What happens when you take the same engine used for games such as Gears of War, UT3 and Bioshock and then use it to make a Batman game that is being released at a time that doesn't tie in with the motion picture?

Decide for yourself.

The demo is currently available on XBL and PSN (And maybe the PC?) I just played through the demo and I was really impressed. It's made by Eidos and there is an element of Hitman in there, a dash of Tomb Raider, some cover features that appear to be in all next-gen games. There's also a visual mode you can drop in and out of that is comparable to Splinter Cell, these names I am dropping are all fave games of mine and I believe that this game is not just another superhero game.

The visuals are incredible and the combat system flows really smoothly. You find yourself thinking out your moves rather than just button bashing as you would when normally beating off your foes in hand to hand. Great atmosphere and voice acting. I am full of praise until I can play the full game when I expect I will have my reservations.

Here's the trailer that came at the end of the demo:


What are your thoughts on this? I was expecting more of the same of inFamous and Protoype game mechanics but this game cannot be categorised with those in my opinion.

It's weird how this game is getting so much attention, but I guess it's looking really promising.  The gameplay looks really cool and involving.  I'm really curious what the reviewers will say when it comes out.

I'll be getting this demo soon, I just saw it was out. Can't wait to play it, I've been hyped about this game for quite a while now.

yeah, bringing back mark hamill was a good decision and I'm glad they're getting back to Jokers crazy gadgets and stuff instead of trying to make him like the dark knight's Joker.

not too keen on some of the design choices (batman is too horny)

I really enjoyed the demo too, my only beef is visuals. The areas look really nice and detailed, yet nothing is destructable... Maybe it would have taken too long to make, or whatever. Biggest though is the hoooorrible lipsync. I'd take HalfLife over this batman lipsync... Just bad.
Though I preordered this awhile ago and will definitely be bataranging foos

hey it only took like 30 years but maybe someone finally made a good batman videogame??

I guess it looks ok. I'd prefer a batman rails shooter on my phone though.

The demo is good. It's like batman games might finally be good from now since this one set the bar for standers. Now all we need now is a good superman game.

I just played this demo. It was okay, but I'm not picking it up. The combat was incredibly lame, all I had to do was mash a button and occasionally some button input would appear on the screen. Everything about the combat is some form of "lite" quick time events. Everything is so predetermined and simple. The game would show off some slow motion action whenever you killed a guy, but that wasn't impressive either. The sneaking wasn't nearly as good as a game like Riddick, but I really liked how you could approach the last part of the demo with different tactics. I just don't get some of these design choices, though.  Even how the camera acts got on my nerves; sometimes it's right on Batman's ass blocking out 50% of the screen and other times it's farther away. And there is absolutely no reason why you should have to tap the A button a million times just to open a vent. That REALLY bugged me.

I think it will be a decent game, but it's not for me. I enjoyed some of the sneaking elements, but everything else felt weak. *shrug*

Uh batman doesn't kill people.. maybe you should step out of this topic before you get hurt..

this isn't relevant to anything anyone said here

it was a really good post though

Or more likely, he was talking about playing as the Joker and killing them in slow motion.

it looks better than the previous batman games I have played. I'll be sure to pick it up.