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Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo AVAILABLE NOW, New Trailers Also Released

August 07, 2009 in Demo comments 22

The Batman: Arkham Asylum demo has been released on PSN and Xbox Live today and, if gamer impressions are anything to go by, it's definitely worth checking out for both Batman fans and non-fans alike.
Discuss the demo in the Batman: Arkham Asylum forum.

If that wasn't enough, a bunch of new trailers have also been released. Go to the source for the new videos.

Miss Razz via joystiq.com »
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  • 0
    chautemoc Aug 7, 09
    PC demo is late.
    • 0
      Dragoon Aug 7, 09
      Bugger. We'll have to play the waiting game
      • 0
        Miss Razz Aug 7, 09
        Are you sure the PC demo isn't out yet? There are a bunch of sites reporting that it's already been released
        • 0
          FinalFantasyFanaticc Aug 7, 09
          I don't know about the demo, but i know the actual PC game has been delayed until the 20th of September or so.
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    Smoke Aug 7, 09
    I was extremely impressed with the demo. It turned into a "Sort-of-want" to a must have purchase. The atmosphere of the game is great, and I forgot how much I missed Mark Hamil's voice acting for The Joker; instant nostalgia.
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      FinalFantasyFanaticc Aug 7, 09
      Yeah i just got through with the demo myself and must say that it was a fantastic tease to the game, makes me want it a hell of a lot more now that i've actually had a piece of the action.

      I need to work more on my stealth though, kept getting seen on the last stealth section =[
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        Smoke Aug 7, 09
        Yeah, I wasn't expecting stealth being that important. I really like the fact that you're not bullet-proof like most games now-a-days, the idea that you're just as strong as them but can take down entire groups gives me great satisfaction.
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          HisServant77 Aug 7, 09
          My thoughts exactly! I think the demo really served to give a taste of the stealth so it had a good bit in it. But I think it might end up half and half. I definitely could be wrong, especially with them having the challenge rooms (which might mean more stealth in the game, so they added that for the brawler-type gameplay).

          But this is definitely a game I'm enjoying. And what's best, is that it seems so much like an excellent change of pace from the other games out there . . . I'm really going to enjoy it. Let's hope it has LONG gameplay/replay, and if it does well enough, sequels to come that at the very least, equal this one.
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        Gamesta100 Aug 8, 09
        What's it like when you get caught? I hate it when getting caught during stealth basically means game over.


        Would you say the stealth is more like MGS (prefferd but by no means neccesary) or more like Splinter Cell (get caught you may as just stand there and wait to die).

        If it's more like SC then I won't be buying it.
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          HisServant77 Aug 8, 09
          It's more like, if you get caught you'd better be good enough to beat them down before you take too much gunfire! And if they're far away and start shooting at you, you're dead meat because you can run to them to get them, but . . . You'd probably die before then.

          But you can do it . . . Like Drago says below, he stormed the guys with the machine guns. That's the part that is supposed to use stealth. Yet he survived.
        • 0
          Hideo1 Aug 8, 09
          There a number of gargoyles and high points you can grapple too in most places, like Batman actually would if he was being shot at, so escaping is fairly simple.
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    kik36 Aug 7, 09
    Downloaded it last night, but didn't get a chance to run through it. Unfortunately I won't be able to afford it right off the bat thanks to Demon's Souls.
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    Daigoji_Gai Aug 7, 09
    Now THIS is how you do a f'n superhero game right! May be the best ever with MUA, Ultimate Destruction, and inFamous coming up behind.
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    Dragoshi1 Aug 7, 09
    Beat the demo.


    It rocked! Didn't know how to heal,though. I stormed into a group of 5 SMG gunners and came out with like .1 HP left.
    • 0
      Hideo1 Aug 7, 09
      HP regenerates to full after you finish a fight/clear a room of bad guys.
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        Seproth Aug 7, 09
        It comes back when you knock dudes out, or find secrets.

        It tells you tutorial style as pop up text after you get down the first hallway.
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          Hideo1 Aug 8, 09
          I'm going on what I've read in interviews and seen in videos and stuff. That said it could be true for both, since I've seen videos where Bats gets all of his health back after 'clearing up', so to speak, but you can still get certain amounts back for doing that. Although, again from what I've read, the secrets supposedly expand health capacity.
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          HisServant77 Aug 8, 09
          Hmm . . . didn't get to read that, Seproth! I think I must play this demo again to find out, since, oh gee, you've twisted my arm!
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    kspiess Aug 7, 09
    Played it for 10 mins. Good little taste I had.
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    Gamesta100 Aug 8, 09
    I'm not liking the sound of that.I'll have to play the demo and see what I think because it sounds too stealthy for me.
    • 0
      HisServant77 Aug 8, 09
      Yeah, you should really play the demo to get a better feel of it.
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    Dramon Knight Aug 9, 09
    I played the demo. It was pretty good, I guess.

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