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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.
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.
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.
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.
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*.
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
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
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
@@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.
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
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
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.
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.
He crafted the video entirely. From the script down to the very hour the video would be uploaded. This is why he is UA-cams greatest video game analyst.
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
@@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.
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
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?"
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
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.
City haa better bosses combat world design and story. Asylum is running through the same corridors backtracking even fighting hordes of identical thugs
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.
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.
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
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.
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
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
"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.
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.
@@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.
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 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
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
"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
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
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
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.
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.
@@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
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.
"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
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.
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.
This man has single-handedly reinvigorated my love for video games in a way that I never had before. It's like I've been playing games wrong my whole life.
I just got back from watching your "Crysis series x years later" series. Exceptional improvements, from script writting and editing, to more leisure humor and most of all a stronger confidence are all a joy to witness. I love your videos, really gives the games i already played time and time again another layer of depth, even gives me the urge to replay them and go through each scene with the mindset of a developer (i'm a junior dev myself) and philosopher (especially after that Far Cry 5 video). Keep it up, thanks for the great content.
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.
Dr young don’t get enough credit. Without her we don’t get Arkham city or knight. She never makes the titan for joker to steal and eventually eject and die from it. So basically without her we don’t have Arkham
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.
I genuinely love your take on the many games you cover, unlike so many others you dont seem hell bent on over concentrating on negatives and destroying the love of these classics. These videos always leave me itching to replay the game in question and seeing them in a fresh new light and I couldn't thank you enough for that
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no but thanks for good videos
Happy new year
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.
Another impressive video whitelight I always look forward to your work
WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
"Game makes you feel like a batman" is game journos meme but it's truth
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.
I love how to avoid saying "feels like batman" you used the most roundabout description of batman possible
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.
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*.
Honey wake up, we got a new Whitelight video
Ikr worth the wait
Wake the fuck up Samurai, we've got an essay to watch
Yes babe
Christmas came 5 days late this year.
A man of taste
What a way to start the new year!
What up captain
Gotta love it
I absolutely love your content
Came here to say exactly this! What a gift.
hell yea
"What if twitter...was a place"
Thank you for your services whitelight
That was amazing
Without a doubt his best line in all these years of content...
an unforgettable line
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
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
I love your videos.
Same here. My most replayed demo
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
This video is going to make me _feel_ like a consumer of game analysis.
I enjoy you ac unity videos Leo
Leo K! I didn’t know you liked Arkham games as well!
Arkham videos when? :P
Me: *reads comment and starts to laugh*
Also me: *Proceeds to fall out of chair while choking on a piece of chicken*
I love 'em!
I've been eyeballing making stuff with Arkham Knight for quite a while now.
“They take the James Charles approach. Absolutely nothing here is straight.”
There's always one iconic line.
The secret technique for greatness
I lost my shit 😂
he also described the moon as dummy thicc
He said Joker looked like Jeffery Starr LMFAO
"Edward Nigma"
"I thought it was the Joker who wanted to say that word."
Gold.
I had to read that again before I got it.
Yeah but the Riddler is the Redditor here sooo...
Nigma balls
@@ridhosamudro2199 it's so sad that the Riddler died of Nigma
@@EmberBright2077 who the hell is Riddler?
I can't even imagine what your essays were like in school
"Extremely creative, structure needs work" pretty much just that over and over
@@Whitelight still in school, but I always get that type of criticism
@@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.
@@TheHeadincharge true , true I am currently working on story structure
@@Whitelight ironically your video structure has that intangible strength in pacing
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
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
@@Shockwave99999 lol the joker body with the tv head always gets me
Are u going to eat ur corn bread
Probably. But there was a point in Knight that you felt the horror as well
@@Shockwave99999
The world state during Protocol 10 is pretty chilling.
There was something about Asylum's atmosphere that the sequels never really recaptured
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.
Dark and gloomy
To me Asylum had more of that Tim Burton vibe to it
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.
@@Whitelight where does Origins fall under this? I haven't had a chance to play it since it's not on PS4.
"Satan Might Sob"
"What if Twitter was a place"
"It makes you feel like -"
Excellent work. As usual.
I don't get the "It makes you feel like". To me, it's a normal phrase. Is it a game review meme?
Don't forget ''A dummy thicc moon.''
@//// Thanks!
I want him to make a DMC video now
@@TheHalogen131 yes.
Man, you know. A Stalker: Shadows of Chernobyl 14 years later would be interesting to watch
I got hearted... Wait, Does that mean I would see a video on that down the road then????
@@AstralqueEpoch *Sounds of pure happiness*
The Lost Alpha Mod is what should be reviewed since it's got all of the cut content and more.
We're going back to The Zone, Stalkers. We're going back home
Driv3r, such a shitty game but man I put hours in that
"A dummy-thicc moon drenched in saturated green." never change my dude
The only problem with Batman: Arkham Asylum is I can't experience it for the first time again.
I have that problem with a few things
the way i felt this in my soul! i feel a similar way about the harry potter book series.
