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Batman Arkham City |OT| Smashin' Faces, Glidin' Places
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SO i like many people got one of those nvidia codes
purchased it on steam, now it wants a securom code....
what do I do here?
purchased it on steam, now it wants a securom code....
what do I do here?
Well shit I forgot there even was an OT for this game. Most of us PC players have been posting in the other thread. I finished it earlier today so I guess I'll just copy my impressions from the other thread as that one kinda functions more as a performance thread.
It's probably going to be in my top 5 for goty. I've yet to play dark souls and assassins creed but I don't expect either to blow me away which is what the top 5 are for.
Me said:
It's probably going to be in my top 5 for goty. I've yet to play dark souls and assassins creed but I don't expect either to blow me away which is what the top 5 are for.
Question: Do you have to collect the Catwoman only riddler trophies during the few scenes in the campaign when you have control of her? Or do they let you choose who to play as after the campaign is complete so you can pick them up then?
Still barely into the story, so trying to figure out what to do without reading spoilers......
Still barely into the story, so trying to figure out what to do without reading spoilers......
When you finish the main story (Batman's side), you have to finish a Catwoman mission before they let you switch, I'm pretty sure.
Melchiah
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Well, they weren't that easy for me, as I didn't have that upgrade, which makes the game somewhat broken by design.
innervision961
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I finally got the platinum on this! I thought all I had to do was finished the riddlers revenge, but turns out I had to go back to the regular game and finish all the side missions for the second time lol... Pretty frustrating platinum, but wow, I love this game.
But the basic AR missions were required to advance the early game story, correct?
clutch.as.it.gets.
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I can`t understand that. Arkham City oozes Batman atmosphere. Only the flooded amusement mile is lacking a bit but the rest, especially Park Row capture that definitive Gotham feel to perfection.
I`m only a little bit disappointed that the main storyline was so short and i think the game should have had a fourth big dungeon, but all in all its a very good sequel. I liked the Riddler stuff and don`t think they overdid it. For me it felt right. I also liked that Arkham City wasn`t that big and not really open world. Its more like a hub world with a lot to do and the size was prefect for my taste.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I feel like I'm nearing the end and so far agree with everything you said. So far it's my favorite game of the year (having played Uncharted or Assassin's Creed yet though). I really liked the first game, but I don't think I could go back after this. Flying around the city feels just awesome.
Melchiah
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No. I did the first three-four gliding missions, which gave me the grapple boost as a reward, after I finished the story. I think I did one of them in the beginning of the game, but it didn't give me anything.
I never even did the first one, so I guess not.
I don't think anything in the main campaign requires you to grappel boost short of wanting to get to the next part faster. I suppose it seemed "required" at the time because it happened to be on the way to the steel mill.
Melchiah
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Agreed, and it would have been better if you could actually enter some of the buildings, other than those which were story-related.
BeautifulMemory
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AR Missions are not required, they are just side missions.
Yes, completing it gives you an upgrade boost, but you can beat the game without it. You can even complete the Szasz side mission without it.
Yes, completing it gives you an upgrade boost, but you can beat the game without it. You can even complete the Szasz side mission without it.
Melchiah
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Yes, it's definitely possible, as I did both without it, but the latter would have been easier with it.
Somebody at Rocksteady needs to lose their fucking job.
Heh, I just spent a half hour trying to nail this one. I thought I just sucked with the gliding controls.
Probably the toughest one but it only took me maybe 15 minutes of trying. Is it the last or the second last one that is screwing your up?
Somebody at Rocksteady needs to lose their fucking job.
Somebody at Rocksteady needs to lose their fucking job.
I just spent over an hour on this fucking thing and who knows how long on all 4 or 5 or whatever and finally got it. All you get is a GOD DAMNED ACHIEVEMENT!?!?
WHAT. WHAT. WHAT.
WHHHHHAAAAAAAT.
Hey game. Hey.
Hey.
Hey you. There. Game, he you game hey. You. Hey.
YOU TAUGHT ME EARLIER THAT DOING STUPID RING FUCK SHIT GIVES ME UPGRADES TO MY STUFF. YOU TAUGHT ME THAT. I JUST SPENT FUCK SHIT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG DOING THOSE 4/5WHATEVER GOD DAMN CHALLENGES AND I GET AN ACHIEVEMENT!?
