RPGCrazied
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I've died a couple times, only from the machine gun dudes.
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Batman Arkham City |OT| Smashin' Faces, Glidin' Places
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badcrumble
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You get life from anything that gives you experience. You can always hunt down Riddler trophies/secrets or complete sidequests if you're desperate.Kyoufu said:
Hey guys, question about Penguin level:
So yeah, where's the snowman?
Penguin has the freeze ray and Batman keeps having bat-thoughts to the effect of "Hmm, I should find Freeze so Freeze can tell me how to beat his weapon." But I feel like I've explored the whole place, and isn't Penguin keeping Freeze hostage there?
gutter_trash
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I wish I never answered the phone
the Zaz side mission is anoying
the Zaz side mission is anoying
RPGCrazied
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I haven't completed that yet, I have over half of his trace, but haven't got a another phone call yet, maybe I have to progress the story further.
Holy shit this is amazing. It loops too.BY2K said:
You need to get farther. In order to actually finish it you need a later gadget so the game doesn't let you risk completing the trace and not being able to finish the mission so he'll start calling again once you have it.RPGCrazied said:
Inferno313
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Sn4ke_911 said:
I think I pointed that out earlier in this thread. I noticed it when I downloaded the Sonic Generations demo. Weird glitch.
Neverender
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Regarding the 3rd Cat Woman mission toward the end of the game:
So... I chose not to save Batman. Wow, did not expect the game to end. When the credits rolled I was kind of annoyed... Then it rewound and I smiled 
The Hermit
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BY2K said:
RPGCrazied
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RoboPlato said:
Cool. They weren't lying when they said it has a lot of content, even if the main story is short. I've been playing 2 full days, and still around 25-30% story done. I haven't really touched the challenge map stuff yet.
SpeedingUptoStop
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I gotta say, Robin's representation in this is easily one of my favorite Robins, especially how they even squeezed in how
Batman has to make him feel inferior/subordinate unintentionally when he has to tag the Ra's guard.
PoweredBySoy
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Is there a known issue with bad discs for the 360? Literally half the time I choose 'play game' the screen will go black as it's loading, but then it stays black. The disc spins at first for about 3 seconds and then goes silent. I have to reboot my 360 in order to try again.
This game is so visually dense. By that I mean take any give frame of the game, and it's just jam-packed with detail. Usually I comb over every inch of a room to take in all the design work the artists did, but there's so much here that to attempt such would be overwhelming, and so I'm just playing the game.
BY2K said:
Grrrrreat!!!! Hahahahaha
Well, back to the theme...
I love Arkham City, but what I liked about Asylum was that it had a thin balance between a "movie" and a videogame. My friends and me had a blast, me playing, they watching, with Asylum. This game feels more like a videogame, and I don't know if my friends would enjoy wathing me solve minigames and side missions.
I love the new combat and new animations, but I'm still in rage because there's still no counter when you are finishing off an enemy on the ground. I would like that you can counter but the enemy you were attepting to KO keeps alive.
And I would like there were some option to turn off some signals. Only let the "RB" signals on.
Anyway, I'm enjoying this game as much as Asylum. I like the risk Rocksteady took to change the scope of the game, and you still as you were the goddamn Batman.
PS: I just recalled the only thing that I think is "out of place". His Grappling Gun (what he uses as a transport). It is ridiculous how long it is. It seems like that mod in Just Cause 2 that let you use your hook form any distance.
No internet till Tuesday but I'm picking this up tomorrow, quick question regarding catwoman: is it worth waiting till I can download it to play the game or can it wait for an eventual replay? Sorry if similar q's flooding thread, on phone and signal here makes using the net an exercise in frustration...
JohnOfMars
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Any advice on how to work in more takedowns into combat? The RT+Y ground takedown takes forever & you can't breakout of the animation if some thug comes running up. Are there other takedowns that are faster? Or tips to isolate people long enough to knock out a downed guard without a pipe to the back of Batman's head?
Epyon MX said:
Of course. Get the upgrade that lets you special move after 5 hits, then Y+B your way to victory, or knock multiple people to the ground and multi-ground takedown, or just keep punching people until they fall over. Ground takedowns are for finishers or in exceedingly safe positions.
cackhyena said:
Only after you've actually hit the downed thug. Bats is locked into animation until then.
SpeedingUptoStop
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I don't find the grappling gun length an issue as much as the banging into objects unflinchly bit is the most video-gamey thing about this whole game. They try to minimize it by not letting you grapple from certain angles, but it is totally still there. Next game oughta have Batman push things like out of the way or break right the fuck through them. If the free flow combat is this buttery smooth, the grappling gun oughta be too.vixlar said:
SpeedingUptoStop
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Although more of the time, it's a penalty for hitting the wrong button.cackhyena said:
ashbash159
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Batman: Arkham City hasn't been dispatched from Amazon.co.uk yet. I'm worried it won't arrive tomorrow.
