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Batman: Arkham Origins |OT| Justice from the head of Prototype And Hulk: UD
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mr teaspoon
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Played maybe the first 2-3 hours and it's very clear that the Rocksteady team had much better taste/sensibilities. The dialogue is awful, as are most of the non-Batman voice actors. Seems like they've given every final goon in an encounter some horrifically unfunny line. And where the score of Arkham City felt like it was up there with Zimmer, this sounds more like one of those direct to video DC animated soundtracks.
Gameplay is fine, if it's just more of the same I'll be happy. But in my limited time with the game it seems like most of the non-mechanical elements that I loved about the last one are gone.
Gameplay is fine, if it's just more of the same I'll be happy. But in my limited time with the game it seems like most of the non-mechanical elements that I loved about the last one are gone.
I feel the complete opposite on everything you've described.
Coffee Dog
Banned
The dialogue, at least from bruce, gets better. I disagree when it comes to the music, however. The music is fantastic, and barely edges out the arkham city score, which I thought was also very good. The christmas motif helps a lot.
I think the City's kinda of horrible. I liked the visual design of AC, but here everything looks drab and the levels feel like fighting arenas connected by corridors instead of actual places, something that Rocksteady never had problems with.
I do love the new crime scene stuff and the story seems more coherent (although I annoyingly caught a spoiler for the first 4 hours a few days ago) but there's something about the look that I just find so bland.
The city completely lacks personality and every district looks identical. Also really wish that the random crimes were more than just 'go here to fight dudes'. The lack of civilians really makes it feel like Arkham instead of Gotham too.
Apologies if this has been answered already, but how is the combat in this game? How much has been altered since AC? New animations? Any new mechanics? Is it better/worse/more of the same?
Played the shit out of AA and AC, putting ridiculous amounts of hours into the combat rooms. No doubt I'll be buying this at some point, it's just a question of when. If they've improved it a lot, I need it TODAY. If it's more of the same I can hang on until after xmas.
Played the shit out of AA and AC, putting ridiculous amounts of hours into the combat rooms. No doubt I'll be buying this at some point, it's just a question of when. If they've improved it a lot, I need it TODAY. If it's more of the same I can hang on until after xmas.
Alright a day late but finally got my hands on this (yeah cheers postie!). Would have got cracking this morning if it wasn't for the bazilliion dlc codes in the box. Been hiding from this thread as not to spoil anything but like any curios so and so been peeking my head in now and then. Initial impressions sound good though.
captainnapalm
Member
How does this game compare to the previous ones length wise, if you add the story and the side missions and the collectibles?
SJRB
Gold Member
I was wondering - who are all these thugs I keep beating to a pulp? Some of them are Black Mask's thugs, some Penguin's and some corrupt SWAT officers. Most haven't got any affiliation though. In fact, most of them aren't doing anything illegal besides standing outside.
The thought of a random group of neighbours standing outside and suddenly having Batman swooping down and beating them into submission just because they broke curfew cracks me up haha.
The thought of a random group of neighbours standing outside and suddenly having Batman swooping down and beating them into submission just because they broke curfew cracks me up haha.
Pimpn Drop Bear
Neo Member
Really annoyed... played about 8 hours yesterday and went to resume my save today only to find whenever it loads batman is falling on the spot, and keeps falling through the architecture and glitches out. I cant immediately rb to grapple anything, and I cant use fast travel somewhere as I am in a building. Very disheartening as I qas enjoying it up until now. Not too psyched to start another save slot just to have it do it again later.
SkylineRKR
Member
City is better polished for sure. My main issue with Origins is how rough it is compared to Asylum and City.
Nabs
Member
I had the same problem.
fast travel to Coventry and look for the roof with the mobile dish. It should be right there.
It can be, but we can't be just grappling and gliding all over the place. They already realized a good chunk of the promise Batman & Robin PS1 couldn't fulfill, next-gen we can probably get a full Gotham City we can drive or even fly around.
... They probably could've done that this generation, but I'm guessing it'll help to have more system resources on hand to keep performance good without compromising gameplay.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Has there been any word on a patch or fix to correct the tower bug?
The Riddler story is impossible to complete the way this is.
The Riddler story is impossible to complete the way this is.
Oh shit.. that's right, drive around in your Batmobile. HELL YEAH:
SJRB
Gold Member
That would be the next logical step: a fully-fledged Gotham City with civilians, vehicles, everything.
Keep the verticality from Origins and the gothic art and design from Asylum/City, and just make it a proper sandboxer. Because I agree with others - Gotham in Origins just feels "off" because of how empty it is.
Grand Theft Batman <.<
KoruptData
Member
I would truly love a Grand Theft Auto Gotham City. Play as a villain in Gotham City and rise to the top.
