finally got to pop this in. it's spectacular. everything i've ever wanted in a batman game and more. and i'm only about 1.5 hours in. could it possibly get better???? this is going to be a fantastic franchise.

Yes. It gets better...much better.

I'm just about at the very end, I don't want it to end!!!

oh yes, yes it can.

Now I want a rocksteady punisher game... I would seriously kill someone for that.

Just let them produce all superhero games from this point on.

Finished the game today. I'm now 70% done with the game - I have a lot of stuff left to find - and the challenge maps require that you find a specific item or Riddler's trophy. And the challenge maps are quite difficult for me. Right now, this is the game to beat for game of the year.

BTW, as far as trophies/achievements and difficulty level goes -

Since you finished, am I as close to the end as I think I am?

Written by Garth Ennis. Now that I would play!

Pretty close.

okay never mind. I just figured out you need to gently tap the L2 button. I kept holding it down waiting for it to start

After playing for a little bit more I'm starting to really love this game. I think the only other superhero game i liked more was infamous. These two games are gonna be hard to top for all future superhero games.

And while not a big fan of online multiplayer, i think this game could've had some great m.p. modes. They could've had a v.s. mode where one player is batman and the other players would be the villains trying to take down batman.

How do you hand the guys from gargoyles? I got it to work in the demo no problem but the option isn't showing up in the game.

Have you "bought" that ability yet?

Ok, 2 more hours.. Now I am down to 10 secrets left to find... I am totally stumped on 2 of them now.

It's an upgrade that you have to "buy." That threw me off at first too.

Just beat the story mode on normal. Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic. The ending is so good, I pretty much jumped out of my seat and cheered at the climax. This was a brilliant game, it really felt like a feature length episode of Batman: The Animated Series. Here's hoping they can put together a sequel that tops it.

Yeah, that was my first upgrade last night.

missed the inside of the package where it pimps that as an exclusive didja?

THis arrived yesterday from the PR dude (but i bought it with overnight shipping from amazon yesterday too DAMMIT) - and i played about 1.5 hours last night. I was taking my time - listening to every guard ramble on about something, basically made it to just past where you find Harley's first interview tape. Great game...

But, I looked and it said i solved 3 riddler challenges or something? I only found one ? in there...how did i solve 3? maybe i should stop drinking and playing on weeknights.

Interview tapes, the Arkham stones, and killing those chattering teeth also count as riddles.

Some of the Riddler challenges are just things like "Destroy 5 sets of Joker teeth" and "Destroy 10 sets of Joker teeth". There seems to be one set of those per area, so you may have gotten those without realizing it.

thanks ladies. Guess i should smash all the teeth i see instead of letting them chomp around.

Definitely. I think it also adds to your life/upgrade points as well. Right?

They definitely give experience, so yes on the upgrade points. Not sure how Batman heals, but I haven't paid attention or bothered to RTFM since that takes away valuable playing time.

nanobots.

I think it heals automatically. I took some hits when that dude from Lady in the Water was fighting me, then it healed up when i ran away before the brain hemorrhage took him out.

Yeah, I love how Batman has a "no killing" rule, but he cracks skulls like eggs and then leaves the scene. I'm sure his death ratio is closer to 47% than he'd like to believe.