Batman Arkham Asylum: 12 Years Later

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  • čas přidán 30. 12. 2020
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    Batman Arkham Asylum is the greatest superhero game of all time, so they say. They're right. But is it the best? We'll answer that, and learn why the question needs to be asked now; 12 years after gaming changed forever.
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  • @Whitelight
    @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +431

    Head to www.squarespace.com/whitelight and use coupon code "whitelight" for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Happy Halloween everyone!

    • @seiaka
      @seiaka Před 3 lety +14

      no but thanks for good videos

    • @Addicted-gemer
      @Addicted-gemer Před 3 lety +2

      Happy new year

    • @majeedmamah7457
      @majeedmamah7457 Před 3 lety +6

      This is the earliest I've ever been so I hope i can get you to see this. Your writing is the best of any critic I've seen. I enjoy your critiques even of games I haven't played because the writing is so good. Happy New Year bro. Also please do Sekiro.

    • @vincehill4224
      @vincehill4224 Před 3 lety

      Another impressive video whitelight I always look forward to your work

    • @taranjk1
      @taranjk1 Před 3 lety

      WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @RiverdudeCovers
    @RiverdudeCovers Před 3 lety +3117

    Honey wake up, we got a new Whitelight video

  • @ChengTeoh
    @ChengTeoh Před 3 lety +2968

    I think the fact that they didn't make it a sprawling "open-world" game forced them to focus on what's more important - the amazing free-flow combat system that makes you feel like you are the feared crime-fighter of the night.

    • @soulbrother5435
      @soulbrother5435 Před 3 lety +308

      "Game makes you feel like a batman" is game journos meme but it's truth

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +567

      I agree with what you're saying. That said, Asylum's metroidvania problem isn't that it isn't open world enough. It fired it's shots with gadgets, tightness and backtracking, it certainly wanted to be this way. It just missed.

    • @parknplay8328
      @parknplay8328 Před 3 lety +136

      I love how to avoid saying "feels like batman" you used the most roundabout description of batman possible

    • @bamm3707
      @bamm3707 Před 3 lety +47

      A lot of times the first game of a series just seems better because its "the original" or whatever, but I played the first 3 games many years later and I legitimately loved arkham asylum. The newer ones gave me so many abilities and markers and overpowered gadgets right away. too much that I really couldn't think of it as a unique, eerie world where I'm truly in Batmans realm. I'm also extremely picky, only in that I get bored easily, but wow even 5 years late this game blew me away.

    • @brown-eyedcheese5440
      @brown-eyedcheese5440 Před 3 lety +32

      It really makes me feel like- *cars start honking*. What I was trying to say is it really makes you feel li- oh hold on someones at my door. Okay, what I meant was it really makes you feel like *sudden loud helicopter noises*.

  • @DonLasagna
    @DonLasagna Před 3 lety +1105

    "What if twitter...was a place"
    Thank you for your services whitelight

  • @SuperRandomRecorder
    @SuperRandomRecorder Před 3 lety +475

    I can't even imagine what your essays were like in school

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +429

      "Extremely creative, structure needs work" pretty much just that over and over

    • @gamesthatshouldbeframed3760
      @gamesthatshouldbeframed3760 Před 3 lety +15

      @@Whitelight still in school, but I always get that type of criticism

    • @TheHeadincharge
      @TheHeadincharge Před 3 lety +54

      @@gamesthatshouldbeframed3760 Not bad criticism honestly, it just means that you need to work on how to write your ideas in a way that make sense to other people, not just to you. It’s a learned skill that is arguably just as important as your creativity.

    • @gamesthatshouldbeframed3760
      @gamesthatshouldbeframed3760 Před 3 lety +3

      @@TheHeadincharge true , true I am currently working on story structure

    • @BlueisNotaWarmColour
      @BlueisNotaWarmColour Před 3 lety +10

      @@Whitelight ironically your video structure has that intangible strength in pacing

  • @LeoKRogue
    @LeoKRogue Před 3 lety +990

    This video is going to make me _feel_ like a consumer of game analysis.

    • @holdenanderson9932
      @holdenanderson9932 Před 3 lety +6

      I enjoy you ac unity videos Leo

    • @TXRXL.
      @TXRXL. Před 3 lety +6

      Leo K! I didn’t know you liked Arkham games as well!

    • @ThreeProphets
      @ThreeProphets Před 3 lety +6

      Arkham videos when? :P

    • @mightyc2060
      @mightyc2060 Před 3 lety +1

      Me: *reads comment and starts to laugh*
      Also me: *Proceeds to fall out of chair while choking on a piece of chicken*

    • @LeoKRogue
      @LeoKRogue Před 3 lety +11

      I love 'em!
      I've been eyeballing making stuff with Arkham Knight for quite a while now.

  • @alexdiduk4611
    @alexdiduk4611 Před 3 lety +1388

    “They take the James Charles approach. Absolutely nothing here is straight.”

    • @DrEcho
      @DrEcho Před 3 lety +102

      There's always one iconic line.

    • @raiorai2
      @raiorai2 Před 3 lety +10

      The secret technique for greatness

    • @lordsemen489
      @lordsemen489 Před 3 lety +14

      I lost my shit 😂

    • @NameHere2243
      @NameHere2243 Před 3 lety +47

      he also described the moon as dummy thicc

    • @psyched.shelby5391
      @psyched.shelby5391 Před 3 lety +10

      He said Joker looked like Jeffery Starr LMFAO

  • @No-sr5fb
    @No-sr5fb Před 3 lety +314

    "A dummy-thicc moon drenched in saturated green." never change my dude

  • @BeardyYT
    @BeardyYT Před 3 lety +631

    The only problem with Batman: Arkham Asylum is I can't experience it for the first time again.

