Mr. PlayStation
Member
That's what I like to hear.
In case you didn't know it, the game looks, plays, feels and performs stunningly on PS4.
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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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In case you didn't know it, the game looks, plays, feels and performs stunningly on PS4.
It's annoying because there are no boss fights, barely any predator mode (and encounter is all badly designed in terms of environment), little to no detective mode stuff, that evidence building mechanic from Origin has only been used once so far (At that 80% point). In fact even fistfights are not that abundant. There's too much of forced Batmobile in the game, This is why I don't even use the Batmobile outside of when it's forced upon me (which is like every other mission), because why would I want even more of that ?
Couple all of that with Arkham Knight who is all talk, and continues to talk despite his tactics failing everytime. Infact I know who it is, it's so stupidly obvious !! Even the reveal will be quite shit too.
I honestly had more fun playing Origins because of boss fights.
DrGonzo615
Banned
Its R2+O
The problem Im having is that sometimes he powerbombs them into the concrete and others he picks them up for a stun beatdown.....not sure what triggers one or the other, possibly enemy health? Anybody else wanna chime in on this?
Palette Swap
Member
Speaking of predator design, have I missed some upgrades or is there much less takedown variety this time? It feels like all the cool takedowns are gone.
(haven't touched the challenges yet)
(haven't touched the challenges yet)
Bullshit.
If you drive fast in an area of the city dense with buildings the framerate plummets.
Haloid1177
Banned
Um I'm not having that problem.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Anyone know?
bryanee
Member
Ditto
Mr. PlayStation
Member
I normally quickly catch on frame rate dips in games, but I haven't experienced what you've gone through. However I did face screen tearing for a flash of a second during first time behind the wheels.
Haloid1177
Banned
Console too.
If you told me you could complete a chase on Founder's Island without any slowdown I don't think I could believe you.
The framerate drops dramatically, especially later in the game where the game will have multiple vehicles involved in a chase.
I reached the part where i have to follow a truck with a buddy of mine into a hideout
The problem is i died on my way there and when the game respawned me the main mission indicator doesnt show the mission anymore
I even forgot which part of the citiy im supposed to be in to even look for the van or hideout
Can someone help?
I tried to be as spoiler free as possible
Anyone can help? I found this walkthrough, which is exactly where i am at
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-23-batman-arkham-knight-walkthrough-and-guide-4012?page=17
But since i died, the van wont pop up for me anymore
So either i try going to the place where the van was or the hideout and hope i trigger a cutscene
Only thing is i dont know where either of those 2 locations are on the map
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Some of the posts on this page are veering a little to close to spoiler territory for my liking. Time for me to gtfo.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
The previous two Rocksteady Batman games had Paul Dini (One of the best Batman writers of all time) on the writing staff. You can definitely tell he didn't have a hand in writing this one.
mumbles365
Banned
Windom Earle
Member
Holy shit, now I understand why Gordon sounds so excellent.
They really didn't hold back, did they.
They really didn't hold back, did they.
Haloid1177
Banned
People really don't think the story of AK is better than AC? I'm 60% done and it seems more focused so far. Not as good as Asylum but I don't get all the shit it's catching.
re-select the mission on the mission select screen?Anyone can help? I found this walkthrough, which is exactly where i am at
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-23-batman-arkham-knight-walkthrough-and-guide-4012?page=17
But since i died, the van wont pop up for me anymore
So either i try going to the place where the van was or the hideout and hope i trigger a cutscene
Only thing is i dont know where either of those 2 locations are on the map
bryanee
Member
I love Dini but his work on the past two games was pretty damn average.
Yep.
Neff
Member
Smash the glass on Batman's evidence locker and you can get the electric gun. If you don't, Alfred will recommend you go steal it towards the end of the game so you can progress.
what??? you can reselect missions?
Would i have to redo the side quests that i did since i glitched out?
either way thanks!
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Did not know Riddler thugs can break out of your interrogation and attemp to attack you rather than give up the info.
Are you kidding me?
His performance is TERRIBLE in this game. I can't be the only one who thinks that, can I?
I love the actor, and many of his roles, but in the game he sounds like he's phoning it in. It's terrible.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Asylum and City's stories sucked bigtime. If Knight's story is unlike those, then good.
Dini must have really had his hands tied, because ugh. His work elsewhere outside video games has been fantastic.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Average Dini Batman is better then most other Batman.
The dialogue is very boring. The story has been fine though. It's been keeping me pretty interested. The game would have been better overall if
it didn't have The Joker. I'm just about to go to North Refrigeration (Don't know how far into the story that is) and I'm already tired of him popping up around every corner. He hasn't added anything to the game and it feels like they added him just because they thought that a Batman game HAS to have the Joker.
It quite clearly gave you the option to turn that off at the beginning, and told you that you can turn them off at any time in one of the menus.
