Yooooooooo I want this! C'mon exclusivity, run out so my season pass can do it's magic.
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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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Yooooooooo I want this! C'mon exclusivity, run out so my season pass can do it's magic.
Net_Wrecker
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It's ridiculous. The string of moves those last 3 gifs came from (which continues for another 30 seconds) left my jaw on the floor. The way everything flows together is just crazy.
The more special takedowns I unlock the more frustrated I am with the lack of combat challenges. Especially with those tag execution moves. The AR stuff is not a suitable replacement.
Don't worry tho, there's like 15 batmobile challenges. I don't think the combat ones even have environmental takedowns in them.
rocksteady pls
Net_Wrecker
Member
You can do NG+ whenever, it'll occupy that separate spot on the menu which lets you jump inbetween either one.
I wonder what would have made you like it if you feel that strongly about it.
Brehs, the fear takedowns are amazing (and OP). So Batman
And the fights are so badass. I wish Rocksteady would make an 80s martial arts action game next and just go wild with the brawls and contextual stuff.
I wish the environmental takedowns were more prevalent. They're amazing but I only did them two or three times in the whole game.
BTW Net, you're doing God's work with these gifs. I've loved every one you've made.
ScaryShark
Banned
There's a truncated one in the AR missions.
Whew, I'm kinda addicted to this now. I wasn't feeling it at first but once all the side mission stuff opens up and you're going to all three islands it's a blast.
Probably not gonna do all Riddler stuff, though, because fuck that. I'm only on like the second car challenge and it's awful. The tank sections have become somewhat bearable, but the Riddler stuff just isn't fun.
Probably not gonna do all Riddler stuff, though, because fuck that. I'm only on like the second car challenge and it's awful. The tank sections have become somewhat bearable, but the Riddler stuff just isn't fun.
That's Jonathan Banks as Gordon (Mike from Breaking Bad). He's great.
I thought he was miscast. He was the one performance I didn't like. Just didn't feel his was right as Gordon.
Also can someone tell me what the orange batheads are for when you do better than 3 stars on a challenge?
ScaryShark
Banned
Kevin Conroy gets his moment at the end and it is perfect.
BaraSailey
Member
Getting close to the end, I think.
I'm super excited to see where this is all going; this is by far my favorite Arkham game story wise.
I also stumbled across a game breaking bug today that made me have to replay about 4 hours of side quests and trophy collecting. I tried to start the mission where
and the game would not let me start it. It just kept telling me to secure the area but there were no enemies. Apparently it was due to me going back to
to trophy hunt. I got
before I was supposed to, and it messed my game up.
Just wanted to warn you guys; it was rather annoying to have to clear all the islands again and collect the trophies I lost :/
Scarecrow just released the cloudburst into the city.
I also stumbled across a game breaking bug today that made me have to replay about 4 hours of side quests and trophy collecting. I tried to start the mission where
you go investigate the seismic activity in Maigani Island
Stagg Airship
Stagg's voice
Just wanted to warn you guys; it was rather annoying to have to clear all the islands again and collect the trophies I lost :/
Even though I like the game, I have to admit you're not wrong about the Ubisoft comparison.
Origins got called out for having towers, but Knight manages to have an even more repetitive open world mission structure.
Makes me long for an Ass Creed game with combat this good.
neoism
Member
woow how do you get that skin :O
jediyoshi
Member
Would you say it's a symptom of the core gameplay or purely the mission design? If you're conflating something like the asscreed combat to an arkham game's, I'm going to die a little inside.
Chance Hale
Member
Probably hard to answer while being vague but is the secret ending worth going for? Have most of the side quests done but I have very little desire to tediously scour the city for stupid riddler trophies. Is the 100% ending going to be an extra 10 seconds or is it something actually playable? Haven't actually finished the game yet.
And while there are a ton of typical open world trappings in the checkpoints and towers they've still been fun to tackle for me as they act like miniature combat scenarios as compared to the pure collectible hunts in Assassin's Creed.
And while there are a ton of typical open world trappings in the checkpoints and towers they've still been fun to tackle for me as they act like miniature combat scenarios as compared to the pure collectible hunts in Assassin's Creed.
Gorilla Shark
Member
I'm about 80% of the way through the game, and although I like the story and setting (fucking Batman!) I think this is my least favorite of the Arkham games.
Okay... I just beat the game and should have gotten TWO of the
, but I have no clue what the second one is supposed to be.
ENDGAME SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY:
three endings
ENDGAME SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY:
I finished the game with 8/11 Most Wanted missions completed (I had read that it only took 7/11 to get the second ending), but the game "ended" with me apprehending Scarecrow and mentioning the Knightfall protocol. What is the second ending? Does the fact that Batman just MENTIONS the Knightfall protocol count as the "second" ending? And do the credits only appear after 100% completion?
