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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    man.. i played a demo of the challenge mode and all i have to say is it was awesome. the fighting is so seemless.. along with the counter system.. it felt so solid. it reminds me of the good ole days of beat em ups. cant wait.
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    Image of Infallible Infallible
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Fahey, in the future, please try not to speak about things you know nothing about. The best Batman game in the last decade was Batman Vengeance, NOT Lego Batman. Vengeance was an excellent game. Lego Batman was pretty solid. Everything else was a rental or worse.


    In terms of Eidos not going about this in the right way regarding their public relations, I don't think Fahey understands how long Eidos has gone without a hit. You can afford to do what Activision does when you've got a solid stable of hits coming out every year like Call of Duty and Guitar Hero. MW 2 could be the worst game ever but at least 4 million people would find that out in the first two weeks before anyone could do anything about it. If they want to be upfront about it and not hold anything back, then by all means, let them. They're bleeping Eidos. Honestly, other than hardcore Batman fans, not a lot of people really understand how good this game looks nor are they excited about it. This is definitely how I'd go about promoting a game that looked that great to me.

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    Image of Mike Fahey Mike Fahey
    04/09/09

    @Infallible: Lies
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    "I'm confident enough to say that it will set a new benchmark for licensed games and it's going to establish itself as one of our best games ever."


    Well now that I know we're comparing things to Happy Feet and Monster Lab, I'm a bit more confident that he wasn't bald-faced lying to me.

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    Image of El-Suave El-Suave
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    How can they claim that when they don't even have a sexy Batman model making the rounds at conventions and press tours?
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    This game is the pinnacle of human achievement. You will tell your grandchildren of the day this game came out, as the finest day in your storied life. That is, of course, if you have grandchildren.


    For what kind of future will our world have when we have already reached the height of artistic endeavors? Why wake up the day after knowing that tomorrow will not get any better than the terrible day when Batman came out.


    Oh yes, rather than be a day of joy it will be a day of infamy. Society will come to a standstill. First, work will halt as all people rush to play the game. Then comes the harrowing realization that this is better than anyone will ever again create. Suicides run rampant as people lose all hope for the future of humanity. Wars will erupt out of the sheer absurdity and madness created in the hearts of men. People will aimlessly destroy, in the hopes that some day they will regain the ability to create beauty once again. Repent as the end is near.



    Batman Arkham Asylum- coming to an unready and uneasy home console this summer.

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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    I have to admit though it does look really really promising. The gameplay though seems a bit odd. Like a slightly reworked verison of Tenchu. Thats not a compliment.
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    Image of nerdBOY01 nerdBOY01
    04/09/09

    @Modus_Operandi: Certain x-magazine editors like greg ford spoke highly of his short playtime with it.
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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    04/09/09

    @nerdBOY01: Somethings can seem fun in short bursts. Like Assassin's Creed.
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @Modus_Operandi: or LBP.
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @Modus_Operandi: or a full automatic shotgun.
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    Image of TaylorEatWorld TaylorEatWorld
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Deus Ex > Batman


    Deus Ex > All.


    Shut up Eidos.

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    Image of stranger stranger
    04/09/09

    "Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"


    Too bad that's not saying much. The last Eidos published games that even came close to greatness were released five years ago.

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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @TaylorEatWorld - Imma chargin' mah UBER!: on a somewhat related subject, how do i pronounce that titles name correctly?


    is it "dey-uhs ecks"?
    or "dhoose ecks"?

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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Am I the only one getting the vibe that this is going to be a PG-13 Manhunt knockoff with no killing and Batman villains for enemies?


    I'm hoping I'm wrong, so I can have an excuse to hear Conroy and Hamill in the roles again. Wait and see, I guess.

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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @TrueCrime: did you see the last video? how does anything in manhunt remind you of batman grappling around a room beating badguys strategicly and being awesome?
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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    04/09/09

    @LllusionX:Cooking grenades for the Helghast: It's more a feeling that I get than anything else, something about the setting gives me that vibe.


    Don't get me wrong, I'd love a good Batman game, and I'm pulling for this to be awesome, but I can't get over the way the camera swings as much as he does in that clip.


    And when a "head of marketing," which is a fancy term for "paid liar," gives quotes like that, it sets off alarm bells.

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    Image of Tom Clancy's Samuraidino Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    After the sheer badassery that was on display in Rocksteadys Urban Chaos (Shooting a hostage taker off a building onto a helicopters blades for example),i really cant do anything but be excited for the game.
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    This guy must hang out with Dennis Dyack.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    04/09/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: Well now you're just being too human about the whole ordeal.
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    04/09/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: I was thinking more on the lines of Will Wright.
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    Image of Dunnell Dunnell
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Its Batman even if it sell poorly...."I can take it"

    - Batman


    Sad that Keath Fegder won't being play the Riddler in this game his performance on the Dark Night was so good.

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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @Dunnell: That whole sentence was a pure manifestation of fail.


    -Heath Ledger
    -Riddler is supposed to be eddie murphy
    -poor quote
    -and heath ledger wouldnt be the person playing anybody in the game, as this is not based on the movie.

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    Image of xajoc xajoc
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Teen rating? sigh...I don't know...
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    Image of fearing fearing
    04/09/09

    @Cojax: yes, because adding blood and/or gore and/or sex would have made it a much funner game.... somehow.
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    04/09/09

    @Cojax: da onli gud games hav da M rating lolol. dats why i dun play mario LOL.


    Seriously though, your post is fail.

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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @Cojax: Is it safe to assume you're one of the people floundering over prototype?
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @fearing: i get the point of your comment, and you're right that those dont belong in every game, but those are all seriously what made the God Of War games the great games that they are today.
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    04/09/09

    @fearing: The only thing that pulled me out of the latest Batman movie was how no one bled when shot.


    It almost ruins the bank scene for me.

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    Image of s1L3nt_n18t s1L3nt_n18t
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    I have quite high hopes for this game. Don't let us down Eidos. Please don't.

    Let's hope that they Eidos doesn't eat those words like so many others that make claims such as this.
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    Image of ben72227 ben72227
    04/09/09

    @s1L3nt_n18t:


    lol you actually think a movie game will be good?

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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    04/09/09

    @ben72227: Someone needs to go do some more research on this game. =/
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    Image of killah101 killah101
    04/09/09

    In reply to Eidos: Batman Is "As Close To Perfect As We've Ever Come"
    Let's just hope they decide not to use their influence to have reviewers/editors fire...
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    Image of I-Al2x-I I-Al2x-I
    04/09/09

    @killah101: I thought Kane & Lynch was the worst game.


    *Eidos walks into room*


    OH SHII-

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    Image of Jnas Jnas
    04/09/09

    @killah101:


    Wait...Jeff Gerstmann...is batman!?!?

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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @I-Al2x-I: i didn't know it was bad? i liked the demo. what was bad about it?
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/09/09

    @Jnas: is "the" batman.
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