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Old 08-26-09 | 05:22 PM
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I like it, but I don't love it. Maybe I'm just not far enough into it yet...
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I just got outside/defended the Batmobile


My main problem is...I can't fucking stop playing the zombie maps on CoD:WaW. These maps are the most fun I've had gaming since my buddies & I got together for Halo:CE 16-player multi.
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Old 08-26-09 | 05:43 PM
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I love the game so far. I'm taking my sweet time with it. I don't want to rush through and have nothing to play until RB: Beatles comes out.

My favorite part so far is

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in the mansion right around the second encounter with the scarecrow and you're walking down the really long corridor that morphs into crime alley and you see Bruce's parents bodies. Then you take control of young Bruce for a bit.


It also pays to die at least once during each boss fight to see the death cinematic of each one.
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Bane's
so far was to coolest
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when he breaks Batman over his knee
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Old 08-26-09 | 05:45 PM
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Any reviews of the Collector's Edition Map or the Scarecrow GS Map?
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Old 08-26-09 | 05:45 PM
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Man, I'm sure I missed a trophy by
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Failing to save the hostages before the 2 minute mark expired. Joker didn't kill them, but I'm willing to bet there was a trophy for saving them in the time limit.
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Old 08-26-09 | 06:06 PM
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Man, I'm sure I missed a trophy by
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Failing to save the hostages before the 2 minute mark expired. Joker didn't kill them, but I'm willing to bet there was a trophy for saving them in the time limit.
There's not. I replayed that section to see if there was.
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Old 08-26-09 | 06:52 PM
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Wow, I just noticed that if you go to the video tab on the main PS3 screen you have an option for BAA and from there you can watch 8 videos or so on the making of the game and such things.
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Old 08-26-09 | 07:35 PM
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Man, I'm sure I missed a trophy by
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Failing to save the hostages before the 2 minute mark expired. Joker didn't kill them, but I'm willing to bet there was a trophy for saving them in the time limit.
No, unfortunately not... that would be too easy of the developers
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Old 08-26-09 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by timewaster
what upgrades are you guys getting?
As with most games, i am asuming some are pretty useless and some are more useful than others?



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i got to the part where i found commissionor gordon is dead and i'm told to find his killers. i'm not sure where i am supposed to go next or how to find him. been wandering around for awhile. anyone get past this point?
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Go into the morgue, and then after everything starts freaking out, leave through the door you came in. You will now be in a different morgue room with body bags on the tables
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Old 08-26-09 | 08:49 PM
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My favorite part so far is

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in the mansion right around the second encounter with the scarecrow and you're walking down the really long corridor that morphs into crime alley and you see Bruce's parents bodies. Then you take control of young Bruce for a bit.
I just came in here to gush about this part. It was so amazing.
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Old 08-26-09 | 11:19 PM
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Any reviews of the Collector's Edition Map or the Scarecrow GS Map?
Haven't tried the Crime Alley map but the Dem Bones (Scarecrow challenge) map is pretty hard since if you get hit once by the skeletons your dead. The first time i tried my score was 120 and the second time was 420.
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Old 08-26-09 | 11:37 PM
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Ugh, I got the Batman Arkham Asylum Collectors Edition (360) and I am debating whether or not to return it back to Amazon and get the regular Batman game instead. I haven't opened it yet because of the disappointing reviews of the Collector's edition.
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Old 08-26-09 | 11:40 PM
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I'm fucking addicted to this game! Right now I'm

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Following Harley's fingerprints and I've only completed 37% of the game. Easily, one of the best games of the year. My favorite parts so far were Young Bruce and Jim Gordon is dead
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Old 08-27-09 | 07:53 AM
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I don't want to work today. I want to play Batman.
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Old 08-27-09 | 10:45 AM
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I don't want to work today. I want to play Batman.
Indeed. A friend of mine has the day off, so I know he will shoot past me today.
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Old 08-27-09 | 11:36 AM
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Ugh, I got the Batman Arkham Asylum Collectors Edition (360) and I am debating whether or not to return it back to Amazon and get the regular Batman game instead. I haven't opened it yet because of the disappointing reviews of the Collector's edition.
Disappointing reviews? What's dissappointing about it? I love mine.
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Old 08-27-09 | 11:58 AM
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Trying to decide which version to pick up this weekend. PS3 or 360.

