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bluehinter
12/14/09

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It looks to me like this game is going to be loosely based around the Batman: Cataclysm, Aftershock, and No Man's Land arcs, which I have to say is a perfect choice.

They can easily pick and choose which story elements to keep, and I can totally see using the bit where Batman has to escape from the collapsed Bat Cave via the underground river as a training mission.
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Rasselas
12/14/09

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Where's the Caped Crusader when you need him?

In my PS3, while I revert to the age of seven.
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hcd
12/14/09

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The first game was great. Still, what it really proved about Batman is that he is pretty crappy at fighting crime. Every time he'd rescue somebody, he'd say "Stay put", wander off to punch somebody else, and then come back to find everyone dead.

Batman: Soft on crime.
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PlaidNinja
12/14/09

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I haven't played this, but from the comments I can only assume that gameplay took a back seat to Harley Quinn's outfits, or lack thereof.
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Darklighter
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: You know not of what you speak. Arkham Asylum is one of the best games of the year.
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PlaidNinja
12/14/09

@Darklighter: ok - again I've NOT played the game, but based on the comments I was reading the game is all about her looks.

My point was that all the comments posted here were about T&A and not about gameplay.

COMMENTS!
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Communist Pope
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: She's in it for maybe 1/10th of the game, if that. But you know how sci-fi fans get when a woman walks into the room.
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PlaidNinja
12/14/09

@Communist Pope: I'm sure the game is great. The reviews were good, the images looked great, and the bits I played through in the demo seemed good, though I didn't play the demo for long. (which is why I say I have no personal experience with the game) Its just that for all the great things said about the actual game, the comments here seem to be directed elsewhere. (BOOBIES!) Yet somehow I'm still the ignorant bastard. :)
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korybing
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: Harley was my least favorite part of the game, actually. I thought her redesign was completely tasteless, especially since her original outfit was great.

The game itself is absolutely fantastic, though.
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Invisible-Echidna
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: I don't know where you're reading up on Arkham, I haven't played it either, but this is nothing like what I hear from people. You were actually the first mention I've seen of Harley's boobs in any comment field. The only character I've really heard anything about individually is the Joker.
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Communist Pope
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: Hey, I wasn't calling you an ignorant bastard, I was just enlightening you! If I was insulting anyone, it was male sci-fi/comics/video game fans who drool like bulldogs whenever the faintest whiff of a female is involved, tricking innocent bystanders such as yourself in the process.

But yeah, it really is a great game. I don't think I'm exaggerating at all when I say it's the best super-hero-based video game yet.
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Darklighter
12/14/09

@Communist Pope: "I don't think I'm exaggerating at all when I say it's the best super-hero-based video game yet." Oh, there are so many higher bars you could set for Arkham Asylum that it clears easily.
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Communist Pope
12/14/09

@Darklighter: Lulz, I was thinking the same thing write after I hit "share." It's really amazing that it took until 2009 for someone to finally make a comic book video game that does justice to its source material. (Though I guess the technology wasn't really there until the current gen.)
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kialakazebee
12/14/09

@PlaidNinja: Actually Poison Ivy in the first game is the one to watch. She's basically nekkid.
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TemporalSword
12/14/09

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The first was one of the best games of the year, and the best Batman geme ever, hands down, and I'm excited that this will be out in Gotham City. Can't wait.
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Schrodingers_Cthulu
12/14/09

@TemporalSword: I just wish that they'd remove the Arkham Asylum title if it really takes place in the whole city. I know I'm being nit-picky but if it's not in the asylum why name it after it? I'm pretty sure people could still figure out this is the sequel.
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TemporalSword
12/14/09

@Schrodingers_Cthulu: Yeah I thought that, too. It'll prolly be something stupid like:

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2: Gotham City
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Demonbird
12/14/09

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I am very excited for this. I hope that they make some changes though to what we see here.
Specifically, make new designs for the henchmen, and give Harley a different sexy costume, as the last one was situational.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/14/09

@Demonbird: Sure. I got tired of staring at her (and Poison Ivy's) model in the Extras section after a few days.

Ah, crap, was I speaking out loud again?
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BigGreenMonster
12/14/09

@Demonbird: She's taking care of a sick joker now, how's a nurse's outfit not appropriate?
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Demonbird
12/14/09

@BigGreenMonster:
Because it was conditional of what she found at arkham for a makeshift costume, and was then captured and presumably lost the costume. Yet it's back exactly the same.
I don't want harley to be a one trick pony in the sexy outfit department.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/14/09

@Demonbird: Hurr hurr you said trick.
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korybing
12/14/09

@Demonbird: I agree. Harley is a super interesting character, and it's sad to see her relegated to Eye Candy.
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EdificeComplex
12/14/09

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I hope the Riddler has a more prominent role in this one. Don't get me wrong, I loved hunting for his clues, but I'd like Batman to get a chance to interact with him more.
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Richard-Chaos
12/14/09

@EdificeComplex: Hearing him get arrested was so worth the backtracking.