The Xtortionist
Member
I want to see a ridiculously large crowd running in the streets from
Scarecrow's fear toxin
The Burnley comms tower has a bug. Once you disable the jammer you get locked in and have to use the batclaw on a very high grate. Problem is once you grapple up to the grate you CANNOT climb into it, causing you to get stuck in the area.
That is the Steam trading card system. Many games on Steam have trading cards. Get all of them and you can craft a badge. The cards are awarded randomly by spending time in applicable games, even if you aren't doing anything, and are randomly assigned so you can get duplicates. Each game has a set number of card drops you can get, usually half the total number of cards for the game. You can also sell them on the marketplace.
The Xtortionist
Member
Yeah it wasn't the tower I was thinking of. Cant remember which district but there's another tower that locks you inside after deactivating the jammer and I couldn't find a way out except for fast travelling from the roof. I think the bugged tower is a different one.
The Xtortionist
Member
Stun (B/O) is a powerful tool if you aren't dealing with ranged attacks. Stun an enemy and beat on him with strikes. If an enemy approaches, counter them, then resume beating on the stunned enemy. For ranged attacks, keep evading over enemies until you can strike them and make them drop their weapon.
SkylineRKR
Member
Ugh, this needed more time in the oven. The Ps3 framerate was diving into the single digits when I went for the second bomb. The fast travel scene doesn't even show properly and the music starts to skip as well. HDD is constantly loading, which seems to cause it.
Its a great game but the performance is really bringing it down..
Its a great game but the performance is really bringing it down..
He can also use quick batclaw (lt+Y on 360 pad) to close the distance on ranged mooks by pulling them towards him, but be careful, because batman has a few frames where he's vulnerable and can't counter during the process. Alternatively, you can throw a concussion round (lt +b) at them from afar and stun them temporarily, but they take a few secs and thus aren't as immediate as the batclaw.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Played for an hour or last night and what really stuck with me is how much of an asshole Bruce/Batman is in this. The talk with the warden at the beginning was just pure grade A asshole. No sympathy, no attempt to console him, just pure asshole.
Gameplay is fantastic though and the visuals seem to be even better than those in City. Hopefully I'll have more time to play today between sessions of Blackgate and Beyond...
Gameplay is fantastic though and the visuals seem to be even better than those in City. Hopefully I'll have more time to play today between sessions of Blackgate and Beyond...
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's funny, I thought that Conroy in AA/AC was a smug twat, myself.
AgentLampshade
Member
So why the hell did they swap the shoulder buttons in the PS3 version? Here I am in combat, there's a guy on the other side of the room and I can't reach him so I'll just whip out a batarang. "Environment analysis, no subject detected." Combo reset. Fuck.
You can just rename the files if you don't want to delete them.
Nabs
Member
You can just set launch options to -nostartupmovies or rename the startup.swf file in the folder.
OMG, can somebody help me? At one point in the game the framerate just drops down so hart, its not playable. Had no problems so far, smooth 60 fps gameplay until now. I set everything down I could, but I think it just got worse.
Its after defeating Firefly.
Its after defeating Firefly.
In Blackgate. First parts worked good and in the room with the first Joker Goons framerate started to drop. After that it got worse and worse. The fight with the many prisoners was then unbereable. Anyone got similiar problems?
The Mana Legend
Banned
Origins definitely feels better than City, other than some really cringeworthy one-liners from Batman.
I am playing the Wii U version (my PC ran Asylum and City like shit, so I didn't trust Origins), and while it's unstable as fuck, it's still really good.
I am playing the Wii U version (my PC ran Asylum and City like shit, so I didn't trust Origins), and while it's unstable as fuck, it's still really good.
Man, why did they even bother with making such a big city, when it feels so lifeless? Quality, over quantity, dear WB.
Arkham Asylums still has the best hub from all 3 games.
On the other hand, closed locations are very stellar and so far I really like this game.
Oh, and it may be the best looking game which I have ever played.
Arkham Asylums still has the best hub from all 3 games.
On the other hand, closed locations are very stellar and so far I really like this game.
Oh, and it may be the best looking game which I have ever played.
AgentLampshade
Member
Oh yeah, I've a question for those who've finished:
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s there another Deathstroke fight? I'd be pretty disappointed if we only fought him that one time that early in the game.
doniewhalberg
Member
Nah, it's buggy. I had to menu, restart checkpoint a few times to get the platform to land in the water right.
haha i had that same thought. its like "why do i want to glide kick those guys? they are just standing around." at least in arkham city it made sense. they were in the middle of a prison riot technically
it would be great to drop into a group of "thugs" and start punching only to realize to just knocked out grandma doing some last minute christmas shopping
Thanks. Guess I'll give it a few more goes.