I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a good Batman game would be popular. But as someone that's never played it, I am still a bit surprised to hear that Batman: Arkham Asylum has caught on the way it has. I've had a copy sitting here with me at home for a few days now, but being on vacation, I decided to not get wrapped up in anything new. So instead I played about five hours of inFamous, figuring I needed to break in my new PS3.
I'll probably play Batman at some point, but something about the traditional, cape-wearing superheroes has always been totally off-putting to me. Like, I totally don't understand how people could be seriously into a character like Superman or Batman, especially when their origin stories seem to get retold every few years in some other medium with minor twists to make it more palatable to modern standards. I'm not really sure why I feel that way, but I've always felt that way. My comic book days were anchored by stuff like G.I. Joe and Transformers, not the X-Men or Spider-Man. And I still think Adam West is the best Batman.
Either way, we've got a new leader when it comes to achievement popularity, and the fight for second place between Madden NFL 10 and Wolfenstein is separated by only a dozen or so pageviews (and by about 350 players, gulp). The Beatles: Rock Band shows up again, even though its achievements are still blocked, and Garry's Mod makes a powerful debut.
Top Ten Sets (8/22 - 8/28)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Madden NFL 10
- Wolfenstein
- Shadow Complex
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Garry's Mod
- 'Splosion Man
- Mass Effect
- Trials HD
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Even though there still aren't a ton of games coming out just yet, we still stacked up a bunch of new achievement lists last week. Guitar Hero 5 is still set up as blocked, but that'll certainly change early next week, once the game ships.
New Sets (8/22 - 8/28)
- Guitar Hero 5 (blocked)
- Mini Ninjas
- Magna Carta II (Korean)
- Garry's Mod (Steam)
- NBA 2K10: Draft Combine
- Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
- Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
- Memories Off 6: T-Wave
- Memories Off 6: Next Relation
- WET
- Dream C Club (unblocked)
- The Warriors: Street Brawl
- Indianapolis 500 Evolution
It's pretty funny that the Secret Phrase achievement for Garry's Mod shows up at #2 on the individual achievements list. People have been trying to rip apart the game's DLL files and are generally going nuts over on the Facepunch forums. Looks like the secret phrase was finally figured out today, though, so it'll probably die down once people realize they just need to post "rusty bullet hole" in chat to get that achievement. The rest is a predictable mix of Batman and Shadow Complex!
Top Ten Individual Achievements (8/22 - 8/28)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - World's Greatest Detective
- Garry's Mod - Secret Phrase
- Shadow Complex - Minimalist
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Party Pooper
- Shadow Complex - Serious Complex
- Shadow Complex - Completionist
- Shadow Complex - Proven Grounds
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Mano-A-Mano
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Freeflow Perfection
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Freakshow Rodeo