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09/02/09
This got posted in a thread yesterday, but now it is the first thing I thought of when I saw the chick in this comic.
That and it seems doubly appropriate since they are revealing this at PAX.
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I played most of the challenge levels I had, plus the Dem Bones pre-order map (which was sort of a letdown, but passable imo), and the game is fucking amazing. I love playing it, and after all this time STRAIGHT playing the game (I have taken two bio breaks and a cereal eatery, no i do not have a life or work today) the review is spot-on. Game is amazing, Mark Hamill is amazing, and I loved it all the way through. And tomorrow, I will love it some more.
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Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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Oh, how I was wrong. The amount of detail and effort placed into the environments, the character's interview tapes, Riddler challenges- sheesh. I've been blown away.
08/25/09
Maybe I can talk my brother in law into buying it for the PS3 so I can borrow his copy to do the Joker missions. Multiplat games I buy for the 360, I'm a teeny tiny bit an achievement you-know-what ;)
08/25/09
i dont remember batman ever abusing steroids. stealth, martial arts, and acrobatics require agility more than giant muscles. in fact giant muscles would just make all those tasks harder.
dont get me wrong. i liked the demo. i plan to buy it next month. but dear god why the fuck do all game characters have to be jacked up on steroids? did everyone forget that duke nukem was supposed to be funny? are there weird people out there with some fetish for steroid abusers?! its one thing to make a new game like Gears of War full of gorilla men but to take an existing series and pump it full of steroids is just wrong.
08/25/09
There have been gigantic versions of him in the past, so let it be. It's the first and only game to capture the dark knight's essence, and it's excellent.
08/25/09
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In it Batman gets addicted to the drug Venom, a super steroid. The same super steroid that eventually powers Bane.
@SG79: Sadly a lot of people are only currently familiar with the theatrical tales of the character or their own personal interpretations. To fans of different media, especially the comics, Batman has always been a ripped mountain of a man.
Just as much as he's an agile "ninja" he's also a strong man who can trade punches with Solomon Grundy and Killer Croc. He can hull full grown men up on ropes and toss around henchmen like nobodies business.
He's not a freak or abomination looking like that, he's Batman.
08/28/09
There's an awesome issue of Warren Ellis' "Planetary" where they find themselves traveling through alternate versions of Gotham City and bump into alternate versions of Batman, it's interesting how many ways he's been portrayed and how different they are next to each other.
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I believe this implies a standard playthrough is 12 hours. I'm trying to hold back an "RTFA" :-)
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The point is arguable, of course, but I simply believe that Superman just does not make for fun gameplay. Batman has a lot of elements that suit games, such as stealth, hand-to-hand combat, etc. Superman can fly and shoot lasers and he is simply too overpowered to be considered a fun character. Normal thugs don't stand a chance, while other villains are so insanely powerful and magnificent it is hard to take the series seriously. Which is why Batman works. He's a buff, rich guy, but he is a normal, fallible human being.
I think it is hard to have an emotional connection to Superman. He's an alien, but he looks the same as a human, and he is basically all powerful unless kypronite gets in his way (and when it does, it often feels like a cop out). His planet blew up, and that kinda sucks, but it is easier to relate to an 8 year old whose parents get shot and then he wants to seek out justice.
Until we reconcile these plot related issues (maybe they have in some of the comics, I can't ready them all!) then we can get a good Superman game (and hopefully even a movie!). But until them, I'm cautiously biased against anything Superman related.