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    Image of Jadakra Jadakra
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    If only it wasn't so based on the latest Batman movie...
    Anyway, My favorite comic based game would have to be The death and return of Superman for snes.
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    Azraeus promoted this comment Jadakra was starred Jadakra was unstarred
    Image of Azraeus Azraeus
    08/28/09

    @Jadakra: Based on the movie? I don't see it. They took some liberties on the character design, but it seems to have more in common with Morrison's Arkham Asylum (correct me if I'm wrong and it's not Morrison, I'm too lazy to look it up) than Dark Knight. Oracle plays a semi-integral part, and she seems to be a comics mainstray. Zsaszz is a comics exclusive. Even the Riddler stuff harkens more to a Frank Miller-esque Year One than Dark Knight.

    Am I missing something?
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    Edited by Azraeus at 08/28/09 2:20 PM Azraeus was starred Azraeus was unstarred
    Image of Shinta Shinta
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    I'm the only person to ever post in this thread on Kotaku with the name Shinta. Put me in the book Guiness!
     Reply
    mescalineeyes promoted this comment Shinta was starred Shinta was unstarred
    Image of thaKingRocka thaKingRocka
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    he's not a superhero. 1st place goes back to superman 64 now.
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    thaKingRocka was starred thaKingRocka was unstarred
    Image of Caelestis Caelestis
    08/28/09

    @thaKingRocka: You don't need superpowers to be a superhero. You want to get technical, superman isn't a superhero either, when he's on his home planet. Green lantern is just a regular shmoe without his ring. And iron man doesn't have crap without his suit. So in this case, bat man is actually more of a superhero, because even if you take his belt away he still has great physical conditioning and detective skills.
    /fanboy off
     Reply
    Caelestis was starred Caelestis was unstarred
    Image of jargy1 jargy1
    08/28/09

    @bobafett356: Put Batman on Krypton and odds are he dies. Superman wins...except in game format, where he dies an ignoble death regardless of the format.
     Reply
    superberg promoted this comment jargy1 was starred jargy1 was unstarred
    Image of superberg superberg
    08/28/09

    @jargy1: Actually, if you want to nerd it up, on Krypton, people don't have powers. If I recall correctly. Something to do with a certain yellow sun.
     Reply
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    Image of heretrix heretrix
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    Can anyone say moneyhat PR bullshit? This is exactly the type of publicity this game does not need. It's an excellent game and all shit like this does is tarnish it.
     Reply
    heretrix was starred heretrix was unstarred
    Image of mfwahwah mfwahwah
    08/28/09

    @heretrix: So the quality of this game is being reduced because of some trivial, irrelevant bullshit?

    Looks like you're letting them win.
     Reply
    superberg promoted this comment mfwahwah was starred mfwahwah was unstarred
    Image of superberg superberg
    08/28/09

    @mfwahwah: Letting who win? The terrorists, or their own PR department?
     Reply
    superberg was starred superberg was unstarred
    Image of Nslick Nslick
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    It's a great game, but Guinness hasn't been reliable or respectable in a long time.

    I remember reading through and just wishing I could get into it...now I probably could if I had a day to waste and a dumb enough idea.
     Reply
    thespyderboy promoted this comment Nslick was starred Nslick was unstarred
    Image of Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    Isn't Marvel Vs Capcom the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever"? Personally it's still to me.
     Reply
    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment Edited by Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please at 08/28/09 10:58 AM Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please was starred Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/28/09

    @Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please:
    Well, Marvel vs Capcom 2, but yeah.
     Reply
    Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was starred Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    08/28/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Marvel vs Capcom > Marvel vs Capcom 2. At least in MvC1, you can freely pick any character you want and still stand a chance.
     Reply
    the7k was starred the7k was unstarred
    Image of superberg superberg
    08/28/09

    @Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please: Here, here.
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    superberg was starred superberg was unstarred
    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    08/28/09

    @Snappywave: Subtitle option for the Deaf please: I think MVC is shit and the Spider-Man games are some of the best, but that's just me. My brother got Batman:AA, though, so I'm looking forward to beating ass while listening to Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill.
     Reply
    Rocketknight was starred Rocketknight was unstarred
    Image of Ivan Joidherpus Ivan Joidherpus
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    meh....the world's largest pizza. Now THATS a record to be proud of.
     Reply
    thespyderboy promoted this comment Ivan Joidherpus was starred Ivan Joidherpus was unstarred
    Image of shichi shichi
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    I agree the Guiness records are losing all meaning with records being set for most people wearing ______ sunglasses at one time. I can't take them srsly anymore ;)
     Reply
    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment shichi was starred shichi was unstarred
    Image of Seiven Seiven
    08/28/09