I'll be obsessively checking the new site for this game for weeks, I'm consumed already.
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Darklighter
12/14/09

@EdificeComplex: I would love more of the Riddler. His psych recordings were probably the creepiest ones of all.
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EdificeComplex
12/14/09

@Darklighter: Yeah, for me there was something about the Riddler's "intelligent insanity" that put him above the Joker in terms of creep factor.
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Darklighter
12/14/09

@EdificeComplex: The thing that really made my skin crawl was when he tells the riddle of the sphinx. "That's horrible!" "No it's not. It's not my baby."
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/14/09

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And now we know the Joker's blood type. I think.
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Willow01
12/14/09

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Anyone but me notice Harley in a Nurse's outfit?

I loved the first one, and can't wait for the sequel.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/14/09

@Willow01: It's hard to NOT notice Ms. Quinn in that nurse getup again.
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HowIsYourFlat
11/11/09

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Spock death and resurrection was the best scene i remember. #startrek
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Wookie1972
11/14/09

Another excuse for a youtube clip.. #startrek
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Wookie1972
11/09/09

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Can't beleive I forgot Hank and Dean! #startrek
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tnmnsquare
11/09/09

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So Boba Fett is the only Star Wars creation who simultaneously lives in and out of SW canon? #startrek
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Wookie1972
11/09/09

@tnmnsquare: Schroedinger's Fett? #startrek
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LordMaim
11/14/09

@Wookie1972: You don't know if he's alive or dead until you look inside the armor.

...of course these days, he could also be a zombie. Goddamn Star Wars. #startrek
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Wookie1972
11/14/09

@LordMaim: Oh, goodness. I think the Death Troopers thing is the final straw for me and the Star Wars universe. I'm stuck with the name Wookie, however. #startrek
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crbuchleiter
11/08/09

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Um, guys..... three words: Dr. Daniel Jackson (SG-1)
How many times did he die to Ascend to the Asgard and be sent back for some reason or other. I think the final count was 5?

The Borg Queen - Killed by Data in Star Trek: The First Contact, only to come back at some point during Star Trek: Voyager and fight Janeway.....several times.

Captain Kirk - Died at the beginning of Star Trek:Generations when part of the starship he was on was ripped off by a strange magnetic wave. This wave is later identified as the Nexus, where he is found by Picard. He's then brought back from the Nexus to die because a bridge falls on him? How lame is that! Little known fact: when Kirk and Picard first stand on the bridge that is later Kirk's doom, Shatner ad-libbed "Captain on the bridge." When said bridge fell on Kirk, Shatner ad-libbed "Bridge on the Captain." Both lines were cut from the movie.

Neo. - "I think you're waiting for something. Another life, perhaps."

Agent Smith - "Were you listening to me just now, or were you looking at that lady in the red dress?"

Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Highlander I & II) - Because you simply can't kill Sean Connery
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Lampbane
11/09/09

@crbuchleiter:

[en.wikipedia.org])#.22Deaths.22 #startrek
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tammygarrison
11/09/09

@Lampbane: He is kind of the Kenny of the Stargate universe, isn't he? #startrek
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Lampbane
11/09/09

@tammygarrison: They were both gone for a season and only present as spiritual beings... #startrek
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thetieninja
11/08/09

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No Fox Mulder? Shame
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gigshaft
11/08/09

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I can't believe no one's mentioned Doctor Who. A franchise built entirely on the idea of the lead character's undeath. #startrek
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
11/08/09

@gigshaft: In fairness, that's probably because he hasn't died yet - the regeneration has (almost) always been part of the canon, so it's not like he's apparently died as William Hartnell and then been reborn next season as Patrick Troughton.

I see where you're coming from, but this is too much of a cheating death device to be included as a faux death one, imho. #startrek
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Jesse Astle
11/09/09

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: He regenerates just before death, not after it. So technically it isn't coming back from the dead, its cheating death. All I'm saying is that somewhere out there, Death is waiting patiently next to his chess set. #startrek
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CarrerCrytharis
11/09/09

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Well, he did suffer temporary death by alternate timeline that one time in Season 4 of the new series. #startrek
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whormongr
11/09/09

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: you can't make that argument if jean grey is on the list #startrek
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
11/09/09

@CarrerCrytharis: I thought that was more using Donna's potential life to power something nebulous that I never quite understood, more than the Doctor actually dying? #startrek
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
11/09/09

@Jesse Astle: Um, isn't that what I said? #startrek
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
11/09/09

@whormongr: Well, I sort of can in that the Doctor never actually died and it was never assumed he had - unlike Jean Grey both in the comic and the film (before the retcon). #startrek
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CarrerCrytharis
11/09/09

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Whatever the reason for trapping her in an alternate timeline, the result was that for several months, the Doctor was well and truly dead. (Donna went back and reset the timeline later on, thereby undoing the death. I think that counts, especially if we also have Superboy-Prime punching a wall on this list.) #startrek
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