If I don’t really care about the challenge map on the PS3, which one should I get?

Graphically and frame rate wise, are they the same?
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Old 08-27-09 | 12:56 PM
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Disappointing reviews? What's dissappointing about it? I love mine.
Probably referring to the less-than-impressive batarang replica and the fact that the leather-bound journal is just a booklet that comes in a removable leather cover. Also, not sure if this is a Canadian issue only, but a lot of people have been reporting that the Crime Alley sticker sheet/download code is missing from their X360 CE contents.
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Old 08-27-09 | 01:55 PM
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For those solving the riddles... I am stuck on one.

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In the sancatorium, The riddle is something to the effect that you need a new perspective. I got up on the gargoyle statues and at various points, I get a message that states the subject is obscured or investigation partially solved.


I am stumped and spent a bunch of time trying to figure that one out and am at a loss.
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Old 08-27-09 | 02:24 PM
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Quick dumb question as I didn't have time to scan the thread. Is this title only available on PS3 and XBox 360? Any plans for other platforms down the road? Thanks!
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Old 08-27-09 | 02:41 PM
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For those solving the riddles... I am stuck on one.

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In the sancatorium, The riddle is something to the effect that you need a new perspective. I got up on the gargoyle statues and at various points, I get a message that states the subject is obscured or investigation partially solved.


I am stumped and spent a bunch of time trying to figure that one out and am at a loss.
IIRC...

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There is a section of the ground on the second floor that you can blow up with your explosives. Turn on detective mode and you will see a question mark, but without the bottom dot. Stand near the hole, but without going into it, and angle the camera. On the floor of the bottom chamber, you will eventually see the dot from the question mark. Line it up with the top portion and do the crime scene analysis thing and you should get it. Took me a while to line it up sufficiently. You can't see the dot from the gargoyles, so don't bother with them. There are a few puzzles like that scattered throughout.
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Old 08-27-09 | 03:01 PM
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Quick dumb question as I didn't have time to scan the thread. Is this title only available on PS3 and XBox 360? Any plans for other platforms down the road? Thanks!
It will also be released to PC next month. Obviously, there will not be a Wii version of this game.
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Old 08-27-09 | 05:36 PM
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I just started playing the game (ps3). So far it's a really fun Batman game. The only gripe i have right now is the voice actor for Commisionar gordon. He sounds horrible.

And i'm kinda confused on the detective mode. I pushed the L2 button it scanned one room but when i go to another room I push the L2 button and it wont come up. Is it just room specific? Are there any audio tapes or diaries i need to scan for?
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Old 08-27-09 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mattysemo247
trying to decide which version to pick up this weekend. Ps3 or 360.

If i don’t really care about the challenge map on the ps3, which one should i get?

Graphically and frame rate wise, are they the same?
I say get the PS3 version. There's a visual head to head referenced somewhere, but all things being equal... PS3 has more built in content.
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Old 08-27-09 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mattysemo247
Trying to decide which version to pick up this weekend. PS3 or 360.

If I don’t really care about the challenge map on the PS3, which one should I get?

Graphically and frame rate wise, are they the same?
If you don't care about the challenge maps, then it comes down to controller preference and whether you want achievements or trophies.

From everything I have read, the 360 is just a nudge better looking but I think you have to have super vision to truly tell the difference.
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Old 08-27-09 | 06:55 PM
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I'm stuck on this riddle

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The one in the catacombs where you can't use your grapple. I can see the question mark underneath an arch from way down, but I can't find the dot.. If I use my line thrower to get across that pit on the side of the room I get "Answer is obscured" or something, so I think that's where you stand, but I can't find the damn dot... I have nightmares about that DAMN DOT :P
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