Hehe I can... I just bought it
@@marvelpugs6964 please tell me its the original for the 360
@@Ojthemighty nah it’s the Arkham collection for ps4
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. :(
Dude has done great work. Hope he will be ok.
He also voiced several characters in Star Wars The Clone Wars
Hope, he's doing well.
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.
That is sad
"the exaggerated swagger of a middle aged rich guy with dead parents"
😂
“... which means it has a little bit of something for 1% of the population, .8 out of 11.4” IGN
@@riffhousestudios96 it really makes you feel like an orphan.
@@ShmuckLord385 it gives me the exaggerated swagger of an orphan who watched his parents get murdered
@@riffhousestudios96 but is it a good Spider-Man movie?
If this video was uploaded an hour earlier, it would be called "11 years later"
He crafted the video entirely. From the script down to the very hour the video would be uploaded.
This is why he is UA-cams greatest video game analyst.
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
@@BVBrocks927 🎵 every party has a pooper that's why they invited you 🎵
🎵 Party pooper 🎵
🎵 Party pooper 🎵
@@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
“Satan might sob” now Devil may cry will never be the same for me again
Jesus’s December happy-time
RIP Kevin Conroy. You'll forever be the voice of Batman.
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
@@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.
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
I really appreciate that every other line is a Dark Knight reference. And the other half are Arkham references.
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...
didn't Joseph Anderson make a simular twitter joke in hid Witcher vids? I might be wrong
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.
I played it my freshman year of college (2017) and you were right, it's def the scary Batman game lol
@@CaptainArthanos. Those lunatics are no joke.
For me Batman Arkham Asylum is as scary as much as uncharted is an open world
Dude I remember reading my Gameinformer when it was the cover story, hyped as fuck man. Ugh take me tf back.
I remember watching some dude play it in a gamestop, wondering why he was beating up blue skeletons
This... This script was 89% Nolan trilogy quotes, wasn't it?
In serious consideration I'd say about 1% of it was, which is already pretty good
Amazing
Very poor choice of words, ehehehahahaha
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?"
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
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.
City haa better bosses combat world design and story.
Asylum is running through the same corridors backtracking even fighting hordes of identical thugs
@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 and?
@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 I didn’t make an argument about it’s quality.
@@dylanbell268 He also wasn't arguing with you...
He was staring his preference, just like you did.
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.
Definitely one of the greatest games of all time!
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.
Damn, this was well written
Unlike your videos
@@henrycrabs3497 OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@@henrycrabs3497 😂😂😂😂😂
@@henrycrabs3497 BRUHHH 😭
Corrupted du hast auch die Arkham Games gezockt?
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
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.
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
@@devilskind92 It's the same thing for me with a lot of these critique channels.
@@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.
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.
“Arkham City 10 years later” coming soon? 👀
The legend said, everytime someone mentions *Batman Arkham Asylum*
Everyone goes to re-install *Batman Arkham Asylum* again to play it
*longingly looks at copy in Xbox 360 collection*
I totally did not just buy it on steam
The remaster does not greatly improve upon the looks of the original game. I'd rather play the original. The character models specifically
@@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.
I never played a better game than this one!
HERE WE GO. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE FROM BRITAIN 🇬🇧❤
Wait until 3 hours then I celebrate with you
Happy new year bro. 2021 hey? This is the future
Happy new year bro
@@superyohitoney2146 how far back are you lol my new year happened 15 hours ago.
@@purnachhetri8508 Probably CST it matches up with my time
These scripts are impressive imagine how long it's gotta take to do that much less actually make the video
How many pages?
@@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.
totally
Commas are important
It took..............the speed of....light (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
Been replaying it this year. Still looks and sounds great in my eyes. City has better gameplay, Asylum has better atmosphere.
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
Asylum is my favorite one
Can I just say that I adore how you hilariously and fluently incorporate Nolan Batman quotes into your discussion with ease
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.
Exactly
Did they die or were they just knocked out
@@burrybondz225 Just the gel knocks them out temporarily. Using the gel on glass or a wall completely knocks them out.
Lets play a game: take a shot every time he references The Dark Knight Trilogy
By the end of that, your insides may be in one place or several.
@@Whitelight By the end i will become new Batman villan, Alcoholman!
@@danieladamczyk4024 and his scary abilities to destroy families
@@mohamednail1707 That realy is a batman villan backstory!
@@Whitelight now is not the time for fearing too many shots. That comes later.
2009: Makes you feel like Batman
2020: Makes you feel the exaggerated swagger of a black teen.
?? Do you have something against Miles being the new spiderman?
@@kirklandday when did I say that?
@@kirklandday Chill dude. He was just making fun of that weird remark that Gamespot reviewer made about miles morales
@@kirklandday Nobody is against it , but the game is a real disappointment.
I was a black teen with exaggerated swagger, way back on the 1990s. Eat your heart out Miles😏
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
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
@@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
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.
The fact that Arkham Knight was made with a modified unreal engine 3 still blows me away.
