Batman: Arkham Knight - Review Thread

The true ending will be uploaded on YouTube in like 4 days after some bored guy did the Banjo Tooie Riddler collect-a-thon.

Like who cares tbh

you still got the shitty batmobile sections to deal with though, so look forward to that

How did they fuck THAT up? They were hyping the Batmobile so much ever since the reveal. Thought they'd nail the mechanics down and everything. Insane.
 
Couldn't you wait until release to meltdown like this Spring-Loaded

You've done so much unpaid marketing for the game at this point, hate to see you miss out on launch by doubling down
 
It wasn't the same guy/car shown getting chased by the Batmobile that you referred to from the Officer Down trailer

You're force into calling the Batmobile and it's forced upon you and you have to use it to chase him down

There's no escape from the shitty Batmobile. Your suggested improvements wouldn't work better than removing it entirely. The section you mentioned that was good use of it was forced.
Are you dense? , that's why they should rework such section so you could use your gliding as well, we are talking about redesigning the Batmobile implementation, that's the idea, giving you options is the first step and not forcing you to use it.
 
My hype meter just flatlined. I don't know that I can bring it back.

It will be interesting to see how they force you out of it for every battle, though. It would be all-too-tempting to sit in there and run down every enemy otherwise.
Don't listen to him, he is trolling.
 
Most people seem to only care about Kevin Van Ord's Gamespot review.
Does he have a profile on the one IceAge.it or whatever site yet? This kind of dissenting opinion is a pretty obvious breach of journalistic ethics.
How many different endings are there?
As I would have thought there just would have been one final definitive ending.
Three? I believe. Less than half Most Wanted, More than half Most Wanted, and 100%.
 
Don't listen to him, he is trolling.

So you don't need to 100% the game to get the real ending? The Batmobile isn't forced upon you? It's hard to come to grips with it, but the reality is the game is as Batmobile-y as the previews would lead you to believe. And it's bad.

If the game is, say, 90% batmobile, and the batmobile is bad, what is the game then? Good? Thought you said you hated the notion of the Batmobile.
 
Is there anyone whose played the Xbox one version? I can't find a single impression, it's the version I can get because I have an Xbox one and not a ps4 and I'd at least like to know resolution.
 
Man, I remember when extra endings were sought out for by the hardcore players. Silent Hill, Resident Evil. Nier. Now they're being treated as the goal for every single player lol. Y'all acting like Riddler trophies are some Battletoads level of difficulty. I'm pretty sure that whichever ending you get is plenty satisfactory, just there might be some cool extras if you go all out.

Now I wish reviewers didn't even mention it.
 
So you don't need to 100% the game to get the real ending? The Batmobile isn't forced upon you?
No. you are trolling about spending almost all the time in the car, about the game being a dark twisted metal and similar nonsense , and calling people to sell the game and all kind of shit that makes you think you are funny.
 
Man, I remember when extra endings were sought out for by the hardcore players. Silent Hill, Resident Evil. Nier. Now they're being treated as the goal for every single player lol. Y'all acting like Riddler trophies are some Battletoads level of difficulty. I'm pretty sure that whichever ending you get is plenty satisfactory, just there might be some cool extras if you go all out.

Now I wish reviewers didn't even mention it.

People aren't complaining because it'll be hard, but because it'll be tedious as shit.

It'd be like tying an Asscreed ending into opening all the treasure chests.
 
So you don't need to 100% the game to get the real ending? The Batmobile isn't forced upon you? It's hard to come to grips with it, but the reality is the game is as Batmobile-y as the previews would lead you to believe. And it's bad.

If the game is, say, 90% batmobile, and the batmobile is bad, what is the game then? Good? Thought you said you hated the notion of the Batmobile.
I'd say if the lowest review a game gets is a 7, it's looking at least pretty decent ,yes.
 
So you don't need to 100% the game to get the real ending? The Batmobile isn't forced upon you?

