Greetings,
Sorry about the wait for a new post. (We’re not getting paid to do this…) But life happens, and believe me, when you’re working 10 hours a day in a factory, you don’t really feel much like doing anything. But alas, I’m finally done and back at school (because I’ll have soooo much free time this semester with my 17 credits. Whee). But hopefully, we’ll all get our posting fiber and keep regular.
But today, I’d like to talk to you about a game I played this summer. It’s a pretty well known game that’s been around for a while. Some of you might know this game to be Batman: Arkham Asylum. This game…holy shit. Where do I begin? In all honesty, this was one of the best $20 I’ve ever spent. This game is truly incredible. The combat system is crazy awesome, (takes some getting used to. I will admit, I beat the game by button mashing most of it, which is very problematic, but I’ll get to that a little later). But just being able to control Batman, doing what Batman does best with his gadgets and sneaking around. Oh…it’s simply phenomenal. You start the game off walking with a shit ton of guards into Arkham Asylum with none other than the Joker himself (I LOVE the Joker. He’s awesome). If you didn’t know this, they actually got the original voices of Batman and the Joker from the animated series. Awww yeah, Mark Hamill. Anyways, you’re leading the Joker to his holding cell in the depths of the Asylum. Joker is creepy awesome with his dialogue. But, naturally, Joker has a plan and he tricks Batman into essentially letting the Joker free to take of the Asylum. You find out that the Joker has been planning this for a very long time.
So, you control Batman, finding all of his juicy little gadgets, knocking bad guys out (never killing, which is why Batman is my favorite super hero) and making your way through the Asylum to get to Joker. Along the way, you find all of these secrets and riddles left by the Riddler (you don’t meet him in game, just chat with him) and you find out all kinds of interesting tidbits about the people and things of Batman, including things like character bios, which are AWESOME. But, you level up and you can upgrade Batman’s abilities and gadgets. I can’t tell you the ending, because it spoils it (derp) and I want you all to find out for yourself. This game is truly incredible, its so much fun, very in depth and there is so much to do in it too. It took me quite a while to find all of the riddles. But it was worth it (and you get an achievement, so all of you achievement whores out there like me will enjoy that hunt.) Also, you get to meet some other baddies, such as Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Bane, Poison Ivy…the list goes on. It’s very cool seeing how they all intertwine in the game. But there is more after you complete the main storyline. Challenges.
Oh boy…challenges. There are two types of challenges, combat and predator challenges. Combat challenges are self-explanatory. …You fight…bad guys. Well, okay, it’s a little more complicated then that, but not much. Basically, you string together combos through each round (which get progressively harder with more enemies) trying to obtain the highest score you can. You earn one, two, or three “medals” depending on your score. Higher score, means more medals. There are 8 maps, 3 medals each for a total of yep, you guessed it, 24 medals. (You get achievements for this too, 8 medals, 16 and then 24 all earn you achievements.) But this is where the button mashing comes into play. DON’T FUCKING BUTTON MASH. Seriously, makes the challenges impossible. I can’t do them. I’m getting better, but they’re hard as fuck. So please, try to tap the buttons, not mash them during the story to set up for combat challenges. It’ll save you time and stress.
But the other type of challenge is the predator challenges. To earn these medals, you have to knock out the bad guys in a certain way to get them. They’re a hell of a lot easier than the combat challenges, but still kind of tough (some. Plus getting timing down is tough).
So folks, I hope I have convinced you to run out and buy this game, if you own it, wipe the dust off and play it again. Remember, Arkham City is out October 18. I’m getting it, are you?
Until next time folks, stay in the shadows.
Killing lights
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