WRUP: Joystiq Asylum edition

by Alexander Sliwinski on Aug 28th 2009 9:00PM

See that dude in the pic? That freak in the costume? Yeah, he's coming for us. For many, he's already reached into our wallets and removed between $40-60 and gosh golly we don't mind. So, thoughts about where the next Batman setting will take place? Don't say "Gotham." Try to come up with a neat set piece that fits in with the formula the first game established. What's everyone playing?

Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): Arkham Asylum. Maybe Wolverine.
Andrew Yoon (@scxzor): I'm really hoping the Games Room here at AOL will finish construction so I can play Batman: Arkham Asylum. If I can't do that, then I guess I'll have a rousing game of "Being Bored: The Boredom Adventures."
Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): I plan on stomping around Castle Wolfenstein in RPG form, searching through GameFan for Ninja Haggle Man tips, and finishing up the rest of Shadow Complex's cheevos.
Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): The plan is to wrap up Batman: Arkham Asylum before moving onto Red Faction: Guerrilla. Also, why are so many games: subtitled?
David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): I've fallen back in love with Mass Effect, so it's going to be a big focus for me this weekend as I try to wrap up my Renegade Shepard. And when I'm not off gallivanting around the galaxy, I'll probably be sitting in front of my mailbox, waiting for my copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum to come from Amazon.
Dustin Burg (@SuperDunner): Prepping for PAX. That is all.
Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): I'll be playing some Champions Online, further exploring the adventures of Flatfoot, everyone's favorite robotic crimefighter.
James Ransom-Wiley: Obsessively tracking my Batman "super saver" shipment from Amazon (so much for pre-ordering). What took 'em so long to ship it?! I guess it's time I ponied up for Prime ...
JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher): I'm in a mood to play some Technic Beat. Which means I'll probably be in a mood to play Technic Beat for the next six months or so. I love that little game.
Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): I think I'm going to find out what Technic Beat is. That's not a game I guess, so I'm gonna officially say Fallout 3.
Kevin Kelly (@gadgetguy): Trying to find all the chattering Joker teeth in Batman: Arkham Asylum while finally getting some Monkey Island going on.
Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): I'm going to single-handedly demolish every single bridge on Mars. Death to elaborate bridges!
Randy Nelson (@DangerPenguin): I suppose I can bring myself to play this Batman game everyone's hooting and hollering about. Oh, who am I kidding -- the game's fraking amazing and I'd be doing its awesomeness a disservice by playing anything but it this weekend.
Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM): I will be playing Fallout 3, really need to finish that one. Beyond that it will be some SFIV (maybe) and I'll be cracking into the first Professor Layton for the very first time.
Xav de Matos (@Xav): The moving game, part one! Also, inFamous and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Justin Glow (@justinglow): (Keeping the asylum in order.)

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Reader Comments (141)

I will be playing Asylum and QuakeLive.

I'm playing lock the door and stay inside. There is a Texas bank Robber on the run in my small town after he was pulled over today and shot 3x at a police officer. The whole county is freaking about this one. I saw the high speed chase happening on way home from the bank. The assailant fled into the woods on foot after he crashed his truck. Somehow they still haven't caught him even though there are FBI, local and state law enforcement agencies trying to apprehend the fugitive. It's a scary feeling.

Playing Valkyria Chronicles. If you are just getting a PS3 (slim) this should be one of your first purchases. Awesome game.

I'm working on a Final Fantasy marathon. I'm on IV now.

Speaking of Final Fantasy...

Am I the only one who liked FFIX?

@ RANDOM G

Nah, it's my favorite numbered game in the series. After playing through them all I would have to say my personal order would be -

Tactics > IX > VI > VII > IV > VIII > V > III > I > X > II

I like 'em all.

I like em all except for X and II.

Funny. After IV, X is my favorite.

I....can't....stop....playing....Arkham Asylum...

Also, I found my copy of Shadow of the Colossus, so I'm going to play through that again.

Shame on you for ever losing it!

Im waiting for the PC version.

I don't think they'll make a politically correct version.

I just beat Arkham and damn was that game awesome. I also just finished off Rogue Galaxy! I'm on a roll. Currently I'm playing Shadow Hearts, Eternal Sonata (PS3), Legend of Heroes, The Warriors (PSP), Final Fantasy IV (DS), Lost Odyssey, Vagrant Story, and Klonoa (PS1). Too much! I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Eternal Sonata... Such a good game! I love the biography of Chopin!

I finished Arkham Asylum yesterday morning with 100% of the riddles so I guess I'm either going to be trying to get 100% on the whole game (only need to master all the challenge rooms...which aint easy) or start over and beat it on hard. Great game btw, even if the final fight was disappointing. The Scarecrow parts are by far the best.

Really? I wasn't too fond of the scarecrow parts. They were a lot better than dealing with croc though.

Most of the boss fights were kind of disappointing anyway. I found I had a lot more fun fighting regular guys in the rooms where you're supposed to take them down with stealth.

I loved those ScareCrow parts, so trippy and scary. I like to jump out and let him crush me just so I can see him in action and have him taunt me that im dead, lol.

Arkham Asylum, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and maybe some Metroid Prime Trilogy.

Since i have no monies for Arkham... probably just COD4 and Red Faction MP. Maybe ill get around to finishing my Flip Note Studio animation as well.

Are you on PSN or XBL? I've been playing a lot of COD4 recently

Wolfenstein and LOTRO. Wolfenstein is actually a lot better than I thought it would be, though it tends to get incredibly repetitive after a little while.