Those two are both true (unfortunately) but what "flatlined his hype" was your assumption that you spend more time in the batmobile than on foot. That is still not proven. Hell, a lot of reviewers hate the batmobile but still gave the game a high grade, how does that work if the game is mostly batmobile??
 
Is there anyone whose played the Xbox one version? I can't find a single impression, it's the version I can get because I have an Xbox one and not a ps4 and I'd at least like to know resolution.

Supposed to be 1080p. Would also like to know more detailed impressions for the xbox version, but I'm sure the platform difference is pretty negligible.
 
Those two are both true (unfortunately) but what "flatlined his hype" was your assumption that you spend more time in the batmobile than on foot. That is still not proven. Hell, a lot of reviewers hate the batmobile but still gave the game a high grade, how does that work if the game is mostly batmobile??
He really is just trolling man, and it's not even funny.
 
I love it when people cling to the worst review. Always.

You:

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Is there anyone whose played the Xbox one version? I can't find a single impression, it's the version I can get because I have an Xbox one and not a ps4 and I'd at least like to know resolution.
Nope.
But there was no reviews or previews for The Witcher 3 on Xbox One at the time and the game was fine on Day One.

P.S. Expect lower resolution and (maybe) slightly tweaked effects, but I wouldn't panic.
 
Am I the only person who collected all the Riddler stuff in every game? :o

I sorta liked them in AA and AC, AO was uninspired and just had them all over with no reason.

Me too. Where's the other 3 of us?

I did! I'm sure as hell going to do it again here, too. I'm also probably one of the five people who thought the Batmobile looked great from the moment it was first shown, too.


Count me in. It's clear they put a lot of effort into each Riddler trophy in AC and now in AK so it's a shame people are quick to dismiss it. Plus I like the fact that the true ending is behind the stuff. It gives incentive to those who skipped them in previous games and a nice reward to the hardcore people.
 
Yeah the game is probably super good. No need to flatline the hype, just keep in mind it could have been better, hopefully they'll learn this time. I bet the Suicide Squad game from WB Montreal will learn a thing or two from this.
 
The Bat mobile parts looked like shit every single time they demoed them and, shock and awe, they're shit.

Unbelievable they let their main new selling point turn out so terrible.
 
People aren't complaining because it'll be hard, but because it'll be tedious as shit.

It'd be like tying an Asscreed ending into opening all the treasure chests.
And getting all the Riddler trophies in previous games weren't "tedious as shit"? Like someone else has mentioned, doing it before just got you an audio log but now it's something more substantial as a bonus. The reviews aren't calling out the Riddler trophies as being universally terrible, in fact many of the reviews have praised them. The main negative with the Batmobile has been the combat, mostly, not as much dislike of the puzzles. Some reviews find the puzzles fun and offer good variety, while some don't like those race challenges.

This topic about Riddler trophies seems better suited as a discussion when the game's actually out in players' hands.
 
Dont think its the PS4 version. All new ps4 gameplay videos look very soft and the gif looks much sharper... my guess its the pc version with ps4 button prompts.
Reviewers had the PS4 version only, some people got an early PS4 version (and definitely not PC), this gif is almost certainly from the PS4 version.
 
The true ending will be uploaded on YouTube in like 4 days after some bored guy did the Banjo Tooie Riddler collect-a-thon.

Like who cares tbh

you still got the shitty batmobile sections to deal with though, so look forward to that
there is a difference between getting an ending yourself and looking something up on youtube, at least for me, I looked up all the witcher 3 endings but the ending I got is still MY ending

forcing you get all the riddler shit is bullshit
 
Count me in. It's clear they put a lot of effort into each Riddler trophy in AC and now in AK so it's a shame people are quick to dismiss it. Plus I like the fact that the true ending is behind the stuff. It gives incentive to those who skipped them in previous games and a nice reward to the hardcore people.