    • @Ojthemighty
      @Ojthemighty Před 3 lety +17

      I have that problem with a few things

    • @carmenm6765
      @carmenm6765 Před 3 lety +6

      the way i felt this in my soul! i feel a similar way about the harry potter book series.

    • @marvelpugs6964
      @marvelpugs6964 Před 3 lety +5

      Hehe I can... I just bought it

    • @Ojthemighty
      @Ojthemighty Před 3 lety +2

      @@marvelpugs6964 please tell me its the original for the 360

    • @marvelpugs6964
      @marvelpugs6964 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Ojthemighty nah it’s the Arkham collection for ps4

  • @shanestern1788
    @shanestern1788 Před 3 lety +672

    "the exaggerated swagger of a middle aged rich guy with dead parents"

    • @akaashgill8369
      @akaashgill8369 Před 3 lety

      😂

    • @riffhousestudios96
      @riffhousestudios96 Před 3 lety +11

      “... which means it has a little bit of something for 1% of the population, .8 out of 11.4” IGN

    • @shanestern1788
      @shanestern1788 Před 3 lety +22

      @@riffhousestudios96 it really makes you feel like an orphan.

    • @riffhousestudios96
      @riffhousestudios96 Před 3 lety +10

      @@shanestern1788 it gives me the exaggerated swagger of an orphan who watched his parents get murdered

    • @shanestern1788
      @shanestern1788 Před 3 lety +5

      @@riffhousestudios96 but is it a good Spider-Man movie?

  • @BowTieTVOfficial
    @BowTieTVOfficial Před 3 lety +616

    "Edward Nigma"
    "I thought it was the Joker who wanted to say that word."
    Gold.

  • @PurposelessRabbitholes
    @PurposelessRabbitholes Před 3 lety +767

    Loved hearing you mention the demo a couple minutes in. I remember waiting for that to drop on the Xbox marketplace the night of, the Survival Tactics map is forever seared into my brain

    • @DishonoredSkull
      @DishonoredSkull Před 3 lety +21

      Same here, I remember playing the Demo for hours, days, maybe even weeks. Back when I didnt5have many games on the xbox I played Demos and AA was definitely my most played one. Such good old memories

    • @jazz8000
      @jazz8000 Před 3 lety +5

      I love your videos.

    • @olesrov
      @olesrov Před 3 lety +4

      Same here. My most replayed demo

    • @shadowslayer2929
      @shadowslayer2929 Před rokem

      loved your ideas for prototype 3 also watched that video you did on that game you know the one with the annoying naked vent ladies that's what I remember most about that video

  • @jamesgratz4771
    @jamesgratz4771 Před 3 lety +619

    This is the most “horror” the Arkham games have ever been. The music, lighting and even the way that the buildings change throughout the game. Playing it again it’s so fucking good. Knight may have the best most polished combat but this game has the best atmosphere

    • @angelopellicci179
      @angelopellicci179 Před 3 lety +54

      Tbh I find Arkham city to be more eerie. The Easter eggs are creepy. Azrael looking at you from a distance is creepy. The phone booths ringing cuz of Zsasz, FUCKING TERRIFYING. The scarecrow Easter eggs hinting that he’s still alive, as well as ra’s al Ghul no longer being on the fence with sword being left behind, all that shit fucking terrifies me. Even quickly gliding over the outline of where Bruce’s parents died makes me want to get the hell out of there. Maybe I’m just a bitch but there’s just so much shit in that game that fucking scares the shit out of me. Still one of my top games tho lol

    • @jamesgratz4771
      @jamesgratz4771 Před 3 lety +37

      @@angelopellicci179 lol the joker body with the tv head always gets me

    • @countdooku1610
      @countdooku1610 Před 2 lety +1

      Are u going to eat ur corn bread

    • @justanotherblackwhitemicke7817
      @justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 Před 2 lety +3

      Probably. But there was a point in Knight that you felt the horror as well

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +8

      @@angelopellicci179
      The world state during Protocol 10 is pretty chilling.

  • @CaptainEggcellent
    @CaptainEggcellent Před 3 lety +1462

    What a way to start the new year!

  • @bruisedbooty438
    @bruisedbooty438 Před 3 lety +1065

    This franchise has the wildest range of boss quality I’ve ever seen. For every Mr.freeze there’s a titan joker. It’s been an interesting ride.

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +347

      That's a great way of putting it.

    • @debabratp
      @debabratp Před 3 lety +275

      And for every Arkham Origins Deathstroke fight, there is an Arkham Knight Deathstroke fight, or should I say tank battle?

    • @veryyrude
      @veryyrude Před 3 lety +31

      @@Whitelight GTA 4- 12 years later
      Please

    • @bruisedbooty438
      @bruisedbooty438 Před 3 lety +49

      @@debabratp absolutely, such a shame. The combat is set up for bouncing off mobs of enemies and I was so impressed that Wb figured out a way to make deathstroke an actual dual. Disappointed rocksteady couldn’t or decided not to design a similar system :(

    • @surferOS101
      @surferOS101 Před 3 lety +24

      @@debabratp Arkham origins death stroke is overrated more style over substance. Just spam the counter button and you win.

  • @MaDNeSS1116
    @MaDNeSS1116 Před 3 lety +117

    “Satan might sob” now Devil may cry will never be the same for me again

  • @thestarkknightreturns
    @thestarkknightreturns Před rokem +197

    RIP Kevin Conroy. You'll forever be the voice of Batman.

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Rocksteady pissed all over his name its sad that this incredible ip and amazing actor was disrespected in such a way with the suicide squad game

    • @thestarkknightreturns
      @thestarkknightreturns Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@rushpatriot2866damn right brother. Fuck that game. I don't even recognize its existence and I'll never buy it or play it. Like ever.
      In Gotham Knights and The Flash, Batman had a good death. He died a warrior's death. In Suicide Squad it's just sad.
      But it seems well have more of Conroy as Batman. In at least two animated projects.

