THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: SantaC on September 10, 2009, 08:41:47 PM
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I picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum the other day, and while a it is a nice looking game, it is nothing special. We have seen this before 100x just with batmans name slapped on to it.
Now this goes on and sell 2 million copies, rave reviews and hailed as the next messiah :lol It is definitely influenced over the Dark Knight crazy, and sells extra copies because of that. Batman is so damn overrated. I dont understand why people go OMGWTFUGH crazy over him.
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People like Batman, and people like good games. It's a good Batman game. That makes it quite unique, and desirable. You're just mad because there are no real cities in your country.
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What are your thoughts on Zelda?
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What are your thoughts on Zelda?
That it is better than Batman
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after being ignorant towards batman, i started reading some of the higher regarded comics. now i gotta say that batman is a pretty great character. much better than all the other mainstream superheroes
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Keep playing? It gets more interesting when you get to the hub.
I mean it's not zomg the best game ever, but it's a very enjoyable game. I don't think it has "that" much to do with batman. If this was a ninja turtle game or terminator game and was the best licensed game in the last decade people would still be making a big deal out of it.
And yeah, Batman is popular in the US. People like the tough silent guy schtick.
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What are your thoughts on Zelda?
That it is better than Batman
But why? It's nothing special and we've seen it before 100x.
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And yeah, Batman is popular in the US. People like the tough silent guy schtick.
Also, we have cities, so we can relate. And yes, I said we. I refuse to be Swedish in present company.
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hailed as the next messiah
Who said anything like this?
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Because he's the goddamm Batman?
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What are your thoughts on Zelda?
That it is better than Batman
But why? It's nothing special and we've seen it before 100x.
Well Zelda used to be OMGWHATWHATWTF the shit, these days theyre out of ideas, and tbh you're right it is nothing special anymore.
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The reason why people are apeshit over Batman because it's a wellmade game. You can appreciate that.
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EA were stupid and didn't release a Dark Knight game. First batman game since dark knight and people went apeshit for it. Why so surprised?
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is santac an ntard?
that could explain why he's unable to appreciate a good game
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Is this a joke? I don't think Batman AA is as good as everyone else, but still, is this thread a joke? is there supposed to be a point or valid argument? The OP answers his own question in the first post by labeling himself as a Batman hater. I don't know the guy, but let me guess, he made a post about how Dark Knight was popular only because Heath Ledger died? or it could just be that he hates things that are popular. Or it could even just be him fuming because he couldn't make lemon-aid when given the tools. Who knows.
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Is this a joke? I don't think Batman AA is as good as everyone else, but still, is this thread a joke? is there supposed to be a point or valid argument? The OP answers his own question in the first post by labeling himself as a Batman hater. I don't know the guy, but let me guess, he made a post about how Dark Knight was popular only because Heath Ledger died? or it could just be that he hates things that are popular. Or it could even just be him fuming because he couldn't make lemon-aid when given the tools. Who knows.
Nah I think he's just a banned GAFfer with an axe to grind.
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EA were stupid and didn't release a Dark Knight game. First batman game since dark knight and people went apeshit for it. Why so surprised?
EA and Pandemic went through a series of major slip-ups and the Dark Knight game was eventually canned.
http://kotaku.com/5132660/why-pandemics-batman-game-was-canned-and-how-it-killed-pandemic-au (http://kotaku.com/5132660/why-pandemics-batman-game-was-canned-and-how-it-killed-pandemic-au)
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Fucking pandemic.
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
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The only thing known about the pandemic Dark Knight is that you could glide. yeah.
Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
haha, no shit? :lol
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Don't judge this based on the recent movies. I actually liked the story but I am a batman fan. gameplay gets really good when you really get in the zone with the platforming, combat, and the riddle hunting.
At the least, it's one of the "great" licensed games that only come like once or twice a generation (Goldeneye, Riddick, etc).
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Don't judge this based on the recent movies.
:wtf
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
he got banned for a day for trolling tdk. perma'd b/c he started bugging the mods over that day ban
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
he got banned for a day for trolling tdk. perma'd b/c he started bugging the mods over that day ban
He bugged the mods over a ONE DAY ban? :lol
Here's the thread in question:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328886 (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328886)
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:lol awesome. GO BATMAN
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:rofl
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He bugged the mods over a ONE DAY ban? :lol
Here's the thread in question:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328886 (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328886)
Man, he went out even more like a bitch than I remembered. Looking back on the Amirox backlash is pretty funny though.
