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Batman Arkham Asylum: Free Form Combat

A narrated look at the fighting system in the Caped Crusader's next outing.

May. 18 2009

Posted by: Brad

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Looks very "meh"

3/5 and 7/10 reviews scores inbound!

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Edited By sixpin
What you guys are seeing isn't the main game. This is a demo of one of the extra features. It is just an arena style fighting mini-game that earns you some points to upgrade Batman. The portion that I played alone is far from "Meh."

The simplistic controls are there to focus more on timing than complexity. I think that the two types of gameplay (combat and stealth) will be enough to keep it interesting. Personally, I have really enjoyed the fighting segments that I've played. I'm excited to try out the stealth sections of the game.
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It's easier than you might think.  After seeing this video yesterday, I went to Gamestop to preorder infamous and they had this challenge stuff playable on their 360 kiosk.  After one round of getting the controls down, I was getting unbroken combos for every other round I did.  It's fun, but insanely easy to do really well.

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I have high hopes for this game breaking the stigma that license games suck. So far it's looking incredible!

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Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Not that I didn't enjoy this look at the game but does anybody else feel like they've had a rather standard video game combat system explained to them as though it were a completely foreign concept?

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@Gamer_152:

*I agree.Pretty much everyone who likes games enough to watch this kind of video already knows how things like combo meters work.
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high hopes go on strong!