@@icravedeath.1200 Same with MK11 lol, Unreal Engine 3
@@thebadwolf3088 well I guess if they know the ins and outs of the technology, why would they need to change engines.
"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.
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
It's a classic joke that DOOM is a reverse horror game.
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.
@@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.
I really like Carrion, I just wish there was a map to keep track of where I have and haven't been.
I'm hungover as fuck but I'm so glad I caught this.
Holy shit me too...
“As the threats raise from fists to guns to redditors-“
I was worried I was hearing it wrong. Odd, I don't remember beating up many redditors.
I don't know why, but that line had me bursting out laughing. It's the subtle jokes that really get you
R.I.P. to Kevin Conroy. He will always be my favorite Batman
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"
I like it when you do the ground takedown and he punches them in the balls.
@@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
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
id let Harley string me up for a ride, would love to see which head my blood rushes to first 🥵🥵🥵
Mark Hamill was absolutely incredible here. One of the best voice performances ever.
You Evil Genius releasing this on New Year’s Eve/day knowing we may be drunk or too hungover to resist this video!!!
I swear every single video you release is a goddamn masterpiece.
"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
symbolic, embodiment and ideal are all used to mean the same thing lmao, he sure does love his verbosity.
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
"What if Twitter was a place"? - Whitelight
Phenomenal review again. I personally appreciate the modified Heath Ledger joker monologues.
This script should be in a museum and taught in schools
"What if Twitter, was a place?"
"That's a yikes from me." 🤣🤣
You know what sometimes UA-cam recommended actually feels good this channel fucking rocks
"X is just a symptom, the disease is Y" - Whitelight in every single video
"What if Twitter was a place?"
Hell and chaos.
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
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.
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.
That ad in the middle is perfect. I always skip forward when it's sponsor time but I watched this time
Seriously one of your best written videos. Amazing work!
When edward introduced himself i thought he was saying "yes it is i n word nigma " Didn't know edward was such a gamer.
"It really makes you fee-"
We all got blue balled
I like this "smaller, more focused" approach. I didn't enjoy Arkham City nearly half as much as I enjoyed Asylum.
City was the best in my opinion
@@Vigilanteeh Knight was imo
@@JJS595 all games where good tbh, its just what you prefer the most
City's gameplay is so great it makes Asylum damn-near unplayable.
@@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
"what if Twitter was a place... that's a yikes from me"
-Whitelight 2021
Already quote of the year.
"Dec 31, 2020" - youtube
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!
"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?
Honey select : 4 years later, When?
He always slips in a hentai reference or two in his videos lol
Yes, I also second the request for a Honey Select video
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.
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"
The amount of thought and effort you have put into this video is amazing. Your integrating the marketing was innovative.
"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?"
That James Charles joke lmao, nothing is straight indeed. Everything is permitted xD
Jeffery Jokestein's island😂😂😂
"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
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.
This was my first ever Platinum trophy.
An absolute masterpiece.
Such a shame Rocksteady didn't get to make that superman game
Man, that transition to the sponsorship with the Joker was SMOOTH as hell.
Thanks for representing Arkham Asylum in such a Sophisticated and Elegant way!
"What if Twitter was a place?" really got me, lol
Thank god you showed footage from the original game and not from the graphically wrong remastered version.
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.
This man has single-handedly reinvigorated my love for video games in a way that I never had before. It's like I've been playing games wrong my whole life.
whitelight is always fucking honest and has comedic value. Love him
12 years later, and I haven’t gotten over “bat-snacks”! 😂
I just got back from watching your "Crysis series x years later" series. Exceptional improvements, from script writting and editing, to more leisure humor and most of all a stronger confidence are all a joy to witness. I love your videos, really gives the games i already played time and time again another layer of depth, even gives me the urge to replay them and go through each scene with the mindset of a developer (i'm a junior dev myself) and philosopher (especially after that Far Cry 5 video). Keep it up, thanks for the great content.
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.
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).
20:41 why is no one talking about this edit
you really teased our balls till the very end huh
great video as always!
Dr young don’t get enough credit. Without her we don’t get Arkham city or knight. She never makes the titan for joker to steal and eventually eject and die from it. So basically without her we don’t have Arkham
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.
"They take the James Charles approach, absolutely nothing here is straight"
Thats poetry my dude
My god the references are everywhere here. Love it
"It's Arkham Asylum, where you unlock 3D models you can't upload to Honey Select" omg I lost it
that video break near the end legit made me think my phone broke. bravo, whitelight. bravo.
this is perhaps one of the only times i haven't skipped a sponsor segment.
"The way he beats up the hordes of endless goons is just full of the exaggerated swagger of the capped crusader."
Was that a ducking Phillion reference. White light never ceases to excite and surprise.
just now noticing how much some of the music in arkham asylum sounds like the original tomb raider on ps1.
I genuinely love your take on the many games you cover, unlike so many others you dont seem hell bent on over concentrating on negatives and destroying the love of these classics. These videos always leave me itching to replay the game in question and seeing them in a fresh new light and I couldn't thank you enough for that