Comments on: Batman: Arkham Asylum Review

By: lotr-sam0711

lotr-sam0711 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:15:46 +0000

Having now played the game I can say that yes, hard was a good challenge. Most of my fears were unfounded and I found it an excellent game, one of the years best and a solid Batman experience on ever level.

But I still don’t like the use of cutscenes. All the ingame stuff was much, much more interesting.

By: Keenan W.

Keenan W. — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:19:43 +0000

No problemo, bro.

By: TURbo

TURbo — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:59:59 +0000

butt punching is the best thing about combat.

I thank Keenan W. for RT a Batman Arkham Asylum contest of twitter which I won.

The in game cutscenes do slow down the pacing.

It’s an enjoyable game and the gadgets are implemented well and are used multiple times of trying to reach hard puzzles.

By: Samy M.

Samy M. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:07:18 +0000

Easy solution for you: play the game on Hard, that’s what I did. I didn’t have any problems with it being too easy or too difficult on Hard.

My general understanding of games these days is that “Normal” is the new “Easy,” so I usually play my games on Hard if I feel they’re too easy.

By: lotr-sam0711

lotr-sam0711 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:01:48 +0000

I still have qualms about the difficulty of the game as it seems far too easy but the prospect of a solid Batman universe has me interested. I’ll be somewhat disappointed if I find out that they didn’t flesh out the Batman character.

It’s disappointing that they relied on cut scenes because from the demo I found the in-game storytelling much more compelling.

It’s certainly one I’ll be looking to get in the future when the time is right.

By: Samy M.

Samy M. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:23:25 +0000

As I’ve told others, the game–including both the combat and stealth–is almost nothing like the demo. I was actually surprised when I first got it.

By: phanboy4

phanboy4 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:42:51 +0000

Nice review. Seems to be a good game, from the demo it appears both the combat and stealth elements are a bit shallow, but oddly satisfying still.