Best moments in Batman? (SPOILERS(obviously))

#1 Edited by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

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2nd Scarecrow moment for me

I randomly walked through the door and thought. Oh wait I must have gone through the wrong door, I'm not meant to be in Wayne's Manor. I tried going back through the door. I couldn't. I opend the map. There was no map.

I then realised. 'Wayne's Manor'... Oh shit.
I turn the corner walked down the hallway. And final understood where he's coming from and completely understood his motive for what he does now. I have seen this 'origin' story many times but I think It was previously connecting with the character earlier on that lead me to feel his emotions so strongly. Then slowly walking away from the shooting, listening on the person's views on the rich which gave me a good frame of mind on Bruce's views on the criminals of Gotham City.

Also I didn't know that Bruce met Jim when Bruce was young.

This is my 1sd place GOTY. I don't own a PS3 but I doubt that Uncharted 2 has the Perfect Tone and Atmosphere which Batman has.
P.S. I don't know what's better, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition or Batman: Arkham Asylum Both were released in 2009.

#2 Posted by addictedtopinescent (3645 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

The third scarecrow moment . . .

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When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence

I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me

#3 Posted by cstrang (2381 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent said:

" The third scarecrow moment . . .

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When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "

This.

#4 Edited by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@cstrang said:

" @addictedtopinescent said:
" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "
This. "

Yeah that was brilliant loads of people went to reset their consoles or PC because that were scared that their machines had crashed.
A Video game character scare people including me on a real level.

#5 Edited by fishmicmuffin (1000 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent said:

" The third scarecrow moment . . .

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When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "

Yup. Definitely thought something was wrong with the disc or my xbox. The whole game was awesome.

#6 Posted by Hashbrowns (594 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

"I will break you, Batman!"

"No, Bane. This time... I break YOU!"

SMASH!

#7 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@Hashbrowns said:

" "I will break you, Batman!" "No, Bane. This time... I break YOU!" SMASH! "

omg

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then the thing after credits where bane climbs out of the water on a box full of titan

#8 Posted by addictedtopinescent (3645 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@Cirdain: Highlight the text that contains spoilers and then click on the red dot in the bar above (the one beside the link thing)

And yeah, I freaked out pretty bad lol

#9 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent: thanks I found it :)

#10 Posted by yeahno (268 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

Scaring all the thugs.

#11 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@yeahno said:

" Scaring all the thugs. "

yeah then they get really jumpy and start shooting at anything lol

#12 Posted by yeahno (268 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@Cirdain said:

" @yeahno said:
" Scaring all the thugs. "
yeah then they get really jumpy and start shooting at anything lol "

It just really sucked for me when they were all "H-HEY I GOT YOUR BACK!" I am utterly TERRIBLE at being stealthy, and being so afraid that they felt like they should stick together made me frustrated.

#13 Posted by TheHT (8082 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent said:

" The third scarecrow moment . . .

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When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "

yeah that was some good shit.

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honorable mention to bombs on gargoyles and scouting the point of entry only to find thugs waiting and clapping for me and then beating all their asses. DON'T THEY KNOW THE BATMAN IS MERCILESS?!?!

#14 Posted by SpikeSpiegel (6816 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent said:

" The third scarecrow moment . . .

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When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "

Yeah, I thought something was wrong with the game at first. I was so confused.

#15 Edited by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

Exploding Fist was awesome as well

#16 Posted by TheFreeMan (2686 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

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The explosive gel + fist combo at the end of the game was great. My personal favourite moment is probably hitting Bane with the Batmobile, but I also loved resisting Scarecrow's toxin. "That was enough Fear Toxin to drive ten men insane!.......What are you?". One of the many moments where I either thought or said aloud "I'm Batman".

#17 Posted by Andorski (4114 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

First room where you try to save the hostages by stalking all the guards. I set up three explosives (one on the roof of a room, another on a floor, and the last one on the wall). I then went on top of a gargoyle where one of the guards was standing right next to hostages. When the other three guards were in the right position, I made all the explosive blow up (the roof and the wall knocked out the two guards while the other guard fell through the floor), and at the same time, I did the inverted takedown on the other guard. Bam, just like that, I cleared the whole room in a second. It was a pretty bad-ass moment for me.