    • @aryan7767
      @aryan7767 Před 3 měsíci

      idk kevin conroy read the script, peroformed well, and enjoyed it. nobody knew he was going to die. its gross to use someone elses death to criticisie an admittedly bad game@@rushpatriot2866

  • @Rodpile
    @Rodpile Před 3 lety +318

    There was something about Asylum's atmosphere that the sequels never really recaptured

    • @m.a.k.dynasty4504
      @m.a.k.dynasty4504 Před 3 lety +134

      That's because of the "claustrophobia" aspect. What with being isolated on an island far away from the security of a city with buildings to zip away from combat if things get too bad for you.

    • @astronomical3342
      @astronomical3342 Před 3 lety +29

      Dark and gloomy

    • @lordsemen489
      @lordsemen489 Před 3 lety +46

      To me Asylum had more of that Tim Burton vibe to it

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +208

      City was neither Gothic or Lovecraftian, it was only Victorian rarely. Knight was only Gothic. They're all great looking games, but Asylum had a specific blend of art styles that were never tried again.

    • @jeremycrouch4356
      @jeremycrouch4356 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Whitelight where does Origins fall under this? I haven't had a chance to play it since it's not on PS4.

  • @AstralqueEpoch
    @AstralqueEpoch Před 3 lety +445

    Man, you know. A Stalker: Shadows of Chernobyl 14 years later would be interesting to watch

    • @AstralqueEpoch
      @AstralqueEpoch Před 3 lety +24

      I got hearted... Wait, Does that mean I would see a video on that down the road then????

    • @Firestorm422
      @Firestorm422 Před 3 lety +7

      @@AstralqueEpoch *Sounds of pure happiness*

    • @TehMorbidAtheist
      @TehMorbidAtheist Před 3 lety +4

      The Lost Alpha Mod is what should be reviewed since it's got all of the cut content and more.

    • @AstralqueEpoch
      @AstralqueEpoch Před 3 lety +6

      We're going back to The Zone, Stalkers. We're going back home

    • @henrik1743
      @henrik1743 Před 3 lety

      Driv3r, such a shitty game but man I put hours in that

  • @LEGOfilms23
    @LEGOfilms23 Před 3 lety +171

    This... This script was 89% Nolan trilogy quotes, wasn't it?

  • @Corrupted
    @Corrupted Před 3 lety +650

    Damn, this was well written

    • @henrycrabs3497
      @henrycrabs3497 Před 2 lety +11

      Unlike your videos

    • @ethandonovan8516
      @ethandonovan8516 Před 2 lety +6

      @@henrycrabs3497 OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @mamory3791
      @mamory3791 Před 2 lety +1

      @@henrycrabs3497 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @TriCop
      @TriCop Před 2 lety +1

      @@henrycrabs3497 BRUHHH 😭

    • @sartbimpson4519
      @sartbimpson4519 Před 2 lety +3

      Corrupted du hast auch die Arkham Games gezockt?

  • @derlynhernandez2727
    @derlynhernandez2727 Před 3 lety +584

    "Satan Might Sob"
    "What if Twitter was a place"
    "It makes you feel like -"
    Excellent work. As usual.

  • @GilCAnjos
    @GilCAnjos Před 3 lety +393

    If this video was uploaded an hour earlier, it would be called "11 years later"

    • @MalcomHeavy
      @MalcomHeavy Před 3 lety +35

      He crafted the video entirely. From the script down to the very hour the video would be uploaded.
      This is why he is CZcamss greatest video game analyst.

    • @BVBrocks927
      @BVBrocks927 Před 3 lety +12

      Just cause it's a new year doesnt make something a year older. It came out on August 25. You dont become a year older everytime it new years rolls around do you? It's actually only 11 years and 4 months old

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 Před 3 lety +25

      @@BVBrocks927 🎵 every party has a pooper that's why they invited you 🎵
      🎵 Party pooper 🎵
      🎵 Party pooper 🎵

    • @GilCAnjos
      @GilCAnjos Před 3 lety +3

      @@BVBrocks927 My point exactly, lol. I always found it funny how people round up years even when the number has no reason to be rounded up

  • @cryojudgement2376
    @cryojudgement2376 Před 3 lety +127

    I love how the beginning of the game you see how "clean" or as clean as Arkham can get is, you see guards everywhere armed and walking around and then the longer you play the more dilapidated and destroyed the island is, and the different enemy types show how many people are locked here. I love that before you enter crocs lair you see the security guard station down there with all the lockers and controls with pics of cric and multiple shock collars he has broken. Or that vent you walk through in the elevators to find scarecrows hideout with blueprints of the asylum for its hidden pathways and you see pics of batman at different times through out the game that he shouldn't have and I love how it made him feel omnipotent as well as adding to that feeling of hunter being prey. And on the loading screen it says " The Asylum holds many secrets will you find them all?"

  • @stealthiscool
    @stealthiscool Před 3 lety +78

    “Arkham City 10 years later” coming soon? 👀

  • @CoryMcCarvilleSchueths
    @CoryMcCarvilleSchueths Před 3 lety +362

    Sadly, Tom Kane (voice of James Gordon and Quincy Sharp in Batman AA) just had a stroke a couple days ago, and likely retiring from voice acting. :(

    • @duaneashley8194
      @duaneashley8194 Před 3 lety +66

      Dude has done great work. Hope he will be ok.

    • @runninwizard8609
      @runninwizard8609 Před 3 lety +53

      He also voiced several characters in Star Wars The Clone Wars

    • @themadtitan7603
      @themadtitan7603 Před 3 lety +19

      Hope, he's doing well.

    • @insertarihere3596
      @insertarihere3596 Před 3 lety +18

      Aw, fuck. Hope he gets better soon. If he doesn't come back to voice anyone, then at least he had amazing performances to look back on.

