Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo

[skytoast]

I'm not sure if it's worth Sixty Five dollars. (If you can find it cheaper than by all means hats off to you). I just finished the full game and its great game if you love the Batman franchise. Clearly all the reviews dont lie, its really good. Fighting is good and love the moments when I can hang upside down over on a gargoyle and pick my prey. (It would have been nicer if we had more Splinter Cell moments in the dark though). Rent the game if you can (you should be able to complete it in about 15 hours (a few days, weekend+ ) or so), buy it only if you really like Batman. The PS3 version exclusively has Joker challenge mode (which is simply a mode to see how long you can survive with series of enemies coming at you) but if you dont care for that, the 360 version is ok too. Overall, the experience was good and to sum it up, if you liked Bioshock, you'll like this game. It felt similar with a few added differences - i.e. like getting high on Scarecrow's dust (a la Eternal Darkness on Gamecube).

 

[KowtowRobinson]

Yeah I haven't tried the challenge modes yet, but so far it seems like just a really awesome rental, unless you enjoy replaying single player games a lot. I don't, lol.

But other than that no complaints at all, really. Jay you'll be happy to know that you're not at ALL constantly jumping back and forth between gargoyles, it's constantly switching up who and what you encounter, so you never really get bored of one aspect. As the reviews said, it's very well paced so far, I couldn't be happier with that aspect of the game. I'm not bored of the combat yet, mostly because while the counter window is large, so is the recovery on a lot of your moves. Forces you to stay sharp and not just mash it all out. You can also get an upgrade for JF attacks.

So far not a lot of true boss fights, Scarecrow sections were awesome but not really a boss fight. Only one real "boss" fight so far, won't spoil who. A good chunk of the villains seem to be represented in the environment itself, as opposed to "Batman vs so and so." Just got up to the Gardens before work today, between the trailers and being totally obvious, it's really no spoiler as to who's next lol.