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Batman: Arkham Origins |OT| Justice from the head of Prototype And Hulk: UD
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Ein Bear
Member
It's basically just Arkham City, again. I'm loving it, since AC was awesome, but don't go in expecting a huge leap like AA to AC was. It's good fun for what it is though, and the vastly improved art direction/storyline are huge pluses.
It feels like a Batman game made by Grin studio.
I'm enjoying Arkham Origins a great deal, although the bugs and glitches can be very frustrating. It's familiar, but the presentation is far above Arkham City which fell apart with too much going on at all times. The pacing is far better, and the side missions are for the most part different from one another. The boss fights are getting a mixed reaction, but besides Mr Freeze they are my favorite of the franchise.
I think I will replay Arkham City when I'm done with this game though, since I've never replayed it
I think I will replay Arkham City when I'm done with this game though, since I've never replayed it
That's pretty much exactly what I expected and I'd be ok with it. WB is not going to let a 2nd team revolutionize their 6+ million selling series, no matter how talented they are.
For those that bought the eShop version of the game did you get the Deathstroke DLC for free since it's included in the physical copy of the game or do you have to pay for it?
Also I seem to recall all the DLC being listed before. Along with the season pass but they're gone now.
Also I seem to recall all the DLC being listed before. Along with the season pass but they're gone now.
Miles Quaritch
Member
These were both great boss battles. The only one I've been slightly disappointed with so far was the
deadshot fight
Palette Swap
Member
It's Arkham City meets day one Bethesda game. So it's somewhere between "Awesome, I am the night" and "buggy piece of shit that shouldn't be sold".
chickdigger802
Banned
Which move is the ground pound?
Only issue I have With the upgrade system so far is locking away upgrades to story. Been just doing side stuff and it's frustrating that I pretty much max the combat tree.
Only issue I have With the upgrade system so far is locking away upgrades to story. Been just doing side stuff and it's frustrating that I pretty much max the combat tree.
Yea the DeathStroke fight was awesome, and really quite easy once you figured out what to do.
Schweinehund
Member
yes.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I don't think I have it. I'll have to check later. Wasn't that DLC just for pre-orders?
chickdigger802
Banned
Is there some way to replay boss fights? Really curious about death stroke. Never saw the unblock able attack. Beta him without getting hit at all.
Astral Dog
Member
So does this game has anything to do with the arkham asylum?
i wonder if the title has any significance
i wonder if the title has any significance
Miles Quaritch
Member
Agreed. It probably won't be as good on repeated play-through, but dammit if it wasn't a great fight...
So awesome.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Is online dead or what. It's taking forever to get a room going on 360. Does it suck that bad?
krameriffic
Member
The faster combat actually encourages exactly the opposite of what you say: stand around and counter a lot. It works now (even better with critical counters) because enemies before didn't attack sufficiently frequently to maintain a combo through countering only. It actually discourages aggressive play in favor of crowd control, spreading the group out and exploiting Batman's super long attack range, and just plain old standing around countering.
Oh, and the double and triple counters are not new, they were in City. Not sure why you're talking about it as an improvement.
chickdigger802
Banned
yep double tripple counters aren't new, but there are a ton of new animations for those and for single counters as well.
playing more defense is the key to succeed in this.
if you wanna go offense, get the vita/3ds game! I heard enemies barely attack at all lol
Palette Swap
Member
My best guess is that the mandatory full room to launch + no joining games in progress made everyone's first experience terrible so people stopped trying, which in turn makes the experience worse. Textbook example of how to kill a multiplayer component that had little interest in the first place.
chickdigger802
Banned
betting on 1 dlc thing. hopefully better than that shitty harley one.
But in AO you have to press the counter button two or three times depending on how many enemies attack you. That is definitely new and threw me off at first.
Are you stumbling around while drugged? You've probably figured it out by now, but just keep walking. She 'appears' a couple times in front of you before you get to the actual fight.
Hmm, I don't remember this being different. Felt natural to me.
krameriffic
Member
No, that's how it was before. Things like the double strike from the martial artist are new, but nothing changed as far as the double/triple counters except possibly some animations which I can neither confirm nor deny. There were a lot of them that people probably never saw in City because they were situational.
Really? I played through AA 8 times and AC 3 times, if two enemies attacked you in that game you only had to press the counter button once to counter both.
Edit: Yep just booted up AC to check. Two enemies attack you at the same time, press Y once to counter both.
So I thought I'd give the MP a try since it looks kinda cool, but it just sits in the matchmaking lobby searching forever.
Launch of this game has been such a bummer, all I want to do is play the damn thing and it won't let me
Character customization was cool to play around with at least, I like the designs.
Launch of this game has been such a bummer, all I want to do is play the damn thing and it won't let me
Character customization was cool to play around with at least, I like the designs.
