Lol it really isn't. If this was released fifteen of twenty years ago perhaps. It's a pile of garbage. I guess Garriot spent three of the three and a half million on buying a new house or something.

Its because they don't have a western publisher yet, so it wont likely be available in that region for some time yet if at all.

Agreed the new format is garbage.

I seem to get a massive list of japanese games none with any details at all, all due for release on the same day (Nov 29) Old format was much better, face it you tried something new (for no real reason) and it sucks.

@Mortoseth: The Roman empire had a massive influence on European culture which is in evidence still to this day. Pretty relatable i'd say.

So what does this mean in English?

If you go to Banes profile and listen to extortion file one, you hear Bane explain that the TN-1 project results in immediate and permanent memory loss (no mention of this side effect being possible or that it hasn't happened in any test subjects) in the final encounter with Bane he can be seen injecting himself with TN-1 during the fight. So presumably he then succombs to the inevitable side effects, as he reverts to a more primitive state.

He may well have not been tracking his movements and perhaps figured out his identity, cant say for sure am only speculating, either course of action would likely result in the discovery of the batcave sooner or later. I

When you get to Banes base you briefly see recorded images of batman on his computer before you destroy it, the reasonable assumption is that he has had Batman under surveillance. So the fact that batman is also Bruce Wayne was stored on Banes computer until it was destroyed by Batman.

Each assassin had their own hook to get Batman to come to them rather than them having to go for him, Banes was to hit batman where it hurts.

Its explained in game if you read the information that Venom and the new version that Bane has been experimenting with does indeed degrade mental capacity so much so that his test subjects were reverting to a primitive state. Not really sure how you missed this, once you discover this data in Banes base its in your database.

Well when you are tracking Bane down it becomes clear that he has had batman under surveillance, so you can only really assume he got lucky with it at some point and was able to tail Batman back to the cave at some point.

As for why he doesn't reveal Batmans identity, not really sure why he would feel the need to, his ultimate goal appeared to be to claim the 50 mil for eliminating Batman. The way I look at it is, If I was looking to claim a 50 mil bounty on a target the very last thing I would be doing is telling the rest of the world who that target is and where he can be found, knowledge is power etc.

I suppose if you are also under the influence of a drug that is gradually destroying your cerebral capacity you can be forgiven for lacking a bit of clarity in any tactical planning.

A pretty solid offering considering it wasn't done by RS, the only thing I found off putting was the jokers voice sounded very flat and lacking the maniacal energy and insanity Hamill used to bring to the character shame he retired. Still definitely worth getting. I am glad they didn't try to make too many changes if people want something new then go play a different IP, this is Arkham let it stay Arkham.

I think the developers can be proud of what they have produced though, it was a tough challenge to live up to what has come before, and they have done Arkhams legacy no harm at all.