Batman: Arkham Asylum

[Padlocked]

I loved it, even the linearity. The freeform world is there for playing in after the tale is finished. Not everything has to be wonderfully open to player interpretation and emergent gameplay.

[Cthulhu Steev]

Maybe in the next one you'll be able to click a thumbstick to call up a glowing line that shows you EXACTLY where to go next.

[Vemsie]

Maybe in the next one you'll be able to click a thumbstick to call up a glowing line that shows you EXACTLY where to go next.

Zing!

Arkham Asylum is ace. Beautiful presentation, excellent stealth mechanics and truly innovative combat. No other game nailed that feeling of being attacked from every direction so well. The counters in particular are a thing of beauty, matching the direction of incoming attacks perfectly. Try playing something like AC2 to see how much of a step forward this system is.

It took me a few nights of play to get every gold medal for the challenges, but damn it was worth it.

A game that deserved to be the runner up in MUK's GOTY vote thread.

[Guest]

Zing!

Arkham Asylum is ace. Beautiful presentation, excellent stealth mechanics and truly innovative combat. No other game nailed that feeling of being attacked from every direction so well. The counters in particular are a thing of beauty, matching the direction of incoming attacks perfectly. Try playing something like AC2 to see how much of a step forward this system is.

It's a step to the side, and back.

You're still looking at very different systems for very different game worlds.

I love both, and appreciate them for what they are.

[DarhkFox]

what was the GOTY here?

[Guest]

Ask scottr or Meh

[Vemsie]

what was the GOTY here?

Uncharted 2.

[NecroMorrius]

Maybe in the next one you'll be able to click a thumbstick to call up a glowing line that shows you EXACTLY where to go next.

Ha, pwned.

[carlito]

Don't want to read into this thread and get bummed by spoilers but I have a quick question.

Will I be able to explore areas I have already visited? I only ask because I have seen a couple of Riddler statues that I can't work out how to get to the point where I assume I need some other gadget/skill to pick them up.

[bobontheway]

Don't want to read into this thread and get bummed by spoilers but I have a quick question.

Will I be able to explore areas I have already visited? I only ask because I have seen a couple of Riddler statues that I can't work out how to get to the point where I assume I need some other gadget/skill to pick them up.

Yes, you can go back and get all of the Riddler statues, destroy teeth etc. after you've finished the game.

[deKay]

Started playing this yesterday. Just got to the bit after

Ivy

is let out. Oh my god is this game amaze. It's got BATMAN and it's like METROID and has TOMB RAIDER bits and BATMAN and everything.

[deKay]

And then there's the Killer Croc bit which does its very best to totally ruin the game. Rubbish.

[Padlocked]

And then there's the Killer Croc bit which does its very best to totally ruin the game. Rubbish.

It only lasts about 20 minutes if you just take it slowly. Really not that much of a hassle.

[incapable hulk]

And then there's the Killer Croc bit which does its very best to totally ruin the game. Rubbish.

I didnt mind that bit

[SeanR]

that bit's so fucking tense. 'Til you realise he's not REALLY chasing you.

[Stoikovich]

...and you can drop a two tonne monster with an aerobie!

[carlito]

Yes, you can go back and get all of the Riddler statues, destroy teeth etc. after you've finished the game.

Thanks buddy.

[SeanR]

...and you can drop a two tonne monster with an aerobie!

it's the collar though, innit?

[deKay]

Just arrived at Joker's party. I love how

Ivy

was a carbon copy of one of the first Metroid Prime bosses

Oh, and the Croc bit was just shite.

[CurryKitten]

Late to the party on this one.. mainly because my 360 went tits up, and it took MS 3 goes to fix it.

But het, what a cracking action game. No real fluff or lengthening (ok, croc wasn't great, but wasn't a massive part of it). Having finishing it, I've gone back to collect the missing treasures because it's actually fun to do - not just for points.

[deKay]

Part of the problem with the Croc bit was that it came after the amazing Scarecrow bit.

[Joyrex-J9]

Part of the problem with the Croc bit was that it came after the amazing Scarecrow bit.

There were several amazing Scarecrow bits, the real problem with the Croc part was it was just rubbish.

[Rudi von Starnberg]

I rather liked Croc's lair.

The Ivy boss fight was pretty bad though.

[Joyrex-J9]

Croc's Lair, Ivy and the final boss were all a bit sub-par. Not terrible but well below the standard of the rest of the game. Bit of a shame that game goes out on a low.

[deKay]

There were several amazing Scarecrow bits, the real problem with the Croc part was it was just rubbish.

Yeah, but one was just before Croc. And since the Scarecrow bits are so ace, to have a poor section after just made it seem worse.

[Smitty]

I actually think the Scarecrow bits were repetative and unimaginative. A real let-down.

The main part of them, ie avoiding his gaze was such basic gameplay, repeated three or four times with little variation. I loved it visually, but otherwise it felt like filler.

I would have thought they could have found other ways to visualise the struggle other than to do the same thing four times.

[robdood]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the whole game wouldve been better without bosses, full stop. The Scarecrow bits don't really count as bosses on my mind though

[Super Craig]

Just arrived at Joker's party. I love how

Ivy

was a carbon copy of one of the first Metroid Prime bosses

Oh, and the Croc bit was just shite.

Which one? :s

[deKay]

Which one? :s

The giant plant that shoots things at you and tunnels vines up through the ground. Flaghra, I think.

[Super Craig]

Shooting vines up through the ground is the only thing they have in common.