The 28 hidden characters in Batman: Arkham Asylum

Which villains will appear in Batman: Arkham Asylum 2?

Also, have a look at this in-depth article on the first part of the game, courtesy of IGN.

Certainly check it out – here are a few things that caught my eye…

“One of the pillars Rocksteady’s building this game on is FreeFlow combat.
As the bad guys come at Bats, he’ll be able to engage up to 15 of them without
breaking too much of a sweat. The face buttons are strikes, grapples, and counters,
and these simple inputs will be your lifeline to throwing dudes across the room and
incapacitating foes. When you knock a standing guy out or pull off a floor takedown
(a kick to the head of a downed foe), you’ll get a health boost and some XP. Yes,
even Batman has experience points these days, and you’ll be collecting them so
that you can unlock moves such as the Hang Attack (I’ll get back to this in a bit)
and power-ups such as an armor upgrade.”

I look forward to seeing all the villains they include. I’ve not read a lot of Batman comics but
I have a rough idea of the badguys. They’re always good fun:

“Although the folks showing the game from Warner Bros. weren’t ready to tell
me all of the characters in the game, they did mention that there’s going to
be a lot of nods to comic book lore in terms of little asides, cameos, and more.
At one point in the game, Batman walked into an abandoned cell that had a few
green question marks scrawled on the walls.”

Finally, the attention to detail sounds very cool:

“Seeing as how this is supposed to be the longest night in Batman’s life, look for the hero to be sporting more and more stubble as the events wear on. As the events of the night unfold, expect Batman’s costume to become damaged and stay damaged — when holes pop up in his cape, you’ll need to account for it when you glide.”

I really love this idea, and hope it’s noticable. Too many games have promised this kind of detail which is missing when the actual product ships, let’s hope this is not the case here. Actually, I’m a little peeved they thought of the beard thing, as I was going to have my own RTB (or real-time beard, as I call it) in my comic the Sandwich Man. I’ll let them off though, at least it looks like they’ll complete the game!

See my earlier post on Arkham Aslyum (more videos here).

Oh, and expect a post on the BAFTAs following tonight’s ceremony (t-minus 11 minutes!).

And now for something completely different…