    • @Ojthemighty
      @Ojthemighty Před 3 lety +4

      That is sad

  • @d.m.515
    @d.m.515 Před 3 lety +109

    I really appreciate that every other line is a Dark Knight reference. And the other half are Arkham references.

  • @nadirfarajullayev757
    @nadirfarajullayev757 Před 3 lety +150

    Your critique is like a rollercoaster ride that gordon ramsey takes us on:
    -this is terrible... Terrible that i havent eaten this before..... To spit it out... So i dont fill my stomach and eat more... So no one else ever has to.
    Im sitting here taking notes like "oh okay so this is a good mechanic ,oh no wait its bad, but wait again its badness is its strength so its good, oh no its bad again" XD and just to add here i watched the whole 7 hour review of DS

    • @mdd4296
      @mdd4296 Před 3 lety +4

      it's bad for certain "quality" video games often strive for, lack some refinements but nevertheless serve the intention of the devs and its target audience really well was what he trying to say.

    • @devilskind92
      @devilskind92 Před 3 lety +30

      I feel this a lot with Whitelight, I never know if he's saying something positive or negative because his tone is always the same wether he is complimenting or criticizing. Gotta wait until he completely finishes a segment to know wtf is his stance on a particular issue lol

    • @themadtitan7603
      @themadtitan7603 Před 3 lety +1

      @@devilskind92 It's the same thing for me with a lot of these critique channels.

    • @Justmonika6969
      @Justmonika6969 Před 3 lety +10

      @@devilskind92 I feel with Whitelight he just does this because he has mixed feelings about certain elements of a games design. It is easy to be mixed on how good the combat was at the time versus how dated it may feel now.

    • @misterexclusive8282
      @misterexclusive8282 Před 3 lety +5

      He's almost *too* objective, like its hard to tell what he's shitting on and what he's commending. I fucking love it, genius writing.

  • @12bulldogs12
    @12bulldogs12 Před rokem +26

    R.I.P. to Kevin Conroy. He will always be my favorite Batman

  • @TheHulk1850
    @TheHulk1850 Před 3 lety +148

    8:05 "The inspiration for this place came from a single question: "What if Twitter was a place?" That's a yikes for me." I am absolutely dead now...

    • @He11Jumper
      @He11Jumper Před 3 lety +3

      didn't Joseph Anderson make a simular twitter joke in hid Witcher vids? I might be wrong

  • @Razor-Blade
    @Razor-Blade Před 3 lety +194

    Jeez this game is 12 years old? I remember seeing it in catalogs back in ‘09, I called it the scary Batman game because I was an idiot child.

    • @CaptainArthanos
      @CaptainArthanos Před 3 lety +26

      I played it my freshman year of college (2017) and you were right, it's def the scary Batman game lol

    • @jesterinadeck_2980
      @jesterinadeck_2980 Před 3 lety +17

      @@CaptainArthanos. Those lunatics are no joke.

    • @invictine
      @invictine Před 3 lety

      For me Batman Arkham Asylum is as scary as much as uncharted is an open world

    • @ThatGuyThatGames24
      @ThatGuyThatGames24 Před 3 lety +2

      Dude I remember reading my Gameinformer when it was the cover story, hyped as fuck man. Ugh take me tf back.

    • @-__9767
      @-__9767 Před 3 lety +15

      I remember watching some dude play it in a gamestop, wondering why he was beating up blue skeletons

  • @92juanreus
    @92juanreus Před 3 lety +75

    What I love about this game is that even with an old game engine, its artistic cartoonish style and choices makes it feel timeless. After 12 years, it feels great to play and to watch.

    • @icravedeath.1200
      @icravedeath.1200 Před rokem +8

      The fact that Arkham Knight was made with a modified unreal engine 3 still blows me away.

    • @thebadwolf3088
      @thebadwolf3088 Před rokem +1

      @@icravedeath.1200 Same with MK11 lol, Unreal Engine 3

    • @icravedeath.1200
      @icravedeath.1200 Před rokem +1

      @@thebadwolf3088 well I guess if they know the ins and outs of the technology, why would they need to change engines.

  • @crystalballstudiostm2355
    @crystalballstudiostm2355 Před 3 lety +70

    Been replaying it this year. Still looks and sounds great in my eyes. City has better gameplay, Asylum has better atmosphere.

    • @parkermartin5799
      @parkermartin5799 Před 3 lety +9

      I mean the atmosphere in City is good too tho, agreed not as good as Asylum, but still good, Asylum has the best atmosphere in the series and the 2nd best setting
      City has the most creative story and villains, the 2nd best story, and the 3rd best setting
      Origins had the worst setting, best plot, best boss battles
      Knight has worst plot, best gameplay/innovations, best setting

    • @nonyabizz3533
      @nonyabizz3533 Před rokem +1

      Asylum is my favorite one

  • @ieatyourbrain8478
    @ieatyourbrain8478 Před 3 lety +139

    The Arkham trilogy as a whole is waaaay ahead of its time, especially Asylum

    • @archivist_13
      @archivist_13 Před 3 lety +30

      It's streets ahead

    • @TheB0sss
      @TheB0sss Před 3 lety +16

      @@archivist_13 I'd probably even go as far as a couple neighborhoods.

    • @gamer-px5cu
      @gamer-px5cu Před 3 lety +1

      I don't think so

    • @nathanielhaven3453
      @nathanielhaven3453 Před 3 lety +27

      @@TheB0sss i guess you could say it's a whole city

    • @joshheralal8758
      @joshheralal8758 Před 3 lety +4

      @@nathanielhaven3453 an incredibly gothic city

  • @dylanbell268
    @dylanbell268 Před 3 lety +176

    It’s funny, Asylum holds a more special place in my heart than city. I remember being 10 going to Walmart and begging to go play the demo for it and infamous. Then, on the final Christmas I got to spend with my grandfather, he got me asylum. Man I miss being 10

    • @Ojthemighty
      @Ojthemighty Před 3 lety +3

      Lol u got a 15 at 10.
      Asylum and knight are my faves.
      City felt a bit weak in a way but its still very good, just not as good when compared to #1 and #3. Origins is the least of all. Dosnt have the same polish but still a very good game.

