Batman: Arkham Asylum

[Shadowhusky]

More gameplay footage. Joker is only playable on the PS3. Which makes me mad.

[Ragnus]

It will be DLC after a couple months. I know it.

[Cydewinder]

Good news for anyone buying this, you can get it new for as low as $48 on consoles, 40 on PC on Amazon.
Batman: Arkham Asylum for Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 (Preorder) $48, PC $40 + The Road to Arkham Comic Book - Slickdeals.net

[Gekii]

the demo for this is out, its alright i guess

[Odesseiron]

Well, the combat is a bit easy/basic like I expected, but the story seems like it could be really cool as it stays true to the source material. It seems like it will be a lot of fun. I might pick it up, seeing the recent dry spell of games.

[Vandole]

this is going to be on pc? fuckyeah

[BRP]

Demo has made my expectations sour. The combat system seems to be as dreadfully simple as I imagined.

From a comic book perspective, Batman standing around all exposed when talking to NPCs just doesn't sit right. Game lacks style in place of "realism."

Also, there might be a really lame final boss if true:

Spoiler: show

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[Sonomaa]

I loved it, so much fun. Cant wait till it comes out. Its very easy on the PC by far, I played the xbox demo as well and it felt a little strange with the camera, couldnt quite get comfortable with it but I was flying through PC

[Kyo]

Played the demo earlier, and as expected, this will be a bargain bin buyer later on down the road for me or a gamefly, was extremly too easy.

[Auspice]

I'm going to assume the demo online is the same challenge mode demo that's been at retail since March, right?

I don't see how that is going to give an accurate portrayal of the difficulty in the final product; it doesn't even let you play around with the coolest parts of the game like the stealth or the detective mode!

[ArchDizzle]

Grabbed the demo off of PSN, agree that it seems easy but it was really fun, and with the story and additional gameplay elements I think it will be loads better then normal super hero movie/comic book turned game.

[Akiyama]

Yep. Game seemed a bit easy, but really fun indeed. Pretty sure there will be a difficulty change. Took a sec to get used to the camera angles.

[ArchDizzle]

Ya, If I was going to complain the camera would probably the one thing that I would change, Batman seems a little too large for the camera angle you are working with and at times made the view a pain.

[Shadowhusky]

No joke: Batman Arkham Asylum for $48 on consoles, $40 on PC

You can pre-order the game for 48$ on consoles, and 40$ for PC with free shipping. As for people saying the demo is too easy, uh, the demo doesn't have difficultly mode options. Who's to say there won't be a hard mode or anything thing in the retail version? Also, gamestop has a extra map deal for the PC version, where as steam doesn't. Which makes me a little sad, because I like buying everything through steam now.

[Palom]

I don't typically like action games since I'm not very good at them, but I rather enjoyed the demo. I wish they had a boss battle included so I could see how those worked. It was kind of awkward for me moving around for melee combat.

The game does look awesome on PC at 1080p with all the effects maxed out, but I was kinda pissed they didn't allow any controller config, as I would have preferred to use my PS2 controller over keyboard/mouse.

[Lebzile]

Who cares how easy this demo is? The demo alone makes me wish I had a PS3 to play this shit, I had to play it at like 860xwhatever settings windowed with lowest settings because my pc is crap.

Finally a Batman game that does not completely blow dick.

Also, is that the original Harley Quin from the same animated batman as Mark Hammil? Sounds like it.

[Krandor]

Yeah Harley, Joker, and Batman are all voiced by their respective actors from the animated series.

[Lebzile]

Awesome, that was my favorite show probably when I was a kid.

[BRP]

Finally a Batman game that does not completely blow dick.

Just one that jerks off dudes

[BadKarma]

I enjoyed the game a lot. I'm gonna either buy or rent but im hesistant to buy games with no online play etc.