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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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This is on par if not better than the Samaritan demo. It's an absolute delight for the eyes
For me Batman is more like 35-40 hours. I'm lapping it up. And I'm having more fun with it than The Witcher but they're very different games. I consider The Witcher just as good, but it's more like playing a novel. Great literary experience. Batman is more traditionally fun.
Also classic
Mark Heap
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
Uhhh Batman,
maybe sticking the Fire Chief in a cell with Two Face, Deacon Blackfire, the Penguin, and Professor fucking Pyg isn't the best idea in the world.
I remember I took a peek inside as batman and instantly started taking fire from their drones so I fled and started looking around for a way to pay them back in kind. Ended up clearing it in almost exactly the same way, except I used the stairs to the right of the batmobile as a ramp.
keltickennedy
Member
Haven't you ever seen scared straight? Lol.
Rpgs are my favorite genre, but witcher 3 does get tedious about halfway through. I am playing on hardest mode available and am so over leveled it turned into easy mode. The exploration (my favorite part of rpgs) is pretty much non existent thanks to taking an assasins creed approach to the map and just having hundreds of markers all over the place and a repetitive world. Story is the best part about it. I am about 80 hours into witcher 3 and only half way through it. That could explain my fatigue. I will go back to it eventually.
Currently playing Batman. About 15 hours in and am 50 percent done the main campaign and 33 percent done overall. At this pace that will put me at close to 40 hours to 100 percent the game. Maybe 50 hours depending how long it take me to get some of the trophies. If you only do the main campaign i anticipate it would take around 15 hours to complete.
keltickennedy
Member
You're seriously just going to let that bitch run his mouth and never bring him to justice!? All the trash talking he was doing was such good motivation to get those trophies so a could eventually get my hands around his neck.
Loved this game but some things disappointed me and prevents it to be the best in the series :
No Arkham Knight boss fight. I would've gotten rid of the RIDICULOUS drill fight and made a CQC fight instead a la Deathstroke but better.
At least there was a predator boss fight with the Red Hood that wasn't too bad so it made me a little less salty.
Lack of dungeons, I feel like the game lacks one more big dungeon like the ones in the previous games. Maybe the future DLC will fill this gap (is the Batman one taking place during Arkham Knight or is it a prequel ?).
Lack of riddles, you know, the scannable ones. There were much fewer in this game compared to AC and AA.
At least there was a predator boss fight with the Red Hood that wasn't too bad so it made me a little less salty.
Lack of dungeons, I feel like the game lacks one more big dungeon like the ones in the previous games. Maybe the future DLC will fill this gap (is the Batman one taking place during Arkham Knight or is it a prequel ?).
Lack of riddles, you know, the scannable ones. There were much fewer in this game compared to AC and AA.
This game has 40 riddles. How many did the others have?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Anyone?
Spring-Loaded
Member
I've found that it depends on the side mission.
Certain ones develop over time, and they only update once you come across the next objective, or are alerted to a development. For example, the firefighter rescues won't tell you where the next firefighter is unless you come across them or a police helicopter spots them and radios it in — if you get rid of drones in an area, police helicopters can then patrol it, alerting you to goings-on in the area.
Which missions in particular are you asking about?
johnny_cicala
Member
If I understand correctly, the marker appears when you drive/flight close to a mission location. For some missions you know exactly what to look for from a distance.
In addition to that, I think that after a given amount of time you got "INTEL" on the mission selection wheel, meaning that you are given a marker to a location close to the exact one, just to prevent you from get stucked.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Thanks, I'm only 25% through, but I'm probably referring to the firefighter and
Azazel
Thanks.
Shitloads. Except Origins, which had none...
Spring-Loaded
Member
What's the exact number that were in Asylum?
Thanks thats good info, i'd probably focus mostly on the story in witcher anyway, so think i'll go for that, and come back to batman after
Bear in mind that quantifying a game simply in terms of how many hours it takes is pretty flawed. You might still hate The Witcher 3. Both these games have their own problems, and you'll just have to find out which one works best for you the hard way. I love both but I'd recommend Batman to more people, tbh.