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BeautifulMemory
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What's the trick to the AR missions? I just started playing the game and after I did the first one the second one next to the crane got me kind of stumped
I gave up pretty quickly, but the first ring just seemed too far for me to hit from where you start
I found it helpful to not move around while you are gliding, even if you are going at a high speed from top to low. You don't need much adjustment at all. Find the right point to pull up and let it gllllide
black_vegeta
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The last set of the achievements had me wanting to threw my controller until I found out that tapping right trigger helped me stay leveled in the tunnels.
I felt like you just had to not pull up too much as you might do when normally traversing the city, which is probably why people end up hitting obstacles or the scaffolding trying to thread the tunnel. I don't think there is much to diving being analog at all since dive bombing is all-or-nothing when you press it.
What? Of course you can still get achievements for completely different games if you play the sequels.
Wait what's that now? Son of a bitch.
Yep. And you can switch off between Bats and Cats at various locations around the city.
Yay!
black_vegeta
Member
Yeah man, when flying through the tunnels. If you feel that Batmang is about to hit the ceiling while gliding, "tap" the right trigger. It'll make him dip slightly lower and then you can glide yourself to victory.
Darkflight
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Anyone else see this?
@arkhamcitynews
@arkhamcitynews
Batcave is new, not sure what it is while the other two were preorder DLC. I think the latter two are endurance combat maps (endless thugs spawn) from what I watched on youtube.
Has to be a challenge map, or a very very large batcave if it's story dlc :lol
They did say story dlc will eventually come though.
Oracle Dragon
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EDIT - Ugh nevermind it's even answered a couple of posts up! I glossed right over it.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
The opened ended nature of the city itself and the game's ending, complete with a return for the post game, means story DLC for this game could be really elaborate.
While I wouldn't mind more Batman or Catwoman story arcs, I'd really love a Nightwing or Robin story. I really like their designs after playing their Riddler's Challenge selves.
But then, while the art style in the game isn't to everyone's liking, I truly love it, and I love Rocksteady's spin on the Batman designs.
It's kinda like, a bit of the gritty realism of Christopher Nolan Batman, but still a fantasy universe where there's sorcery, super science, and so forth. Their designers tried hard to make all the costumes and such look plausible and constructed out of real materials, even practical to use. Or at least over the top science punk. Freeze's armor is goddamn epic.
While I wouldn't mind more Batman or Catwoman story arcs, I'd really love a Nightwing or Robin story. I really like their designs after playing their Riddler's Challenge selves.
But then, while the art style in the game isn't to everyone's liking, I truly love it, and I love Rocksteady's spin on the Batman designs.
It's kinda like, a bit of the gritty realism of Christopher Nolan Batman, but still a fantasy universe where there's sorcery, super science, and so forth. Their designers tried hard to make all the costumes and such look plausible and constructed out of real materials, even practical to use. Or at least over the top science punk. Freeze's armor is goddamn epic.
I know that I meant I saw the trophies/achievements list and you get some of them for completing some of the previous game content. I wasn't sure if it would transfer over if I had already played the sequel.
This game would be near perfect if there weren't any campaign challenges. It's incredibly aggravating that these things exist. Why would you do this Rocksteady? Any feeling of accomplishment in completing the combat and predator challenges is totally nullified when you know you have to repeat every single one of them in the tough campaign scenarios, three-in-a-row and with handicaps. =\ It is so incredibly tedious having to do every map twice.
BeautifulMemory
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FrenchMovieTheme
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what the F i just beat the game.... shit flew by! i felt like arkham asylum was longer but maybe not.
anyways, this was a top notch game. this is what games should be. very exciting game from start to finish. kind of bummed that some of my favorite batman villains weren't in the game but i will say this game had some of my favorite boss fights ever. solomun grundy and clayface both being awesome. those are the fights we SHOULD have had with killer croc in AA.
will buy any DLC!
anyways, this was a top notch game. this is what games should be. very exciting game from start to finish. kind of bummed that some of my favorite batman villains weren't in the game but i will say this game had some of my favorite boss fights ever. solomun grundy and clayface both being awesome. those are the fights we SHOULD have had with killer croc in AA.
will buy any DLC!
agree with you mate but you might want to spoiler tag some of that.
The art style really grew on me after playing AA. I think I love almost all of the characters designs apart from thugs and Harley.
Windom Earle
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Finished it today. Great game, but it just doesn't reach the heights of AA and feels more forgettable. Also not every game benefits from being open world. Also controls felt worse, but that's probably because of the 360 controller (Played AA on PS3).
Ken Masters
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When the DLC skin pack comes out can I use the skins in the single player game?
Darkflight
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You can use skins once you finish the game once