[Official] Batman: Arkham Asylum


Recommended Posts

So you don't like the fact that you actually have to be like Batman and be stealthly on occasion?! :laugh:

Like I said, not my sort of game :rolleyes: You make it sound as if I'm weird for not finding walking up behind enemies and pressing Y over and over extremely enjoyable.

The one thing I will admit I didn't like was the fact you have to do Quicktime events to open grates and etc.

Those seem to be a little out of place. :(

Though I will admit, I had one sequence that just blew my mind in the demo, in the aforementioned scene with all the guys walking around,..

I was walking around, with two nervous guys .. one called out "OH MY GOD.. HERES ANOTHER ONE.." and the other baddy, ran over to him .... leaned down .. I stealthed up, took him down, jumped into the grate below, before the other one took notice, he panicked his buddy just went down .. started going nuts, and started looking all over the place.. and BAM I snuck up behind him... and took him out..

So awesome.

Have to say PC version with Physx beats everything hands down. The added effects makes it look incredible. One thing, I cannot find the options again for physx etc after I have already ran the game, how can I get them back? I wanted to play with different resolutions etc but cannot now for some reason.

Coincidence.

You like this game?

Why? Seriously, I want to know.

When you go out of your way to post comments like "I was looking for a reason to hate this game", (like you did in the Battlefield 1943 topic), it's more than just "coincidence".

And yes I like the game because..

1: it involves action

2: it involves stealth

3: they've put a lot of effort into recreating the Batman world

4: I'm getting the game for less than half price, on release.

5: it's fun!

When you go out of your way to post comments like "I was looking for a reason to hate this game", (like you did in the Battlefield 1943 topic), it's more than just "coincidence".

And yes I like the game because..

1: it involves action

2: it involves stealth

3: they've put a lot of effort into recreating the Batman world

4: I'm getting the game for less than half price, on release.

5: it's fun!

Well, I assure you, I'm not hating on games just because you like them. The battlefield thing is different. I hate/hated it because I liked it. I couldn't play just 3 maps with just 3 classes over and over again. I would have rather bought a full version of it than play what it turned out to be. It seemed too much like leftovers. It is a good engine but it just isn't finished so I like it but I hate it... lol?

And Batman... I just don't like this game at all.

Going by your numbers you should like MGS4!

Well, I assure you, I'm not hating on games just because you like them. The battlefield thing is different. I hate/hated it because I liked it. I couldn't play just 3 maps with just 3 classes over and over again. I would have rather bought a full version of it than play what it turned out to be. It seemed too much like leftovers. It is a good engine but it just isn't finished so I like it but I hate it... lol?

And Batman... I just don't like this game at all.

Going by your numbers you should like MGS4!

mgs4.jpg

? ;)

Loved it apart from the boring ass cut scenes and there was too much action vs stealth.

Played the 360 demo. Got bored trying to isolate armed guards that kill you extremely quickly if you walk out in front of them. Will pass, not my sort of game.

Whoa, wait, what? You died in the demo? I never had to worry about dying while playing the demo...not sure what you were playing but I ran up to a few inmates and was shot a few times as well and never died...

The PhysX demo actually makes me want to get the PC version.

Just played the demo, and just as I expected, it's fairly mediocre. The fighting system is simple as hell; taken straight from Prince of Persia. The graphics are alright, but nothing special. The gameplay is too linear as well. Go to a room, kick these guys arses, proceed to next room, rinse and repeat. It was a huge download (1.6GB) for just 10 minutes of gameplay. No wonder Eidos were holding back most of the reviews.

Whoa, wait, what? You died in the demo?

It's not a one-off. I died once as well trying to take out the armed guards in the last scene a bit stupidly. Inverted takedown on the first one, then I tried to glide kick the second one, but the third one was right next to him, so I died in about three seconds. :p

Just washed the Physx video and I can't believe they didn't implement a few of things into the console versions; sparks and fog could have been done. The only thing that I think would be cool is the destructible terrain, again it could probably be down without Physx but whatever. Too bad I can't wait for the PC version. :p

FYI, if you want to set the screen resolution again, or mess with the settings again and are running Win7 or Vista then right click the demo icon in Games and choose launcher.

As a bit of fun try doing the last mission without using the gargoyles at all or using the vision mode :p

How do you get into the room with a breakable wall after rescuing the first guard?

And lastly, has anyone found any more than two Riddler question marks?

It sucks that they dont use any alternative physics engine to Physix. If you dont have an Nvidia card, you can not break nor move anything in the game.... Also has sound issues with Realtek Sound chip

I am not buying it... Will wait for Steam discount and get it when it drops to $9.99

I am not going to get PC version, I can't/don't want to spend any money on pc anymore. Forking out couple of hundred dollars every couple of month just to play a some game isn't worth it anymore.

Uh that's a load of nonsense, you do not need to fork out hundreds every couple of months to play new games on a PC at high resolution/settings.

I've not changed my processor in 2 years, my graphics card was replaced 2 months ago (old card was a 7600GT, years old), and my memory is like 9 or 10 months old.

