Batman: AA Receives Uninspiring ( Guinness World Record )

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sega4life said:

 

Batman: Arkham Asylum receives uninspiring Guinness World Record

by JC Fletcher 

Okay, we like Batman: Arkham Asylum and all, but our goodwill has limits -- and they stop right at the acceptance of a Guinness World Record for "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever," which was announced today. It's a nice achievement for the game (and especially notable for a Batman game, given their history), but that's not a Guinness World Record. That's a marketing blurb. In fact, we're awarding it the Joystiq.com Award for Most Transparent Marketing Effort of the Day Presented by Windex™. Now, when Batman: Arkham Asylum lifts more than 160 pounds of weight with its ear, that's a Guinness World Record.

Who decides what a superhero game is anyway? Plenty of people don't consider Batman a superhero, given that he has no superhuman abilities beyond super-wealth.

Gallery: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Tags: batman-arkham-asylum, guinness-world-records, rocksteady-studios, warner-bros-interactive

One of the most ignorant things I've ever heard is that "Batman is not a superhero."

Batman's superpowers are his wits, his resourcefulness, and his powers of deduction.

Also, the term "superhero" originally refers to a genre of comic which batman helped invent.

Next, in pretty much every Batman comic where he actually fights another superhero, including superman, he owns them.

Also, everytime anyone else has tried to take on the joker, he totally screws them up, and/or kills them.

Batman is such a great superhero because his power was earned. He isn't some generic superhero with the power to do "x" and even if batman didn't have a dime, he would still be one of the most formidable superheros in the DC universe.

In the batcave, Batman has weapons to combat every other superhero known, just in case one of them goes rogue.

I can see how someone with a very casual and ignorant view on the comic world, or someone who has only seen batman in The Dark Knight, might make that argument. Their ignorance lends to it. However, any comic fan would laugh that shit out of the building. Try making that argument at CC.

 

As far as if the world record is deserved, well, imo, it is the best IP based game I've ever played, that didn't start as either an obscure manga, or a game. It's fantastic, and it deserves acclaim, no matter how it gets it.