Played it back in October. Liked it quite a lot, despite not caring for Batman and knowing next to nothing about his world. All of my Batman knowledge comes from playing Lego Batman! IIRC I did have a chunky post on the game; the new search system doesn't want to let me search an individual forum only so I can't find it. Batman's a very popular word on the org, it seems.
It's a glossy, high value product with a lot of care in it. Bats himself is a solid feeling presence, capable and strong and yet just vulnerable enough that there's always an edge to any encounter. If you're in perfect control it's easy to dance through encounters without a scratch, if you slip it's easy to die in seconds. The gameplay's overall decent with some moments which stand out nicely. I really liked the varied uses of the cowl, enjoyed the stealth, loved the metroid-esque progression of power up gadgets, had fun solving all of the riddles ... and disliked certain parts of the game enough that I'm put off the idea of replaying it although I'd rather like to. Certain fights were downright annoying due to things like overly enclosed spaces and poor camera angles. I'm talking about 2 or 3 sequences of the game, that's all. Pity that such a tiny portion to puts such a damper on the overall.
You owe it to yourself to climb to the highest point of the asylum and then jump off, gliding all the way down. Fun.
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Fragony
Nice and all but I am STUCK, dropped than candalier, saved guards NOW WHAT, LOOK AT ME
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