#18 Posted by ProfessorEss (6360 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@cstrang said:

" @addictedtopinescent said:
" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "
This. "

Yup, definitely.

...and not just "In Batman" but one of the better ones in videogames period.

#19 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@Andorski said:

" First room where you try to save the hostages by stalking all the guards. I set up three explosives (one on the roof of a room, another on a floor, and the last one on the wall). I then went on top of a gargoyle where one of the guards was standing right next to hostages. When the other three guards were in the right position, I made all the explosive blow up (the roof and the wall knocked out the two guards while the other guard fell through the floor), and at the same time, I did the inverted takedown on the other guard. Bam, just like that, I cleared the whole room in a second. It was a pretty bad-ass moment for me. "

I was very good at taking opportunities to do silent kills of all kinds but Explosions never worked for me because they would walk of so the blast radius would be nowhere near the crimminals.

#20 Posted by RipTheVeins (1472 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

All of my favorite moments of the story have already been mentioned, but I really really enjoyed all of the patient interview tapes. It just made the antagonists seem more static and interesting when you confronted them.

#21 Edited by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@RipTheVeins said:

" All of my favorite moments of the story have already been mentioned, but I really really enjoyed all of the patient interview tapes. It just made the antagonists seem more static and interesting when you confronted them. "

oh man the one where!!!

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Zazas or somin' spelt like that is just wispering 'cutting and cutting and cutting an...' Then he starts killing people.

Oh! And that chronicles of arkham one where!!!

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this guy is about to be released then uses the pen which he was meant to sign the release papers and stabs then secretary
then Amadeus Arkham's best line 'I watched... as the guards beat him into a stain in the floor.'

That one was particularly brutal and brought home how Arkham felt about his inmates

#22 Posted by Geno (6479 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@addictedtopinescent said:

" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "

Out of curiosity, did your game screen static up for a second during that moment? Mine did and I thought there might've been something wrong with my comp.

#23 Edited by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

@Geno:

@Geno

said:

" @addictedtopinescent said:
" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "
Out of curiosity, did your game screen static up for a second during that moment? Mine did and I thought there might've been something wrong with my comp. "

I reply with my previous comment

@Cirdain

said:

" @cstrang said:
" @addictedtopinescent said:
" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "
This. "
Yeah that was brilliant loads of people went to reset their consoles or PC because that were scared that their machines had crashed.
A Video game character scared people including me on a real level. "

#24 Posted by Zereta (1332 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

All 3 Scarecrow moments. Can't pick one. That concept really shook me.

#25 Edited by Slayeric (215 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

I'm a huge Batman fan, so the best part for me was wandering around all of Arkham Asylum and seeing all the references to the comics in the game. Did you guys catch the Ras Al'Ghul cameo?

I got giddy about it, personally. I think my favorite parts about the scarecrow moments was way more subtle than anyone else has mentioned. Every time I saw Batman cough a little, I smiled a little because I knew I was about to see Scarecrow. Right before the second one, Batman starts coughing RIGHT before he opens the door.

For me, another extremely awesome part of the game was learning Hush didn't exist yet within the games continuity. I have to wonder if Tommy Elliott will make an appearance in AA2. That would be a crazy wild card to just throw into the games current plot.

#26 Posted by stephengotlost (703 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Cirdain said:

" @cstrang said:
" @addictedtopinescent said:
" The third scarecrow moment . . .

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
When the tv fucks up and you become the joker and replay the opening sequence
I was a honest WTF moment for me, games don't usually do that to me "
This. "
Yeah that was brilliant loads of people went to reset their consoles or PC because that were scared that their machines had crashed.
A Video game character scare people including me on a real level. "

Seriously. I got a real BSOD playing beforehand and then I restarted my PC and the game. Despite it being my second playthrough, when I got to that sequence and artifacts started appearing, I immediately alt tabbed out of the game and pulled my PS3 USB controller out.

I almost corrupted my save file!

#27 Posted by Gabriel (4034 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@RipTheVeins said:

" All of my favorite moments of the story have already been mentioned, but I really really enjoyed all of the patient interview tapes. It just made the antagonists seem more static and interesting when you confronted them. "

The riddler one where he was talking about a legless baby was pretty good.

