-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Batman: Arkham Origins |OT| Justice from the head of Prototype And Hulk: UD
- Thread starter The Living Tribunal
- Start date
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
From the footage shown so far, I expect this to have a tremendous familiarity to Arkham City. At first and second glass, it looks pretty much exactly like Arkham City in play. Not that I mind, but it won't have the same refreshing feeling going from Asylum to City had, and may at times feel like a safe sequel.
Still very much looking forward to it. I'm torn between City and Asylum as to which I like more. Each does something better than the other. But flying around City remains one of my favourite open world experiences, so I'm hoping Origins captures a similar level of immersion. Looking forward to the boss fights. Hope they're, on average, a bit more inventive than City's.
Will play day one, unless I'm busy.
Still very much looking forward to it. I'm torn between City and Asylum as to which I like more. Each does something better than the other. But flying around City remains one of my favourite open world experiences, so I'm hoping Origins captures a similar level of immersion. Looking forward to the boss fights. Hope they're, on average, a bit more inventive than City's.
Will play day one, unless I'm busy.
dont call it a comeback
Banned
Well darn, that is not exactly what I wanted to hear. Will be waiting for first impressions in that case.
Is there a review embargo on this game like there was for Sonic?
Ah didnt see that ama nice.
The Living Tribunal
Member
Ok, I fixed the broken links and I didn't crap my pants. Life is good.
We get more Gotham, I personally didn't really enjoy the filthy grittiness of Arkham Gotham anyway. But as long as as navigating the city as Batman is as good as or better than AC, then there isn't really much they can do wrong even if it's a bit of a copy/paste/paint-over. I just wish we got full Gotham, but I guess that might be a next-gen title.
the achievement/trophies should be listed in OP so people can talk about them. The list is out.
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/batman-arkham-origins/trophies/
This does have spoilers for anyone wanting to click this.
The Living Tribunal
Member
I'm not so sure about that, I've heard these achivements are quite spoilerish.
chickdigger802
Banned
I really should stop replaying ac then eh?
You have a nearly a week to finish it.
Vinterbird
Member
Embargo is the 25th.
The day it comes out?
Meh. Not really worried. The only thing that kinda pisses me off is playable Deathstroke is just an AC Robin reskin, possibly mirrored, but that's it.
AC4, BF4, and Sonic come out on the following Tuesday...the 29th. So I'm still confused why this is releasing on a Friday.
Vinterbird
Member
I wouldn't worry. Happens to a lot of games.
dont call it a comeback
Banned
Why are people so confident this game will be as good as the predecessors if it is a completely different dev team?
Blind faith or am I missing something?
Blind faith or am I missing something?
Ephemeris
Member
I'll pass
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
They use the same formula and improve it a bit. Can't see how they can do worse.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
God, I hated what happened with Hugo Strange at the end of AC. So anti-climactic and lame.
Krappadizzle
Member
All impressions have been positive so I can't imagine it'd be bad. Rocksteady already set the recipe up, now it's just a different chef adding their own spices.
The Last of Us was made by the Naughty Dog "B" team, and it's been their best work yet IMO.
I personally don't have particularly high expectations. Which is not to say that I think the game is going to do bad, but Dini and the voice actors and by all indications the developers made the arkham series out a deep passion for the character.
Now, to be fair, I really liked prototype and always heard Hulk UD was great. So, I doubt that whatever quality it is, it's going to range anywhere near into disaster territory. And frankly, I like a lot of what I'm seeing. I like a Bane that isn't an idiot and a serious threat to Batman beyond dumb muscle. And I like that they're giving the second stringers a chance to shine. Copperhead in particular looks fantastic to fight for me. And all the boss fights are are like Freeze, according to them.
So my expectations of the game being good are reasonable, I think. But they are going to be compared against people who literally spent years with the character and were the ones who created the series they're trying to live up to in the first place. So it's gonna be an uphill battle.
We really just have to wait and see.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
I have a feeling that Joker will be adored in this game. There are even rumor that he is the final boss. If that's true, I will be pissed. They can't just introduced a bunch of cool (and somewhat lesser known) villains and then give all the glory to the major one. He was already the main main villain in the last 2 games for fuck sake.
Ephemeris
Member
Asylum has the better, more finely tuned "experience" overall.
City has the open world, cape gliding and better combat system making it the best Batman Sim ever.
City wins in my book, but I could understand why people love Asylum more (Scarecrow scenes are the best in the series). I'm dying to see if Origins manages to combine the strengths of both to sit at the undisputed #1.
