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UberPyro64
10/03/11 6:25:00 PM
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It's from OPM Austrailia.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/320937/batman-arkham-city-review-10/10-in-worlds-first-verdict/

That is all.

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10/03/11 6:26:00 PM
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If it's basically the same thing as the first game but with actually satisfying bosses, I'll be happy to give it a 10.

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Sorozone
10/03/11 6:29:00 PM
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Yea, if the bosses are just marginally better, this game will be in my top 5 all-time.
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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:30:00 PM
#4:


The foundation is the first game, but pretty much EVERY aspect has been improved. Hopefully that includes bosses. Either way, I'll likely be giving it a 10/10 too.

TWO WEEKS UGH SO LONG.

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MrSmartGuy
10/03/11 6:35:00 PM
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For those not bothering to click the link, here are some of the excerpts from the review....

"Batman: Arkham City is not only the best superhero game ever made, it's one of the best games ever made full-stop.

It takes the already superlative original and gloriously expands on it. It's a deeper game, more complex, more inventive, more mature. It brings the caped crusader's world to life better than any comic, movie or television show before it.

Presentation: Endlessly creative, perfectly moody, and technically flawless. This is Epic's Unreal engine pushed to its absolute limit.

Sound: Alternatively foreboding and frantic, the game's orchestral soundtrack matches the on-sccreen action perfectly. Voice acting is brilliant.

Controls: Complex and initially overwhelming but also logical and responsive. It'll take a while to get used to them, but once you do it feels perfectly natural flinging Batman around.

Replay Value: Immense. A massive main quest, dozens of side missions, Riddler challenges, secondary game modes, and DLC will keep most people occupied for months.

VERDICT: We can't imagine how a superhero game could be better than this. Absolutely sublime."



I don't think my hype for this game can get any higher than it is right now.


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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:37:00 PM
#6:


Tim Drake and Dick Grayson in the game A+ for me.

Get Jason Todd being awesome in there and I'm all in.

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10/03/11 6:38:00 PM
#7:


KimPilgrim posted...
Tim Drake and Dick Grayson in the game A+ for me.

Get Jason Todd being awesome in there and I'm all in.

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Red Arrow kills people?

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:38:00 PM
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Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:38:00 PM
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From: MrSmartGuy | #005
I don't think my hype for this game can get any higher than it is right now.


I've been saying this for months and it continues to build every time there's more news.

I'm SERIOUSLY trying to dial down my hype, because the last time this happened, it was for Twilight Princess (which I was convinced would be the best game ever) and it was a huge disappointment because of that. I feel like Arkham City might actually live up to my immense hype, but I'm still trying to urge myself to not expect TOO much out of it.

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10/03/11 6:39:00 PM
#10:


KimPilgrim posted...
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

Huh. Does Green Arrow?

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:40:00 PM
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From: KimPilgrim | #008
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.


They killed people before the relaunch.

Well, Starfire didn't often because her human friends didn't let her, but she never had qualms and always thought villains should be handled lethally. Roy was sorta the same, just less so... until that horrible event that doesn't exist.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:41:00 PM
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From: Anagram | #010
KimPilgrim posted...
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

Huh. Does Green Arrow?


No, not as far as we've seen at least.

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:41:00 PM
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I absolutely cannot wait. The game looks amazing. And there seems to be way more challenge maps, according to what the achievements/trophies say.

Hopefully have more DLC characters and challenges planned than just Nightwing. There's a lot they could do.

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:42:00 PM
#14:


Yeah, Kory's always been killin' *****es.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:42:00 PM
#15:


Oh also.

From: KimPilgrim | #006
Tim Drake and Dick Grayson in the game A+ for me.


I told you about Nightwing and you said "just challenge maps who cares."

Make up your mind, man.

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LordoftheMorons
10/03/11 6:42:00 PM
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Anagram posted...
KimPilgrim posted...
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

Huh. Does Green Arrow?


He killed one person (pre relaunch)
As far as I know he doesn't make a habit of it.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:43:00 PM
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From: Murphiroth | #013
Hopefully have more DLC characters and challenges planned than just Nightwing. There's a lot they could do.


I was trying my best not to hope, but a user on another board implanted a dream in my head of Cassandra Cain being able to play.

Man.

MAN.