Has anyone who ordered from Amazon.co.uk had theirs dispatched yet?
Has anyone who ordered from Amazon.co.uk had theirs dispatched yet?
About an hour in so far and I'm loving it. The whole beginning where
I already can't wait to replay it.
Also, is there any way to get a steelbook case here in the US? I mean besides pay $80 on ebay?
Bruce Wayne is taken into custody was awesome. It really mirrored the first game well; the slow walk into Arkham with the Joker and now the same for Bruce. Breaking free & climbing up the building to get the bat-gear, followed by your first look over the city was so much fun,
Also, is there any way to get a steelbook case here in the US? I mean besides pay $80 on ebay?
thetrin
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I read a lot of the comments about AA being better before I picked up the game last night. After playing through the first couple levels, and wandering around the overworld a bit, I have to say that I like AC a LOT more than AA. For whatever reason, AA really didn't take to me the way it took to others, and AC is a vast improvement in my eyes.
I still think the combat system is visually splendid but mechanically lacking, and I still hate the reliance on context sensitive objects to traverse the world, but these are things about video games that I guess are here to stay, no matter how much I hate them.
The new pause menu GUI is gorgeous, and I do like the integration of the Wayne Tech aesthetic to give it more in-game significance.
All in all, I'm enjoying the game, and the plethora of side quests are really well implemented. There's no question that I'm having way way more fun in the game when I'm outside, than when I'm inside.
EDIT: Also, anyone who thought making Catwoman the second playable story character would be a better idea than Robin and/or Nightwing needs to be shot.
I can't imagine any person sitting in a meeting, saying "People want to play someone else in the next game. But fuck Nightwing and Robin, they're not cool. Let's use Catwoman, a character that no Batman comic fan has any interest in!"
I still think the combat system is visually splendid but mechanically lacking, and I still hate the reliance on context sensitive objects to traverse the world, but these are things about video games that I guess are here to stay, no matter how much I hate them.
The new pause menu GUI is gorgeous, and I do like the integration of the Wayne Tech aesthetic to give it more in-game significance.
All in all, I'm enjoying the game, and the plethora of side quests are really well implemented. There's no question that I'm having way way more fun in the game when I'm outside, than when I'm inside.
EDIT: Also, anyone who thought making Catwoman the second playable story character would be a better idea than Robin and/or Nightwing needs to be shot.
I can't imagine any person sitting in a meeting, saying "People want to play someone else in the next game. But fuck Nightwing and Robin, they're not cool. Let's use Catwoman, a character that no Batman comic fan has any interest in!"
thetrin
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I'm not asking that you have to grapple things by aiming. I just wish I wasn't so hamstrung when I'm NOT grappling or gliding. I don't know why you can't just run around like any other action game. It reminds me so much of what I hate about the way Gears of War controls. At least the run in this game is more controllable than the roadie run.Anabuhabkuss said:
Again, the grapnel boost with the glide makes traversal really really fun. I'm not shitting on the game. I just hate everything involving touching the ground that doesn't include punching a thug in the neck (And even then, the combat flow is cool, but actual combat is too reliant on switching between counters and striking, rather than building combos like Bayonetta, which I find far more enjoyable)
There's no question that the way the combat is now fits Batman far more than Bayonetta style combat. I just don't find it very fun.
Gucci Messiah
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About 25%JohngPR said:If I just beat the museum section, how far am I into the game percentage wise? Not sure how accurate the in-game percentage is.
Prophet Steve
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There are even more with the PC version threads, I keep forgetting which topic is which.UrbanRats said:
Inferno313
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UrbanRats said:
Does it really surprise you that plenty of people on GAF like talking about this game?
Kyoufu said:
Been seeing a few posts about the combat along these lines. Maybe its the fact that I don't play too many games with combat like Batman (closest would probably be God of War) but I think the combat is incredibly well done and deep. Yeah, you can just hit attack and counter all day, but for me the fun is in trying to incorporate all Batman's moves and gadgets into the combos. Off the top of my head I can think of these moves which can all be incorporated:
Attack, Counter, Cape Stun, Triple Cape Stun, Evade, Air Attack, Instant Takedown, Instant Air Takedown, Bat Swarm, Ground Pound, Beat Down, Double Counter, Triple Counter, and the Weapon Snatch move
And then you have all the gadgets you can work into the combo:
Batarang, Explosive Gel, Batclaw, Electric Shock, and Ice Grenade
And then you have all the gadgets you can work into the combo:
Batarang, Explosive Gel, Batclaw, Electric Shock, and Ice Grenade
To me that's a lot. Like I said I have never played games like Devil May Cry or anything along those lines so maybe I don't have the correct frame of reference. But I think combat is an absolute blast in AC.