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Batman Arkham City |OT| Smashin' Faces, Glidin' Places
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Stun and do an areal attack on the fellows with shields, they will drop the shield but someone else might pick it up so doing a destroy weapon special takedown is a good idea.
You can also stun and do a beat down on armored guys, they will take a lot of hits.
Ah, I don't have the Disarm and Destroy special combo yet. Blame the keyboard for that. A fast use combo on Y in a WASD setup game? Yeah, there are better things to use EXP on. I really should try to rebind some of those. The PC version really should have had a "Quickfire Selected Gadget" button instead of having to hit 1-5 in combat to use the right one...
Beating down the armored guys is fun, but not really something to use when surrounded by
Also, what's my missing gadget? Or at least, where do I get it? It's in the top row, I think, second or third last. Next to the hacking tool.
AusRoachman
Member
Ok im pissed.
Brought a brand new copy of the game today, tried to redeem the most important dlc (catwomen) and it states already redeemed (australia here)
Go to the official forums and see tons of posts with people with the same problems, but no real solution
Any idea how i can get a new catwomen dlc code ? Im struggling to find an official warner bros email to claim a new one.
Seems like a common problem so would have hoped they had fixed it by now.
This is why i HATE dlc codes.
BTW: all other codes worked fine except catwomen
Brought a brand new copy of the game today, tried to redeem the most important dlc (catwomen) and it states already redeemed (australia here)
Go to the official forums and see tons of posts with people with the same problems, but no real solution
Any idea how i can get a new catwomen dlc code ? Im struggling to find an official warner bros email to claim a new one.
Seems like a common problem so would have hoped they had fixed it by now.
This is why i HATE dlc codes.
BTW: all other codes worked fine except catwomen
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Well, I didn't think I'd do it... but I did: 3 medals for all challenges and all campaigns with Batman, Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing. Back at 100%.
Robin's extreme predator missions were a goddam bitch to complete, couldn't have done them without Youtube. The guy that did those videos I used must actually be Batman, he does things to the game I didn't even know were possible.
I really want some story based DLC for Robin and Nightwing now. I'd settle for half-a-dozen-ish new combat/predator challenges though, it's just very satisfying to play as them when everything goes your way.
Also, I noticed while playing the Iceberg Lounge today, that Croc is sitting outside the arena, having a drink and watching you beat fools senseless.
I also want Rocksteady to either make a Spider-Man game, or a Co-op Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one. I want it so hard!
Robin's extreme predator missions were a goddam bitch to complete, couldn't have done them without Youtube. The guy that did those videos I used must actually be Batman, he does things to the game I didn't even know were possible.
I really want some story based DLC for Robin and Nightwing now. I'd settle for half-a-dozen-ish new combat/predator challenges though, it's just very satisfying to play as them when everything goes your way.
Also, I noticed while playing the Iceberg Lounge today, that Croc is sitting outside the arena, having a drink and watching you beat fools senseless.
I also want Rocksteady to either make a Spider-Man game, or a Co-op Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one. I want it so hard!
prodystopian
Member
Late game Catwoman questions:
1. When she gets into the safe, it looked like I could pick up the plant, but I picked up the suitcases first. Is it possible to pick up the plant?
2. What happens if she doesn't go to save Batman?
2. What happens if she doesn't go to save Batman?
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
1.
2.
Yes, you can pick up the plant. She says something about Ivy and smashes the pot on the ground and grinds the plant with her foot.
2.
You enter Gotham City and the credits roll. When they're done you hear Oracle on the radio talking about how the Joker won and stuff, then it rewinds back to the fork in the path.
ChocolateCupcakes
Member
To your second question,
the game credits roll and you hear news feeds or something about how Batman is dead but then it rewinds takes you back to that decision.
Freeze mine? You can use that to freeze the feet on a group of enemies, preventing them to move,
prodystopian
Member
:lol at #1. That's pretty awesome for #2.
If you have a 360 controller or a PS3 one the special combos are so much easier to pull off (a combination of 2 face buttons). Otherwise remap some controls. It does suck that for kb/m you have so many gadgets that they just made it 1-1 to 5-5, whereas AA only had really the batarang and the claw so it wasn't too bad.
The missing gadget I think is the
Freeze Cluster you can find in the Steel Mill - it roots enemies so if you do it against gun thugs you still need to approach from behind since they can still see and shoot, just not turn. You can't quickfire that in combat though.
Mine Distruptor
I do have a 360 controller, but I deliberately unplugged it for Batman so it wouldn't use the 360 controller prompts when I wanted to play the game with mouselook. The final boss was a bit of a pain with the default keys.
Fight big enemy, dodge and counter. Hit 5-5 over and over and over. Now fight a horde of respawning enemies (with a sword, granted) and still hit 5-5 on point when the boss reforms. Sheesh, I had more trouble with the keys than the boss there. But hey, Batman with a sword was cool. And, of course, he has a place on the belt to clip on a sword. He's Batman.
Also, a general minor complaint about the game.
