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    Batman: Arkham Asylum

    Game » consists of 28 releases. Released Aug 25, 2009

    Batman: Arkham Asylum puts you behind 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.

    Just played the demo

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    #1  Edited By buzz_killington

    Yeah, so I have no idea how but my local FutureShop (its like Best Buy but its only in Canada) had the demo on a PS3. It one of those combat-arena like challenges, and it looks pretty awesome. But the combat... its a pretty much generic brawler. I am hoping the stealth-based parts are better. Anyone has any questions?

    and for the dudes in the GTA, im talking about the North York branch right off Empress Walk.

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    #2  Edited By Vinchenzo

    You have no idea how? Well let me tell you. The Sony rep came in and uploaded new media to the PS3. That's where babies come from.

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    #3  Edited By buzz_killington
    Vinchenzo said:
    You have no idea how? Well let me tell you. The Sony rep came in and uploaded new media to ... [more]

    I mean the game is months away from release and I didnt see it anywhere else (even other FutureShops). Why that single branch?
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    #4  Edited By Vinchenzo
    @buzz_killington: It's at GameStops too. It's wherever a Sony rep visits monthly.
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    #5  Edited By dsplayer1010

    When are they putting the demo online?

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    #6  Edited By spidapig64

    li0r. li0r!!!

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    #7  Edited By AgentJ

    Yeah, i had almost forgotten for a while that shops had demo stations, and rediscovered that fact when rummaging through a Gamestop used bin and noticed that the Wii demo station had Sports Resort available to try. In short, it was pretty cool, though i couldn't play nunchuck games since it wasnt working...

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    @spidapig64:  So you bumped this why ? 

    Id like to play that demo if its still there, but  i dont think so
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    #9  Edited By CL60
    @addictedtopinescent said:
    " @spidapig64:  So you bumped this why ? 

    Id like to play that demo if its still there, but  i dont think so
    "
    It is, I was at Best Buy last week and it was there.
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    #10  Edited By SwedishSkinJer

    Played it last week.  Definitely wasn't a generic brawler.  It was quite amazing.
    Also, the OP hasn't done his research.  This game also has detective elements, stealth, etc.  Not just brawling.

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    #11  Edited By MistaSparkle

    I played it at Target but like every Target two or more of the important buttons is unable to be used for whatever reason. It looked cool though.

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    #12  Edited By Akeldama

    im still on the fence on this one

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    #13  Edited By MeetThePyro
    @buzz_killington said:
    " Yeah, so I have no idea how but my local FutureShop (its like Best Buy but its only in Canada) had the demo on a PS3. It one of those combat-arena like challenges, and it looks pretty awesome. But the combat... its a pretty much generic brawler. I am hoping the stealth-based parts are better. Anyone has any questions?and for the dudes in the GTA, im talking about the North York branch right off Empress Walk. "
    The demo is a kiosk exclusive.
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    #14  Edited By Moeez

    Dude, it's far from generic, it's Martial Arts BALLET! It's just like the Nolan films combat :D


    So much fun at the Best Buy to play this, it SOLD me on the game can definitely stand on its own with the combat. It gets harder, like they get weapons later on (knives, guns). 

    At least they didn't go for generic light attack, heavy attack, special rubbish. 
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    #15  Edited By JoelTGM

    see that's what I'm afraid of.  they make the combat out to be really amazing in all the previews, but to me it looks like it could easily be just another repetitive brawler.

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    #16  Edited By jkz

    From what I've seen/played the combat is INSANELY EASY and can be almost on auto-drive at times, but it looks good. Beyond that, the Boss Battles seem to mix it up and the detectiving is fun, I'll probably buy it on the price-drop.

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    #17  Edited By Moeez

    It's easy so anyone can feel like Batman, instead of having to learn many combos or other gamey shit. That's why it's on the easiest level so everyone can be a badass on it for the demo. Play the harder map, and when a knife guy is thrown into the mix, you gotta be strategizing. That's when I kept on using the Cape Stun move, so then I can focus on other dudes.

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    #18  Edited By bicycleham

    I played the demo months ago and I thought it was fun.

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    #19  Edited By suneku

    Was hoping to be able to find one of these demos around, no luck. Oh well, only 20ish days left.

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    #20  Edited By InFamous91

    I played it at GameStop last month. It was pretty good, just hoping for the best.

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