    • @eziospaghettiauditore8369
      @eziospaghettiauditore8369 Před 3 lety +3

      City haa better bosses combat world design and story.
      Asylum is running through the same corridors backtracking even fighting hordes of identical thugs

    • @dylanbell268
      @dylanbell268 Před 3 lety +1

      @@eziospaghettiauditore8369 and?

    • @dylanbell268
      @dylanbell268 Před 3 lety +1

      @@eziospaghettiauditore8369 I didn’t make an argument about it’s quality.

    • @unfezio4609
      @unfezio4609 Před 3 lety +5

      @@dylanbell268 He also wasn't arguing with you...
      He was staring his preference, just like you did.

  • @silenc3068
    @silenc3068 Před 3 lety +130

    I think replaying Asylum removes a lot of Detective Mode’s faults, you already know where a lot of the collectibles are, so you can just go right there without relying on checking constantly

    • @bt3743
      @bt3743 Před 3 lety +24

      i had it on 24/7 practically so i always knew what was coming (i hate surprises) and i really wish i hadn't because i underestimated just how much of the games visuals that detective mode fucks up

    • @silenc3068
      @silenc3068 Před 3 lety +10

      @@bt3743: Yeah, I only really have it on during stealth bits or when I’m desperately searching for something, their beautiful games to just look at

  • @ProductionJournal
    @ProductionJournal Před 3 lety +29

    Can I just say that I adore how you hilariously and fluently incorporate Nolan Batman quotes into your discussion with ease

  • @davidrevillii5353
    @davidrevillii5353 Před 3 lety +326

    2009: Makes you feel like Batman
    2020: Makes you feel the exaggerated swagger of a black teen.

    • @kirklandday
      @kirklandday Před 3 lety +1

      ?? Do you have something against Miles being the new spiderman?

    • @davidrevillii5353
      @davidrevillii5353 Před 3 lety +26

      @@kirklandday when did I say that?

    • @unlimitedricepudding7826
      @unlimitedricepudding7826 Před 3 lety +30

      @@kirklandday Chill dude. He was just making fun of that weird remark that Gamespot reviewer made about miles morales

    • @DigitalHeliumJumper
      @DigitalHeliumJumper Před 3 lety +9

      @@kirklandday Nobody is against it , but the game is a real disappointment.

    • @shinbakihanma2749
      @shinbakihanma2749 Před 3 lety +17

      I was a black teen with exaggerated swagger, way back on the 1990s. Eat your heart out Miles😏

  • @felipea1399
    @felipea1399 Před 3 lety +274

    Lets play a game: take a shot every time he references The Dark Knight Trilogy

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  Před 3 lety +203

      By the end of that, your insides may be in one place or several.

    • @danieladamczyk4024
      @danieladamczyk4024 Před 3 lety +28

      @@Whitelight By the end i will become new Batman villan, Alcoholman!

    • @mohamednail1707
      @mohamednail1707 Před 3 lety +13

      @@danieladamczyk4024 and his scary abilities to destroy families

    • @danieladamczyk4024
      @danieladamczyk4024 Před 3 lety +9

      @@mohamednail1707 That realy is a batman villan backstory!

    • @nathanielhaven3453
      @nathanielhaven3453 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Whitelight now is not the time for fearing too many shots. That comes later.

  • @devildavin
    @devildavin Před 3 lety +110

    Goons in prison
    "so how did the Bat knock you all out?"
    "strung me up to gargoyle...i guess you pass out when all the blood rushes to your head"
    "Threw me through some glass and i landed on a desk, or so i was told"
    "he snuck up on me and choked me out"
    "he slammed my head into his thigh, felt like my head hit steel. are we sure Superman ain't moonlighting as Batman, who knocks people out with their thigh"

    • @mathewbarrie9149
      @mathewbarrie9149 Před 3 lety +13

      I like it when you do the ground takedown and he punches them in the balls.

    • @devildavin
      @devildavin Před 3 lety +17

      @@mathewbarrie9149 the bat throws punches that break stone, we go down from a sac tap, i don't think i would want/could get up after that.
      Batman's secret plan it to do so much testucular trauma that they don't work so the criminals can't have kids

    • @Resi1ience
      @Resi1ience Před 3 lety +3

      don't tell me if you had Bruce Wayne's thighs of steel, you wouldn't slam peoples' faces into it as often as possible
      and DEFINITELY don't tell me you wouldn't enjoy being on the receiving end of that slam

    • @yhavinmiles
      @yhavinmiles Před 3 lety +1

      id let Harley string me up for a ride, would love to see which head my blood rushes to first 🥵🥵🥵

  • @dustinhodges9987
    @dustinhodges9987 Před 3 lety +110

    "Batman is the symbolic embodiment of the ideal of human willpower"
    I love this channel haha
    A very intelligent and creative analysis, as usual. Thanks for the great content

    • @ssj-shadow1184
      @ssj-shadow1184 Před 8 měsíci

      symbolic, embodiment and ideal are all used to mean the same thing lmao, he sure does love his verbosity.

