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REVIEW: Gotham is the new Rapture

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK

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Pr0fesserCha0s - 3 months 10 days ago

Wow It's a real honor to get a compliment from the author 'u', so thank you David an nice review Gamesradar is REALY reliable :P

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theHeadCase - 3 months 10 days ago

It's release date can't come quick enough!

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HardlyBirdman - 3 months 10 days ago

Holy Blockbuster Bonanza Batman!

This on the heels of the PS3 slim news has the money in my wallet fighting for the privledge of being spent to obtain this awesomeness.

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garnsr - 3 months 10 days ago

I didn't mean it was wrong for the Brits to review it, but comics (other than Watchmen and V for Vendetta) seem so American to me, it just seemed sort of unusual to me to have a British review of it. And the British review style seems a little more constrained and organized than the Americans' style, in my eyes. Good review, though, I may pick up the game if I run out of games next year (which seems almost impossible, with the lineup for the next half year or so.)

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catlikereflexes - 3 months 10 days ago

Forget about geekgasms; Batman: Arkham Asylum gives you real orgasms. And this review just made me that much effing more excited for it.

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xboxrulez - 3 months 10 days ago

fist! nice article.

may speek the trooth that cannot be speek. plz pay attention. this game will be best with sick graffics (oh man, so sick!) on wunderful and pure xbox 360.

case closed. may (and master cheef) go now. x

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skyline19 - 3 months 10 days ago

got this bad boy pre-ordered special edition can't wait!

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hooterscpufantasm - 3 months 10 days ago

phhhhhhffffffttttttt...
Spider-Man? How dare you mention his name on a page dedicated to the Batman? Begone, heathen!
Seriously though, ultimate spider-man video game was the last good one, and spiderman 3 failed...
sorry dude.

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SlightlyBetterName - 3 months 10 days ago

Wasn't looking forward to this until i played the demo. Now i'm really interested. Might be the first game i've actually bought in a while.

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bron1417 - 3 months 10 days ago

wow i had a feeling this was going to be good. i hope i can go pick it up soon

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TrigunGunner - 3 months 10 days ago

spidey will never get back in the game enough to rival batman. TheWebSwinger has his hopes too high. Bats eat spiders for breakfast. Spiderman will never be better than batman

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ragingearth - 3 months 10 days ago

man, i really can't wait until monday. this is gonna be an all day event.

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mgkyo666 - 3 months 10 days ago

well that's 100$ wisely spent, i am gonna play this game endlessly!!!!!!!!!!

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manmeatpizza - 3 months 10 days ago

Day. 1. Purchase.

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crumbdunky - 3 months 10 days ago

So then. I've read a 9, a 9.3 and another 9 so far-so AA confirmed as AAA?

Looks that way and, tbh, I wasn't bowled over by the demo(just felt a bit stiff and samey)-it was OK but nothung to indicate this level of praise so there really has to be much more depth and balance to the full game.

Getting sick of these demos that don't represent their games-VC was cack and the game was cool whereas Sonic:Unleashed promised fast Hedgehog action and told you nothing about the awful Werehog BS that made up 90% of the damn game! Seems like Eidos may have caught the bug off Sega!

Oh well stick another game on the pile-what would we have done if they HADN'T moved all those games to 2010?

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cart00n - 3 months 10 days ago

I've actually had the CE on pre-order from Amazon as soon as it was announced. I am now strongly considering paying for release day delivery. It's only $6...

reCaptch: unhorses Now

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gatornation1254 - 3 months 10 days ago

@ Pr0fesserCha0s:
how would you know that if you haven't played the game through to completion.

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cart00n - 3 months 10 days ago

I actually had to force myself to delete the demo off my Xbox because I'd gotten so addicted to it, I couldn't stop replaying it, but every time I got to the end, I'd get depressed. I'll tell you, tho', even tho' that demo is short, there's a LOT of depth to it. A couple little Riddler trophies, some really fun ways to take out your foes, even with just a bat-a-rang and a grappling hook. I used to not like stealth games too much (BG&E and Riddick are exceptions), but if this is the new direction other games start to take, I may start to change my mind - that new Splinter Cell has been catching my eye as of late as well..

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