AHA-Lambda
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I don't have this weapon though? =S
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Batman: Arkham Knight |OT| Protect Gotham Racing
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I don't have this weapon though? =S
keltickennedy
Member
Have you played it?
The Missing Persons missions where you have to scan the different layers of the body.
The security camera scrubbing looking for clues.
The other is kind of spoilery but is related to the "jump scare" mission.
There are others too related to the story progression
Sorry if it is too "CSI" for you....I mean similar stuff happens in the comics.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Those are in here too
To clarify I cancelled my pre-order of the PC version (GASP!) and am watching a Let's Play
Now, to respond to your comments... ugh, give me a break.
You may as well hand the series over to Platinum Games and go full on RULES OF NATURE!!!
Watching a Let's Play. Hence why I am not commenting on the controls, only the presentation/graphics/story-telling
Tetra-Ninja to be specific and he's going through everything.
Saw the Missing Persons one, those are good. And yes I know similar stuff is in the comics but here it's almost over-bearing
The comics have been on for 75 years and many stories have covered the full spectrum of Sherlock style to Star Wars Hologram style detective work
Regarding the boss battles my biggest disappointment is (a boss who isn't in the game is in the tags)
the lack of a Killer Croc boss battle, especially as the final boss. I remember someone suggesting it on Reddit and I amped myself up for how cool that would be. Batman and Croc in water mixed with Scarecrow's fear toxin. Having to 360 degree dodge and attack Croc hallucinations that Batman would see. Directly facing Killer Croc, who would have been tortured by Scarecrow (for what Croc did to him in Asylum) and thus further mutated than what we see in City, in his own element. Seeing as this game respects Origins as canon it would also be an interesting symmetry, with Croc being the first and last boss in the series canonically.
PeskyToaster
Member
Not very spoilery (just preserving the sense of discovery) but the location is:
in the GCPD lockup evidence room behind some glass
Haloid1177
Banned
It's in
the GCPD building in the evidence room. Just break the glass and you get it.
keltickennedy
Member
MDSLKTR
Member
right? lmao
valentine71
Banned
Story is over 20 hours?
MegaSackman
Member
Wait... you didn't like detective stuff either? I always thought what people expect in that regard...
Edit: Do you even like Arkham saga? maybe your problem lies there...
Edit: Do you even like Arkham saga? maybe your problem lies there...
keltickennedy
Member
No, 100% completion. Is there a way to check stats? I haven't seen it.
Indeed,d espsically when you are Gordon walking into the movie studios and Batman appears from nowhere lol
Shining Sunshine
Banned
How do you build fear?
Knock a guy out, and let them find the body.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Doesn't seem to be working...
Pull off a Silent Takedown without getting spotted and it gets refilled.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Ah no wonder, I was doing slams because I thought that would scare them.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Eh, I love the detective aspect (comics and game) but, honestly, even the comics really aren't focused on it and haven't been in a long, long while. The events in City and Knight are no more bombastic than comics events like No Man's Land and Zero Year.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Played the previous 3 and loved them. Rankings are: AA >> AC = AO
But AK just looks too... Call Of Duty with all the excessive tank combat and such
Arkham series best known for Combat and the voice acting from TAS. Nobody really cares about the detective stuff
Well I suppose the games are meant to emulate the multiple issue EVENTS that are eventually collected into a thick volume. Still, would have been interesting to see Slice of Life Batman ala TAS once. I recall it being kind of minimalist, not too many gadgets or wierd sci fi stuff. But see this was an opportunity to bring the detective stuff to the forefront, if too hard for regular gamer you could make them as easy as they are in the Phoenix Wright games
THIS x1000!
I've said it before, while I think the game is pretty great the past two Arkham games easily beat it. I HATE the notion that "bigger is better." I don't want Gotham to be 5x as big or even 3x as big because I know every time a developer increases the size of a game world that density and personal touch will be lost. AK suffers from this tremendously, everything about AC was intricately designed and incredibly dense. You had a tight distinctive free roam hub/city area that connected to your wonderfully designed "dungeons" under the control of each supervillain. Even more, those areas would change throughout the game depending on which supervillain had been taken out so that Two-Face thugs would invade Penguins museum and vice versa. The tight nature of the world meant that there was a secret behind every little corner and as a result you basically had the entire map memorized down to a T by the end of the game.