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Před 3 lety +184

    The legend said, everytime someone mentions *Batman Arkham Asylum*
    Everyone goes to re-install *Batman Arkham Asylum* again to play it

    • @Mr.Foxhat
      @Mr.Foxhat Před 3 lety +12

      *longingly looks at copy in Xbox 360 collection*

    • @dylanbell268
      @dylanbell268 Před 3 lety +9

      I totally did not just buy it on steam

    • @tmac1999
      @tmac1999 Před 3 lety +7

      The remaster does not greatly improve upon the looks of the original game. I'd rather play the original. The character models specifically

    • @missingaforest3639
      @missingaforest3639 Před 3 lety +7

      @@tmac1999 Part of what made the originals visuals age well aside from the great art direction is the lighting obfuscating the aged textures. The remaster is unnecessarily brighter without giving the textures themselves any sort of significant face lift so you're left with these washed out environments with muddy visuals. Looks pretty awful and runs worse than the original did frame rate wise too.

    • @petarpetrovic-ix3sb
      @petarpetrovic-ix3sb Před 3 lety +2

      I never played a better game than this one!

  • @dinkeykong
    @dinkeykong Před 3 lety +188

    “As the threats raise from fists to guns to redditors-“

    • @AusSP
      @AusSP Před 3 lety +11

      I was worried I was hearing it wrong. Odd, I don't remember beating up many redditors.

    • @unnamedtoaster4683
      @unnamedtoaster4683 Před 3 lety +6

      I don't know why, but that line had me bursting out laughing. It's the subtle jokes that really get you

  • @danielpowroznik25
    @danielpowroznik25 Před 3 lety +76

    "X is just a symptom, the disease is Y" - Whitelight in every single video

  • @PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED
    @PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED Před 2 lety +23

    The "x years later" series is genius. It completely eliminates the problem of "who tf wants to watch a review about ____ in 20XX?" It so fun retrospecting these games instead of just the normal critique. I especially love how you can see how it's impacted media, pop culture, and future games

  • @IlIIlIIIIIlBrianSt0rm
    @IlIIlIIIIIlBrianSt0rm Před 3 lety +188

    HERE WE GO. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE FROM BRITAIN 🇬🇧❤

    • @superyohitoney2146
      @superyohitoney2146 Před 3 lety +2

      Wait until 3 hours then I celebrate with you

    • @ryanrandall1727
      @ryanrandall1727 Před 3 lety +1

      Happy new year bro. 2021 hey? This is the future

    • @jenssolberg4293
      @jenssolberg4293 Před 3 lety +1

      Happy new year bro

    • @purnachhetri8508
      @purnachhetri8508 Před 3 lety +1

      @@superyohitoney2146 how far back are you lol my new year happened 15 hours ago.

    • @Firestorm422
      @Firestorm422 Před 3 lety

      @@purnachhetri8508 Probably CST it matches up with my time

  • @upfrontbuckle04
    @upfrontbuckle04 Před 3 lety +86

    I remember buying this, so blissfully unaware that my life would never be the same. That sounds overly dramatic, but it's true. This is the first game I played that made me realize games could be deeper than shooting at pixels moving across the screen. It's not even the plot. It's the atmosphere, the combat, the theme of it all. It really does make you "feel" like Batman. It's been so long since then, but the feeling of wonder has never wavered. Sorry for the essay, but it still amazes me how much one game can change your whole worldview.

    • @uwotm8634
      @uwotm8634 Před 3 lety +9

      Definitely one of the greatest games of all time!

    • @yuswagukami5335
      @yuswagukami5335 Před 3 lety +4

      Just looking at all the moves Batman pulls off whenever you attack or counter was amazing to watch when I was a child, still is to this day. Even though the attack and counter button stays the same, there's such a vide variety of animations for these attacks that watching Batman pummel five dudes into the ground never gets boring.

  • @FlawlessLego
    @FlawlessLego Před 3 lety +11

    You know what sometimes CZcams recommended actually feels good this channel fucking rocks

  • @stevenboies6682
    @stevenboies6682 Před 3 lety +10

    "What if Twitter was a place?" really got me, lol

  • @Valkod23
    @Valkod23 Před 3 lety +114

    "This is the only horror game where you are the monster" I'm sorry here, but CARRION would like to argue it's status as a very good reverse horror game.

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 Před 3 lety +6

      Never has a game made me feel bad just for playing it. The screams and the amazing audio design actually made me not wanna kill people in Carrion lol

    • @kjj26k
      @kjj26k Před 3 lety +12

      It's a classic joke that DOOM is a reverse horror game.

    • @missingaforest3639
      @missingaforest3639 Před 3 lety +4

      Hotline Miami kinda falls under that in a way too. Even some of the live action advertisements for the game are presented like a slasher film.
      The more 'David Lynch-esque' parts in the game like needing to walk back to your car with only ominous droning and being ankle-deep in viscera sells it.

    • @cryojudgement2376
      @cryojudgement2376 Před 3 lety +1

      @@missingaforest3639 hotline Miami you arent invincible though, this game, doom, and carrion you are an unstoppable force. Wherein hotline Miami it's a shoot em up.

    • @DinoDave150
      @DinoDave150 Před 3 lety +1

      I really like Carrion, I just wish there was a map to keep track of where I have and haven't been.

  • @jr.9792
    @jr.9792 Před 3 lety +277

    These scripts are impressive imagine how long it's gotta take to do that much less actually make the video

    • @Jolgeable
      @Jolgeable Před 3 lety +2

      How many pages?

    • @Jack16114
      @Jack16114 Před 3 lety +20

      @@Jolgeable quality is not really measured in the quantity of something. And it wouldn’t be pages you even measure it in. Because that’s too unpredictable there could be one word on every page theoretically. The Word count would be a better measurement of the actual amount of content.

    • @cod2mega684
      @cod2mega684 Před 3 lety +1

      totally

    • @rockbronzeman6458
      @rockbronzeman6458 Před 3 lety +4

      Commas are important

    • @kalstonii
      @kalstonii Před 3 lety +2

      It took..............the speed of....light (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)

  • @grzyruth9205
    @grzyruth9205 Před 2 lety +24

    I like this "smaller, more focused" approach. I didn't enjoy Arkham City nearly half as much as I enjoyed Asylum.

