Batman: Arkham Asylum - dam ...this looks mint

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 26 Sep 2009 04:11 pm

This has to be one of the true surprise games of this year. Absolutely loving it! Struggling to think of any other superhero games that are in the same league as this, and only Riddick comes to mind for licensed games that are this sort of qualerty.

Really, this sort of care and effort should inspire other comic-related games to come out with similar quality.

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 26 Sep 2009 09:47 pm

agreed.

Gamma · Post by **Gamma** » 27 Sep 2009 06:59 pm

The end boss is really, really shit. Jarringly so. But it's about the journey, not the destination. Top game.

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 27 Sep 2009 11:13 pm

Yes I finished it tonight and I agree re: end boss, definitely the game's weakest point, but not bad enough to kill the rest of the game. Fucking good stuff.

mech · Post by **mech** » 01 Feb 2010 10:22 pm

Finished this tonight. Oh man, the last bit absolutely nailed my hand trying to mash x and triangle the whole time... I tried about 10 times to beat all those dudes in the first room before going in, before giving up and just going through. Was pretty over the fighting mechanic after all that, but loved the rest of the game. Really well done. Very happy it came free with my PS3 Slim, because I don't think I would have given it a chance otherwise.

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 01 Feb 2010 10:25 pm

Despite the fact it has been in many lists of GOTY 09 candidate?

mech · Post by **mech** » 02 Feb 2010 09:17 am

There are plenty GOTY candidates that I don't have the time to play, or which just don't interest me. I'm not a huge Batman fan and it just didn't look like my cup of tea. Only so many hours in the day CA.

Burnzoire · Post by **Burnzoire** » 02 Feb 2010 09:35 am

mech wrote: Oh man, the last bit absolutely nailed my hand trying to mash x and triangle the whole time... I tried about 10 times to beat all those dudes in the first room before going in, before giving up and just going through.

Really?? I killed them all with one combo. Mind you, it helped that I laid explosive batman juice (heh heh) at their feet first to weaken them up.

mech · Post by **mech** » 02 Feb 2010 09:53 am

Huh, yeah, I should have tried that... the problem I found was as soon as I missed a counter I would get hammered. I dunno, I just wasn't great at the fighting in that game, much preferred the stealth mechanics (which is bizarre for me, I normally hate stealth).

Burnzoire · Post by **Burnzoire** » 02 Feb 2010 09:59 am

yeah I struggled with it too. Did you try the challenges? Impossible...

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 02 Feb 2010 11:02 am

Love Arkham Asylum. My 09 GOTY. Only real issue I have with it is that Batman is too close to the camera so he takes up too much of the screen.

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 02 Feb 2010 03:54 pm

Batman AA ruled, sequel 'sposed to be announced soon. It's gotta be Batman: Gotham City, with lots of DLC extra chapters GTA style and burning round in a batmobile playiong Kid Rock out of the stereo....for some reason.

Replica · Post by **Replica** » 02 Feb 2010 03:55 pm

Finished off Mass Effect 2, keen to give this yet another spin. 3rd time though. Cant count many games that get that kind of love from me.

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 02 Feb 2010 04:32 pm

OH SNAP! A teaser went up in December apparently. Peep this, more Mark Hamill!

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westical · Post by **westical** » 28 Feb 2010 10:03 pm

LTTP...

Picked up the superior PC version during the Steam XMas sale, only just now have a computer good enough to run it.

Definitely would have been my GOTY if I had gotten around to playing it last year.

Some of the boss fights weren't the greatest but for a comic book game the art, voice & gameplay are fantastic.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 10 May 2010 05:18 pm

LTTP

Just started playing it... I hate sneak games... but damn

I'M BATMAN!

So fucking awesome.

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 10 May 2010 05:28 pm

you buttmunch, this was best single player game of '09!!!

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 15 Dec 2010 02:43 pm

So rather than clutter up the arkham city threads, how far have people gotten in the challenge modes? Ive done all of the combat and stealth ones on regular mode, and am trying to do the extreme versions of each now. Done a couple of them but they are fucking hard.

Two hardest in particular are the combat ones with electric floors AND a time limit per round and the combat one with the two titan powered goons (rumble in the jungle extreme). Stealth ones are doable but with boobytrapped gargoyles and extreme trophy challenges (eg take out 3 enemies at once with 3 separate wall explosions?! WTF?!) some are verging on impossible.

Do you have to beat all 3 challenges in the one go in order to get them, or can you do each trophy individually?

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 15 Dec 2010 03:59 pm

Oooh, worked out silent knight and got a top-200 rank.

This game is at turns equally infuriating and awesome as a successfully executed splinter cell/metal gear/tenchu room clearance.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 16 Dec 2010 12:59 am

Had a minor breakthrough on this tonight. Figured out how to:

* chain combos longer (>20) with placement of throws in combos
* beat one combat challenge unscathed
* beat a titan with fists only
* finally got two bat stars on a combat challenge (first one!)
* BEAT the final combat challenge rumble in the jungle extreme

Only have that fucking shock and awe extreme one to do, but that will be impossible. As will be getting gold on the combat challenges.

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 23 Oct 2015 11:21 am

Tad late but absolutely loving it. Might need to get that 360 for windows controller sooner rather than later though. KBAM doing the job but the game wants a pad. I started it and thought ok, tight environments, 5 year old game, all good. Then the island opened right up and I'm grappling and gliding everywhere. Very cool. And I hear City is all this and way more.

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 23 Oct 2015 11:22 am

lambchop haha.

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 23 Oct 2015 11:58 am

I can't remember if this was free on PS+ or just Arkham City.

Wonder how Pat got along with those final challenges.

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 23 Oct 2015 11:06 pm

Man I loved this game. 100%'ed the story mode including all the Riddler trophies, couldn't be bothered with all the Challenges though. Played through the Arkham City story mode, didn't bother with all the Riddler trophies, just felt overwhelmed.

Haven't touched Origins and my Arkham Knight PC version birthday present preorder was recalled

But Arkham Asylum = one of my favourite games ever. I probably prefer it to City in a lot of ways. It felt more manageable!

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 05 Nov 2015 11:26 am

Yeah I'm told City is enormous in comparison to Asylum. Pumped to play it after this. Playtime is limited with child but I'm about 30% in with a few gadgets now. Man the devs sure nailed it - look, feel, combat, stealth, movement, gadgets.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum - dam ...this looks mint

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