I WANT IT SO BAD NOW.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:44:00 PM
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From: LordoftheMorons | #016
Anagram posted...
KimPilgrim posted...
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

Huh. Does Green Arrow?


He killed one person (pre relaunch)
As far as I know he doesn't make a habit of it.


And that whole event should be retconned now, so him murdering Prometheus shouldn't be canon anymore. Shouldn't be.

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:45:00 PM
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From: Anagram | #010
KimPilgrim posted...
Post relaunch yes. Starfire, too.

Huh. Does Green Arrow?


He killed one dude and they made a huge ****ing deal about it like a year and a half ago. New 52 Green Arrow is a completely different dude and like 10 years younger so probably not.

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:45:00 PM
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From: ShadowHalo17 | #015
Oh also.

[quoted text]

I told you about Nightwing and you said "just challenge maps who cares."

Make up your mind, man.


Well if he makes an appearance in game at all, I'll be happy.

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Highwind89
10/03/11 6:47:00 PM
#21:


So, is the best buy preorder bonus considered the best one?
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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:49:00 PM
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From: Highwind89 | #021
So, is the best buy preorder bonus considered the best one?


I would say yes. We get the Robin challenge maps, so that's where I pre-ordered from. Since I can't seem to get the Neal Adams costume from any store... Hopefully the skins will be DLC later, but at least I'll get the Sinestro Corps costume from Green Lantern blu-ray.

From: KimPilgrim | #020
Well if he makes an appearance in game at all, I'll be happy.


But the challenge maps are still awesome.

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:50:00 PM
#23:


Highwind89 posted...
So, is the best buy preorder bonus considered the best one?

I'm pretty sure the Robin stuff is being released as DLC later on, but I still think it's the coolest bonus.

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:51:00 PM
#24:


ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: Murphiroth | #013
Hopefully have more DLC characters and challenges planned than just Nightwing. There's a lot they could do.
I was trying my best not to hope, but a user on another board implanted a dream in my head of Cassandra Cain being able to play.

Man.

MAN.

I WANT IT SO BAD NOW.


That was me, lol.

I can't help but hope, she's one of my top five favorite comic book characters ever.

I mean, we gotta have a Batgirl. Preferably not Stephanie.

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:52:00 PM
#25:


It would be Barbara, obviously. She was always portrayed as Batgirl in the media even when she was crippled.

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EatHonkerBurger
10/03/11 6:52:00 PM
#26:


Murphiroth posted...
ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: Murphiroth | #013
Hopefully have more DLC characters and challenges planned than just Nightwing. There's a lot they could do.
I was trying my best not to hope, but a user on another board implanted a dream in my head of Cassandra Cain being able to play.

Man.

MAN.

I WANT IT SO BAD NOW.

That was me, lol.

I can't help but hope, she's one of my top five favorite comic book characters ever.

I mean, we gotta have a Batgirl. Preferably not Stephanie.


I would love to play as Oracle and wheel over thugs

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:53:00 PM
#27:


Oh wow I didn't even look at the username, I would've recognized you if I had.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:53:00 PM
#28:


From: KimPilgrim | #025
It would be Barbara, obviously. She was always portrayed as Batgirl in the media even when she was crippled.


She's Oracle in Arkham Asylum.

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:54:00 PM
#29:


KimPilgrim posted...
It would be Barbara, obviously. She was always portrayed as Batgirl in the media even when she was crippled.

Meh, we already know she's Oracle in the game's universe.

Although Rocksteady has said that there's a reason Alfred is playing her role in this game, so I can see them throwing her in.

Cool, but Cassandra would be far better.

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KCF0107
10/03/11 6:55:00 PM
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So glad they decided to bring back The Riddler's challenges

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:55:00 PM
#31:


Oh, true. Hmm.

Although, she still used to be Oracle in the New Universe, too!

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EatHonkerBurger
10/03/11 6:56:00 PM
#32:


KCF0107 posted...
So glad they decided to bring back The Riddler's challenges

I love how with every Riddler trophy you get, it leads you to the location of a hostage instead of just hitting 'x' to pick up and accomplish

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:57:00 PM
#33:


From: Murphiroth | #029
Cool, but Cassandra would be far better.


For sure. Comic fans don't want Barbara Batgirl anyway, and Rocksteady has been pretty good about pleasing us.

Of course they did kinda butcher Tim Drake... So... Hmm.

