The titan stuff has a big impact on this game tho.
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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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It was a safe story it didn't try to hard or go to extreme I mean I get why. Batman games before AA had a bad reputation but each sequel has tried to hard be to clever for its own good and done a bad job of it.
sometimes a safe simple story works
ComputerBlue
Member
So I haven't even taken a look at this game outside of quickly doing Harley's DLC yesterday and I assumed that combat and predator challenges were under AR challenges but I'm reading that they removed them? gutted.
The Lamonster
Member
The game came out yesterday and you're already done with it?
Did you get your $60 worth?
Goddammit!
There's combat and predator challenges under AR challenges.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Straightforward doesn't mean bad. It does a good job at character interaction, has great dialogue, and does a good job at introducing you to why the characters are in the asylum in the first place.
Yeah, it doesn't live up to one of the greatest Batman comics of all time, but it also is a very well fleshed out world and by far the best Batman story we've ever gotten in a video game. I'd argue the writing in Asylum is better then most video game writing period, because of how well Dini's dialogue sets up the world and makes you feel like you're actually in the asylum.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
How do I get the batmobile on founders island?
Do I need to do more of the story?
Do I need to do more of the story?
Seriously sick of Batmobile (80% story progrssion spoiler)
just had that Drone fight at the church yard with overwhelming amount of drones and immediately after that I have cobra tanks who stick together and there's a new tank which I don't even know how to take down. Fuck cobra tanks.
Spring-Loaded
Member
"I eat punks like these for breakfast."
- Batman
Dini :bow:
The setup for the game is great. However, the only interesting aspect of the actual plot is the mystery of what's going on, what's going to happen and why. The first time through is great because of that, but it doesn't hold up to much scrutiny. All the outcomes are anticlimactic and uninteresting. It is overall straightfoward, and when it isn't, it's just disappointing or inconsequential.
Now the interview tapes and side content/lore in these games is all generally great. I wouldn't be surprised if that's mostly what Dini had control over based on the quality.
I paid £5 for it, I had some expiring reward points for which I could find no better use so I'm happy enough. I was looking forward to the challenge maps but they've been gutted from what the previous games offered. I thought the Harley Quinn mission would be cool, and it was, but it was barely 15 minutes long.
But yeah, 93% completion and not much else I want to do with it, so I don't know.
Inferno313
Banned
Apparently, without any sidequests, the game is about 12 hours long.
User 479360
Banned
What is the leaderboard in the bottom left-hand corner of the title menu for?
Haloid1177
Banned
I'm assuming AR scores.
After playing the witcher 3, this is a godsend.
Haven't posted much since I was binging on the game yesterday but I'm in love with this game. I usually hate vehicle segments but really enjoy both driving and tanking around in the Batmobile.
The gameplay variety and pacing is phenominal. You jump seamlessly between combat, traversal, driving, detective work, and blowing shit up in a tank so regularly that it always feels fresh since you're never doing anything for too long. The way the side missions unfold their objectives slowly over the course of the game helps with the usual open world issue of the main character seeming disinterested in a main line that has some sense of urgency.
The gameplay variety and pacing is phenominal. You jump seamlessly between combat, traversal, driving, detective work, and blowing shit up in a tank so regularly that it always feels fresh since you're never doing anything for too long. The way the side missions unfold their objectives slowly over the course of the game helps with the usual open world issue of the main character seeming disinterested in a main line that has some sense of urgency.
Origins is FAR better than this game.
User 479360
Banned
I'm finding that I'm not hooked like I was with the previous games. I'm not itching to play it.
Seems to be really mixed here unfortunately. Unless the unhappy just post more than the happy.
Extra Sauce
Member
Can anyone tell me how to get up there? I don't have the Batmobile catapult upgrade yet and there's no grapnel gun point...
edit: Duh, I thought that was an upgrade I had to unlock... thanks!
That would be a mistake. The game is fantastic.
All I can say is that it really doesn't feel like a Batman game. If there's anything you liked that previous games did, do not expect this game to build upon or improve it outside of combat and be prepared to spend half your game in the Batmobile.
I'm honestly really surprised with the impressions here from non-PC people. This game has its hooks in me. The first hour or so doesn't blend the Batmobile stuff well but after that it feels natural and cleverly blended with other types of gameplay.
I wonder if more of the complaints are from those playing the PC version? Trying to figure out if the stuttering and bugs etc in the PC version are making the perception of the general game worse, or if its game wide irrespective of these issues.
The Batmobile assisted takedowns, that's just useless. If I am able to have Batmobile close enough to be used for combat assists then why wouldn't I just be inside the car and incapacitate everyone from there instead of fighting ? whenever you are in a combat for a mission you are unable to use it as it's all indoors or in locations the Batmobile can't get up to. An example of a skill that you never really use but yet exists in the skill tree.
Eject and glide past it.
Can anyone tell me how to get up there? I don't have the Batmobile catapult upgrade yet and there's no grapnel gun point...
