Great
I think a lot of studios could have put out better products had they looked at Arkham Asylum instead of making their games full open worlds.
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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It isn't, but everything has to be open world now and have lots of bloat.
Me too. Every open world Batman game is mediocre at best, while Arkham Asylum was great. And Knight has more bullshit than the others, so I guess I'm fine with calling it the worst.
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stump sock
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agreed. it's the perfect amount of world/game/content, it's actually kind of remarkable how well it all came together. even the bonus stuff like Riddler trophies were just right in number and challenge.
nckillthegrimace
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Arkham City has the only good boss fight in the series, so there's that, I guess. But yeah, Asylum is my favorite by a lot.
CoolBatteryCharge
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A few days late, but Beastcast continues to be bestcast.
I thought the Batmobile stuff was very fun, and the story and tone of AK is so fucked up, it's crazy. I also got all the Riddler trophies in this one, which I have never done in the past games. I really liked Arkham Knight's world. I wouldn't say it's my favorite game in the Arkham series, but I did like it a lot. Origins is not great because it's formulaic in a way that the Rocksteady games very much aren't, it reminds me of the first Assassin's Creed.
That Mr. Freeze fight is one of my favorites.
here's the .m4a-archive (download it to desktop) in case you don't wanna wait for the eventual yt upload
TheMrPliskin
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Yeesh, them R6 impressions don't sound too great.
This is the best part of this post.
This is the best part of this post.
whoan man spoiler tag that shit bombcast RUINED
there's a bombcast this week, right?
Arkham games (not counting the WB:M one) are all great but the first started out with a great setting, good writing and good and fun combat.
Arkham City made the combat better and more fluid but everything else got worse.
Arkham Knight made the combat better and more fluid but everything else got worse.
They just got too hung up on gadgets and side stuff. Arkham Knight is also the best case I've seen not to listen to fans. From the moment AA came out people wanted the Batmobile and I'm 99% sure the people making the games said "Nah, doesn't work in this type of games" and ofcourse most of the fans (at least on GAF) hated it. The side stuff should've been one offs, Like "Hey, Two-Face is robbing this bank, go get him" and after that its over, you get Two-Face. Not having him be at 3-4 banks.
Arkham City made the combat better and more fluid but everything else got worse.
Arkham Knight made the combat better and more fluid but everything else got worse.
They just got too hung up on gadgets and side stuff. Arkham Knight is also the best case I've seen not to listen to fans. From the moment AA came out people wanted the Batmobile and I'm 99% sure the people making the games said "Nah, doesn't work in this type of games" and ofcourse most of the fans (at least on GAF) hated it. The side stuff should've been one offs, Like "Hey, Two-Face is robbing this bank, go get him" and after that its over, you get Two-Face. Not having him be at 3-4 banks.
are you in europe? i think it might be too late for us psn
I'm not sure how long it will take, but Arkham Origins will at some point in the future as one of the most underrated games on last gen. The story is, far and away, the best of the series. And the gameplay is pretty much the same, thus it's rock solid.
*to be clear, Asylum will always be my favorite. I just mean to say that Origins is still a great game, and is unfairly scrutinized solely because a separate team handled it.
stump sock
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Origins is better than City and that's kind of the highest praise I can give it?
Twin Tails
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Origins is good. Best setup after AA but it would've been better without Joker.
Playing as Joker while kinda falling in love with Batman was neat in a way but there is no payoff. Dude was insane before, doing terrible shit for no real reason besides having fun and now he's doing the same stuff as before but its because he wants to get the attention from Batman. The Dark Knight touch on that note but did it much better.
Also having Joker in next Batman game, in a top 10 performance in all video games by Mark Hamil, after he died in AC]. Doesn't matter if its prequel. Just nah.
Arkham City had the only good Rocksteady boss fight. Origins destroyed them in this regard.
Like kilroy said, people are going to realize one day that Origins might secretly be the best or second best of them all, once it's out of the spectre of
"Aww man, ANOTHER Joker game? 
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"I know it's been a few years, but that's probably worth spoiler tagging.
Jeff's new Mario Maker level is pretty weird and cool. Turkey & Stuffing part 2
Death Metalist
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Sweetness.
Alex has always been the most snarky cynical guy on the crew. even more so than Jeff.
When those two team up it is a pessimistic force to be reckoned with, powerful enough to even make Brad Muir frown!
Piston Hyundai
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come on patrick this is episode 46 please stop singing at the start of every episode
sproutella
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but what about the vape culture industry
That is the best part.
The related vine was a middle finger one, so I'm agreeing with your choice.
I got a nvidia code from my brother last week, and I've sat down several evenings to play it. Controls well and has a good mission structure. Sneaking is almost as fun as MGSV, even with far fewer tools. Finished Brotherhood in summer, so I can compare it to the series' prime entry.
Sweet.
this jefflr is setting the stage nicely for the bombcast later
oh i'm sure it's heinous
oh i'm sure it's heinous
stump sock
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they're in the same group and tend to flip off the crowd. I mean the evidence added up, but I wanted to be sure. I take my hobbies very seriously.
Piston Hyundai
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Watching Patrick struggle so much with this (relatively) simple jump makes me want to see him play the Japanese Super Mario Bros 2.
That game's just dogshit.
That game's just dogshit.
Those Levels were Lost for a reason.
Awesome thanks!
StopMakingSense
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Was it Jeff who eventually got around to playing Shadow Broker and gave everyone the side-eye later in a podcast?
You mean for letting Minerva win over Shadow?
Today's mixlr up on GBU with timestamps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qfHVWYmmII
Yup, wasn't impressed with either http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/giant-bombcast-01-11-2011/1600-207/
Yup, wasn't impressed with either http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/giant-bombcast-01-11-2011/1600-207/
No, he thought both Minerva and Shadow were pretty meh for how much praise they got during the deliberation.
I'm listening to it right now. 2010 was a great year for GOTY deliberations. The LIMBO debates had me on the edge of my seat too. It's thrilling when everyone gangs up on Jeff for some reason
EDIT - Oh, by the way, here is a great thread that organises every piece of Giant Bomb's GOTY content Bookmark it!
OdysseusVA
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Bianca had the right opinion about Kate Upton
Ah, i see. Do we remember which he thought should have won?
Also, I liked the email in last week's Bombcast that had all of them, including Brad, concede that Arkham Asylum should have won over Uncharted 2. I'm listening to that cast now and it's really fun (also, 2009 was a great year!).
Piston Hyundai
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did he turn full Youtuber?
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