Just finished Arkham Asylum, so now finishing up the Wolfenstein campaign. Oh, and some Rez

I beat Arkham Asylum just a couple RIddler things to get so I will be finishing that up, along with the challenge rooms. Shadow Complex is gunna be in there as well as Resident Evil 5!

You think playing with shitty partners is bad? Try pro with AI Sheva. I died almost 30-35 times in the fight after Wesker leaves. Most infuriating gaming experience of my life. In fact, all of the QTEs on Pro are annoying.

I'd do a pro run with you, but I can't lie and say that I didn't abuse some unlimited ammo magnums during some of the really difficult fights in the game. >_>;

I'll help you out then, if you want. My GT is Sheep on Fall.

I guess everyone's over the 2-D fighter kick? I'm not. I'll be playing BlazBlue, and continuing my MAG experience. If you were at Gamescom, and were called Cologne_0008.... I shot you. Sorry.

you bastard

How I envy you, MAG beta :(

OH, also... The ULTIMATE Sony Pony:

http://www.ff-xiii.net/images/screens/421fam7.jpg

why do you have to use such hateful language alex? It hurts me deeply. But yeah Ludwig hit the nail on the head, a fortress of Ra's Al Ghul would fit perfectly. Sure they wouldnt normally be there but Ra's is a rich dude and im sure he could persuade or somehow coerce the other villains to working with him, such as promising mr freeze to put his wife in a lazarus pit. Blackgate penitentiary would work well also, not as many villains there, but considering the joker had the black gate prisoners transferred to arkham, you could maybe have the villains moved here in the wake of arkhams extensive damage. Also i am absolutely going to say Gotham, because as absolutely is I LOVED AA, i still pine deeply for an Grand Theft Batman's Creed, and even not you could just stick to a specific section like the narrows or the area surrounding crime alley

as for WRUP i borrowed fable the lost chapters from a friend and really enjoying it, more so than Fable 2, I just enjoy the different setting waaaay more. Once im finished with that ill go back to the asylum and get 100 percent, really enjoying the challenges, or should I say "The easies" har har har. Ill also be dicking around in WoW, name's Ralendar on Elune and Mandalorian63 on Live. Also other fitting gotham locations would be the cauldron, an irish mob run crime infested area, GCPD headquarters, Wayne tower invaded by bad guys, or The Penguin's iceberg lounge along the rest of the building including penguin's penthouse and crime headquarters.

Ra's Corpse is in the morgue in the Wayne Mansion in Arkham Asylum, but you know he comes back all the damn time.

if you go back to the morgue after the main quest he's gone haha

i was gonna say the JLA Tower of Babel story line, the rest of the cast's story told through cinematics and com exchanges, while following batman as he hunts down Ras. That or like a story taking place on the watchtower with him being the only one not taken down by an invading injustice league, with him having to locate and free his team mates :)

What about Gotham during No Man's Land, or whatever the war in gotham was called. Blown out building and whatnot could add some of the arkham type vibe, while the "war" lends itself perfectly to a gathering of villians, each trying to gain control of the city.

For something completely off wall, you could even go w/knightfall or battle for the cowl, where you could play as multiple characters trying to be bats. Not saying that would be a sequel, but it might be kinda fun...

Oh man, a No Man's Land game using the Arkham engine would be AMAZING!

Hey, replying to this post cause that way you get the email.

You asked Why Africa? in reply to Preston's post. Lol at "so are a shitload of other places". Preston said, "The next Batman game should be pitted against Ra's Al'Ghul in Africa.". Ra is an Egyptian God. That's why he said Africa. Just clarifying...

And I disagree with Longhorn btw...he said Batman sucks and that's just plain bullshit. Still don't know which to get though, might re-read some reviews. =P

Ra is an egyptian god but... Ra's al ghul is not, and Ra's' is an international criminal, so that connection doesnt matter anyway

Still really into Fat Princess and have just got back into Pixeljunk Monsters. Maybe a bit of MvC2.

I don't have Arkham Asylum and don't plan on getting it anytime soon.... OMG DONT HURT ME! I don't have enough cash to get everything I want, and I really want Infamous first. D:

I'll be playing some Battlefield: Bad Company on PS3. Anyone else here play that still? I swear everyone's moved to that and left 1943, that I know.

dont get infamous first. Honestly, batman obsession aside completely from a gameplay stand point, AA is far better. Infamous is slow paced, the combat is meh, the powers dont make you feel powerful, the city is completely nondescript, there's absolutely no music and to top it off the graphics are kinda scratchy and full of the jaggies

NOT THE JAGGIES! Seems like Infamous needs some AA, eh? (anti-aliasing for those who don't get it)

Both games are amazing. Definitely are going to want to sell yourself so you can get both :P

Yo, i play BF:BC on a semi regular basis, but my PS3 is half way across the country right now...

PSN: Omnistatic

WTF, only half of my message showed up. The other half went:

Bad puns aside, thanks for your opinion. I've played both demos and enjoyed them both equally. Its a tough choice when you hear so many good things about both games. How's the replay value for AA? Fun trophies to get, etc?

you do feel insanely powerful in infamous... by the end. the lightning storm power is insane. but yeah, through most of the game, you do feel really weak. i had to run away from countless fights.

Yeah get inFamous good story and a good experience

arkham asylum's story is loads better. Infamous didnt even try with the moral choices, it held your hand so hard it was probably broken by the time you finished it. Also just the core gameplay rubbed me the wrong way. If im a superhero with legitimate super powers, why am i always having to run away and dodge and struggle against homeless guys with guns? Ugh. Terrible disappointment, i was so excited about all the hype i traded my xbox with a friend for a month, definitely not worth it, but KZ2 was

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