Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City

Is new DLC out now?

Supposed to come out today, yeah.

Bought this nonsense.

It sucks that the first level of this game is the same as the demo. I really had to drag myself to get through it again last night.

Isn't the demo nearly always the first level? What else would it be?

True but I like complaining about stuff.

ok some game designer really ought to mindfuck us w/ a demo that is the end of the game

Batman would be that game! But it isn't that game. Poly, you have some MGS-level mindfucks waiting for you

Another problem with the first level is that I watched my friend play it and I watched another friend play the demo AND I played the demo, so I got to see it four times.

So yeah, very excited to be moving on to something new.

This is one of the best things I've played this year. I don't know if that's high praise for the game, tho, or just a good indication of how disappointing 2009 has been for gaming (esp compared to last year, which was one of the greatest years of gaming of my life).

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/rebecca-mayes-muses/1052-Batman-Arkham-Asylum

cheesy in so many ways, i know, but i was amused enough

just rented this

this game has been pretty good so far but i wasn't prepared for the awesomeness of the corridor -> alleyway flashback scene. i was seriously blown away by that, competes with anything in the batman movies.

the way it uses videogame mechanics to tell this super-familiar story was so smart and inventive. like the way (after you cough, which alerts you something is up) that the location description pops up as "wayne manor" when you think you're just going through arkham mansion on your way to the next quest... it's a part of the game that you expect to be just a mundane retracing your steps to get back to the main area thing... not prepared at all for something big...

sorry im super hungover right now and i don't think i really articulated that well.

Oh, you've seen nothing yet. There's one Scarecrow scene (the next and final one, if I remember correctly) that's one of my favorite video game sequences in years.

I really should rent this if it's going to persist in not coming down in price

Multiple places have it for $40 on Black Friday.

i think im on that scarecrow scene (if it's the one right after)

lolbritain doesn't do black friday : /

USA! USA! USA!

s1ocki- did you catch the game last night?

the hockey game?

Just testing. You haven't gotten to the awesome one yet.

I got to the awesome one tonight and played till after the Poison Ivy fight. I'm guessing I'm near the end?

i got to the awesome one yesterday. the level after, where you have to walk slowly thru the sewers, kinda sucked tho

^^ real talk. It was the only level in the game I thought was a drag though and it's pretty short

like why they thought a mazey tunnel level, which was gonna suck no matter how you sliced it, would be BETTER if you had to walk slowly and drag it out, is totes beyond me!

I cant see how the developer thought that Killer Croc sequence was cool in any way. You had to work him in some way but damn. Its the only blemish on an almost perfect game.

why won't this damn game's price drop already, argh

^co-sign

we shd just rent it, I guess, but I've never rented a game in my life

I finally finished. Should I work on finishing all the riddler stuff? I do love achievement points...

riddler shit is rad imo

lol, yeah. Just finished it. The ending to the collection stuff is pretty cool. Now I just need 3 medals on every challenge stage... (I may not get perfect knight.)

(xpost) likewise, I've never rented a game either. Sounds like it would take a lot of effort. Batman was £27 on play.com about a week ago, but that's the only time I've seen it under £30. I need something drastic to happen so I can stay under my £20 rule. I'm sure Play will stick it on £17.99 within the next couple of months....

we shd just rent it, I guess, but I've never rented a game in my life

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wait, it would take a lot of effort to rent a game?? have you ever rented a movie? the process is super-similar!!!

you mean like...from a store? do they still have those?

I have never rented a movie either!!!! I don't even have a membership!!!!!!!

http://www.gamefly.com/

and i'm sure britishers have something similar

don't be so sure, we don't even have taco bell

blockbusterdotcom

£27 is a good price, considering people pay £10 for 2 hours of entertainment at the Cinema.

I'd buy it for £27 and hope to trade it in for £10, thus costing you £17.

Its a fun game, and I'm not sure it'll hit under £20 till next summer.

I also have a spare US special edition for cheaps if any britishers are interested. (unwanted prize)

lol, yeah. Just finished it. The ending to the collection stuff is pretty cool. Now I just need 3 medals on every challenge stage... (I may not get perfect knight.)

Why you always gotta make me feel inadequate, Mordy?

I got 3 medals on one of the combat challenges, but the others are brutal. The prowler stuff is much easier.

I feel so small right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2KOeYhBRUs

Finished it last knight(!), and my one tip is when you are fighting both Titans & normal guys, ignore the normal guys and just concentrate on running away from the titans and then getting them to charge through the crowd of normal guys. and when you are on the Titans back, use that to plough into the normal guys.

the End battle wasn't great but I hate to get stuck on the end of game boss for weeks so the straightforward fight was actually quite welcome.

Overall I think it was worth the hype and need to knuckle down and get the challenge trophies.

£17.99 delivered on gamestation.co.uk... not worth trying to figure out how to rent when you can get it that cheap!

Arkham Asylum sequel confirmed, video doesn't give much away but will totally be looking forward to this.

Arkham Has Moved