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Batman Arkham City |OT| Smashin' Faces, Glidin' Places
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scoobs
Member
kinda surprising myself by saying this but I totally prefer the more guided experience in AA. I prefer it ALOT more than the constant "shit theres so much to do i dunno what to pick" feeling that i get in AC. Anyways, gonna keep chugging along hoping it finally clicks at some point.
Mr Touchdown
Member
Fuck me.
New Game+ is where the real game begins. Like, holy shit this game is hard without the prompts (and just a whole damn lot harder in general). At the same time though, it's so good just flowing without the prompts, because you know now that you can just beat the shit out of everyone. This mode is officially "The Goddamn Batman" mode to me, thus making it the definitive Batman game in my opinion.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Penguin HQ spoiler:
Holy shit, did Batman just
Edit:
Holy shit, did Batman just
kill Solomon Grundy? I thought Batman never kills.
Edit:
According to his bio, he can never truly die and each time he dies, he come back stronger.
Mr Touchdown
Member
Epyon MX said:
Omae wa mo shinderu
Slighly off topic, but is the third party Batarang controller any good for anybody who has it? I was thinking of getting it from Best Buy because I could use a new second controller since Kmart sold out. It's 20 bucks off with the game plus they throw in the Robin challenge maps for free.
Okay, I finally managed to sneak an hour in. Played from the beginning (duh!) up to where you are about to meet
for the first time. What follows is a stream of consciousness hyperbole/mess of thoughts, my apologies in advance....
DAT. GAME. Holy fuck, DAT GAME! The amazing title screen and main theme! The ballsy as fuck decision to start the game with
! How incredibly agile and smooth
! How awesomely perfect
! All the incredible cameos I've already seen -
The absolutely AMAZING feeling when you step out into the snowy night and peer down onto Arkham City for the first time! How incredible the art design is and how smooth it all runs! How the game has already made me smile from ear to ear multiple times in one single hour!
I said GOD DAMN!
Harley
DAT. GAME. Holy fuck, DAT GAME! The amazing title screen and main theme! The ballsy as fuck decision to start the game with
Catwoman as the playable character
she moves, and DAT SEXY CRAWL
Catwoman's personality and voice acting are
Black Mask! Vicki Vale! Two-Face!
I said GOD DAMN!
FateBreaker
Member
Synless said:
Actually?
ACTUALLY?
Zeliard said:
I'm actually trying to do the impossible with AC - first playthrough no sidequests of any kind. NONE. 100% main storyline. Second playthrough is for all the side missions.
Time will tell if I can stay on the righteous path. I almost cracked already when I saw my first Riddler trophy :lol
canadian crowe
Member
negitoro7 said:
That's weird, I chose the standard shipping and got it on the 18th. Where do you live? I'm just north of Toronto, so I might be close to the distribution center.
EleventhDoctor
Banned
Ok I've given up on that second set of AR missions. There are 2 of them I'm just never going to get.
So, some people are making a fuzz because the X-Play review (NARRATED by Webb, likely not written by her) compares Arkham City to Zelda, which is a good thing, and when they actually talk about Zelda, Webb fakes a yawn to say it's boring.
So yeah, some people are making a fuzz out of that.
So yeah, some people are making a fuzz out of that.
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
I hate how the vast majority of these side missions are structured. Most of them you can't just actively go after, you just kinda stumble upon them as you haphazardly go around the city. I don't even have the patience to do them.
BobTheFork
Member
I only got a few hours in last night but it's oviously great. I still think I have all the same problems I had with the first game, but I love the outside enviroment so much more. The problems are minor but I have som issue with the movement and some of the ways animations interact. It's minor and the game is so much fun.
I'm not sure this is a quesiton people can answer but do these riddler clues mean? I keep seeing them and nothing is around me at all. It is the clue is supposed to lead me to a enviromental question mark I need to take a 'picture', is it a clue on how to solve a specific puzzle, or a clue on where to look for a trophy near by. I've been hunting when I find a clue and often I just don't see anything anywhere.
I think I'm going to beat one more boss then just screw around with side stuff for a week lol
Question: I just got over to the museum for the first time, Is (BOSS SPOILER)
really in this?!?!
I'm not sure this is a quesiton people can answer but do these riddler clues mean? I keep seeing them and nothing is around me at all. It is the clue is supposed to lead me to a enviromental question mark I need to take a 'picture', is it a clue on how to solve a specific puzzle, or a clue on where to look for a trophy near by. I've been hunting when I find a clue and often I just don't see anything anywhere.
I think I'm going to beat one more boss then just screw around with side stuff for a week lol
Question: I just got over to the museum for the first time, Is (BOSS SPOILER)
Soloman Grundy
I haven't gotten farther but I heard the guys talking about him. I don't care if you confirm it for me, I'm at work for another 4 hours
After hearing so many people have a hard time with the AR missions I was reluctant to try them out but they were a total blast to do. I got hung up a few times but nothing crazy, I did them fairly quickly.
The trick is to let off on the dive bomb half a second before having to pull up to get inbetween tight spaces. After I realized that, I had an easier time of it.
This game is so expansive.
I honestly don't know where Rocksteady can go from here. They made this game as if they were told that no other Batman game will be made after it. There's so much to do, so many villians....I can't imagine what they could do to follow this up.
The trick is to let off on the dive bomb half a second before having to pull up to get inbetween tight spaces. After I realized that, I had an easier time of it.
This game is so expansive.
I honestly don't know where Rocksteady can go from here. They made this game as if they were told that no other Batman game will be made after it. There's so much to do, so many villians....I can't imagine what they could do to follow this up.
Tallshortman
Member
Synless said:
That would make sense if you were referring to AA though, not so much with AC since AA was absolutely fantastic. Did you just never look into the first game?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I feel stupid, I am stuck early on.
Going after Mr Freeze and I just got in the police station. I cleared the first big room, then batman downloaded the unlock codes, but now I don't know where to go. There is an opening blocked off my steaming pipes but i don't see anywhere to turn them off...
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
(Spoilered in case you change your mind on wanting to know)BobTheFork said:
You are going to be one happy man.
Square Triangle
Member
Deadly Cyclone said:
Exit the building.