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joystiq.com - 10/6/2009

Batman started as a rhythm-action game -- and other Arkham Asylum secrets

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Well, whaddya know? It's not just an Unreal license, painstaking design and dynamic gameplay that make for a Game of the Year candidate. It also takes three cans of whipped cream, 14 nationalities, 44,674 polygons (in one plant!), 314 breakable TVs, and six babies. That's right. If you're ...

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gameinformer.com - 10/6/2009

Tidbits: What You Didn

— gameinformer.com — Tidbits: What You Didn't Know About Batman: Arkham Asylum Tidbits by Andrew Reiner on October 02, 2009... at 02:26 PM 16,956 Views 64 8 Game development often lasts for years. And in that stretch of time, studios have their fair share of ups and ... (more) Tidbits: What You Didn

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thatvideogameblog.com - 10/7/2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum started out as a rhythm action game?

— thatvideogameblog.com — Like most people who have picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum , I’ve enjoyed the hell out of... it. Great atmosphere, wonderful writing and voice acting, and the fact that it’s actually fun to play certainly helps matters. Well, Game Informer recently sat down with British developer ... (more) Batman: Arkham Asylum started out as a rhythm action game?

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store.steampowered.com - 10/4/2009

#6 - Batman: Arkham Asylum

— store.steampowered.com — Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the... depths of Arkham Asylum - Gotham's psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. Gamers will move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst ... (more) #6 - Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Batman: Arkham Asylum could've been a rhythm game
Destructoid — ... involved colored circles bashing into each other. This actually formed the basis of the final system." This is quite interesting, because I used Arkham Asylum in an article I wrote defending Quick-Time-Events, demonstrating that the combat was very much a QTE cleverly disguised far more appealing aesthetics. This seems to very much support the case.  So, the next time you dump all over QTEs, remember what Batman managed to do. [Via Joystiq]

Batman Arkham Asylum Could Have Been Rhythm Action Game [Oddities]
Kotaku — ... combat went through several variations: "The first one being a full rhythm action game! The second one was prototyped in 2D, which popped up whenever you got into a fight, and involved colored circles bashing into each other. This actually formed the basis of the final system." Rhythm...action...game? THANK YOU FOR NOT USING THAT COMBAT SYSTEM. More factoids and tidbits in the link below. Tidbits: What You Didn't Know About Batman: Arkham Asylum [GameInformer via Joystiq] ...

Batman: Arkham Asylum Was a "Rhythm Action Game"
The Escapist : Latest News — ... revisions - the first one being a full rhythm action game! The second one was prototyped in 2D, which popped up whenever you got into a fight, and involved colored circles bashing into each other. This actually formed the basis of the final system. ...really? A rhythm action game? And a combat system with colored circles bashing into each other in 2D? Huh. I'm going to stick with the "fluid ballet of face-kicking" that made it into the final product, thank you very much. (Via Joystiq )

Batman: Arkham Asylum secrets revealed
Aeropause Games — ... 2-D fighter, and finally the system which we got, or that cans of whipped cream were used to make the sound of spraying the explosive gel (I knew it sounded familiar). Some are surprising, like the fact that the word “Joker” was said 384 times in the game, or that one of the male producers did some of the mo-caps for Harley Quinn. And some are heartwarming: 6 Rocksteady babies were born during the production of the game. Hit the article for the full list. Via Joystiq