Batman: Arkham Asylum

Jed Shields · 30 Sep 2009 at 16:04

mrk said:
You can throw people? :O

I totally forgot my moves!

You can if you take the upgrade and get an 8x combo move goiing (or 5x combo with another upgrade). Awesome for knocking down groups.

mrk · 30 Sep 2009 at 16:06

Ah, I have remote batterang (which is rubbish) and 5x combo as well as throw upgrade - I need to relearn the throw move and others tbh.

Dark_Angel · 30 Sep 2009 at 16:08

I believe it is X and A on the 360 pad. Could be wrong though.

BoozerDawg · 30 Sep 2009 at 16:40

Finally completed this today and, damn, what a game. It feels like a true classic, and i absolutely love how its all set on this one place, and its very seamless travelling around. The graphics are fantastic too. Cant recommend this game enough

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Dark_Angel · 30 Sep 2009 at 18:50

To echo what I said earlier I really hope there is a sequel of some description released soon.

reflux · 1 Oct 2009 at 15:16

Argh, what a pain in the backside. I borrowed this game from a friend, and was really enjoying it. Got to the batcave part, and had to grab some tea. Come back to it, and my grapple doesn't work, at all. Can't escape batcave. Epic fail. Read up on grapple issue; realised that it sometimes occurs on slightly dodgy copies. Decided to buy the game off Steam, because it's good fun and worth a purchase. Install game. Still cannot grapple. EPIC FAIL. Have to start from beginning of game again. Switch on PhysX (couldn't get that before). PhysX chews frame rate up and makes game irritatingly 30fps most of the time. Gay gay gay. Gay. Gay.

The moral to the story: don't play games.

bunga_aj · 1 Oct 2009 at 15:46

Epic fail post.

Psymonkee · 1 Oct 2009 at 17:38

mrk said:
Ah by the Joker's boxing "surprise" box?

I may have wandered a bit far away then ¬_¬

Did you fin them? Try detective mode

mrk · 1 Oct 2009 at 17:40

I didn't post because it was too unLOL !

I didn't realise there was a side door at the end you enter through where some goons have more hostages in the middle (library area) - I walked past the door SO MANY times and even looked at the map!

Oh man!

roid · 1 Oct 2009 at 18:05

Took me a while to find the goons with the prisoner too ;x

HungryHippos · 1 Oct 2009 at 18:18

reflux said:
Argh, what a pain in the backside. I borrowed this game from a friend, and was really enjoying it. Got to the batcave part, and had to grab some tea. Come back to it, and my grapple doesn't work, at all. Can't escape batcave. Epic fail. Read up on grapple issue; realised that it sometimes occurs on slightly dodgy copies. Decided to buy the game off Steam, because it's good fun and worth a purchase. Install game. Still cannot grapple. EPIC FAIL. Have to start from beginning of game again. Switch on PhysX (couldn't get that before). PhysX chews frame rate up and makes game irritatingly 30fps most of the time. Gay gay gay. Gay. Gay.

The moral to the story: don't play games.

yeah but it's still fun to play through again, I played on hard mode and you get some very tough bits in the game idd

Undesirable · 3 Oct 2009 at 01:04

m4cc45 said:
It's only short if you miss out on all of the riddles, etc. It's easily longer than most games. I didn't feel it was a rushed ending. I thought it was a great ending to a cracking game and leaves it all setup perfectly for a sequel.

Don't get me wrong, it was by far the best beat-em up / console game of recent times I've played, but I found the final boss to be easier than previous mini-bosses because you don't get attacked by everything at once.

I also expected lengthier encounters with various villains, and more of the villains that appear in unlockable character sheets within the game. The FMV is also a very unpolished way of presenting cutscenes on the PC, in my opinion.

Ampeg · 3 Oct 2009 at 01:45

Only got this a couple of days ago, absolutely loving it so far. Great graphics, performance, fight mechanics, a lot of fun to play and an exemplary port. Been in a bit of a rut games wise for the last couple of months, played Bioshock through last week and now this! games of this quality really remind me why I love gaming so much

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Clum · 3 Oct 2009 at 13:29

Only about half way through this but what a freaking game! Easilly the most enjoyable pc experience since oblivion.

Robert1986 · 3 Oct 2009 at 13:31

Clum said:
Only about half way through this but what a freaking game! Easilly the most enjoyable pc experience since oblivion.

but it ends too soon and too abruptly. Its like, over and done with at just like that.

Kinda of a let down the way it ends.

Briton · 3 Oct 2009 at 14:39

I haven't played that much but I'm not very impressed. Feels like taking part in an interactive movie.

Edit: Ooops, wrong forum. Being playing on an Xbox 360.

warnea1984 · 3 Oct 2009 at 14:42

Quick question regarding installing this game, does the game installer do what the demo does and extract all the files to the C: drive first before installing?

I only ask as I couldn't install the demo because of this as my C: drive only has 1.2Gb space, as I have separate partitions for my programs and games.

If any one knows a way of changing the demo extract directory please let me know as I would prefer to play the demo before buying the full game.

Clum · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:03

Robert1986 said:
but it ends too soon and too abruptly. Its like, over and done with at just like that.

Kinda of a let down the way it ends.

Dont say that! oh well heres hoping that they make another. Imagine having all of gotham city to play in.

Gangster · 8 Oct 2009 at 21:57

Do you get to play in any vehicles at all? *prays*

Dark_Angel · 8 Oct 2009 at 22:27

Gangster said:
Do you get to play in any vehicles at all? *prays*

No, you don't.

The game is fighting / puzzles / exploration.