Batman is a bit of a chump in this game. How many times does he get knocked out or otherwise incapacitated? The Catwoman parts are more or less to save Batman from his own screwups.
Prompts should work properly even with it plugged in. If I move my mouse/use my keyboard the prompts immediately switch, in menus and everything. If I tilt a stick or press even a trigger the 360 buttons immediately replace m/kb ones.
Oh, it does it like that? That's actually pretty impressive.
Got me another fun upgrade. Glide Boost Takedown. That one is just delightfully brutal. If you're falling from somewhere high, why not use it to kick someone across the street on impact? Also met
Hush. So that's Hush? Wasn't he a major villain for a while in the comics? To the point of being the title character for a whole arc or two? I hope he's back for a sequel. Having an enemy of Bruce Wayne, not Batman would be interesting.
Just keep going. You'll control her again soon.
BeautifulMemory
Member
I am the god damn Batman!
do it for me, I do not want to play Predators or Campaigns...
Sevket-Erhat
Member
Same here. Hehehe
Just beat this...... holy hell does this game do just about everything right....and has some of the best surprises Ive seen in a videogame
Overall awesome game, not perfect (way to many trophies, some side missions do not have a fulfilling conclusion) but improved on everything in Arkham Asylum and wasnt afraid to do some things completely different
Ra's Al Gul boss battle was totally out of left field and awesome
Mad Hatter sequence was really interesting especially how they introduce the character (boy that radio transmission sounds mighty fishy)
The story was incredibly interesting...was not expecting the clayface switcheroo at the end but it made perfect sense...also Clayface is one of my favorite bad guys so he was definitely welcome...and the constant introduction of new bad guys and their rivalries was really cool, these guys hate each other
Freeze battle was one of the best Ive played recently although I had to resort to a hint to figure out the final beat down sequence
awesome little details everywhere (the penguin goon who is going over to the joker's side is also a riddler informant, the face switch when beating the crap out of freeze)
the animation is just incredible too
oh and the character models are just damn beautiful....so much detail
one of the only games that requires you to actually use all of your gadgets and moves regularly
Mad Hatter sequence was really interesting especially how they introduce the character (boy that radio transmission sounds mighty fishy)
The story was incredibly interesting...was not expecting the clayface switcheroo at the end but it made perfect sense...also Clayface is one of my favorite bad guys so he was definitely welcome...and the constant introduction of new bad guys and their rivalries was really cool, these guys hate each other
Freeze battle was one of the best Ive played recently although I had to resort to a hint to figure out the final beat down sequence
awesome little details everywhere (the penguin goon who is going over to the joker's side is also a riddler informant, the face switch when beating the crap out of freeze)
the animation is just incredible too
oh and the character models are just damn beautiful....so much detail
one of the only games that requires you to actually use all of your gadgets and moves regularly
bigdaddygamebot
Member
I would be enjoying this game considerably more if it were not for the distractions of Riddler "riddles" scattered about...well...everywhere. I am enjoying the story in this much more than Arkham Asylum. I am really enjoying all the different side missions but the really, REALLY ridiculous amount of Riddler challenges in this game is just a constant reminder that there's content here I could be doing and I'm potentially missing out on learning more about Arkham City if I don't grab all of those riddles.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Just do what this guy does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOq3Uerwykg
He has videos for every predator and campaign challenge.
If you don't want to do it for the medals, predator maps are always fun to be an asshole as Batman.
So much assholery can be made on those maps.
I was in the same boat. After playing a few, I got really hooked. Only the last few are really hard. I did one or two a day, and before I knew it, I had done them all!
The Wise Old Man
Member
So I played about 5 hours worth into the campaign. Then I downloaded the catwoman stuff. How do I play it? Am I just screwed out of playing it?
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Should've download it before starting the campaign. The catwoman segments are integrated into the main game, you'll take over as her at certain points.
BeautifulMemory
Member
I'm more of a combat person. Although doing the endurance run made me really cynical about the system....
The Wise Old Man
Member
That's just incredibly irritating. How in the fuck was I supposed to know that happy horseshit? Pardon me for wanting to play the SP campaign and not wait 25 minutes for the DLC to finish downloading. Fuck a duck.
I'm done with this now. I'm about to stop sanction 9 or whatever it's called but just can't stand anymore, the first game was soo damn good and this just feels like a mess. Too many gadgets, too many fights with lots of people and those damn guns and stealth sections that gets boring and too hard. How they managed to totally ruin the riddler trophies I don't understand either.
Oh, too many button combinations to use gadgets in fights.
Just needed to ventilate that, the combat and graphics are still great, voice overs too. First one was soo much better and felt more focused in every way though.
Oh, too many button combinations to use gadgets in fights.
Just needed to ventilate that, the combat and graphics are still great, voice overs too. First one was soo much better and felt more focused in every way though.