Chin35char
Member
Might not be a popular opinion but the batmobile is so much fun to drive. The way it handles in unlike any other car I've used in a game before and the ability to go into battle mode makes it drive like a ghost from halo. I love it.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Crouch + counter button/key
There are more ways you can unlock. If you go to the unlock screen, but click on the center "bat" icon, you can see all the default moves.
Seriously
Haloid1177
Banned
I used the bridge around the area, which lets you aim inside and take out the drones.
It's growing on me.
Really wish the camera wouldn't pull out so much during jumps though.
Thanks! I knew I was missing something.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Primethius
Banned
krameriffic
Member
You can also actually punch downed guys now which is one of the best QOL changes in the game. You don't impotently punch over their heads anymore.
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
What does he say? I finished the side quest after I beat the story.
I didn't like Wayne faking his own death in Rises and I don't like it here one bit either. It doesn't make sense. He is one of the richest men in the world and even more than in Rises where his identity didn't even get revealed to the public he expects people to not recognize him? Like seriously where does he go? In the jungle deep inside Africa where things such as the Internet don't exist?
At least in Rises I liked the part of passing on the torch to Blake. Here in Arkham Knight I'm just left with what exactly after that last scene? Is Wayne back? Is someone else now Batman using Scarecrows toxin to fear the criminals cause they are not afraid of the bat anymore? Eh....
At least in Rises I liked the part of passing on the torch to Blake. Here in Arkham Knight I'm just left with what exactly after that last scene? Is Wayne back? Is someone else now Batman using Scarecrows toxin to fear the criminals cause they are not afraid of the bat anymore? Eh....
Spring-Loaded
Member
If you hit crouch and the stun button, you can pick enemies back up on their feet and continue hitting them (like with a stun+beatdown). And this:
happens more often. I feel like it doesn't always work, but it's definitely better than in past games.
beyond_death
Member
I'm almost done with the story, but I gotta say, I enjoy the Batmobile more than I thought I would. Driving the thing is fucking badass and I love how it gets muddy when you drive through the mud. I even like the Batmobile battles. I was abit worried when I saw it in the videos.
MegaSackman
Member
It happened in the comics "Dark Knight Returns", It happened in the movies "Rises", It happens here. I'm totally fine with it.
STILLethal
Member
I thought it was a good ending, brought closure and curiosity
crackhead_bob
Member
I felt the Arkham Knight story fell flat and was pushed aside in favor of the Scarecrow. No decent lead up explaining why he turned on Scarecrow at the end.
That is fine and all. Doesn't make it a good ending. we've seen this before. Even more disspointing to just do the standard thing here after that lackluster Arkham Knight reveal which Rocksteady themselves blew up as something that will amaze and surprise batman fans as they worked with DC to bring this completely new character in. Look how that turned out.
Spring-Loaded
Member
You can hear opera music nearby. Not sure if criminals comment on seeing those bodies in the area they're located, but yeah. I wish the source of the music would show up when using detective mode though — even when I heard the music, it took me a while to pinpoint where the body is exactly.
this_multiverse
Neo Member
Having a similar issue with the three winch/electrical charge challenge on the southwest of Miagani. Won't roll all the way out of the bottom. Good to see yours eventually resolved, I should just keep trying :0
keltickennedy
Member
When you hear opera music, that means there is one close by. Sometimes GCPD helicopters will spot on out and give you intel on the location.
Spring-Loaded
Member
I was having this problem too. I managed to get it out of the room, but it seemed to be completely random I didn't do anything differently from what I tried when it didn't work. I would try reloading the checkpoint until it works.
About 5 hours in and I'm starting to enjoy the batmobile segments more than I was early on, it's fun for what it is. Still think they pop up too often and as a result the game feels unfocused compared to previous entries, when I think Batman I don't usually think tank minigame, racing or platforming through tight spaces with a car. But the game is definitely getting better the more it opens up, looking forward to more familiar characters showing up and seeing what they bring to the table.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I am paraphrasing but
Joker explains that locking him up was a good call and that the Chief was on the verge of becoming a criminal no different than the rest. I guess beating the uest after the story removed Joker from sitting on the rail next to the cage's door.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Ahh fuck! Can't get 100%. One of the Breakable Object challenges and several of my Riddler Trophies didn't register after I got them. Hope they patch this soon. Seems some others have had the same problem.