If you can find a way to rent it I think that's the best decision.
It's worth experiencing but it really doesn't have any lasting appeal for me and I only completed it earlier today.
I don't know what it is but Asylum and City both left me feeling a lot more satisfied than Arkham Knight did, and I know it can't be a content thing (because Arkham Knight is far closer to having 'too much' than it is to having 'too little').
I really enjoyed the first couple of hours, though.
Im PS4 and I find it average, core combat is still fun but the plot and over use of Batmobile is terrible
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Dini wrote the whole thing. He's credited as the sole writer on the wiki page.
And it's nice that you picked out one generic piece of dialogue out of a 10-12 hour game, but that doesn't mean it was poorly written. If you think that's bad, wait until you hear the dialogue in AK, because so far, that's pretty much the standard of how Batman talks through the whole thing. I love how you said the setup is great, and hen go on to say the only interesting parts are "What's going on, what's going to happen, and why." like those aren't the top three ways to have people interested in where your plot is going.
I also don't know how you can say nothing consequential happens when the Titan formula finds it's way out of the Asylum, and multiple characters find their way out as well.
Wat
How far are you? The game cranks up lots of what I loved about the previous games as your go on. At about 60% completion right now.
Might as well finish Witcher first.I haven't even touched it yet, but these impressions have me worried.
I'll still play it, but maybe I'll hold off starting this and finish Witcher 3.
No challenge maps, terrible port, forced batmobile, shitty exclusive content and dlc practice have left me a very disappointed fan.
Even Origins was better than this mess.
The challenge maps are sorted into the AR menu. They're still there.
Extra Sauce
Member
Duh, I thought that was an upgrade I had to unlock... thanks!
MadNinjaZero
Member
The initial impression that I have of the game after 30m of play before work this morning is this:
Arkham Knight feels a bit like moving from New York to Los Angeles given this new-fangled car. I feel inclined to spend more time in my car to get from place of interest to place of interest since any other means feels untenable.
I'd also go so far as to say that this game has the weakest open in the franchise where the call to action feels diminutive. It's just another night in the life of the Dark Knight but there's a tension that something bigger and nastier is coming. You just have to wait for it which I didn't anticipate.
All said, I'm not in a place where I have any definitive opinion about my experience. The pieces have yet to fall into place. I just hope that happens soon.
Arkham Knight feels a bit like moving from New York to Los Angeles given this new-fangled car. I feel inclined to spend more time in my car to get from place of interest to place of interest since any other means feels untenable.
I'd also go so far as to say that this game has the weakest open in the franchise where the call to action feels diminutive. It's just another night in the life of the Dark Knight but there's a tension that something bigger and nastier is coming. You just have to wait for it which I didn't anticipate.
All said, I'm not in a place where I have any definitive opinion about my experience. The pieces have yet to fall into place. I just hope that happens soon.
DrGonzo615
Banned
Im really shocked at all the saltiness in this thread. Im about 6 hours in and its been fantastic so far.
I don't see how, no boss fights, there's barely any predator mode or detective mode stuff...there isn't even enough fist fight. Cranks up what?
User 479360
Banned
It starts off slowly. It's getting better for me, though I'm still waiting for it to come together.
I don't think the core combat is as fun as previous games.
Adding all of these new features and enemy types takes away from the purity of it, I think. It's just not as fun and 'free-flowing' for me. They'll throw 5 different types of enemies at you in a single fight, all of which have a unique way of being defeated. I just didn't feel like I was styling on people, it was "Ok, I need to do this to that guy, then I need to stun this guy and do the beatdown, then I need to jump over this guy". So mechanical.
You can't select your character and you can't change modifiers. It's harder to unlock than the other 3.
It's a dumbed down version of it.
ShutterMunster
Junior Member
I actually kind of like the Tank stuff, it's the driving of the Batmobile that I don't care for (and suspected I wouldn't early on). It controls like a hot dog in a butter-smothered skillet. It slides all over the damn place, there's no weight to it at all. The difference between a turn and power slide is imperceptible to me. It's just a chore. That first bit where you have to provide power to the tower and drive the Batmobile on the roof was just annoying.
I find the amount of Batmobile required activity off-putting, especially since the combat and gliding is better than it ever has been. I understand why the Batmobile is in the game, but they didn't seem to get the balance of it right at all. I'm having fun with the story too. it's super comic book.
I find the amount of Batmobile required activity off-putting, especially since the combat and gliding is better than it ever has been. I understand why the Batmobile is in the game, but they didn't seem to get the balance of it right at all. I'm having fun with the story too. it's super comic book.
There's more and more interestingdetective stuff in this game than in City. Predator stuff picks up and there's plenty of big fist fights.
This was my main complaint with City but I thought that the new gadget uses and moves helped improve the flow and ease of dealing with different enemy types.
For stuff like that segment on the roof, use tank mode.
I HIGHLY recommend switching the Batmobile mode stuff to toggle. Controls much better that way.