StevePharma
Member
Will buy only for SP next year @ 20-30 euros. I'm getting Blackgate Day 1 though, that looks interesting for a handheld experience.
Still salty about that stupid MP shit that will die off in 1-2 months. Why waste all your resources on that?
You can now actually "Prestige" in a Batman game. Oh Infinity Ward, what hast thou spout forth!
Still salty about that stupid MP shit that will die off in 1-2 months. Why waste all your resources on that?
You can now actually "Prestige" in a Batman game. Oh Infinity Ward, what hast thou spout forth!
Krappadizzle
Member
MP was developed by a completely seperate studio(Splash Damage)so the SP was the focus of the WB Montreal developers. No resources were split as far as I'm aware.
MR BLACKMAGIK
Member
Looks good. The multiplayer gameplay I watched from the beta looked fun. Hopefully this game can tide me over until next gen.
StevePharma
Member
Thanks for clarifying, but what I actually meant was: why spend money on a MP-mode AT ALL? That's the 'waste of resources' I was talking about. With games like these I feel it's never worth the trouble, manpower and costs.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
For some strange reason, I read the title of the OP as Arkham Begins lol.
BetterWorldz
Member
Not a very good sign, is it?
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
The Riddler´s riddles were obnoxious. I hope in this game the riddles are not obnoxious.
Vinterbird
Member
Happens all the time to good, great, bad and middling games. It's really not any indicator really.
Krappadizzle
Member
I can understand that. I'm not big on a lot of MP games, but this takes a more unique approach which could be cool. It reminds me of when Assassins Creed mp was announced. My first thought was, "why?, It doesn't need it." Then I played it and it reminded me of playing Hide amd Go seek as a kid, it was a ton of fun and I played with a couple of guys at my unit a lot.
So I see potential, but from the limited videos I've seen from the beta, I don't know if it has legs.
The Living Tribunal
Member
Actually, that was going to be the title.
Steve o 3000
Banned
why would it be a bad sign? lots of great (and not so great) games have had launch day embargos.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Wait, when did Copperhead become a female? In the comics Copperhead is a dude, though I wouldn't mind if they changed the character to a female.
Krappadizzle
Member
They said that they couldn't imagine a dude in crazy latex doin all these crazy, bendy manuevers, they imagined a woman would/could do it better. Granted, that's not an exact quote, but that was the gist of it.
I never followed the character too closely in the comics, so it doesn't bother me as far as continuity of the franchise is concerned.
AgentOtaku
Member
I appreciate the OT subtitle
don't appreciate the embargo ending on the 25th and preorder incentives end the day before, like the ten dollars back from Amazon.
I'm conflicted on this
Excited for what is my favorite design of Bats and the setting
Concerned when this comes next week yet no one is seemingly talking about it and as I said, that embargo, once again, is total bullshit.
Same goes for Blackgate.
don't appreciate the embargo ending on the 25th and preorder incentives end the day before, like the ten dollars back from Amazon.
I'm conflicted on this
Excited for what is my favorite design of Bats and the setting
Concerned when this comes next week yet no one is seemingly talking about it and as I said, that embargo, once again, is total bullshit.
Same goes for Blackgate.
I die a little every time I see a collector's edition with a small ass shitty art book and then have a massive completely unnecessary and usually ugly statue instead. I stopped buying CEs after Deus Ex: HR, well besides Blizzard ones since they have good artbooks in theirs.
I almost preordered Origins earlier in the week but it came down to having enough cash on hand for that for 37.50 or the XCOM expansion for 20 bucks at GMG. I could get Origins on Steam since i have enough in the wallet but screw paying full price.
I almost preordered Origins earlier in the week but it came down to having enough cash on hand for that for 37.50 or the XCOM expansion for 20 bucks at GMG. I could get Origins on Steam since i have enough in the wallet but screw paying full price.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
I didn't know this. Welp.
Ephemeris
Member
Krappadizzle
Member
It's because aside from GT6, Batman and AC:BF the only major thing that's coming out are the new systems and those are exciting and more important to many.
This game is coming out at a perfect time for me. Gives me something to play untill the new system launches and I can get my PS4 ans then track down an Xbone.
Uk release date being forced on the rest of the world?.
I had no idea it had mp, i guess thats what happens when you hear a new batman ac game is coming out and its a buy regardless. No need for mp in this at all, total waste of money.
Ephemeris
Member
I'm not gonna lie; I only dislike the fact that there's a bunch of achievements/trophies tied to MP. Hate those. Otherwise, it's whatever. I'm sure I'll even enjoy playing it.
That said, I'd love a well done co-op mode. Mixing the elements of predator and combat against the AI.