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KimPilgrim
10/03/11 6:57:00 PM
#34:


How to get an instant 11/10 from me:

David Zavimbi

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:58:00 PM
#35:


I love the fact that not only can you do double counters now, but you can also counter thrown objects. The dudes in AA that would throw stuff at you were the most annoying parts of the challenge rooms.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 6:59:00 PM
#36:


From: Murphiroth | #035
I love the fact that not only can you do double counters now, but you can also counter thrown objects. The dudes in AA that would throw stuff at you were the most annoying parts of the challenge rooms.


You and me, man. When I saw the 10 minute gameplay video of AC and saw that you could counter thrown objects I almost had a seizure.

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Murphiroth
10/03/11 6:59:00 PM
#37:


ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: Murphiroth | #029
Cool, but Cassandra would be far better.
For sure. Comic fans don't want Barbara Batgirl anyway, and Rocksteady has been pretty good about pleasing us.

Of course they did kinda butcher Tim Drake... So... Hmm.


Yeah, they did kind of butcher Tim's backstory, but from what I've heard he plays like he should, staff and all. And since the challenge rooms have no story, I'd be happy with the way they play feeling as spot on as Batman himself does.

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ShadowHalo17
10/03/11 7:02:00 PM
#38:


Good point.

Stop increasing my dreams of Cass being in this game, I can't stand the pain of knowing she'll probably never make it.

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Sorozone
10/03/11 7:14:00 PM
#39:


I was originally going to wait a while for this game, but I don't think I will. Just looks too damn good to wait.
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ShadowHalo17
10/04/11 8:40:00 AM
#40:


http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1198066p1.html

Screenshots of Nightwing, but they might be fake. And I think they gave Tim a shaved head because they didn't want to animate all that hair, so if that's the case, I doubt these pics of Nightwing are real.

But they look damn good, so I do hope it is.

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HeroDelTiempo17
10/04/11 8:43:00 AM
#41:


From: KimPilgrim | #006
Tim Drake and Dick Grayson in the game A+ for me.

Get Jason Todd being awesome in there and I'm all in.

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Why not just go for a bingo and throw in Damian Wayne while we're at it?

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ShadowHalo17
10/04/11 8:47:00 AM
#42:


Damian is still relatively new and they don't want to put all the Robins in the game because people unfamiliar with comics would be like oh god what.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this will be Tim's first appearance outside of comics. Too bad they had to butcher him bit, but oh well. At least he'll have his Red Robin costume!

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DeathChicken
10/04/11 9:00:00 AM
#43:


Unless you count the Teen Titans games, which may or may not be Tim, depending on what epileptic tree you're climbing

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ShadowHalo17
10/04/11 9:13:00 AM
#44:


What Teen Titans games?

Oh and I guess Tim was probably in DCUO too, right?

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DeathChicken
10/04/11 9:16:00 AM
#45:


http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/927502-teen-titans

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ShadowHalo17
10/04/11 9:17:00 AM
#46:


Oh it's based off the animated show. Which was Dick Grayson with Tim Drake elements.

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Snake5555555555
10/04/11 12:59:00 PM
#47:


I expected nothing less.

This will be probably be my game of the decade, barring Resident Evil 6 if it goes back to classic gameplay.

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ShadowHalo17
10/04/11 1:01:00 PM
#48:


I just got some splendid news today! My Tuesday 1pm class won't be meeting on the 18th, which means after my 7am class, I can just go straight to Best Buy and pick up my pre-ordered copy and play ALL DAY.

I CAN'T WAIT.

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foolm0ron
10/04/11 1:02:00 PM
#49:


Better than Spiderman 2??

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Murphiroth
10/04/11 8:01:00 PM
#50:


ShadowHalo17 posted...
I just got some splendid news today! My Tuesday 1pm class won't be meeting on the 18th, which means after my 7am class, I can just go straight to Best Buy and pick up my pre-ordered copy and play ALL DAY.

I CAN'T WAIT.


Lucky you. I have work 11-8 that Tuesday. Usually I have Wednesdays off, but they just so happened to schedule mandatory overtime for everyone on one of their days off that week...and mine fell on Wednesday. I'm trying to get it switched to work my Sunday off instead, but it doesn't look so good. I'm pretty annoyed about it since Wednesday my girlfriend and I were just supposed to chill and experience the game.

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