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Batman: Arkham Asylum director Sefton Hill says that taking "four, five, six henchman on" at a time won't be trouble for someone as badass as the Caped Crusader. The challenge doesn't come into play until you're fighting 10+ enemies, each using weapons like machine guns, tasers, and pipes.

Unless you happen to be fighting someone named Killer Croc, in which case you should probably get your ass up to the elevated gargoyle statues, pronto. We are also told about how the "invisible predator" mechanic that lets Batman move around on the rafters unnoticed not only matches the character, but makes for good action/stealth gameplay.

It didn't hit me until recently that the industry has never really produced a Batman videogame that was both fun to play and captured the essence of being such an iconic figure in a realistic way. This is probably due to most of Batman's techniques being complicated to the point where it'd be too hard for a player to reproduce them.

I'm not saying Arkham Asylum will be able to pull it off, but it's looking plausible. Hit the break for the behind-the-scenes video.


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LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 19:52
LOLFONDU
The game looks promising, because as every movie-based game ever has foretold----a movie can only be good if it isn't being released along side a movie.

Just look at the top 100 worst rated xbox or ps3 games of all time, and you'll find something like 80% of those games are movie based games that came out along with the movie.

If it doesn't come out alongside the movie? :P look at ghostbusters, or any others you can think of. They'll usually be much, much better. And I think this one will be, as well.
Haizeus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 20:16
Haizeus
You mean I get a free game with my Batarang!?
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 20:19
HiddenAHB
Yay for Batman!
It looks great, it's not a Dark Knight Returns uber-ultra-badass power, but is still pretty badass.

PS: Did you look at Batman's body? That dude is huge, put all the Batman actors in the ground.
covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 20:21
covah
I just paid off my collectors edition today. I was watching the animated series the other day and I just want this game sooooooo bad.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 22:46
Chronic Logic
We need Batman-O-vision! Or predator vision.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 00:26
Corak
Awaiting reviews still. I was planning on pre-ordering it earlier, but then the Eidos review scandal hit again and now I wait. I would love me a good Batman game, I really would, and who knows it could be great and I'll pick it up, or it could be crap then I'll be glad I waited.
xiaolinstyle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 02:27
xiaolinstyle
yeah why isnt there a dtoid story about that "you cant review our game unless you plan to give it a good score" bs?
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 02:44
Aurain
Feel Batmans power?

Be rich, Have your butler make you some bad ass stuff, hire a rentboy to be your "Sidekick"?
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 03:05
Arttemis
I'm still very likely to get this soon after release date.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 13:00
Im OK
Yeah... I'm going to hold off on this for a while because of Eidos being retarded about reviews again.
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