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The Case Against Detective Mode, Should It Be In The Batman: Arkham Asylum Sequel?

January 13, 2010 in Blog comments 5

While Batman: Arkham Asylum was universally praised as one of the best games of 2009, the game's Detective Mode feature recieved mixed reactions. Some fans liked it, while others thought it made the game too easy or spoiled the game's graphics.
IGN wasn't a fan of Detective Mode... and they wouldn't mind seeing it gotten rid of in the sequel.

Sure, you didn't have to play all of Arkham in Detective Mode (the Dark Knight's visual mode that turned the screen blue and let him see enemies though walls as well as objectives and clues), but admit it, you did.

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 needs to give us Detective Mode to get our feet wet in the new environment and then damage it in some way -- a gunshot to the head from Two Face, a flash bang from the Penguin, or so on -- so that it can only be used sparingly or not at all.

Batman doesn't need cheap tricks to best his foes, and neither do we.
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  • 1
    Onvacation Jan 14, 10
    Maybe as something that needs to power-up or needs recharging after a set ammount of time just to curb the whole "i must have it on all the time incase i miss something" thing?
    • 0
      Shinobi_razor Jan 14, 10
      lol i admit i ran around with it on 90% of the time!! its handy.
  • 0
    Curt Connors Jan 14, 10
    There should definitely be some kind of time limit and cooldown period to stop it being on all the time. It'd give it that bit more of a challenge and make the scenery easier to appreciate.
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    conel3 Jan 14, 10
    I liked it but I found that I spent most of the time in Detective mode where I couldn't see the stunning visuals. I'd have to agree and say there should be a time limit and a cooldown for it.
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    Nagare Jan 14, 10
    I didn't really use detective mode all that much but it did take away from the great graphics in many places. Like others said, I think a cool down and time limit could be implemented.

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