My favorite part of AC was figuring out how to solve some of the riddler trophy puzzles. So much better than the normal basic collectibles you get in most games!
 
there is a difference between getting an ending yourself and looking something up on youtube, at least for me, I looked up all the witcher 3 endings but the ending I got is still MY ending

forcing you get all the riddler shit is bullshit

You gotta work for it, my breh. Gotta earn it.
 
Yeah the game is probably super good. No need to flatline the hype, just keep in mind it could have been better, hopefully they'll learn this time. I bet the Suicide Squad game from WB Montreal will learn a thing or two from this.

Yeah, it'll probably still be fun, but if the batmobile stuff isn't good its inclusion will be a huge bummer every time it pops up. Like, it'll make you think "Oh, what could have been!"


And as an aside, in a post Witcher 3 world I wonder how Batman's detective investigations will line up against Geralt's witcher vision, in terms of both sheer quantity and variation.
 
there is a difference between getting an ending yourself and looking something up on youtube, at least for me, I looked up all the witcher 3 endings but the ending I got is still MY ending

forcing you get all the riddler shit is bullshit
Yea i agree, they should've stuck to the riddler rooms that opens up as you complete more, with a conclusion to that ark after the last riddler you solve, like they did in AC.
Not actually affecting the whole god damn story.
 
And getting all the Riddler trophies in previous games weren't "tedious as shit"? Like someone else has mentioned, doing it before just got you an audio log but now it's something more substantial as a bonus. The reviews aren't calling out the Riddler trophies as being universally terrible, in fact many of the reviews have praised them. The main negative with the Batmobile has been the combat, mostly, not as much dislike of the puzzles. Some reviews find the puzzles fun and offer good variety, while some don't like those race challenges.

This topic about Riddler trophies seems better suited as a discussion when the game's actually out in players' hands.

Uh, yes, they were tedious as shit in the previous games. That's the point. People don't want to do them to get the real ending of the game.
 
Yea i agree, they should've stuck to the riddler rooms that opens up as you complete more, with a conclusion to that ark after the last riddler you solve, like they did in AC.
Not actually affecting the whole god damn story.

How do you know there's no more riddler rooms? Based on the achievements there are 8-9 "rooms" to complete for him. Catwoman's arc likely involves him too.

"The whole god damn story". Pretty sure it'll just be an extra scene or two instead of a whole different thing.
 
Yea i agree, they should've stuck to the riddler rooms that opens up as you complete more, with a conclusion to that ark after the last riddler you solve, like they did in AC.
Not actually affecting the whole god damn story.

Do we know what the difference actually is between the two endings? Often, true ending means that there is like 10 seconds of extra video teasing DLC/ a sequel. That wouldn't effect the story at all.
 
Uh, yes, they were tedious as shit in the previous games. That's the point. People don't want to do them to get the real ending of the game.
How do you know what's the real ending of the game? Is there a source comparing the quality of the endings already that only this "real" ending of the game has to be sought or you're in for a badly unsatisfying ending?
 
How do you know there's no more riddler rooms? Based on the achievements there are 8-9 "rooms" to complete for him. Catwoman's arc likely involves him too.

"The whole god damn story". Pretty sure it'll just be an extra scene or two instead of a whole different thing.
I didn't say there aren't riddler rooms, i said they should stick to them and not actually have this ark influence the main story, it should be a side mission thing with its own story and conclusion, that's it, not something you must do in order to get the "real" ending.
 
Hey guys I'm on my mobile, I have a quick question or two as I have been on blackout more or less

Are there anybeen trophies that require you to beat it on hard etc?

How long is main campaign? And to 100% complete?

Possible to platinum on first play through?
 
glad you do not a lot of people were a fan of it it seems, lol people forget about bruce waynes billionaire playboy side as well, I wouldnt mind that showing up either

Quoting myself

Give me a night and day cycle with Bruce at day Batman at night. Something to do in the city (it's an open-world game after all) beside fighting crime and solving riddles. some social moments with Bruce at a party, restaurant.. etc. That's part of the charm in GTA games and recently Witcher 3. Maybe This is not their style and I respect that.
 
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