    • @Vigilanteeh
      @Vigilanteeh Před 2 lety +1

      City was the best in my opinion

    • @JJS595
      @JJS595 Před rokem +1

      @@Vigilanteeh Knight was imo

    • @Vigilanteeh
      @Vigilanteeh Před rokem +7

      @@JJS595 all games where good tbh, its just what you prefer the most

    • @thehumblepotatoreborn9313
      @thehumblepotatoreborn9313 Před rokem +2

      City's gameplay is so great it makes Asylum damn-near unplayable.

    • @MeggaMann_theBlueLion
      @MeggaMann_theBlueLion Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@Vigilanteehwell said. None were bad games. And the thing is they are more compared to each other. Whereas other games get compared to other games. That alone is a thing

  • @joeslickback
    @joeslickback Před rokem +3

    "Tell me Bats, what are you really scared of?
    Failing to save this cesspool of a city?
    Not finding the Commissioner in time?
    Me, in a Thong?"

  • @vishishify
    @vishishify Před 3 lety +145

    I'm hungover as fuck but I'm so glad I caught this.

  • @lucmorgan7238
    @lucmorgan7238 Před 3 lety +97

    I've played this countless times.
    For months, it was the only game I had when I first bought the PS3.
    I used to make speedruns of this, it was the first game I've ever get the platinum trophy.
    And not ONCE, I've thought of using the gel on downed enemies, so I could explode when others went to investigate.
    To discover a strategy like that, years after, is amazing.

    • @gavinbeard4026
      @gavinbeard4026 Před 2 lety

      Exactly

    • @burrybondz225
      @burrybondz225 Před rokem

      Did they die or were they just knocked out

    • @raresmacovei8382
      @raresmacovei8382 Před rokem +1

      @@burrybondz225 Just the gel knocks them out temporarily. Using the gel on glass or a wall completely knocks them out.

  • @TheTipet8
    @TheTipet8 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank god you showed footage from the original game and not from the graphically wrong remastered version.

  • @fugit1vegaming397
    @fugit1vegaming397 Před 3 lety +17

    20:41 why is no one talking about this edit

  • @Surokis
    @Surokis Před 3 lety +20

    Mark Hamill was absolutely incredible here. One of the best voice performances ever.

  • @projektEnigma
    @projektEnigma Před 3 lety +47

    You Evil Genius releasing this on New Year’s Eve/day knowing we may be drunk or too hungover to resist this video!!!

  • @filthywings353
    @filthywings353 Před 2 lety +8

    This is the game and franchise that made me a total gamer. I eventually managed to reach number 1 worldwide on a combat map in Arkham Knight and the skills that took me there all started with this game.

  • @BaronSemedi
    @BaronSemedi Před 3 lety +36

    "what if Twitter was a place... that's a yikes from me"
    -Whitelight 2021
    Already quote of the year.

    • @Lacie9
      @Lacie9 Před 3 lety +1

      "Dec 31, 2020" - youtube

  • @alexwinter5416
    @alexwinter5416 Před 3 lety +83

    This script should be in a museum and taught in schools

  • @destronlaserwave9566
    @destronlaserwave9566 Před 3 lety +62

    "What if Twitter was a place?"
    Hell and chaos.

  • @visassess8607
    @visassess8607 Před 2 lety +7

    That joke was so subtle I missed it the first time.
    "I am Edward Nygma"
    "I thought it was the Joker who wanted to say that out loud"

  • @cryingpsycho
    @cryingpsycho Před 3 lety +5

    That ad in the middle is perfect. I always skip forward when it's sponsor time but I watched this time

  • @SqueebPlays
    @SqueebPlays Před 3 lety +44

    "What if Twitter, was a place?"
    "That's a yikes from me." 🤣🤣

  • @GlutenDSena
    @GlutenDSena Před 3 lety +28

    "It really makes you fee-"
    We all got blue balled

  • @Ponybloodismycoffee
    @Ponybloodismycoffee Před 3 lety +3

    Seriously one of your best written videos. Amazing work!

  • @JEPHD
    @JEPHD Před 3 lety +4

    you really teased our balls till the very end huh
    great video as always!

  • @raiorai2
    @raiorai2 Před 3 lety +16

    11:42 "But nothing is predictable, as the stakes raise from fists, to guns, to Redditors, all the way up to snipers and plants."
    -- A description of battle from a World War III veteran, 2070 a.D

  • @trellified
    @trellified Před 3 lety +18

    "What if Twitter was a place"? - Whitelight
    Phenomenal review again. I personally appreciate the modified Heath Ledger joker monologues.

  • @MichaelMaxwell747
    @MichaelMaxwell747 Před 3 lety +3

    The amount of thought and effort you have put into this video is amazing. Your integrating the marketing was innovative.

  • @onnixcarmichele3911
    @onnixcarmichele3911 Před 3 lety +1

    Recently discovered you through EFAP, awesome stuff! This video in particular. I love that the Arkham series has been around for over a decade, and there’s still such a good deal of things to say about it.

  • @Odinsday
    @Odinsday Před 3 lety +14

    I still remember the first time I saw a Batman: Arkham commercial all the way back in 2009. For those wondering, it was the "Dem Bones" commercial by Gamestop and it has still been stuck in my head after all these years.

    • @josesosa3337
      @josesosa3337 Před 3 lety

      I remember first seeing it in an article on game informer. there were a few pages talking about the game. One thing I didn't like is that they implied you fight killer croc. That was one of the first times i saw croc and i was so hooked on the idea of the character. I remember watching playthroughs and being excited to see killer croc around when the game first came out. I was in middle school.