    @shichi: same with Nobel Prizes
     Reply
    Edited by Seiven at 08/28/09 11:51 AM Seiven was starred Seiven was unstarred
    Image of Sekai Sekai
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    How dare the austere keeper of records like World's Fattest Twins and Most Billiard Balls in Mouth cheapen itself to such mercenary advertising interests!
     Reply
    Sekai was starred Sekai was unstarred
    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    Gee I wonder if this has anything to do with the developers being British?
     Reply
    NoBullet was starred NoBullet was unstarred
    Image of shrikedoa shrikedoa
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    In related news, the Guinness record for fastest slide into irrelevance was recently awarded to Guinness
     Reply
    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment shrikedoa was starred shrikedoa was unstarred
    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    08/28/09

    @shrikedoa: Hell yes.Hearty Clicky for you. Guinness became irrelevant ever since they diluted their product. They're just another JD Power plaque on a wall in some rich guy's office now.
     Reply
    SuperSonik was starred SuperSonik was unstarred
    Image of I_Like_Bunnies I_Like_Bunnies
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    It's also the Only Superhero Game to ever go up to '11'.
     Reply
    jobocan promoted this comment I_Like_Bunnies was starred I_Like_Bunnies was unstarred
    Image of jobocan jobocan
    08/28/09

    @I_Like_Bunnies: It actually passed 12 for a little while on GameRankings, scoring 126.54%.... Now it's back to normal levels.
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    jobocan was starred jobocan was unstarred
    Image of Kobun Kobun
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    I bet NES Batman beats it. This is purely a PR stunt. Guinness is just whoring out its name in return for some marketing money.
     Reply
    Edited by Kobun at 08/28/09 9:55 AM Kobun was starred Kobun was unstarred
    Image of L___E___T L___E___T
    08/29/09

    @Kobun:

    uh, no. Did Ms. Tron Bonne give you that little conspiracy theory or did you make it up all by yourself little Servbot?
     Reply
    Kobun promoted this comment L___E___T was starred L___E___T was unstarred
    Image of Kobun Kobun
    08/30/09

    @L___E___T: Oh really? So, you're saying it's natural to launch a bogus new "best rated superhero video game" at approximately the same time the winner of such an award is launched, despite said bogus category existing long before the current winner/namesake? It's not conspiracy when dubious actions are legitimately questioned by rational means. The only explanation for such behavior is a PR stunt.
     Reply
    Kobun was starred Kobun was unstarred
    Image of Vectortuff Vectortuff
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good

    i wonder how much the Studio paid Guinness for this bogus record. You guys want to to know who will kick Batmans ass......
     Reply
    Vectortuff was starred Vectortuff was unstarred
    Image of Lt. Archer Lt. Archer
    08/28/09

    @Vectortuff: Wesker?

    COMPLETE... GLOBAL... SATURATION!
     Reply
    -MasterDex- promoted this comment Lt. Archer was starred Lt. Archer was unstarred
    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/28/09

    In reply to Arkham Asylum Sets World Record For Being Good
    Better than the VS series? Better than Ultimate Destruction? Better than Viewtiful Joe? Better than Turtles in Time? Better than that one Spider Man game from the late 90s?
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    BubbleF**kingBuddy was starred BubbleF**kingBuddy was unstarred
    Image of panickedthumb panickedthumb
    08/28/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy: I think so yes. At least I might... what is the VS series again?
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    Duin promoted this comment panickedthumb was starred panickedthumb was unstarred
    Image of Duin Duin
    08/28/09

    @panickedthumb: They're likely referring to Capcom's fighting games, kick started with aplomb by X-Men Vs. Street Fighter.
     Reply
    Duin was starred Duin was unstarred
    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/28/09

    @Duin: Well, technically, War of the Gems and Children of the Atom came first.
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    BubbleF**kingBuddy was starred BubbleF**kingBuddy was unstarred
    Image of d1nonlyclo d1nonlyclo
    08/28/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy:

    VS: good games, some of my favorite arcade memories - horribly unbalanced.

    Ultimate Destruction: Great Hulk game, somewhat shallow in terms of what your doing. SMASH JUMP POUND SMASH ARGHHHHHHH

    Viewtiful Joe: Not based on a Superhero; not even inspired by superheroes as much as B-level action movie conventions.

    Turtles in Time: A sidescrolling brawler that is shallow, turn off the nostalgia and what do you have? And there were better brawlers after and before it.

    Spider-Man of the late 90s: OK games, again it does some things well but is relatively shallow for even it's time.

    Batman Arkham Asylum = a great game even compared to other games.
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    BubbleF**kingBuddy promoted this comment d1nonlyclo was starred d1nonlyclo was unstarred
    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/28/09

    @d1nonlyclo: Unbalanced? That's the argument against the VS games? Unbalanced?

    How can that even be objectively judged?
     Reply
    BubbleF**kingBuddy was starred BubbleF**kingBuddy was unstarred
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