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'Batman: Arkham Asylum' (PS3/X360/PC) Officially Announced
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pixel monkey
Banned
Barakov said:
Off to power up my PS3!
I'm impressed.
Great graphics, great voice acting, great pacing so far, and an excellent mood.
The stealth gameplay would have been worth it alone, but coupled with the amazingly simple, but fun, combat system it's looking like a really solid title.
It reminds me of Bioshock in a way, although with cutscenes. Speaking of, is the intro in real time? Looks like it, but the framerate is too good, so I doubt it.
I thought the standard movement controls were a little awkward at first, but I got quickly used to them. Combat is a blast, and you feel really powerful even when fighting many enemies at once. I didn't get a chance to fight the armed dudes, but I got shot at a few times, and it nearly killed me. I like that.
What stole the show for me was the Silent Predator gameplay. Stalking the guys, playing with them - seeing their pulse rise, their status change, is incredibly cool. After taking down all but the last guy in the final room, I just followed him around, seeing him get increasingly paranoid. He even jumped and fired off a few rounds out of terror when a nearby boiler let out a little steam :lol
Great graphics, great voice acting, great pacing so far, and an excellent mood.
The stealth gameplay would have been worth it alone, but coupled with the amazingly simple, but fun, combat system it's looking like a really solid title.
It reminds me of Bioshock in a way, although with cutscenes. Speaking of, is the intro in real time? Looks like it, but the framerate is too good, so I doubt it.
I thought the standard movement controls were a little awkward at first, but I got quickly used to them. Combat is a blast, and you feel really powerful even when fighting many enemies at once. I didn't get a chance to fight the armed dudes, but I got shot at a few times, and it nearly killed me. I like that.
What stole the show for me was the Silent Predator gameplay. Stalking the guys, playing with them - seeing their pulse rise, their status change, is incredibly cool. After taking down all but the last guy in the final room, I just followed him around, seeing him get increasingly paranoid. He even jumped and fired off a few rounds out of terror when a nearby boiler let out a little steam :lol
pixel monkey
Banned
neojubei said:
Thankfully, I work at home. And since I'm actually wrapping up a project this week, I've been rife with downtime.
Had great fun with this demo. I was very impressed that it felt so smooth. That blew me away completly. For some reason I expected loads of tearing and framedrops, but none came.
The slow-mo got a little annoying at times when fighting, but being super-stealthy and taking them out one by one in various ways made up for it.
Even replayed the last part a couple of times to find more ways to hide and bring terror. Very open-ended in that sense.
If the whole game is as good (and maybe hopefully better), I might acctually dip in on this. Very nice surprise!
The slow-mo got a little annoying at times when fighting, but being super-stealthy and taking them out one by one in various ways made up for it.
Even replayed the last part a couple of times to find more ways to hide and bring terror. Very open-ended in that sense.
If the whole game is as good (and maybe hopefully better), I might acctually dip in on this. Very nice surprise!
So the cutscenes are pre-rendered uh? Is the encoding really poor like in most UE3 games?
I mean I don't mind it too much if it's encoded correctly and the switch isn't jarring but in something like Gears 2 it was pretty horrible the couple of times they decided to use pre-rendered scenes.
I mean I don't mind it too much if it's encoded correctly and the switch isn't jarring but in something like Gears 2 it was pretty horrible the couple of times they decided to use pre-rendered scenes.
Joseph Merrick
Member
awesome. game seems super solid, as I expected/hoped for. will get the pc version
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Combat was nice. I hope there's a lot more situational takedowns (like off the ledge, or the inverted one), those were pretty cool.
pixel monkey
Banned
LiK said:bastard!
Did the whole 10-11 hours/day in an office thing for a couple years and it felt like I never saw my kids. 20 minutes in the morning and tucking them in at night when I came home.
Never again.
WickedLaharl
Member
dayum this game wasn't on my radar at ALL. i had watched one video of it awhile back and assumed it was just a brawler.
but after playing the demo I MUST HAVE THIS!
i wouldn't say they look poor but it is easy noticeable that you're watching a pre-rendered video
on my tv everytime a video played my black levels looked screwy :\
but after playing the demo I MUST HAVE THIS!
JoeFenix said:
i wouldn't say they look poor but it is easy noticeable that you're watching a pre-rendered video
on my tv everytime a video played my black levels looked screwy :\
PetriP-TNT
Member
Damn, the demo is great: great graphics, great gameplay (combat is simple but super satisfying), great voice acting and so on... only thing that bothered me for a while was how close the camera was when I wasn't fighting but got used of that pretty fast.
mysticwhip
Banned
So you can't play the UK demo on a SDTV?
Shake Appeal
Member
About 10-15 minutes from what I can see. The demo is basically what I thought it would be, minus any detective mode stuff or any real boss fights*.
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:lol
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If I was Zsasz I would feel a little pissed that my entire contribution to the game as a villain was being a tutorial for the glide kick. Hopefully he reappears later.
Good stuff. Sweet context sensitive controls and detective vision (albeit I'm afraid I'm gonna play the whole game in that mode, missing on the textures lol) and lovely stealth kills, especially the one from above the gargoyle (screaming victim becomes a decoy btw, nice touch)
:lol @ the Joker playing tricks with the last guy standing in the last room. He was "Terrified" when I finally put him out of misery. Kept shooting in the direction of every noise he was hearing.
Never felt so Batman. Purchase confirmed.
:lol @ the Joker playing tricks with the last guy standing in the last room. He was "Terrified" when I finally put him out of misery. Kept shooting in the direction of every noise he was hearing.
Never felt so Batman. Purchase confirmed.
pixel monkey
Banned
mysticwhip said:
Maybe not on a North American SDTV, due to the PAL/NTSC conflict. But after just downloading it (via my Euro account), I can confirm that it works perfectly on North American HDTVs.
And now, I'm off to Gotham!
mysticwhip
Banned
Volcynika said:
Thanks. It's just that some demos from the uk store don't play, something about video settings.
PetriP-TNT said:
Try disabling Camera Assist. Doesn't affect distance, but gives you more control on camera orientation.
Edit: Is this up on the Marketplace? I'm pleased with how it runs on the PS3, but want to compare just for the sake of it. Frame drops when panning camera over the room with Zsasz while standing on the gargoyle.
Shake Appeal
Member
I think one of the early reviews complained about this, that there was little reason not to have detective mode on all the time. It should blur or something when you move while using it, encouraging you to use it solely as an evaulation tool.TTP said:
fatigues_gasolini
Member
I soooo want this now. Preordered the collectors edition on PS3. Need my Joker and batarang.
Juggernaut
Member
Xater said:
I totally agree. I also like how Batman can't take that much damage, so you gotta stay hidden if the enemies are armed.
Pre-ordering as well.
KilgoreTrout
Banned
Loved the demo.
Fluid combat is fluid.
Great production values.
Can't wait.
If Zsasz doesn't appear later, I might be a little mad.
Fluid combat is fluid.
Great production values.
Can't wait.
StormyTheRabbit
Member
Will there be / is there a PC demo?
Shake Appeal
Member
I thought Batman took too little damage from gunfire! Ah well, there's always Hard mode, which also apparently removes the prompts for counters in melee combat.
Revolutionary
Member
What?Xater said:
I took like 20 shots to the face before I went down. :lol
