semiconscious
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actually, other reviews hit many of the criticisms as well, but gamespot was the only review where those criticisms were reflected in the score
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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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actually, other reviews hit many of the criticisms as well, but gamespot was the only review where those criticisms were reflected in the score
...I don't know if it's a bug or something but interrogating riddler guys does nothing for me. They refuse to give up information on all of the islands and I still have 50 trophies to find and a bunch of breakable stuff. I'd have no problem flying around to find the trophies if they were on the minimap.
I'm trying to avoid the thread till I finish the game, think I'm close on main storyline, but I have a question regarding the audio settings in the game if anyone knows.
Under Audio settings you can change the output to headphones and Pro headphones, what is the difference between those, googling hasn't helped.
I use the Sony gold wireless headset so wasn't sure which of those two I should be using with VSS turned on or off on the headset itself. It may have been placebo but the Pro setting sounded possibly better, or at least different.
Under Audio settings you can change the output to headphones and Pro headphones, what is the difference between those, googling hasn't helped.
I use the Sony gold wireless headset so wasn't sure which of those two I should be using with VSS turned on or off on the headset itself. It may have been placebo but the Pro setting sounded possibly better, or at least different.
Finished the main quest tonight; have about half of the sidequests left. And.... ehhh. I'll have to come back and finish this one later. The last 4-5 hours of the story after
were very draining and un-fun. It seemed like every story mission was either a batmobile segment, a stealth segment with a near-instakill on detection, or a stealth batmobile segment with a near-instakill on detection.
It's a shame; the part at the
where you
was actually really great. Reminded me a lot of the best parts in Asylum and City; I wanted more of those, but extended indoor segments were really, really rare in AK. There were only 3 or 4 of them in the game, as far as I can tell.
the movie studios
It's a shame; the part at the
movie studios
track down the escaped Joker patients
Spring-Loaded
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I still believe for most people, the trophies are easier to pass up this time around because the game world is so big, so by the time most finish the game, they'll have proportionately more left over than they did in previous titles. There's also the fact that there's only one Riddler hostage who's a vigilante as opposed to just medics — it may not seem as pressing compared to the other stuff going on in this game.
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I miss being able to use all of the d-pad to select gadgets.
I think I would've preferred to have the mission wheel and especially the AR challenge wheel in the pause menu. Then have detective mode on L1/LB, Batmobile summon on left stick-click, midair line-launcher on right click and then gadget select like it was before, but holding rather than tapping in any direction brings up the wheel for the gadgets that aren't in the eight main directions, maybe with a time dilation effect. I think being able to hotkey some items and leave four for the wheel would be better.
It's not a big deal though. I just got real used to that method.
The waypoints for the riddles (not trophies) only tell you a general area, and at least one tells you it's on the surface, but it's actually underground (Calendar Man riddle). You also can't mark waypoints for trophies in interiors that have their own maps, iirc. That's what made a few of those frustrating.
Which puzzles in City were poorly made? There weren't any that I remember being ambiguous or flawed compared to some in AK (like the one on the outside of the blimp).
Yeah, it really was a huge downer. Not that the other boss fights in Arkham Knight were spectacular in any shape or form, but I honestly expected these two fights to be bigger and better than what they actually were. In a way, I feel kind of ripped off by Rocksteady. It's for this reason that, for me, Knight is the worst of the three main Arkham games.
Yep, I had full armour and weapons maxed, and literally just sat in front of Deathstroke's tank and blasted it repeatedly. It took about thirty seconds to destroy him. I had more of a challenge destroying the Cobra tanks than I did him, and even that was made easy with the distraction shot upgrade
graffix13
Member
Just finished the
That wasn't really fun tbh, and the tank battles are starting to wear thin for me.
My opinion of the game is starting to downturn a bit. I'll see where I stand when I finish the story, but this may end up at my least favorite game in the series.
Cloudburst Tank fight with Arkham Knight.
My opinion of the game is starting to downturn a bit. I'll see where I stand when I finish the story, but this may end up at my least favorite game in the series.
WordsintheWater
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No they didn't, they said the tank combat was dull, most enjoy the Batmobile for driving around the city. Anyways my comment was just saying that if you don't like something and it keeps happening, you're more inclined to go onto a forum and complain about another section using a mechanic you don't like.
No, they didn't.
Most of them made a comment on the tank combat, but most of them also commented that the integration of the Batmobile as an overall mechanic is excellent.
That part was the low point both in the tank battles and just the game in general. It wasn't fun at all.
But if the tank battles are starting to get on your nerves there's at least one more battle that's certainly not going to brighten your outlook on it.
What boss fights?
Tribes of Trusty
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The Brutality 101 trophy is going to make me insane.
Same for the 3rd Predator VR Challenge.
Same for the 3rd Predator VR Challenge.
Once you eliminate a soldier with the exploding gel through the brittle wall, are you supposed to get the star immediately or at the end of the challenge ?
Yes, you get the star right away. I think you have to detonate it before he reaches the wall to really count.
Pilgrimzero
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The
Harvey
keltickennedy
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Tips. Do Brutality 101 on the Dual Play challenge with Batman and Nightwing. It's really not that hard if you are decent at the combat. Remember it's about keeping a rhythm, not just mashing buttons. Just perform a different takedown move every time you get a meter. For example, regular takedown, multi-takedown, batclaw takedown, charged batarang, charged explosive gel, charged REC, charged freeze grenade....etc. Switching to Robin whenever the dual takedown pops up, then perform some of his different moves.