E6600 @ 3.4ghz

9800GTX+

4GB 1066

You ain't going to be doing 1900x1200 16xAA Extreme Textures unless you keep up relatively well with the hardware trend but it doesn't take a lot to make a PC game look better than a console game, mid settings/resolution with minor AA and you're probably better looking already.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Microsoft admits one of the most crucial Outlook features is currently broken by Sayan Sen Microsoft is making some decent progress when it comes to Windows 11. Recently we have confirmed reports of some rather useful improvements landing in the next version of the OS, 26H2, wherein GPU driver TDR crashes may finally be fixed, plus the company is also allowing users to disable web content on the Search. On the Outlook front though things have not been so rosy. Last month in May we reported several problems affecting basic functionalities on the app. These included a problem where documents would open blank or corrupt themselves. Following that, Quick Steps, a very useful feature, would no longer work correctly, and finally, Microsoft acknowledged a problem wherein images would fail to load up properly inside the email. Microsoft had resolved those bugs later and almost exactly a month after we reported on them, the company has now admitted a new similarly basic issue, this time on Macs. Users recently started noticing that Outlook would no longer display email threads properly as the original message itself was not displayed. An affected user Tsoumpas, C (ngmb) nicely described the problem in a forum post they made on Microsoft's site. They wrote: "Description of the issue: After updating Outlook for Mac [Version 16.110 (26061317)] on 18/6/2026, replying to any email no longer includes the original message in the reply window. Prior to the update, replies correctly contained the original email text below my response. Expected behavior: The original message should be included in the reply, as in previous Outlook versions and according to the configured reply settings. Actual behavior: The reply window contains only a blank composition area (or only my response), with none of the original email text included." Obviously this must be a highly frustrating for users as noted by several in that thread. The post, at the time of writing, has also been upvoted by more than 40 users indicating that is a fairly widespread bug. Thankfully Microsoft seems to have acknowledged the problem right around that time as it opened a new issue on its official website. In the support article, the company recommends switching to Outlook for Mac from the legacy app, where the problem appears to be happening.
    • PotPlayer 260622 by Razvan Serea PotPlayer is an extremely light-weight multimedia player for Windows. It feels like the KMPlayer, but is in active development. Supports almost every available video formats out there. PotPlayer contains internal codecs and there is no need to install codecs manually. Other key features include WebCam/Analog/Digital TV devices support, gapless video playback, DXVA, live broadcasting. Distinctive features of the player is a high quality playback, support for all modern video and audio formats and a built DXVA video codecs. A wide range of subtitles are supported and you are also able to capture audio, video, and screenshots. A comprehensive video and audio player, that also supports TV channels, subtitles and skins. Its been described on the Internet as The KMPlayer redux, and it pretty much is. Daum PotPlayer 260622 (1.7.22963) changelog: Removed Kakao TV Added pause function when navigating via the navigation bar Significantly improved internal stability Fixed an issue where colors appeared strange during RGB24 processing Improved playback for some HTTP streams Improved sync processing for the built-in audio renderer Fixed an issue where certain MP4 files behaved abnormally during playback Download: Daum PotPlayer (64-bit) | 54.7 MB (Freeware) Download: Daum PotPlayer (32-bit) | 61.1 MB View: Daum PotPlayer Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Tixati 3.44 is out.
    • Speccy 1.34.084 by Razvan Serea Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if there's a problem! Processor brand and model Hard drive size and speed Amount of memory (RAM) Graphics card Operating system At first glance, Speccy may seem like an application for system administrators and power users. It certainly is, but Speccy can also help normal users, in everyday computing life. If you need to add more memory to your system, for example, you can check how many memory slots your computer has and what memory's already installed. Then you can go out and buy the right type of memory to add on or replace what you've already got. Download: Speccy 1.34.084 | 20.5 MB (Freeware) View: Speccy Website | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • ImgDrive 2.2.7 by Razvan Serea ImgDrive is a CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, ImgDrive is the easiest way to do it. ImgDrive features: One-click mounting of iso, cue, nrg, mds/mdf, ccd, isz images Runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions Mount ape, flac, m4a, wav, wavpack, tta file as AUDIO CD (16-bit/44.1kHz) Mount a folder as DVD/BD Mount images in command line Does not require rebooting after installation Support up to 7 virtual drives at the same time Support multi session disc image (ccd/mds/nrg) A special portable version is available Translated to more than 10 languages Support File Type: .ccd - CloneCD image files .cue - Cue sheets files of ape/flac/m4a/tta/wav/wv/bin .iso - Standard ISO image files .isz - Compressed ISO image files .nrg - Nero image files .mds - Media descriptor image files ImgDrive 2.2.7 changelog: Added command line parameter to set number of drives Added AACS-Auth support for HD DVD Bumped kernel driver version to 2.2.7 Download: ImgDrive 2.2.7 | 692 KB (Freeware, paid upgrade available) Download: ImgDrive Portable 535 KB View: ImgDrive Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
  • Recent Achievements

    • Dedicated
      tuben earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Week One Done
      mnsgroup earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Conversation Starter
      sumytbe earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • One Year In
      B4dM1k3 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Year In
      DarkWun earned a badge
      One Year In
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      522
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      199
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      94
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      82
    5. 5
      neufuse
      69
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!