http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/09/same-bat-time-same-bat-channel-same-bat-grappling-hook The Journal of Poorly-Explained Phenomena Sun, 20 May 2012 20:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/09/same-bat-time-same-bat-channel-same-bat-grappling-hook/comment-page-1#comment-501 Chuck Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:02:39 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1517#comment-501 That scene in <i>Arkham Asylum</i> was done about as well as you could possibly do it in a game, I think. My only problem with it is that it's been done over and over again in the comics and cartoons by this point; I must have seen at least a dozen versions of it by now. So for me it just felt like a retread, in semi-interactive form. That scene in Arkham Asylum was done about as well as you could possibly do it in a game, I think. My only problem with it is that it’s been done over and over again in the comics and cartoons by this point; I must have seen at least a dozen versions of it by now. So for me it just felt like a retread, in semi-interactive form.

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/09/same-bat-time-same-bat-channel-same-bat-grappling-hook/comment-page-1#comment-500 Moeez Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:23:53 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1517#comment-500 Also, the moment you mentioned you loved in "Rear Window" before the scare? That whole lead-up for the stairs? For me, this game had it, with the spoilerific scene in the hallway down the Gotham streets. It made me cry, which is a first for a videogame since The Darkness. Also, the moment you mentioned you loved in “Rear Window” before the scare? That whole lead-up for the stairs? For me, this game had it, with the spoilerific scene in the hallway down the Gotham streets. It made me cry, which is a first for a videogame since The Darkness.

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/09/same-bat-time-same-bat-channel-same-bat-grappling-hook/comment-page-1#comment-499 Moeez Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:51:58 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1517#comment-499 Agreed wholeheartedly, even if I love the game to death. The boss battles and specific ways to deal with the "puzzles" made it feel old-school, but I still loved the ending to Killer Croc where you realised why you put the explosive mine at the start of the level. But they're so far and between, that I always remember the amazing storytelling moments that aren't included in cutscenes and are very subtle kinda like Half Life. Agreed wholeheartedly, even if I love the game to death. The boss battles and specific ways to deal with the “puzzles” made it feel old-school, but I still loved the ending to Killer Croc where you realised why you put the explosive mine at the start of the level. But they’re so far and between, that I always remember the amazing storytelling moments that aren’t included in cutscenes and are very subtle kinda like Half Life.

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