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did you get it @ Best Buy? Cause I did.. and I didn't get the free guide. Cause they said they had preorders to fill .. like wtf. anyway.. the dude told me to check by the end of the week. Best Buy will still honor the free guide. at least that's what he said -.- ugh. Anyway.. I"m having fun playing this. on several occasions I got stuck. I kept going back and forth.. soo frustrating.. then I see a door (which is soo damn concealed cause it blends soo well with the damn background.. ) I was like god damnit. lol.

No. I did check a local Best Buy today though to buy the game and it was sold out. I'm going to check this morning. As for your situation, that's a little odd. Walk-in customers are supposed to get priority over pre-order customers.

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Copy didn't arrive today and I keep reading glowing praise everywhere :(

Well let me help you out, the game is terrible, a repetitive beat'em up that is only getting praises because the gaming scene is yet again as dry as a twig in the desert.

Go Go Sethos Flamesuit!

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Well let me help you out, the game is terrible, a repetitive beat'em up that is only getting praises because the gaming scene is yet again as dry as a twig in the desert.

Go Go Sethos Flamesuit!

Sorry but I have to disagree with you.

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Well let me help you out, the game is terrible, a repetitive beat'em up that is only getting praises because the gaming scene is yet again as dry as a twig in the desert.

Go Go Sethos Flamesuit!

I liked the demo so you don't need your flamesuit ;)

Interesting thing though is most reviews say you can't play the game as a beat-em-up because you'll be gunned down quickly. I watched a bit of 1UP game night last night and just like I found in the demo, you need to attack/retreat at points and plan out some lite stealth.

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I liked the demo so you don't need your flamesuit ;)

Interesting thing though is most reviews say you can't play the game as a beat-em-up because you'll be gunned down quickly. I watched a bit of 1UP game night last night and just like I found in the demo, you need to attack/retreat at points and plan out some lite stealth.

Wow, attack AND retreat? I'm so picking this up now!

I too, strongly disagree wit joo Sethos >.>

Oh it's on now, IT'S ON, C'MON!

( Sorry, in an odd mood - Want to annoy people >.> )

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played about an hour, definitely a good game. the voice acting is awesome, the engine is crisp and solid, and the gameplay is fluid and easy to pick up. it's not the 9/10 the revs are saying, but close. it reminds me a lot of Dead Space and RE5 - great visuals, but the world is largely static, like a batarang won't smash through a coffee mug. seems only cameras and TV's break.

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played about an hour, definitely a good game. the voice acting is awesome, the engine is crisp and solid, and the gameplay is fluid and easy to pick up. it's not the 9/10 the revs are saying, but close. it reminds me a lot of Dead Space and RE5 - great visuals, but the world is largely static, like a batarang won't smash through a coffee mug. seems only cameras and TV's break.

Not to be an arse but you've played an hour, my understanding is this games doing pretty well largely in thanks to the story being true to Batman lore, that's not something that unfolds that well within an hour :/

I'll be interested to hear back from you later on :p

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No. I did check a local Best Buy today though to buy the game and it was sold out. I'm going to check this morning. As for your situation, that's a little odd. Walk-in customers are supposed to get priority over pre-order customers.

Apparently BB wants to honor pre-order customers first. :s Did you manage to snag a copy of the guide?

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Apparently BB wants to honor pre-order customers first. :s Did you manage to snag a copy of the guide?

That sucks. And no, I ended up going to EB Games to buy my copy (without the strategy guide). It was sold out everywhere else. I went to Future Shop, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart.

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I liked the demo so you don't need your flamesuit ;)

Interesting thing though is most reviews say you can't play the game as a beat-em-up because you'll be gunned down quickly. I watched a bit of 1UP game night last night and just like I found in the demo, you need to attack/retreat at points and plan out some lite stealth.

Pretty much dead on. There is no way you are just going to run and beat up everybody head on. Some areas feel like attack/retreat while others just feel like pure stealth. I'm past the first boss and I can safely say that there are many different fights you can approach in numerous ways.

Not a 10/10 for me but definitely at least a 9!

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I just love sitting up on the gargoyles and ****ing with the prisoners. Doing the inverted take downs etc and making the rest of them panic. So much fun.

Haha. Yeah, I did that last night to a room full of thugs in the botanical gardens. Picked them off one by one and hung them from the gargoyles until all 7 of them were hanging there. I felt like such a bad ass, lol :p

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audio, no need to stand up for the game, even after one hour it's apparent it's good. to me not as good as the reviews may say, but i'm not knocking it. we're still entitled to our opinions, no? besides give me a chance to fall for it, only started the campaign.

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Well let me help you out, the game is terrible, a repetitive beat'em up that is only getting praises because the gaming scene is yet again as dry as a twig in the desert.

Go Go Sethos Flamesuit!

Sorry man, I think that it is more than a "beat'em up". At some points you have to do that, but you can't always just go in and kick some ass. You need to lay low sometimes because the guns really take a chunk from your health. I love hanging from the gargoyles and picking the guards off one by one.

The only issue I see is when I stealth kill someone from behind (R2 (crouch) + Triangle when behind the guard), if there someone right next to him with his back turned, they don't hear you. I am very surprised at that. :p

I really enjoyed the demo but is the full game really worth the full $60?

Well I bought it for $30 and a $10 gift card with it and I think that it is worth it for that price. $60 with no multi-player (yes I know it's not a game that can be made into multi-player) does not seem worth the $60, to me. Although it is a great game, I would buy it around $40.

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That sucks. And no, I ended up going to EB Games to buy my copy (without the strategy guide). It was sold out everywhere else. I went to Future Shop, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart.

omg.. wow.. I'm suprised I walked in and got a copy then. I didn't know they were sold out soo quick. But yeah meh.. it's just a strategy guide.. it's not like I'm gonna look at it at all to help me. Part of the dectective experience is to do the things yourself. Then you realize.. OHHHHH lol..

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the voicework takes me back to used to when i watched the animated series when i was a kid. AMAZING GAME (Y) (Y). Only about an hour in but loving it so far. The graphics and presentation are second to none. Everyone should go out and play this game!

sorry heath, but mark hammil's voice is a lot better then yours when it comes to being the joker

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the voicework takes me back to used to when i watched the animated series when i was a kid. AMAZING GAME (Y) (Y). Only about an hour in but loving it so far. The graphics and presentation are second to none. Everyone should go out and play this game!

But I want to play it in my house :(

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