Also instead of waiting for enemies to walk by walls you have trapped, you can use the voice modifier to make enemies check the specific wall.
During my fight with him
he just stood stationary in one place till I beat him up. Such a waste of potential. They could have done anything to contextualize him properly. Like let him use his coin to make decisions on how he orders his men or something.
plasmawave
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Japanese ads are the best
i like he's just basically doing cape stun
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Japanese ads are the best
Batmobile gameplay reaction?
He's clearly trying to to take down an APC but can't get the lock-on because he keeps crashing into things and falling off of bridges.
Just finished the story last night. I thought it was excellent outside of the later Arkham Knight stuff, not very fun. Thankfully it picked back up and ended strong. Definitely a GOTY contender for me. Hopefully I don't get burned out and can actually finish all the side stuff now for the true ending.
Might give up and pull up a guide. I'm missing some riddler trophies on Founder's Island and haven't bumped into any riddler thugs in hours.
... But first I have to survive yet another tank battle. I REALLY hate these tank battles. Honestly, getting the 100% in this game has been the most unenjoyable one thus far. In Asylum, I LOVED tracking everything down. In this game, it's a chore.
It's a shame how much of a mixed bag it is, because everything outside of the grind and the tanks is enjoyable.
... But first I have to survive yet another tank battle. I REALLY hate these tank battles. Honestly, getting the 100% in this game has been the most unenjoyable one thus far. In Asylum, I LOVED tracking everything down. In this game, it's a chore.
It's a shame how much of a mixed bag it is, because everything outside of the grind and the tanks is enjoyable.
WordsintheWater
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Some riddler thugs don't unlock until you're further in the game. If you're at the end though then I suggest searching around the other isalnd's for them they give you trophy info for Founders
I'm pretty much at the end (96% done), and I've searched all the other islands. Just haven't come across any of them.
In the time it takes me to find a riddler thug, I could just pull up a list of where to go.
WordsintheWater
Member
Wait, I think I got you. Check the Subway system entrance on Founders Island. Even though it's a separate place that won't show up on your map it's still considered Founders Island. It's in the port area, you need to use the Batmobile to enter, when you bring up the map, you should see an icon just like the other indoor areas have. Once you enter all the trophies will be marked on the map for that area.
semiconscious
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Resident_UA
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Thinking back it's the most disappointing game this year. In fact it's almost as disappointing as Unity. The graphics and performance are the only two reasons why I don't regret playing Arkham...
Angry Joe weighs in with a measured 6/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buB5pI5w61w
(contains spoilers)
Strange how the later reviews are far more mixed than the earlier ones...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buB5pI5w61w
(contains spoilers)
Strange how the later reviews are far more mixed than the earlier ones...
WordsintheWater
Member
Are you trying to imply something?
Question on the main story about 72% of the way, the cutscene froze and the audio gave out so I totally have no clue what happened at this point and was forced to skip it to advance. Here goes
Thanks
when you have to go get ivy and bring her to the pd for the second time after that cobra tank battle because knight located her whereabouts. Then alfred says hes spotted the clouburst and then the tank blows up. She says my plants are dying, and then it froze. What happens to her and her plants? All I know now is im on a ledge looking down at the clouded city and I have to go find a stagg and destroy the cloudburst tank
Thanks
That could very well be the case. Let me check that...
Spring-Loaded
Member
Here's a video with all the cutscenes. I found the spot you were at, but stop watching immediately after since it contains subsequent cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSuKLXdRzKI&feature=youtu.be&t=11837
If I remember right,
Ivy tells you her plants can't help the city until you kill the cloudburst tank, because the nonstop gas is killing them. So you have to go back to the airships to interrogate Stagg to find the Cloudburst's weakness. Ivy is waiting inside of the tree until you do that.
The Lamonster
Member
Any word on when we'll get more Batman skins?
Halfway done through his review and while I disagree with many of his points this is fairly amusing, like how he recorded his own reaction to the (sidequest spoiler)
man-bad jump scare
Spring-Loaded
Member
Haven't seen a timeframe, but there are more on the way. If the leaks are accurate, there'll be a lot of them.
Too bad there's no challenge maps and the PC version is farked so I have no reason to boot the game up for NG+ or anything else.
LapinAgile
Member
Has anyone started new game plus?
The Joker screaming when you start to cremate him scared the shit out of me
The Lamonster
Member
1) Where do I get the Riddler trophy that apparently unlocks the other Batmobile skin?
2) I still have an empty equipment slot. Where do I get it? I assume it interacts with all the steam vents I've been seeing...
2) I still have an empty equipment slot. Where do I get it? I assume it interacts with all the steam vents I've been seeing...
The freeze grenades? They're in the movie studios next to the empty cell, the one on the far left as you go in.
Spring-Loaded
Member
It really is a shame. Replaying the game really makes me want to have it run at steady 60, but that only happens in interiors and rarely while out in the overworld.
Spring-Loaded
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Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Freeze blast perhaps? I still don't have it and I am getting close to 90 percent done.