Batman: AA Receives Uninspiring ( Guinness World Record )

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ZenfoldorVGI said:

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.

To be honest he isn't a superhero, but that is just lame to make some sort of arguement over it. Hes a vigilante and a crime fighter and fights enough people with super powers that its really a non issue.

I'm not much of a Batman fan per say(hes too soft on crime), Im more of a Punisher guy myself but they are in the same boat. They are vigialnte/crime fighters and are comic heros. Both use superior intellect, weaponry, toughness and (particurlarly in Batman's case) martial arts skill to defeat their foes. They are not "super" heros they are just comic heros, but to make the arguement that its not a superhero game is just a semantics arguement.

 

I disagree with all the love this game is getting. Everything Batman is "cool" since the Christopher Nolan re-imagining of the character and I think that plays a big part in the hype. Its an ok but flawed game, with a nice blend of beat em up and metroidvania. It is worth a rental at best, so I cant see it being best game of any genre.

 

@Zen......I'd bet everything that Batman couldnt beat Preacher