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Antiterra
11/16/09

In reply to Twisted Metal, Heavenly Sword Action Figures Ship A Little Late
You give a very specific July 28, 2010, but the link says "shipping in February 2010": what gives?
Are they shipping them by literal snail mail that they take five months to reach store shelves?

Love the rendering of Nariko's hair, not sure about the face, still hate articulated figurines...

Heavenly Sword remains a good game to pick up for new PS3 owners, IMO.
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BryanH
11/16/09

@Antiterra: DC Direct puts out their new product releases with Previews Magazine, the ordering book for direct market retailers (basically, comic book store owners and the like). The latest solicitations were for February, so all the comics and whatnot that are in there will come out that month.

Except the DC Direct stuff (and other items from other companies, but this stuff always). So for Sweet Tooth, while this is the Feb catalog, in his description it'll say 'This item schedueled to ship in July' or whatever. Their DC Direct products always run about 3-4 months later than their comic stuff. #twistedmetal
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Antiterra
11/16/09

@BryanH: OK, I see. Thank you for the explanation. #twistedmetal
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Strife Fox †
11/16/09

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Screw your action figures, give me Twisted Metal PS3 and Heavenly Sword 2 please! #twistedmetal
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Yossarian
09/02/09

In reply to And Now DC Comics Does Aion

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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apoloimagod
08/26/09

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Excellent review! I got this game yesterday at Best Buy, and played some good 4 hours... it's a blast so far.
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Betman
08/26/09

In reply to Batman: Arkham Asylum Review: The Dark Knight Is A Bright Light
Beat it in 13 hours, with about 80% of Riddler tokens because I WANT THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS, DAMNIT.

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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i like me-speaking for the dead
08/26/09

@Betman: God damn you have commitment. I got home and played for about 4 hours last night and got 8% into it. 8% FREAKIN PERCENT. It's not that its difficult, its just i cant run though this thing...Beautiful, amazing game. My favorite of the year so far
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Koztah
08/25/09

In reply to Batman: Arkham Asylum Review: The Dark Knight Is A Bright Light
What do you mean, Batmans list of lovers and Robins?
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ninjajazza
08/25/09

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i played the demo, and pretty much went and preordered the collector's edition right away. this is everything i want in a batman game.
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Psudonym
08/25/09

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I think back to the earlier reports of Eidos maybe, possibly, probably bribing a few news outlets for good reviews. I definitely early on held a bias towards the game, cause I played a bit of it and it was very good already and I'm a huge Batman fan. And now that it's out, I can't even care if Eidos bribed anybody or not.

Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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Johnofthedead
08/25/09

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abomination?
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AJ Glasser
08/25/09

@Johnofthedead: Ten points~!
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dreamfall
08/25/09

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I've been fully drawn in. I'm only a couple of hours in the game, and I must say grappling from one place to another never gets old. The game is just beautiful, stepping outside Arkham's interiors for even a bit made my jaw drop. I didn't believe some of the reviews- I figured high scores were based on the idea that we finally had a decent comic book adaptation and finally a real Batman game.

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.
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Rakkoon
08/25/09

In reply to Batman: Arkham Asylum Review: The Dark Knight Is A Bright Light
I hope my special edition will arrive on time (Friday) though I've read mixed reactions to the quality of the plastic batarang.
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 ;)
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abort_user
08/25/09

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"It's Really, Really Batman!"

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.
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SG79
08/25/09

@abort_user: Someone has only been exposed to the Hollywood take on Batman only it seems. He's been bigger than Bale and frankly, the game characterization is dead on.

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.
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Duin
08/25/09

@abort_user: Then to refresh your memory, mayhap you should read the following excellent title from Dennis O'Neil. The one man most responsible for shaping the Batman we currently know and love.

[www.amazon.com]

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.
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Gaunt
08/28/09

@Duin: Batman has been drawn many ways. I'm pretty sure most of us will agree he looks better as a bit of a tank.

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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Pyrefly
08/25/09

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How long was it pleaseeee i wish you would state this in your reviews cause it's a deciding factor in single player purchases and also the replay value pleasee.
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punkrawka
08/25/09

@Pyrefly: "...the value of the game extends well beyond a mere 12 hours or so of distraction."

I believe this implies a standard playthrough is 12 hours. I'm trying to hold back an "RTFA" :-)
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Pyrefly
08/25/09

@punkrawka: Glazed over that sorry. I still don;t know whether that implies that the playthrough from Glasser was that long or that is the estimated time. Does anyone know what kind of replay value is there besides the challenge rooms?
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AJ Glasser
08/25/09

@Pyrefly: Mine took 12 hours and I was screwing around a bit with the Riddler Challenges rather than beelining for the finish. If you blaze right through it on normal, I'd say it's about 9-10 hours at the least.
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Alex_Mexico
08/25/09

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Such a shame Catwoman isn't in the game :(
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Antiterra
08/25/09

@Alex_Mexico: Yes, but Babs is, which compensates for Catwoman's absence as far as I'm concerned. I love me some Babs. :)
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ChonieRanchito
08/25/09

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uhh.... isnt mark hamill the ice skater who does backflips...?
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PhatsMahoney
08/25/09

@ChonieRanchito: Surely you jest
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Ad-hominem
08/25/09

@ChonieRanchito: He's Luke Skywalker.
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kazooiedog
08/25/09

@ChonieRanchito: scott hamill.
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