AK does not have this tightly designed, dense feeling. Everything is just bigger for the sake of being bigger and because of this a lot of the focus is lost, not just on a gameplay perspective but on a story perspective as well. None of the islands really stick out to me besides "Founder's Island" and that one only sticks out because of the huge "LEX Corp" and "Queen Industries" buildings I find interesting. And the amazing heights you can reach in this game makes the game world even bigger as it's not just massive horizontally but vertically as well. What this means is you end up spending even less time on the ground, a fact the game attempts to compensate by trying to force you to stick in the Batmobile. But, it just doesn't work. Add in the fact that you have very few in-door dungeon type areas and you just have a massive sprawl that, while bigger, feels empty. There isn't that same moment of screwing around in Arkham City and finding Scarecrow's hidden shipment, or stumbling upon Calendar Man in the Courthouse.
keltickennedy
Member
You mean you watched them?
DrGonzo615
Banned
Steal weapons from other thugs to hit the electrical charge guys.
LyleLanley
Banned
Just saw this on Twitter, has this been posted in here yet?
The Smoking Bun
Banned
No... I played the previous 3 on the PS3 before eventually going PC Mustard Race for Arkham Knight and then having to cancel the pre-order in a hurry because apparently the PC version was coded by an army of monkeys... who have a grudge against AMD...
You want to see my Trophy List as proof? I'm StationPunk on PSN
BASED BATMAN!!
DrGonzo615
Banned
lol can anyone confirm this is real?
AdaWong
Junior Member
Woo lawd. Those are amazing!
Right now? Nothing. The pre-order DLC is part of the pass, but pass owners who didn't pre-order don't get it until the timed exclusivity wears out, so it's just $40 of waiting right now.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Enjoying the Batmobile and tank action myself, I have to admit.
Also, playing on PS4 the game is pretty impressive technically. It's the polish. The point isn't that every square inch looks like the interior environments in The Order. It's the scale, the lack of loading, almost completely solid framerate, almost no texture pop-in in ways that are obvious.
PS4 titles have been from a technical standpoint surprisingly rough since launch. Common problems being bad framerates, frame pacing issues, long loading times, etc. For me only Driveclub has been as technologically polished as one would expect for the hardware. Now AK joins that tier.
Also, playing on PS4 the game is pretty impressive technically. It's the polish. The point isn't that every square inch looks like the interior environments in The Order. It's the scale, the lack of loading, almost completely solid framerate, almost no texture pop-in in ways that are obvious.
PS4 titles have been from a technical standpoint surprisingly rough since launch. Common problems being bad framerates, frame pacing issues, long loading times, etc. For me only Driveclub has been as technologically polished as one would expect for the hardware. Now AK joins that tier.
Okay then, I'll just wait then, cheers.
Me too and I usually despise vehicles in games. The Batmobile both in pursuit and tank mode is one of the most fun and easily controllable vehicles I've encountered.
LyleLanley
Banned
How much of it have you played?
I can't stand the batmobile tank fights. A bunch of laser sights, explosions and lock signs really seems more like a Macross game than a Batman game (well until now). The amount of time it is simply Batman skulking about a room with a couple of grunts seems disportionately low to the amount of time clearing lobbies of double digit tanks, chasing down an apc or taking out a heli. Even the riddler sections have the batmobile in them. Oh and the tag team fights during Riddler sections. The vehicle may have been inspired by the Nolan version, but the overall game feels more inspired by Michael Bay.
This may have been one of the most effective jump scares in gaming history. Most games that do it have atmospheres that lead you to brace for a scare but this was just out of fucking nowhere.Also mfw I zipped onto a building and a certain character I wasn't expecting freaked the shit out of me
Pixel Samurai
Member
Do we know when the Red Hood DLC will be available?
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
I'd just like to ask something -- are all of you who are SOOOOOO disappointed in this game even fans of open world Batman (Arkham City), or all of you either newcomers to the series and people who still amusingly think Asylum hasn't been toppled and never will? Seriously, I want to know.
Lifejumper
Member
Alfred sounds like he doesnt give a fuck about anything. Lmao.
Yeah, I'm at 23 hours and eighty something percent completion. That's including a lot of side missions, i haven't barely started collecting Riddler trophies or solving riddles (though I have completed the Riddler racetrack missions). Still, 23 hours+ is a pretty good indicator of much much actual mission content there is, and I still have some left to go. And yes, the mission wheel does show your progress (and it changes and shows even more progress stats after you beat the story).
Yes, I loved City.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
You should be able to perch on Gargoyles and then a prompt comes up... PRESS X TO BROOD. Brooding boosts your combo meter but decreases quickly once you stop brooding. So Brood before every fight for maximum efficiently and clear rooms quicker!!