I still can't believe how short the campaign is, I wasn't expecting 10+ hours, but it could have gave me more than 6 hours, for the record, when I got the game on release day, I went from the prison to the(don't read the spoilers if you haven't beaten the game yet)
within a few hours and yesterday I played even fewer hours than Friday and started with the
to the
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Still enjoyed it though and it made some improvements over the past 2 Arkham games.
upper end of the hotel
1st Bane battle
very end with Joker
Still enjoyed it though and it made some improvements over the past 2 Arkham games.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Question about Enigma
I've hit all the relays and destroyed the server at his HQ. Now what do I do? The hack pad is still jammed from the other side and the case file is still opened. What's the next step?
The Wii U version costs $10 less. It's not the same price as other versions.I hesitate to believe this but here's to hoping
AC and AA were very enjoyable (though a bit overhyped imo). I really want to pick this up but that lack of multiplayer and full price tag on the Wii U version leaves me with a sour taste. Gaaaah
Are you playing on Hard? I've only ever played AC on hard, but I'm certain you're suppose to hit the button for each counter. One thing I notice in AC is that its really buggy and Batman will do the animation even though he only grabs one guy. In AO I haven't had that happen to me yet.
Cool thanks.
We just know there's 1 "big" DLC but we don't know what it is. The pass is like a billion skins and that pretty much. I think there's a bruce wayne combat challenge map too but I feel like it's just going to be Batman's moves but with bruce's skin. I mean it would only make sense right?
Schweinehund
Member
Looks like they fixed ranking up in the multiplayer for pc.
Still takes really long to load into game...
Still takes really long to load into game...
I've been replaying AC today and the multiple counter system works the same way as in Origins. Even if I'm wrong and I've been pressing the button twice unnecessarily for two attackers at the same time, you definitely need to press it again for a third attacker. Played on 360, normal difficulty and new game+.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I read somewhere that the DLC was about Bruce's time training as a ninja. Or I made that up. One of the two.
Yeah you need to press it twice if three guys attack you. Maybe it was intended for AC to be the same way it is in AO but since I "learned" it "wrong/differently" it was kinda weird for my muscle memory. It feels more natural and makes more sense in AO though.
Wind's Howling
Member
This is what I pretty much meant. I call this an improvement because the encounters have multiple counters at one time and just simply pressing 1 button is not a viable option, especially not with the Ninja's and whatnot.
This game's combat is harder because it keeps you on your toes. Saying that just standing still and countering is a more viable option instead of running around (which someone said here) has not yet had those big ass guys attacking you, and the SWAT with shields.
I am not saying AC's combat was terrible. This is just an improvement for the better because the enemies are more aggressive.
The timing sure feels different. I started on hard and I died two times in the first group of enemies. I was replaying through Asylum last week on hard without the counter alerts and I barely died.
But this is not a bad thing. Combat was way easy before, and now I have to actually use the Counter move and not just jump like a crazy man.
Edit: Is the weapon breaking move in the game?
But this is not a bad thing. Combat was way easy before, and now I have to actually use the Counter move and not just jump like a crazy man.
Edit: Is the weapon breaking move in the game?
GhostRidah
Member
The only voice I didn't like was Gordan, every one elses VA was on point, I even prefer this Batman at times.
How did you benchmark?Back in the city, so back to the game, and time to benchmark. Posted in the other thread, but here's my performance/setting deets.
i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
GTX 770 4GB
8GB DDR3
Win8.1
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Also, expect more bugs, less polish, and annoying grapple points.
Besides that, yeah - more AC with a better overall story and art direction (which I hope Rocksteady copies for the next game).
Wind's Howling
Member
Isn't the VA of Gordon the same guy I kept hearing in Elder Scrolls Oblivion? Such an annoying voice to keep hearing.
Troy Baker surprised me a lot as The Joker. If I did not knew any better I would have said it was still Mark Hamill doing his job.
mr teaspoon
Member
I know I'm in the minority, but I can't for the life of me figure out how people think this. Right now it seems like City is superior in every way - presentation, score, dialogue, design...
I'm the same
I'm so attached to Assassin's Creed that I only hear Ezio. Fucking Italian Batman. I annoyed me so much that I switched to the German VO which is really good just like with the previous two games.
Create a shortcut to the .exe for the game and add benchmark to the end. It should look the same as below. Just run that shortcut and it'll do the benchmark.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Batman Arkham Origins\SinglePlayer\Binaries\Win32\BatmanOrigins.exe" benchmark
Here's a link, which describes it near the bottom. http://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/batman-arkham-origins-pc-performance-analysis/
NOx_Covenant
Neo Member
No, it's been horrible since beta.
Color me NOT surprised though. Anyone who expected Splash Damage to create a respectable MP mode was really being optimistic.
But thankfully, the SP is good.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I just hear Chris Redfield :/