#28 Posted by Kr3lian (310 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Slayeric said:

" I'm a huge Batman fan, so the best part for me was wandering around all of Arkham Asylum and seeing all the references to the comics in the game. Did you guys catch the Ras Al'Ghul cameo? I got giddy about it, personally. I think my favorite parts about the scarecrow moments was way more subtle than anyone else has mentioned. Every time I saw Batman cough a little, I smiled a little because I knew I was about to see Scarecrow. Right before the second one, Batman starts coughing RIGHT before he opens the door. For me, another extremely awesome part of the game was learning Hush didn't exist yet within the games continuity. I have to wonder if Tommy Elliott will make an appearance in AA2. That would be a crazy wild card to just throw into the games current plot. "

I think the best part about this game, and the reason why it was my GOTY, was the extreme, unyielding attention to detail. It totally drew me in.

#29 Posted by illmatic19 (932 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

The scarecrow moments would be the best, but they always froze on me. Did anyone else have these issues?

#30 Posted by ajamafalous (10585 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

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I thought the first Scarecrow encounter was really good. If I remember correctly, you hear some gas coming through the vents and Batman coughs a bit, but you keep progressing. Then you get into the morgue and shit starts going down, you go back the way you came into another morgue.

Also, being a comic book fan, it was really enjoyable to see an extended cast of characters all interacting in one way or another, and even just catching references to characters who weren't actually present in the game.

Also, this: @addictedtopinescent said:

"
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And as someone else said, the attention to detail. This game has such an attention to detail and absolutely nails the Batman atmosphere. Everything from the gritty, grimy, dark textures to the patient interview tapes.

I just bought it this week during the Steam sale, and this game could very much end up being my favorite of the year.

#31 Posted by demontium (4698 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

The whole game was pretty good.

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The ending was... cliche, and sequel giveaway. + the last boss was gay.

#32 Posted by emkeighcameron (1876 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Cirdain said:

" @Hashbrowns said:
" "I will break you, Batman!" "No, Bane. This time... I break YOU!" SMASH! "
omg
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then the thing after credits where bane climbs out of the water on a box full of titan
"

Pretty sure that was

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Killer Croc, not Bane

#33 Posted by ajamafalous (10585 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@demontium said:

" The whole game was pretty good.

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The ending was... cliche, and sequel giveaway. + the last boss was gay.
"

Yeah, I kinda feel the same way. It reminded me of Bioshock: great, but then the last 10 minutes were pretty bad.

#34 Posted by demontium (4698 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@ajamafalous said:

" @demontium said:
" The whole game was pretty good.

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The ending was... cliche, and sequel giveaway. + the last boss was gay.
"
Yeah, I kinda feel the same way. It reminded me of Bioshock: great, but then the last 10 minutes were pretty bad. "

Yeah this seems to be a trend- Borderlands anyone?

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Hold trigger to beat the last boss (the destroyer lol) to win.

#35 Posted by Ryax (4630 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

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The whole game

#36 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@emkeighcameron said:

" @Cirdain said:
" @Hashbrowns said:
" "I will break you, Batman!" "No, Bane. This time... I break YOU!" SMASH! "
omg
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then the thing after credits where bane climbs out of the water on a box full of titan
"
Pretty sure that was

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Killer Croc, not Bane
"

Do you wanna bet, Cos' "I'll break you!!!"

#37 Edited by Regal (384 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

That TV static in the third fear toxin sequence was brilliant for a couple of reason the most impressive of which is how they manage to make it appear to be real, actual technical error and not some in-game effect that you have seen a hundred times before. The real test was that I played the game again on the hardest difficulty and again I fell for it and thought my PC was overheating or something and expected to see smoke coming out of the case (which has happened to me before since I first built my own PC). You can imagine how smart I felt after I came to my senses the second time. I'm not sure how they do it but the volume and picture and contrast just tells you that these are real technical issues on an instinctual basis, even though they are not.

My favorite cheesy Batman moment was the line that in the end that goes something like SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

"No.. I'll never let you win! NEVER!"

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum puts you in the cowl of the iconic Dark Knight, fighting his way through Arkham Asylum to stop the Joker from enacting a sinister plot that would have grave consequences for Gotham City.

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