly proven and admitted to how big a nerd he is AND that he loves Batman, I can't help but feel YZ missed out on comics like the "No Man's Land" series or Grant Morrison's stand-alone comic "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth". After reading those (especially the latter one) I think there'd be an honest change of him rethinking his opinion.

 

[Beastialman]

I've been looking for a game, and if Zero Punctuation likes it that'll mean it's like a burrito of orgasm and hilarity.

I thought Halo 3 was fun and good (although I stuck to online multiplayer) and he thought that it was decent.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I was expecting a ripping of this game and it was giving and he also gave it praise whilst still being himself. I laughed and wet my pants

 

[sramota]

Apart from spoiling the Killer Croc part which I'm at (THANK YOU) I'd say it's nice to see you back from your gimmicked leprechaun-wannabe whatever that was.

I fully agree too, so it's nice to see someone getting paid handsomely for sharing my opinions.
Please invest it in something I'd like too.
Like.. Me.

 

[Communist partisan]

never liked batman and will never do after they destroyed arnold shwartsineger honor than he was mr freeze but the game still looks awesome and i know i can't spell arnolds last name!^^

 

[Evil the White]

I actually really enjoy this game and its nice to see Yahtzee highlight the nice bits as well as the fact that its very annoying to run around holding A all the time. I would have loved a BatSpank attack.

 

[kawligia]

I must admit, I have been a little disappointed the last 3 weeks.

But this one was quite good.

 

[Metalrocks]

FFS. am i the only one who cant watch the reviews because it loads only the first few seconds and thats it.???
seriously, it never loads the entire review. i have this problem for 4 weeks now.

 

[HT_Black]

Thus far, this is the ONLY review where I share Yahtzee's sentiments to the letter: Scarecrow=good, Croc=bad, Joker=dissapointing.

On the other hand, now that he's admitted to liking it, that should do wonders on what critics of the game remain...

In retrospect, this is probably the only time one of Yahtzee's reviews was more positive than one of mine.

 

[mGoLos]

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They never need Batman during the day because it's always night time in Gotham.

Seriously.

Very astute. Great review.

 

[pakx]

never liked batman and will never do after they destroyed arnold shwartsineger honor than he was mr freeze but the game still looks awesome and i know i can't spell arnolds last name!^^

destroyed his honor?

...you know he did that movie of his own will, right?

 

[Alorithin]

Didn't Yahtzee mention he was playing this on the PC?
Why did he gripe about the dual-shock analog auto run?

 

[Kollega]

I've expected Yahtzee to say "Batman" more often. But still,great review.

 

[Hallow'sEve]

"Get...Batman...game"
K, shopping list done. BTW, since he like it so much, does that mean it's now part of his "tag team"? Because like he said, he had so little to complain about he talked about box art.

 

[ww2jacob]

Great review.

Pretty much confirmed what I had originally thought about the game. Good gameplay elements but... well it's Batman. Uses every cliche out there in the story and gets repetitive. Still worth a try though, I'm sure.

 

[windfish]

I know you don't read these comments, but a though occurred: If you know a game is good (firsthand), and you know that a bad game makes a good review, why not avoid reviewing it? It's an awkward situation that is easily avoided.