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New Batman: Arkham Asylum Screens (End of Summer delay confirmed)
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SixStringPsycho
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Pre-ordered the Collectors Edition Today along with inFamous.
Something bothers me. What material is the batarang made of? Is is steel, aluminum or plastic? I would love to kill someone with that.
Something bothers me. What material is the batarang made of? Is is steel, aluminum or plastic? I would love to kill someone with that.
j/k
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Wow, the recommended requirements are pretty darn low and reasonable!
the CE is $5 dollar cheaper at Amazon.com ( $94.99 ) plus they will give you Batman: Arkham Asylum comic book as an Exclusive Amazon pre order gift .
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TOTST0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TOTST0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
New trailer posted over at IGN. "No Bane, this time I break YOU." Fuck yes.
Also a nifty write-up about the combat here.
IGN: How is it different from your typical button-mashing system?
Sefton Hill: Button mashing will only get you so far because you will quickly lose your combo and attacks will become much less effective. Against the weakest enemies in the game this will mean you will get hit if you do not counter the incoming attacks and just try to strike through these. Against the tougher enemies armed with knives and stun sticks, you will get punished even more if you make the wrong decision at the wrong time.
To take down enemies successfully you need to constantly assess multiple variables within the game: who is my next target, what is the most effective move to use on that target and then get the timing right for that attack. In order to master the FreeFlow system you need to make split second decisions on all three of these areas constantly which takes a very quick assessment of the situation and a lot of skill!
There is also a critical strike bonus which doubles the power of each strike. However, in order to use this power you need to get the timing of each strike perfect. If you mash the buttons you will never get the critical strike bonus.
In the main story mode you start off fighting a few of The Joker's henchman and things quickly ratchet up as they scavenge new weapons from around the asylum and attack in much greater numbers. This forces players to use more advanced tactics including the evade and cape stun to subdue these henchmen. On top of this, there are more advanced enemies, such as the deformed henchmen (you get a sneak peak of in the combat trailer) that requires its own unique tactics to takedown and changes the overall fight dynamic completely as players figure out how to use the enemies against each other. In Batman: Arkham Asylum the player's constant need to select the best move, the direction of the move and get the timing right keeps the gameplay fresh throughout the entire story. And, of course, players are rewarded after each fight with extra XP for achieving a high combo and also for the amount of variety in move selection.
Also a nifty write-up about the combat here.
IGN: How is it different from your typical button-mashing system?
Sefton Hill: Button mashing will only get you so far because you will quickly lose your combo and attacks will become much less effective. Against the weakest enemies in the game this will mean you will get hit if you do not counter the incoming attacks and just try to strike through these. Against the tougher enemies armed with knives and stun sticks, you will get punished even more if you make the wrong decision at the wrong time.
To take down enemies successfully you need to constantly assess multiple variables within the game: who is my next target, what is the most effective move to use on that target and then get the timing right for that attack. In order to master the FreeFlow system you need to make split second decisions on all three of these areas constantly which takes a very quick assessment of the situation and a lot of skill!
There is also a critical strike bonus which doubles the power of each strike. However, in order to use this power you need to get the timing of each strike perfect. If you mash the buttons you will never get the critical strike bonus.
In the main story mode you start off fighting a few of The Joker's henchman and things quickly ratchet up as they scavenge new weapons from around the asylum and attack in much greater numbers. This forces players to use more advanced tactics including the evade and cape stun to subdue these henchmen. On top of this, there are more advanced enemies, such as the deformed henchmen (you get a sneak peak of in the combat trailer) that requires its own unique tactics to takedown and changes the overall fight dynamic completely as players figure out how to use the enemies against each other. In Batman: Arkham Asylum the player's constant need to select the best move, the direction of the move and get the timing right keeps the gameplay fresh throughout the entire story. And, of course, players are rewarded after each fight with extra XP for achieving a high combo and also for the amount of variety in move selection.
comedy bomb
Banned
Combat looks exceptional. It's just how he should fight, one fluid continuous move.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
DrBo42 said:
Soo good!
In case anyone wants to see that trailer in good quality for free:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7755_en.html
I'm very impressed by this game right now.
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7755_en.html
I'm very impressed by this game right now.
Gully State
Member
Mechanics wise, this is the batman game I've always wanted minus an open world Gotham. I hope this game doesn't turn out to be subpar like Star Wars: Force Unleashed.
SolidSnakex
Member
snoopers said:
Extremely bad idea if true.
Gully State
Member
If that's true, it's pretty ballsy of them to think they can compete with the AAA titles coming this holiday season.
Dumbest move ever (if true). It'll just get lost in the shuffle like other "solid" games do when thrown into the Fall lineup to compete against the big guns for sales.snoopers said:
It's not like it needed more polish..DrBo42 said:If it means more polish, I'm down for it. I hate waiting though.
SolidSnakex
Member
I can understand them pushing it back out of June. That month is looking more and more ridiculous by the day. But pushing it all the way back to the forth quarter is asking for trouble.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Well that would suck, and be weird.
Stormwatch
Member
SolidSnakex said:
I agree with this. June is waaay too packed right now for me gaming-wise. July or August I think would be best if they needed to delay it a bit. It would make for a great late-summer game.
Yeah, but that's "if" anything needs polish in the first place. As you've said, we haven't seen the rest of the game, but polish wouldn't conveniently move release all the way back to Fall. This screams sales posturing.DrBo42 said:
I've never understood this line of thinking. If time/money is an issue, just buy the game a month or two after release. Problem solved.Stormwatch said:
The Nature Roy
Member
Ugh... I hope not.
Gully State
Member
Off the top of my head,
Bioshock 2
Assassin's Creed 2
Uncharted 2
Modern Warfare 2
There's definitely more too...
Bioshock 2
Assassin's Creed 2
Uncharted 2
Modern Warfare 2
There's definitely more too...
popsicle_sundays
Member
Game official delayed until the end of summer 09.
This is off their official forums:
This is off their official forums:
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Ponn01 said:
fixed
Well, I played the demo for this game at my local GameStop today and really enjoyed it. Besides the fact that it's fun to be Batman and kick the shit out of thugs, they've developed a very simple-yet-versatile combat system that is reminiscent of Assassin's Creed's counter-attack system. It works really well, and looks extremely, extremely fine-tuned; the animation blending is ridiculous.
Gully State
Member
GQman2121 said:
End of summer could also mean September.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Its made my work day since this morning a living hell