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Batman Arkham City |OT| Smashin' Faces, Glidin' Places
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No triple Batclaw in AC. Individual detonations are still in, same as AA - zoom in and detonate (pretty sure the Waynetech entry says so also)
The pressure pads? Glide into them. There are a few trophy puzzles that require you to glide Batman to a wall pressure pad, and glide off to a second, etc.
GekigangerV
Member
You have to glide onto them (and probably wall jump towards another)
EDIT- Beaten
I miss "Throw" made ground take downs a lot safer. Now i only use it when there is one enemy left.
You can tell which gel to explode if you go into first person mode.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Any word on release date for all those sweet alternate costumes for PC?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I find that well timed use of the triple cape stun and freeze gadget help make getting in more ground take downs.
Dunno, but I'm sure a bunch of good custom costume mods will quickly show up.
krameriffic
Member
In 15 years of gaming I have never encountered a game that gets my blood boiling like the challenge rooms in the Batman games. I'm such a perfectionist and I know I am absolutely capable of perfection in these rooms and I get otherworldly mad when I fuck up. Like, you don't want to be in the same building as me. I just broke my G9x by throwing it against the wall.
And it's not even that I can't get the medals. I can get those pathetically easily, but I don't want medals, I want perfection, and the combat is so perfectly fucking easy and these little lapses in focus cause me to fuck it up every shitting time. I should really just stop playing them before I cause someone serious bodily harm.
And it's not even that I can't get the medals. I can get those pathetically easily, but I don't want medals, I want perfection, and the combat is so perfectly fucking easy and these little lapses in focus cause me to fuck it up every shitting time. I should really just stop playing them before I cause someone serious bodily harm.
Yes, the normal playthrough and the NG+ playthrough of the same save slot share the weapon upgrades(you are limited in NG+ though) and the riddler trophies you get so you can get them in any of those 2 playthoughs.
Keep in mind that for the Perfect Knight 2.0 trophy you'll need to do the side missions on both playthroughs since they are not shared so if you had trouble with the AR missions you better start practicing
YES. YOU UNDERSTAND MY RAGE.
I wish there was an option to disable the pithy batman one-liner before the map begins. I don't know if it needs it for loading, but if it doesn't, get rid of that shit. I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE ACTION.
The combat part of ranked maps and campaings are rather easy but the predator maps tend to stress me out easily to the point I pause the game, start doing something else and then go back to it.
The only medals I'm lacking for the trophy are the ones from the campaings that have 3 predator maps each... I know they're gonna be such a pain in the ass.
After googling I realized his real name is actually fries but I laughed out loud when I saw this.
I even thought it was a typo at first but after checking Freeze's bio it made sense
The Arkham games have taught me so may things about Batman that I didn't know
This....this changes everything. I kept trying to figure it out because out of the ~20 trophies I have left to get there's 1 in particular with 3 question marks but they only light up when you step on a switch which promptly closes the cage too. I knew the only way was to detonate one at a time but I couldn't figure out how.
My audio crackles from time to time too.
Just got all the medals in the predator challenges as Batman. Man, some of the medals are fucking hard to get, especially the extreme versions. Feels really good when you get it, though.
I'm gonna play extreme predator maps a bit more before delving into the campaign maps. I wanna make sure I can get through the levels flawlessly, getting all the medals even with modifiers on. Goddamned Wonder Tower with its jammer thug needs a great amount of careful planning.
I'm gonna play extreme predator maps a bit more before delving into the campaign maps. I wanna make sure I can get through the levels flawlessly, getting all the medals even with modifiers on. Goddamned Wonder Tower with its jammer thug needs a great amount of careful planning.
Stabby McSter
Member
i fell through the world D:
Yeah there are times during ROUND 1 all of a sudden I am doing fine, here comes the 7x combo then out of APPARENTLY NOWHERE, bam, shield to the face, combo fails. I hit start and restart the thing, and it happens again. This is very annoying as Catwoman on Joker's Carnival Extreme because 2x Titans and hammer bro are annoying as hell, and I forget to NOT COUNTER REGULAR THUGS NEARBY -- WHOOPS SORRY, TITAN SWIPE BROKE MY COMBO.
That's when I know I'm probably done for the evening.
It's better. In every way. In my opinion anyway. There's some people who find the open world aspect disappointing, and some who feel the riddler trophies are too overwhelming, but well, I call those people quite silly.
Way too late for them to be getting my money on that, haha. I collected all 400 Batman Riddler trophies and completed New Game Plus almost two weeks ago. And I got every combat/predator/campaign challenge achievement for Batman... There's no reason anymore to get those skins.
One thing I loved is that the Catwoman and Robin and Nightwing DLC all came with one to two extra skins EACH. I loved playing the challenges with the cartoonish versions of all three characters.
Start with the challenge maps so that you get a grasp on how you have to proceed on every challenge, the combat ones are rather easy to complete but the real problem are the Riddler campaings... I suggest watching some videos on youtube for strategies on how to complete Predator maps effectively and quickly.
They out on doing everything the first week lol
I'm going to try a hard run then new game plus. Just to play this amazing game twice <3
And finished. Last night I finished everything in the city. All riddles, trophies, side missions. Excellent game, although I wish the main story was longer. It felt as if some of the side missions were as extensive as the main story. And I was hoping for more out of the detective mode. They could have fleshed that out in more of the side missions.
My favorite part of the whole game I think was meeting the Riddler and the finale of that side story. Not going to spoil anything, but the building he was in and the whole premise of what was going on in there was neat, despite not being terribly challenging.