  • @HippieGodzilla
    @HippieGodzilla Před 3 lety +52

    When edward introduced himself i thought he was saying "yes it is i n word nigma " Didn't know edward was such a gamer.

  • @hawksfan8870
    @hawksfan8870 Před 3 lety +9

    Man the music in this game is just astonishing and perfect! And truly defines and sets the tone for the game in it’s own way!

  • @KevinoftheCosmos
    @KevinoftheCosmos Před 3 lety +18

    You put together an incredible tribute to one of my favorite games ever made. I played this game upon release when I was an overnight security guard and it blew my mind. You succinctly and humorously put into words what kept my attention rapt and imagination captivated through the entire playthrough. Incredible work, mate.

  • @stoormtrooper22
    @stoormtrooper22 Před 3 lety +21

    I swear every single video you release is a goddamn masterpiece.

  • @JohnStewart223
    @JohnStewart223 Před 3 lety +29

    Jeffery Jokestein's island😂😂😂

  • @eileenscat
    @eileenscat Před 2 lety +6

    I love Asylum for feeling like a very long and interactive Animated Series episode. It may not be the best in the series in many aspects, but it is the one I can play at any time and get as much enjoyment as the first time.

  • @JavaoftheLava
    @JavaoftheLava Před 3 lety +5

    My god the references are everywhere here. Love it

  • @han6211
    @han6211 Před 3 lety +45

    "Where you unlock 3D models you can't load into Honey Select"
    What's Whitelight's obsession with Honey Select? And when is his review of it coming?

    • @noname7497
      @noname7497 Před 3 lety +7

      Honey select : 4 years later, When?

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel Před 3 lety

      He always slips in a hentai reference or two in his videos lol
      Yes, I also second the request for a Honey Select video

  • @TheKeyblader133
    @TheKeyblader133 Před 3 lety +10

    "Oh, this video seems interesting"
    Whitelight: sprinkles in discussions of the Darksiders series
    Me: At first you had my curiosity, but now, you have my attention

  • @GeezyLoves420
    @GeezyLoves420 Před 3 lety +8

    This was my first ever Platinum trophy.
    An absolute masterpiece.
    Such a shame Rocksteady didn't get to make that superman game

  • @JarvisBaileyVA
    @JarvisBaileyVA Před 3 lety

    Oh wow I had forgotten about your channel. I first found out about you from your Spiderman PS4 critique. Your content is very well thought and detail oriented. Great work man.

  • @placeholder_009
    @placeholder_009 Před 3 lety +3

    You and Summoning Salt uploading at the same time made visibly pog, unironically

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Před 3 lety +25

    That James Charles joke lmao, nothing is straight indeed. Everything is permitted xD

  • @neodammerung7522
    @neodammerung7522 Před 3 lety +6

    Man, that transition to the sponsorship with the Joker was SMOOTH as hell.

  • @teamrocketjoe1621
    @teamrocketjoe1621 Před 3 lety +7

    12 years later, and I haven’t gotten over “bat-snacks”! 😂

  • @akumasstorytime3910
    @akumasstorytime3910 Před 2 lety +5

    I love how the script goes from serious critique to Jeffrey jokestein.

  • @jovanvita2010
    @jovanvita2010 Před 3 lety +5

    What a way to start a new year, Arkham Asylum will forever hold a special place in my heart, i know that the newer Arkham games are better, but for some reason Asylum is my favourite, the place the feeling, still stays the same almost 12 years later, it will forever be the pinical of Super Hero action games, especially Batman games, from when i got it back in 2010 to this day, ive always been bond with it, especially the Xbox 360 version, i really like what they did with the Xbox One version but for me, Xbox 360 is the way to play this game, to this day i replay it every now and again, on the same console, on the same controller that basically remembers my actions with the game and the game could play it self with how many memories my controller has with that game.

  • @jeffwilkins4236
    @jeffwilkins4236 Před 3 lety

    I’d love for videos on both the other Dark Siders. I loved you’re one on 2, and it’s what brought me to the channel. Even if you don’t I’ll be here for every video you put out.

  • @rookless4121
    @rookless4121 Před 3 lety

    Bro, I love the writing in this one! Keep up with the quality man!

  • @horseeatsdogfood5721
    @horseeatsdogfood5721 Před 3 lety +3

    Let's fucking go!!!!!!! I've always wanted you to cover these games! What a way for 2020 to end!

  • @rahulravishankar3152
    @rahulravishankar3152 Před 3 lety +6

    "They take the James Charles approach, absolutely nothing here is straight"
    Thats poetry my dude

  • @lexievv
    @lexievv Před 3 lety

    Got here from EFAP where you joined on the Cyberpunk video...Love the content man, reminds me of Mauler his video's but with games instead of movies. I'm binging everything right now.

  • @PoloDavey
    @PoloDavey Před 3 lety

    I can see... How much work you do. Thanks man

  • @Hynotama
    @Hynotama Před 3 lety +8

    Honey, I don't think Arkham Asylum (or any such place) can be as horrifying as Twitter (or any social media platform for that matter).

  • @bigsodas
    @bigsodas Před 3 lety +4

    I’ve played Arkham asylum at least 25 times and the fact that the scarecrow missions still give me anxiety and make me think a hundred times more about my decisions is a testament to a game I’ve optimized play through wise

  • @Max-cb3ob
    @Max-cb3ob Před 3 lety

    Just discovered this channel and I gotta say your sense of language, delivery and performance is impeccable. It does not get boring listening to you because I always know that there will be an upcoming joke, reference or sentence structure that will keep me watching, aside from the interest in the general topic of course. It is hard to even attempt disprove anything you say (not that I tried or would have any reason to) because you make yourself sound knowledgeable, intelligent and thus believable, whether you are or not. Of course I also really enjoy paying attention to the actual content you deliver when talking about this game. Definitely looking forward to your future content.