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Batman: Arkham Origins |OT| Justice from the head of Prototype And Hulk: UD
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I think I've hit a bug early in the game at 7% completion:
Anyone else have this problem?
EDIT: Now I have zero health whenever I restart the game. I think this is a copy protection issue that kicked in because I'm playing in offline mode. Going to wait until midnight and try again. I guess they're punishing proxy unlockers...
I was triangulating Penguin's position, tracked him to the boat, then died. It restarted me, giving me 3 objectives - find penguin, find the second tracking device, and gain entry to the boat. However, I have no objective waypoint on the map. I tried restarting the game and going back to the batcave then back out, and I still have no objective waypoint. I wonder if it's because I used a proxy to unlock and am playing in offline mode
Anyone else have this problem?
EDIT: Now I have zero health whenever I restart the game. I think this is a copy protection issue that kicked in because I'm playing in offline mode. Going to wait until midnight and try again. I guess they're punishing proxy unlockers...
ElRenoRaven
Member
just under 3 hours according to the timer.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
2 hours and 45 mins i think
I think they're mostly different flavors, and while I can't argue for preferring one of the other it's like... I dunno, saying you wished 3D Mario games had PoP: Sands of Time-esque platforming: both are fantastic at what they do but it's very different.
Though I guess something like Demon's Souls/Dark Souls better represents the distance, but still. And I do have to agree that for many superheroes Arkham combat would definitely be best.
In addition to what was said it's basically a midnight Eastern time release, so 9PM-12AM depending on where you live.
WrenchNinja
Member
It's not any worse than the BTAS models in Arkham City.
Messofanego
Banned
I hope you're talking about just maintaining a combo and not talking about how fucking awful Ass Creed is where you can just press the counter button and call it a day, while in previous Arkham games and Sleeping Dogs pressing the counter never defeated enemies outright.
I unlocked using VPN and am past that part, so I don't know if that's the reason. Did you try
going to the boat? There should be snipers and other guards on the boat.
Barrow Roll
Member
Sweet, hopefully this runs as well as Arkham City in DX9. Hopefully SGSSAA works right off the bat as well.
How well does it run in DX9? I'd rather turn off all the DX11 bells and whistles to get some sweet sweet SGSSAA. A 560 ti runs Arkham City in 1080p, everything maxed except for DX11 stuff, PhysX Normal and 2x SGSSAA at 50-60fps.
Thanks. I kind of screwed myself with the VPN because although it unlocked Batman AO, it locked Lego Marvel since it's not out in AUS yet.
I just played the first hour or so of the game and...
it's great!
The game does feel like it has a darker tone and I like it.
Even though I feel like the sounds when you hit enemies in combat doesn't feel as satisfying as Arkham City, it still plays just as great.
The size of the map threw me off at first since I couldn't find the next mission until I moved the cursor up to the second island haha; tt's huge.
Gonna take a little break right now, but so far this game is just as good as the two previous games.
it's great!
The game does feel like it has a darker tone and I like it.
Even though I feel like the sounds when you hit enemies in combat doesn't feel as satisfying as Arkham City, it still plays just as great.
The size of the map threw me off at first since I couldn't find the next mission until I moved the cursor up to the second island haha; tt's huge.
Gonna take a little break right now, but so far this game is just as good as the two previous games.
The new Killer Croc design is cool too. I hope he comes back since he was literally beaten in like the first 15 minutes of the game.
krameriffic
Member
What I'm saying is that they've altered the combat in such a way that you can not only maintain your combo purely on countering against a group of ~5+ enemies, but that countering is often a better way to maintain your combo because enemy attacks hit so much faster now (on hard difficulty at least) that you are extremely likely to get hit when trying to be aggressive.
The only problem comes when you start getting shield guys in the mix. Eventually you have to drop a takedown on them.
unknownhero
Member
so,any word on when this will show up on the PSN friday?
CambriaRising
Member
Thanks. I kind of screwed myself with the VPN because although it unlocked Batman AO, it locked Lego Marvel since it's not out in AUS yet.
Thats actually kind of funny.
Oh, question based on those early shows: is there actually a toggle for Playstation buttons, or is this just yet another game demo'd on PC but with PS buttons? I'd kind of like to use the DS3 for this rather than the 360 controller, and FFXIV shows that either it's a real possibility or SE just worked out a deal with Sony to be allowed to do that.
