Batman Arkham Asylum: Free Form Combat

high hopes go on strong!

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?

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

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.

Looks very "meh"

3/5 and 7/10 reviews scores inbound!

looking awesome

look quite nice actually

This game looks really impressive. I just hope it isn't a dissapointment like most new games are lately. It seems like the people making the games are just concerned about making the graphics better or the water effects prettier or the animations more 'dynamic', and they're forgetting about story or re-playability; simple enjoyment of the playing a game. I think that the lot of us here would rather play a game that is fun and doesn't have the top of the line graphics than one that is really visually stunning and has a bad story or glitchy or bad controls and animation.

The demo is available at most PS3 kiosks at game retailers. The combat is very fluid and very simple. You use square to attack and do combos and simply point at whoever you'd like to lunge at. When they attack you counter easily with triangle and then can continue comboing with square. Some enemies cannot be hurt unless you use the cape stun first.

It sounds kind of dumb and has been affectionately been called the "press square game" by me and my friends, but it is alot of fun.

WOW! This looks amazing!

this game looks good, I really hope it turns out well.

Wow, now the game actually doesn't look half bad O.o

Combat sounds a lot better than what I thought when I first saw, I'll admit that.  Still I'm not overly excited for this game...not sure why I loved the Batman cartoon and they've got all those voice actors(the ones you'd care about anyway).

This game better be awesome because I am super pumped for it, and I plan to play the heck out of it.

Looks pretty cool. Wonder how it feels when you're controlling it.

cant wait for this to come out, hope they put out a demo for it

This game keeps on getting better everytime I see,

Mark Hamill Joker is the best.

looks good. that extra polish time should make this a great game.

i am speechless once more, this game WILL ROCK

This is exactly how I see Batman fighting, looks really cool

cool

Looks kinda neat.  Wouldn't mind a brawler like that if the promises are fulfilled.

Wow, that looks fantastic.

looks good

Moar !

There Is something about this that reminds me of 'The Club'

Played this exact area in Walmart when they had it running on their PS3. Was really cool, especially how easily and fluid the reversals were with the triangle button.

C'mon..

Wow, that looks exactly like how Batman would take on a bunch of thugs. I was afraid the combat would be something like God of War with total carnage on the screen but this is totally the opposite.

This is gonna be awesome.

Looking ever more sweeter!

The fighting is SO FLUID! As fluid here as it is in person (i.e. in demo booths in Best Buy/Gamestop)

Looking better and better each time i see it im really glad they pushed it back to work on it more.

No blood?

Looks pretty good, and I'm so tempted to order the collectors edition. I just hope the combat and surroundings don't get as repetitive as they did in Wolverine.

Awesome.

Nice to see they're putting so much emphasis on the fighting system, a game of this nature isn't worth playing if the fighting isn't sound.

Looks cool and fun, very fluid

Must...release...collectors...edition...NOW!!!!!!

loving it

This game just got into my must-buy list.

As long as I can bring down an entire room full of people by punching them in the groin, I'll be happy.

The combat does look terrific but the shockwave blur is a little annoying and distracting.

Looks nice and fluid just the way a 3rd person game needs to be now of days. And I think it will be that fluid when the game comes out cause thats gameplay unless they go back to a previous build of the game!

This will be awesome