Not going for the DLC, challenge maps, or game+, so I will likely put up the game in the for sale/trade thread if anyone is interested, PS3 version.
My favorite part of the whole game I think was meeting the Riddler and the finale of that side story. Not going to spoil anything, but the building he was in and the whole premise of what was going on in there was neat, despite not being terribly challenging.
Not going for the DLC, challenge maps, or game+, so I will likely put up the game in the for sale/trade thread if anyone is interested, PS3 version.
BeautifulMemory
Member
Predator challenges - look forward to it
Combat ones are all right. Once you figured out how to control the big enemies, pretty easy
AcceptableGhost
Member
So... after completing everything the game has to offer (1000/1000 on PC - which includes catwoman stuff). Catwoman's grapple is really mediocre - it made some of her predator stuff a pain when you want to grapple to a gargoyle and she cannot (even though Batman could). Also her jump is annoying as well, she only has two modes - either you press A and she jumps way far or press B and she drops down. For a good laugh, go to the gargoyles on "Top of the World" and try to jump down to one of the platforms without grappling. Her predator challenges are pretty alright for the most part (definitely the best thing about the Catwoman part of the game).
Also I almost kind of wish the predator challenges were in the main game in some fashion, those scenarios are ten times more interesting when you have to do the three tricks during them - and it is something most of the playerbase probably will never see.
Also I almost kind of wish the predator challenges were in the main game in some fashion, those scenarios are ten times more interesting when you have to do the three tricks during them - and it is something most of the playerbase probably will never see.
There was one point in the game where you have to hit the fuse box with electricity and I searched all over for a place to fling my batarang in and get it charged. I tried charging the generator and throwin my batarang close but nothing was working. What was the solution? Shoot the fuse box with your REC through a hole in the wall. DERP
Yup that happened to me too earlier today in the subway. I could see the box through the hole in the gate in front of me and didn't even think about shooting it.
I haven't played in over a month. I wanted to save any leftover extra stuff and NG + for when/if new story DLC came out. The last riddler trophy I just couldn't get to involved one of the magnetic balls at the bottom of this cage. It looked like I was supposed to throw a ice grenade way down on the water, zip line there and be able to shoot the charge box or whatever it's called from underneath, but no matter where I looked, there was no entry for it. no opening to shoot the box. I just gave up on it.
Here's the solution if you wanna know it:
Don't create any ice on the water. Just move as close as water as you can, fire a zip line to the other side, walk on top of the zip line and when you're close to the magnet box you should see there's an opening just above it.
Oh goddammit, for real? Well, thanks. I can't believe I didn't think of that.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Do you still have to beat the game in order to change outfits?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I really, REALLY don't understand people's qualms with the game's story and ending.
The ending blew me away. So shocked by how much it resonated with me.
In fact, I'll go so far as to say that this game has one of the saddest endings this gen.
All in all, this is my GOTY so far, and I honestly found it better than Arkham Asylum in every single way. EVERY. SINGLE. WAY. I know a lot of people were disappointed with the open world gameplay introduced in Arkham City, but I loved it. Had so much more fun with this game.
Right now I'm working on a couple more side missions as well as the rest of the Riddler challenges. Fucking hell, there are so many. Oh, and I can't forget the challenge maps. Jesus, there's so much game here.
The ending blew me away. So shocked by how much it resonated with me.
Watching Batman show some remorse and emotion over fake Joker's death was pretty amazing stuff. And then the whole "You want to know something funny? Even after everything you've done, I would have saved you," followed by Joker's dying response: "Actually that is pretty funny." Amazing writing right there. Don't think I'll forget that moment for a long time to come.
In fact, I'll go so far as to say that this game has one of the saddest endings this gen.
Joker's song at the end only solidified this notion.
All in all, this is my GOTY so far, and I honestly found it better than Arkham Asylum in every single way. EVERY. SINGLE. WAY. I know a lot of people were disappointed with the open world gameplay introduced in Arkham City, but I loved it. Had so much more fun with this game.
Right now I'm working on a couple more side missions as well as the rest of the Riddler challenges. Fucking hell, there are so many. Oh, and I can't forget the challenge maps. Jesus, there's so much game here.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I agree, I would put this game as my GOTY easily (even though I was fully expecting to give that award to either Uncharted 3 or MW3, but both those games disappointed me).
I'm playing through on NG+ and I just made it through
. My god that entire thing is a massive pain in the ass, from the brawls to that dumbass predator room at the end. So glad that's out of the way.
I've only ever 1000/1000'ed one game on 360, and that was Mass Effect 2 (even beat it on Insanity, and that was freaking painful). However I'm feeling like doing it again for Arkham City. The one thing that I think is going to piss me off are the campaigns, and damn if I haven't raged hard at this game enough already. Don't know if I will be able to take it. Time will tell.
I'm playing through on NG+ and I just made it through
Wonder Tower
I've only ever 1000/1000'ed one game on 360, and that was Mass Effect 2 (even beat it on Insanity, and that was freaking painful). However I'm feeling like doing it again for Arkham City. The one thing that I think is going to piss me off are the campaigns, and damn if I haven't raged hard at this game enough already. Don't know if I will be able to take it. Time will tell.
Definitely agree with Boogie on all fronts. AA was in contention (with Crysis and maybe a couple of others) for my game of the gen, and then AC blew it away. I didn't have high hopes for the story, as it was a pretty weak part of AA IMO, but man did AC's story exceed my wildest expectations. All of the moments touched upon in Boogie's post resonated with me similarly, and I love all of the attention to detail and hints towards the larger story elements.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Same question. Also can you then play through campaign with the new outfit? I want to play the game with DKR Bats SO BAD.
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