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I haven't played it, but isn't Batman AA Zelda-like in its gameplay? You go from place to place getting upgrades to help you solve puzzles and roadblocks, correct?
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I haven't played it, but isn't Batman AA Zelda-like in its gameplay? You go from place to place getting upgrades to help you solve puzzles and roadblocks, correct?
Its more like a Metroidvania with some Splinter Cell and Bioshock elements added in.
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Yeah its barely Zelda. It's Biotroidvania
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it cant be like zelda, if it was it would be turrible
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Regardless, I'm sure it's better than anything Nintendo has done this decade.
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Regardless, I'm sure it's better than anything Nintendo has done this decade.
Super Mario Galaxy came out this decade.
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I'm Batman.
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Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Yep. Even the Batman series in the 60's was really popular when it first started.
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Because there has been pretty much nothing but shitty Batman games for the past 20 years?
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Why Batman is a popular character is a more complicated question, but it's not because of Dark Knight. Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Justified urban vigilante hero with a general no kill policy, fighting crime in urban settings and doing so while still remaining reasonably, semi-plausibly human in his physical abilities. That hits a broad audience.
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Fuck you wiitard, what kind of mentally challenged sociopath would make a thread asking why people like batman? I propose that we ban him from here too.
after being ignorant towards batman, i started reading some of the higher regarded comics. now i gotta say that batman is a pretty great character. much better than all the other mainstream superheroes
Are you reading the new Grant Morrison Batman and Robin series? :hyper
Edit: lol at solo in that gaf thread.
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Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Yep. Even the Batman series in the 60's was really popular when it first started.
I would kill for the entire 60s series on DVD but FOX is run by mentally distinguished mentally-challenged chimps
Best non-animated Joker by far. If Leger didn't die people wouldn't be spoofing over his Joker as much. Hamill will NEVER be touched.
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Because they like to dress in weird costumes.
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Bat nipples
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SantaC comes off as one of those kids who is a contrarian for the sole purpose of getting attention. Remember how he announced his arrival on Evilbore with some bitchfit thread about GAF, but it was mostly some self-fellating bullshit about how awesome he was?
SantaC, I'm an attention whore too. I have to try hard to restrain it, but it helps to realise you'll never get ENOUGH.
edit: Okay, I remembered it wrong. But his thread was called "I'm back with a vengeance" as if anyone gave a shit.
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after being ignorant towards batman, i started reading some of the higher regarded comics. now i gotta say that batman is a pretty great character. much better than all the other mainstream superheroes
Are you reading the new Grant Morrison Batman and Robin series? :hyper
no. i've been reading through the ones written by Jeph Loeb. Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Hush.
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
yes I did, fucking batman
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Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Yep. Even the Batman series in the 60's was really popular when it first started.
I would kill for the entire 60s series on DVD but FOX is run by mentally distinguished mentally-challenged chimps
There's a lot of confusion as to what exactly is holding up the release of the 60's series. There's theories that range from DC Comics not wanting to bring back campy Batman to rights being spread across several different companies to problems with some of the celebrity cameos.
The whole thing is just a huge mess.
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I really hate the save system in the game. Beat the first boss yesterday and stopped playing after that.
Now I have to beat the fucking thing again. The boss is easy, but it would be better if the game actually saved after a boss battle.
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This game better be cool. Just bought a sealed copy off Half.com for $35.
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I don't give a flying fuck about Batman but Arkham Asylum is one of the best games I've played in a long time. To say that it's just your standard action game with a superhero tagged on is flat out wrong.
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
yes I did, fucking batman
lol u mad
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Didn't SantaC get permabanned at gaf for trolling Dark Knight?
yes I did, fucking batman
lol u mad
he mad
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Batman is definitely my favorite superhero, didn't get a chance to play the game for any more than 5 minutes at Play N Trade...lots of people rave at the game though so I will have to check it out.
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What Grant Morrison did to Batman is almost as bad as what JJ Abrams almost did to Superman.
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What Grant Morrison did to Batman is almost as bad as what JJ Abrams almost did to Superman.
There's not a rolleyes big enough...
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What Grant Morrison did to Batman is almost as bad as what JJ Abrams almost did to Superman.
Are you talking about the new Batman And Robin series? Hasn't that been getting universally praised for how good it is? :lol I don't like Frank Quietly's art though.