I felt the same way until about 70% through the main story. Then I loved it. I love the new twist on
(character spoiler that only matters if you aren't 5 minutes into the game)
the Joker
and the mission with him where you
go first person shooter mode
Just fantastic all around. It's a shame so many people are complaining about the PC version and the lack of AO. Game looked great on my pc and I had no stutter besides the very first cutscene. Really enjoyed it. It's my current GOTY
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Rocksteady delivered on many levels with Arkham Knight and the feeling of BeTheBatman is certainly one of it
Summer Haze
Banned
Nice, thanks.
Asylum's story was excellent. The most grounded and interesting of the three games. City... well ok.
Summer Haze
Banned
Not on my PS4 it doesn't. I'd notice if it did.
Edit: Oh, you're talking about the Founder's Island races? I haven't done any of those yet.
right on dpad
User 479360
Banned
I was too tired to play last night, after being all excited about its arrival, but I did start pretty early this morning.
I've
. I'm not sure of how far I am.
I'm kind of torn right now, though I loved Asylum and City. Asylum is my favourite.
Batman: AK has been good so far, but it feels too scatterbrained for lack of a better term. I like using the Batmobile from time to time, but the way it's shoehorned into things does feel overbearing. It feels less focused because of the vehicle.
So far, the missions haven't been spectacular, but they've been good. The vehicular parts of story missions (non-combat puzzle parts, I mean) feel unnecessary, but I do like blowing shit away with the vehicle.
There's some really great stuff here, though.
I've
lowered the bridges after doing the clocktower
I'm kind of torn right now, though I loved Asylum and City. Asylum is my favourite.
Batman: AK has been good so far, but it feels too scatterbrained for lack of a better term. I like using the Batmobile from time to time, but the way it's shoehorned into things does feel overbearing. It feels less focused because of the vehicle.
So far, the missions haven't been spectacular, but they've been good. The vehicular parts of story missions (non-combat puzzle parts, I mean) feel unnecessary, but I do like blowing shit away with the vehicle.
There's some really great stuff here, though.
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Neither did I.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Yeah I was pretty surprised by that. Especially since I never pay attention once it starts haha
Also, be a dude and add some context to a spoiler post. Literally no one will know what you are talking about if they don't want to click spoiler tags.
Windom Earle
Member
Maybe it's just me recognizing the voice but whatever, I like it.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Except for the roided out Joker I thought the story in Asylum was fantastic. City less so, but he also had other hands in the pot for that one (Those hands are the ones that are writing AK, so if you thought City's story sucked, I don't think AK is going to wow you).
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Oh wow, that's awesome. Thanks!
Kevin Shields
Member
Gosh can't wait to get home and play this. This has been my most hyped game since Arkham City came out, no joke. Opinions are pretty divisive on this one, so I'm itching to find out for myself...
Having fun with the story stuff, but it's a bummer there's no challenge rooms at all; was really wanting to play as Red Hood and Nightwing in a big, classic challenge room.
Also, these Scarecrow Racing missions kinda suck. If these and the two pre-order stories are the kind of quality we can expect from the DLC, that season pass doesn't seem very appealing.
Also, these Scarecrow Racing missions kinda suck. If these and the two pre-order stories are the kind of quality we can expect from the DLC, that season pass doesn't seem very appealing.
EternalTruth
Member
Nvidia has been very quiet in this disastrous PC launch:
- No formal comment on the issues or their cooperation with WB/RS to fix any of the various glaring issues
- No Andy in the forums here on Neogaf (he tends to show up in these PC performance threads)
- No tweak guide to be found on geforce.com (common on their "meant to be played games" at launch)
- No PC version sent out to reviewers for launch ("PC gamer" finally go their copy a day after the game was already out!)
- No HBAO+ or TXAA support in the game (which are very common in Nvidia "Gameworks" titles (in fact their is no ambient occlusion whatsoever for the time being)
This is not a coincidence... :/
- No formal comment on the issues or their cooperation with WB/RS to fix any of the various glaring issues
- No Andy in the forums here on Neogaf (he tends to show up in these PC performance threads)
- No tweak guide to be found on geforce.com (common on their "meant to be played games" at launch)
- No PC version sent out to reviewers for launch ("PC gamer" finally go their copy a day after the game was already out!)
- No HBAO+ or TXAA support in the game (which are very common in Nvidia "Gameworks" titles (in fact their is no ambient occlusion whatsoever for the time being)
This is not a coincidence... :/
I'll tag this just in case people don't want to know, but this isn't a spoiler (nothing story related) and it's relevant to you.
There's more of that than anything else in the game. You'll be tank battling more than you do anything else (combat, predator, chases).
I see.
I guess it's confusing for me to see such divisive opinions on the story and the tank action, cause to me they are both spotless. It's really weird.
Pretty much what I'm doing. Favourite new combat move?
Spring-Loaded
Member
Nothing happens in Aslyum's plot that's noteworthy. It's really the most straightforward insane asylum takeover story, doesn't explore any interesting themes and has such a cop out ending. It bypasses the actually interesting story bit (
the warden is insane
An interesting Arkham story is A Serious House on Serious Earth. I'd bet any other comic about Arkham would be more interesting plotwise by default considering they don't have interactivity as a main draw and being visually entertaining only goes so far.