BeautifulMemory
Member
Personally, you are okay. There's really one section that's key to the story and you are not there yet. I'm assuming you are on PC? In console you could select Catwoman stages in the main menu
Gucci Messiah
Banned
It takes like 2 minutes to install and was common to knowledge to anyone remotely following the game. Still dumb on rocksteady's part to include on disc DLC.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Huh? On disc? For what platform? For the 360 you have to actually download it. 300mb or so. I assumed it was the same for PS3. It's probably on disc for PC, though.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Once you finish the main campaign, character switch points will appear on the map and you can switch whenever you want.
Yep. The combat arenas were a breeze. I mean I'm at the point were I can chain up to triple digit combos with my eyes closed thanks to the x2 multiplier.
The campaigns are challenging but if you take your time they're not so bad. Top Of The World Extreme gave me some issues though.
This was a poor design choice. There's no reason you should have to switch characters to knock through a wooden wall. Her bolas should be able to destroy them. There's also a few trophies in the steel mill that bats has to expose for her to reach. Really dumb. Even with her limited arsenal, she's a blast to play with though.
beat
Member
You can change the costume by continuing a game past the story's conclusion or
starting a new game plus
BeautifulMemory
Member
Yea like others have mentioned unfortunately you can't collect all of catwomans trophies without Batman. And you can't switch in gsme until you beat the game. So it's really better if you just beat the game first then try for the trophies
There are hints afterwards that will show you where the trophies are, then you can worry about how to get them.
The Antitype
Banned
Blah, I get bored of the Riddler combat challenges as soon as they start throwing in Titans and a ton of dudes with guns.
I can beat them, it's not a matter of challenge, it's that the enemies they throw at you aren't fun to fight.
I can beat them, it's not a matter of challenge, it's that the enemies they throw at you aren't fun to fight.
Buckethead
Banned
I didn't particularly find the Combat challenges to be tedious once I learned all the new moves.
The predator ones are a huge pain the Bat Ass, however.
The predator ones are a huge pain the Bat Ass, however.
I'm fairly sure there isn't actually a single Riddler combat challenge with guns. Or are you talking about the campaign levels? There's one "mutator" which adds guns, but you can use it on predator levels instead.
BeautifulMemory
Member
The first two you will get prompts for. The rest you gotta find them on your own. Supposedly they are all not too far some one another, but I don't remember
The Masked Stranger appears in various high-up places. You have to find them on your own.
The Identity Thief victims are, again, supposed to be stumbled on. You'll find the second victim in an alleyway, but you're given no clue before you get to it.
The Identity Thief victims are, again, supposed to be stumbled on. You'll find the second victim in an alleyway, but you're given no clue before you get to it.
I'm having huge problems with (sidequest spoilers for endgame)
said Masked Stranger and also the Deadshot missions. The fourth stranger "point" has no-one there, and I get no notification from Oracle about Deadshot's second victim so I can't continue that one. While I'm okay pottering around doing Riddler trophies, I'm not really that fussed about them - I just want to finish the main sidequests, and can't do so because the game won't let me. Is there anything in particular I have to do to trigger the Deadshot mission in particular? I've tried wandering in and out of buildings, have gone away and done a Riddler hostage room and stolen all of Catwoman's loot back... but still nothing. The stranger doesn't bother me so much, but it's still irritating.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Okay I finished the main storyline late last night and I had a great time with it.
But the plot twist at the end left me way confused and so I have a spoilery question:
Best Calyface fight since Mask of Sin Tzu.
But the plot twist at the end left me way confused and so I have a spoilery question:
So, wait, what? The Joker had Harley steal the cure. So why did he tie her up in the Steel Mill and not take the cure? Or was that Clayface, masquerading as sick Joker? But wasn't Clayface working for Joker? So why didn't Clayface, or Harley, or whomever give the Joker the cure before the big fight with Batman? Did I miss something critical by waiting to rescure Nora and finding I was sucked into the endgame? I'll go rescue her tonight, but I was seriously confused. Freeze had the cure, Joker took Nora to get the cure, but then Harley took the cure, or Clayface took the cure, but Clayface was working for Joker, Batman beat up Clayface, Batman took the cure, Joker was desperate to get the cure from Batman. Why didn't Clayface give Joker the cure his oily damn self? WTF?
It took me many, many ,many tries to get that predator challenge done with Robin because the enemies kept deciding to stop moving.
I really hope that shit doesn't happen again in the campaigns
Talia al Ghul took it from Harley, she says so after escaping from Clayface/Joker and handing it to Batman.
This game keeps giving and giving.
Beat it last night, and not only can I continue forward post game with side missions I never completed, but there's also a Game+ too? Nice!
But that ending...
...That would be my only gripe, next to the repetitious "clear the room of overpowered goons" gameplay that nearly suffocated me by the end.
Beat it last night, and not only can I continue forward post game with side missions I never completed, but there's also a Game+ too? Nice!
But that ending...
Batman basically acting like "whatever" to a dead or dying Talia and still missing Nora... and choosing only to carry out Joker like a depressed lover would hold his lifeless partner. Am I to believe he just left the others there to die, or is this resolved in side missions? I had called my friend and asked her if I received the "Bad" ending.
...That would be my only gripe, next to the repetitious "clear the room of overpowered goons" gameplay that nearly suffocated me by the end.