Or are you talking about Batman being "dead?" It's not like they're not going to bring him back...
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Not the new series, but the whole "death" storyline was distinguished mentally-challenged.
And yes, Frank Quietly needs to never work again. He's always sucked.
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Not the new series, but the whole "death" storyline was distinguished mentally-challenged.
And yes, Frank Quietly needs to never work again. He's always sucked.
What happened in the RIP storyline was fine, but yeah, I can see how adding the stuff from Final Crisis in was pretty stupid. Can't argue with that.
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What ever happened to Batman: Holy Terror. Did DC kill it?
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What ever happened to Batman: Holy Terror. Did DC kill it?
It was just a one-shot.
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When did it come out?
Edit: nm. Batman: Holy Terror is different from Frank Miller's "Holy Terror, Batman!", which isn't out.
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Wait, Batman AA is metroidvania-esq? Maybe I should check it out..
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Wait, Batman AA is metroidvania-esq? Maybe I should check it out..
Yep
and you should :)
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GOTY. Seriously. Uncharted or Assassin's Creed or something else is really going to have to knock my socks off to beat Batman AA.
(BTW Don't watch that video if you haven't finished the game....spoiler heavy)
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Geez, Santa, I don't know how you approached this game to come up with the conclusion you did. I'm about 35% done with it now and the game is fucking incredible. It's like Batman TAS + Metroidvania + Metal Gear Notshitty with a little bit of fun brawling on the side. If you really think this is something we've seen a hundred times before, I think you're letting your hate for Batman blind you, hardcore.
In Kojima's defense, the stealth AI here makes MGS guard look like Einstein. Even on hard the stealth in Batman is MGS for kids (not a bad thing as it's very fun; just simple and easy).
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GOTY. Seriously. Uncharted or Assassin's Creed or something else is really going to have to knock my socks off to beat Batman AA.
(BTW Don't watch that video if you haven't finished the game....spoiler heavy)
WOW this is awesome.
Love the music
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WOW this is awesome.
Love the music
Thanks! :)
I took the music from the Sunshine soundtrack.
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well I like the old theme song. nanananananananaBATMAN
other than that, not a fan
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SantaC has awful taste if I remember correctly, so no great surprise he isn't big on the GOTY2009.
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GOTY. Seriously. Uncharted or Assassin's Creed or something else is really going to have to knock my socks off to beat Batman AA.
(BTW Don't watch that video if you haven't finished the game....spoiler heavy)
that's an incredible vid, gj
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Why Batman is a popular character is a more complicated question, but it's not because of Dark Knight. Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Justified urban vigilante hero with a general no kill policy, fighting crime in urban settings and doing so while still remaining reasonably, semi-plausibly human in his physical abilities. That hits a broad audience.
I think it's a little less true now with the glider cape and bat-armor but, yeah, the big thing for me is that he's ostensibly just a guy who has worked himself to the peak of human condition, driven by righteous anger, and acting effectively where society fails to do so. Superman can do just about anything, so almost nothing he does is truly impressive: Supes is almost never at risk, while Batman at his core is still subject to all the human frailties.
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Why Batman is a popular character is a more complicated question, but it's not because of Dark Knight. Batman's been a consistently popular character for 70 years.
Justified urban vigilante hero with a general no kill policy, fighting crime in urban settings and doing so while still remaining reasonably, semi-plausibly human in his physical abilities. That hits a broad audience.
I think it's a little less true now with the glider cape and bat-armor but, yeah, the big thing for me is that he's ostensibly just a guy who has worked himself to the peak of human condition, driven by righteous anger, and acting effectively where society fails to do so. Superman can do just about anything, so almost nothing he does is truly impressive: Supes is almost never at risk, while Batman at his core is still subject to all the human frailties.
Even in the game, if you're ever caught either in the stealth or brawler sequences, you can go down fairly quick. You have to constantly be planning for your next move as your completing the current one while also worrying about the immediate situation.
And I think Batman's appeal can almost be summed up by saying "prep time". He always thinks several steps before the enemy. The most obvious example is him keeping a room full of kryptonite just in case Superman goes crazy. He's ready to take that bastard down.
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, I think you're letting your hate for Batman blind you, hardcore.
that's because kids today are blind and stupid. I liked Burton's take on batman, but I dont give a shit about the batman fanboys today. They're rabid like N-fans.