Krappadizzle
Member
Those were the best models in the game. My inner-child almost had a heart-attack when I saw TAS Batman.
One true Batman and I will not have his name besmirched like that.
Have at you!
Yes, I did. And I
took them all out silently, the game saved, and then it gave me a waypoint to go back to the last laptop I used to triangulate. I went back, and I couldn't interact with the laptop. I shut the game down and reloaded, and now there is no objective waypoint at all. Maybe it's just a really bad bug?
Schweinehund
Member
I have to say WB is becoming a major player in games. Walking Dead, Injustice, Arkham all have been fantastic games.
edit: Nvm about walking dead, had TT mixed up with Telltale games. Still some solid titles under their belt.
edit: Nvm about walking dead, had TT mixed up with Telltale games. Still some solid titles under their belt.
Agreed. It will be interesting to see what is next. I was wondering is scarecrow in Arkham Origins? Does anyone know?
indigo-cyclops
Member
I love that the Batman games don't fuck around on Hard. This is just so good on the higher difficulties.
CreepingFear
Member
The non-Tell Tale Walking Dead game is decent?
chickdigger802
Banned
So there's a bonus if you buy Blackgate on Vita, and Origins on PS3:
Get Arkham Origins on PS3 and Arkham Origins Blackgate on PS Vita, and unlock this exclusive Beware the Batman costume (modeled after the TV show of the same name) for Blackgate.
does that show still exist? there hasn't been a new eps for a long while.
SECUROM
The new Batman costume looks loads better than Rocksteady's. Overally I think the character models are stronger, RS needs to step their game up for the next one. I think I'll be getting this on PC some time down the road. Just replayed AC this week, I think I've had my fill of Batman for a while.
I think I'll be getting this on PC some time down the road. Just replayed AC this week, I think I've had my fill of Batman for a while. Streamed the entire game. Around 11 hours pure story playthrough. Overall was what I expected, game feels like an expansion pack for Arkham City but IMO the plot is significantly better. There's a lot more emotion going on in this story and you care what happens to some of the characters rather than none. Boss fights were a bit more realized here but the feeling of series fatigue really dulls what should shine in Origins. There's not enough changes to make the gameplay stand out on its own even though subtle improvements may be there. Detective mode/crime scene investigation was definitely more involved and I found that to be a rather large +. Fun experience. Early pacing in the open world is a bit dreadful but it really tightens up towards the end and finishes strong.
7/10
7/10
chickdigger802
Banned
neat. sounds right for my $24 i paid on ebay.
Spoken like a true gaming journalist: you reviewed and scored the game without even playing it. LOL
FunnyBunny
Member
I'm ecstatic to hear this is good. AA and AC are two of my favorite games, ever.
What? I was playing and streaming it on Twitch for the past 11 hours. I was the streamer. I don't understand.
There's a green steel double door in the middle area of the boat (in the lower section) that you have to go through to go inside of the boat to progress.
CambriaRising
Member
To be fair, it did kinda sound like you just watched a stream at first.
Thank you for the impressions.Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I really doubt it's anything to do with being in offline mode. Sounds like you've just hit a random bug. Been playing all day in offline mode and made it through that part no problem.
Deputy Dangle
Member
Less than 2 hours left! I'm honestly surprised how excited I've gotten for this over the past couple days.
Schweinehund
Member
At this point I'm more curious of how well the game will sell, not so much the review scores. The game IS good, I just hope people can get past the "not rocksteady"/"prequel cash in" bs that is surrounding the game pre launch.
CambriaRising
Member
I think it has more to do with the impending next gen launch and the fact that this is the one of the last games coming out before it hits that isn't cross-gen.
-MD-
Member
Regret buying it on 360 or just in general?
In general. I already have a huge backlog.
I thought the 360 version will be better than the PS3 version based on impressions.
Lol if you read it again, it read as if you just streamed it and watched someone else play. My bad sir!
The new Batman costume looks loads better than Rocksteady's. Overally I think the character models are stronger, RS needs to step their game up for the next one.
Origins Killer Croc takes a massive shit on the other design, so good. Bane as well from what I've seen. They seem to be taking a lot more cues design wise from TAS than whatever the fuck Rocksteady was doing.
rocksteady's bane and croc are gears of war characters.
Gordon is horrendous.
Only good things they did are catwoman, talia, 2face and ra's.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
does it? i loved rocksteadys killer croc. so fucking massive and menacing