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Gaming journal: Batman: Arkham asylum #1 - Flaw exposure

Written by Random J •
Batman: Arkham Asylum | Gaming journal

Arkham asylum is currently exposing the flaws in my gaming abilities. Bringing to light that I might be a little bit rubbish at games. Rubbisher (I just butchered English and I isn't sorry) than I thought. So far Arkham asylum has exposed that...
  • I have no patience. The game wants me to sit on a gargoyle for ages until a goon is on his own, glide kick him to the floor and then head on back up to the gargoyle for another unsuspected foe. I'm not down with this waiting around shit. So I decide to just run into the room and try to beat each of the guys up. I fail. I end up dead.
  • I really do have NO patience. Despite the gargoyle perching, glide kick and repeat plan being the only way to clear a room successfully. I keep running into the joint, fists swinging, batarangs flying...and ending up dead.
  • I'm stupid. All because of my lack of patience and inability to see that the game will not let me pass with my pig headed "fuck the stealth" ignorance. Jebus knows how I ever made it through the Metal Gear Solid games. My patience must be waning like a mother fucker as I get older. Although this does explain why I was never able to get on with the Splinter cell, games and whilst I couldn't even make it through the Conviction demo.
  • I am not that observant. The game throws me into a courtyard and tells me I need to find a way back into the asylum. I must have been wandering around the courtyard for a good 20 minutes before I finally realized...I need to turn the game off and try again tomorrow. I blame the sunlight glare on my TV for making it hard for me to see.
I'm not all that eager to proceed on with this game as it enlightens me how bad I am at games. But I shall do so anyway. Because my loins desire Arkham city.
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  1. Junlee10 July 2011 at 16:17

    Oh it's not that difficult! I personally liked all of the stealth stuff I guess because it's Batman and it was done so well.

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  2. Random J18 July 2011 at 15:55

    I'm not saying it's difficult, you ginger nut. I'm just saying I suck at this game! Every time I play it, I'm like "Damn. Is my gaming ability is leveling down!?". I blame Nintendo. I don't know why. I don't know how. And I know it's asinine. But I just feel like blaming them *shrugs and walks away*

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