Nobody probably cares about my opinions, but I feel like writing out what I think about the series and what the pros and cons of each game are to try to help me figure out which game I like best.
So with all that written out... I'm still not sure what to think. Knight has the most positives, but also a bunch of negatives. City doesn't have many negatives, but also doesn't have many positives. Hmm... I suppose if you'd asked me before I wrote all this out, I'd have said City was my favorite. But looking at this, I feel like I have to say Knight is my favorite. It does enough things best to make up for the things that were disappointing.
This is a great analysis, and I agree with it on all counts but one:
Arkham Asylum definitely has some puzzles attached to its Riddler trophies. Not many, but they're there. For example aligning the question mark dot with the question mark splayed across the level. That was a great emergent puzzle that was a real 'click' moment for me. And a few of the riddles were pretty enjoyable.
Still, aside from that, I agree. Arkham Knight is definitely my favourite. I'm approaching 100% now for true ending, then onto NG+... I can't wait to do the game without counter signs and tougher encounters.
I think a Riddler puzzle may be bugged for me.
It's one of those woefully designed ones where you use the Batmobile's detective scanner to track questionmarks around the city. It's the one that starts on top of the big building on Bleake Island, where you have to drive over the glass roof all the way around and Batmobile-grapple a wall to get across.
Basically I followed the question marks all the way off the building, underground, through tunnels, out into a canal, then they went up the wall on the opposite side of the canal. I went up a nearby ramp to the street level, terrified I'd lose the questionmark and have to do all of it again, and sure enough, the questionmark trail disappeared. I went back to the top of the building (total pain in the arse) and found the trace-point – but now it's not active and I can't start the trace again. It's like the game marked it as 'complete' even though I never picked up the Riddler trophy at the end of the trail.
Wtf
This happened to me. Either get to a save point (by getting a different trophy or entering a building) or drive far away from the area and it should reset.
Okay thanks, I hope by going into a building to clear out other trophies it resets.
The real worry for me though is that there's no Riddler Icon on the world map anymore, where that one was. It's like the Riddler Trophy has entirely disappeared. I mean, dafuq.
Yeah, the fact those disappear make them too involving. There's one where you have to travel inside a monorail station to open a gate, then regain the trail, but there's almost no way to do that without having to start it over. Can't remember exactly where that is, but if you come across a gate, open it in advance in case it's that one.
Sheesh, I'll watch out for these.
This particular Riddler trophy design is like Arkham Origins level of jank and flawed design. I loved Origins, but I'd genuinely call this as bad as Origins' awful Worst Nightmare Ranking system design. It's like if you mess up you won't be able to complete this Riddler challenge, ever.