Its nothing like an Ubisoft style world. These aren't just layers of collectibles that populate the world for seemingly no reason. The base action is repetitious but the design of the encounters and puzzles are all unique and there is a proper progression and narrative reasons for all of this stuff to exist in the world.
matrix-cat
Member
I think the riddles are worth tracking down for their own sake. Most of the puzzles you have to solve are genuinely clever and fun to work out. The watchtowers and militia checkpoints are also pretty varied between big fights, stealth sections and interesting little setups with drones and sentry guns. But if you don't enjoy them then definitely don't force yourself through them just to see the true ending; it's just a cutscene you can watch on Youtube.
There is only actually that one ending. The stuff people talk about is the Knightfall Protocol, which has 2 stages. Basically it'll just cut out early until you get 100%, but you need a certain amount to even see it.
You can use them during a normal playthrough. Just go into the showcase and select the one you want.
T0KY0ST0MP
Banned
This time around WB/RockSteady has allowed you to use skins right from the start. None on that beat the game first to use a purely cosmetic skin this time around.
You can switch in-game though, you have to quit back to the main menu to swap skins.
Yeah that combat scene blew my mind too. I thought I was far outnumbered, but with all the environmental takedowns, it actually ended in no time, and it felt soooo good!
Maaaan, that's
a pretty damn weak ending. Apprehending Scarecrow felt just as climactic as completing a random side quest (though the lead up to it was ace [chemicals]).
The 100% ending better be awesome and satisfying.
The 100% ending better be awesome and satisfying.
that was pretty much the only redeeming quality of Arkham Origins.
That one time we got to use this feature in Arkham Knight was of such high quality, though. It really should have been used more often.
the 12/14 and 14/14 ending are one and the same ending (chronologically), the 14 adds additional dialogue and an additional scene.
If you complete 12/14 and then go back to your game, the game won't treat 12/14 as having happened yet.
Essentially, 12/14 is just meant as a motivator to go for 14/14, because it's a big non-ending.
... i did some trophy cleanup yesterday - i hate games that have a 'finish the game on NG+' trophy.
It's pretty much copy/paste from Origins. You can't get ahead of yourself and find certain clues out of order the entire thing is scripted.
Actually, the video scrubbing stuff actually came close to having to figure shit out on your own without much guidance, and there were at least 2 or 3 on the critical path too, surprisingly. Nothing else across all of the games even comes close. Everything else gets Batman'ed or Batcomputer'ed to make sense anyway and there's not much work in the player actually putting anything together or any actual critical thinking involved otherwise. Not that most of the stuff you're "deducing" could actually be deduced by yourself because that would require actual design and divorcing comic book logic out of it.
Even the body scanning stuff is just busywork because there's always 1 clue per layer.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
So, is the point of no return very clearly marked? I know at least one riddle is unsolvable until
so I want to wait until that happens before going out to get all of the trophies.
Robin is taken from the infirmary at Panessa
zkorejo
Member
I also like how the tiles on the wall break when you smash someone into it.
Impulsor
Member
I suppose I could say that this could be SPOILERS towards future DLC?
LEAKED DLC VILLAINS?
Of course, not confirming anything, just want to see if this was mentioned, because it would be awesome indeed.
LEAKED DLC VILLAINS?
Of course, not confirming anything, just want to see if this was mentioned, because it would be awesome indeed.
Serpens007
Member
So I got killed by a bug, lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjLnpRB7PUQ
The game is quite polished, but a friend and I have found some quite heavy glitches.
The game is quite polished, but a friend and I have found some quite heavy glitches.
yup. very much. Apart from the car crash site, Arkham Knight has some of the laziest detective work. Even the Crime Scene analysis in Asylum and City were more interesting.
matrix-cat
Member
Go into tank mode and use the sonar (press up on the D-pad). It'll activate a trail of hidden question marks that you'll have to follow to a final mark on a wall, which you can shoot and fly into for a trophy. These are extremely finicky, and made harder by the fact that the Batmobile's sonar only works in a thin 'beam' in line with the cannon. You have to go very slowly and do a lot of manoeuvring to keep uncovering the next question marks, and they'll often lead you to what seems like a dead end, at which point you have a limited time to find another route around said dead end and go back to sonar-ing before the trail wears off.
For example, there's one in the lower level of Founder's Island that leads directly to a hole in the ceiling and doesn't go any further. You have to quickly haul ass to the nearest ramp up to the upper level and find that spot again, then go back into tank mode and restart your sonar to pick up the trail again. They're kind of a pain.
The only question now is how Rocksteady's going to get them into tanks.
I can't seem to find a good time to stop the story and do side missions. Every story mission flows into each other in a way that makes me not want to stop.
On that note, how do you find more side missions? The last thing that happened in the story was
and I still only have the first batch that was given to me, with none of them having updated (except Riddler's of course).
On that note, how do you find more side missions? The last thing that happened in the story was
Gordon getting mad at Batman about Barbara
The Xtortionist
Member
You can find them in the world. Additionally, a few of them will update automatically after some time.
