It's not terrible, quite serviceable if you're a hardcore batman fan. But if you've burnt out on the previous games, Origins won't give you a woody, and may actually feel like a step back in some ways.
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It's not terrible, quite serviceable if you're a hardcore batman fan. But if you've burnt out on the previous games, Origins won't give you a woody, and may actually feel like a step back in some ways.
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What if they like Uplay?
I secretly buy uplay games at retail to avoid dealing with two launchers, also they are at least $20 cheaper.
Whoa there, now this needs some details.
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I'm not sure it would be possible to find a pic that he doesn't already have unless you stalked her and took it yourself
.I played the main game, the DLC and A Nightmare one after the other and only started feeling burned out near the very end of that.
Well I did say I liked it
.Nothing set in stone, but enemies appear to be more aggressive yet combat stays mostly the same (Batman seems a bit less responsive and lost during combat sometimes, which doesn't help), and the upgrade system has been "streamlined" for the worse. Anecdotal, but I think I've seen a few others mention something like such in the OT. I haven't gotten the super OP
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Somebody needs to update the main image; it's already more than two years old. Still, it's better than the preceding photo, from the 2008 City of Ember premiere in Belfast.
You've hit five posts now.
It's better than Uplay, at least. I know that's not saying much!
I am somewhat burn out on them, so I'll wait for a discount. I'll be happy to buy it at the $20 range.
I still have only played a few hours so keep that in mind, but there's no way the game is a 3. Did you like AC? It's AC with a few tweaks and additions that are really good and there's 1 annoying problem with the combat. They made the enemies insanely aggressive to the point where after you counter someone another guy is already starting his attack motion.
It's annoying but if you can adjust around it it's pretty much AC with more difficulty and a better story (so far). AC got a ~95 on metacritic by the way so all these reviewers who are crushing this game are out of their fucking minds. I'd like to see them criticize COD or assassin's creed for being the same game every year instead of a Batman game who used much of the same formula once, but those games have huge hype behind them so they won't.
neoism
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well to some its an glitchy mess... I cant even get 15% in the story.. so until its patched if a patch will even fix it... I can understand some people being real pissed... Even with GFWL on AA and AC I beat both games twice and never had any problems.... This game most definitely seems to have the most glitches and problems over the whole series...its like that skipped QA completely... its definitely not a 3.5 but its at best a 7. But a game the eats saves.... Im getting real fucking tired of auto-saving in games.. just let me save when I what toooo... -_-
General consensus seemed more like 7-8 type game, it's pretty much more of the same, but what's there is solid.
EDIT: ^^ except with more bugs as well, but it seems like a decent pickup once the price has dropped a bit and by that time they'll most likely have patched most of the issues.
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I'm so burnt out on a series that just reached its third entry with the last one releasing two years ago.
Nabs
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That 3.5/10 is really blowing my mind. I stopped playing last night after reaching this one part that instantly gives the game an extra 5 points. I'm currently sitting at a 14/10.
I'll be sure to read the review when I'm done with the game.
Oh... it's Sterling. Scratch that last line.
I'll be sure to read the review when I'm done with the game.
Oh... it's Sterling. Scratch that last line.
Lostconfused
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Oh well that sounds like something that I have to see for my self. Because honestly I could levy those complains against Arkham City right now, it really depends on how serious the problems are.
Nice, now I am set for at least two threads.
This review was written by Jim Sterling.
Obligatory:
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - 5.0
Witcher 2 - 6.0
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 9.5
from this line of reasoning Arkham Origins is probably pretty damn amazing.
They're just fishing for clicks, sad
Yeah, I can't say for sure. At best, they just didn't really "improve" the combat since City.
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Yo if its the part I'm suspecting it is there is another segment later on that adds another 5 to that review score.
phantomspiker
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Bitch about reviewers not using the full 1-10 scale, still bitch when they do.
Come on guys...it's just his opinion.
Come on guys...it's just his opinion.
Witcher 2.....a 6? What.....it was one of the best games I have ever played.
AC's combat was perfect IMO for that kind of formula. Origins' aggressive enemies really changes how you approach battles and I'm not sure if it's for the better yet. When enemies are constantly in your face and attacking it's really hard to pull off a lot of moves like a ground takedown, or that move where he pulls an enemy with a batclaw then slams him to the ground. You really have to try to line guys up by flipping over them and creating enough space for yourself. They don't even stay stunned from batarangs (even upgraded ones!) or explosive gel for more than a second or two.
I dunno I'm not ready to say it's a huge problem yet because I'm still adapting and trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. I'm trying to approach it as just another challenge right now.
Phantomspiker said:
I have no problem with people giving games 2s and 3s that deserve it, like Tomb Raider. Unless something horrible happens in AO it's nowhere near a 3.
Lostconfused
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Did you play Arkham City on hard, it sounds very similar to how the enemies behaved in that game. On hard difficulty there would be a pause of one second or less between hitting/countering one enemy and then next one already attacking you.
This only becomes a problem when fighting armoured enemies which you have to stun and the beat down. The extreme aggressiveness of other enemies would force you to counter 3 or 4 times before ever finishing the beatdown. Also applies to Titan enemies, but there other oddities with them like enemies will stop attacking you at the end of the ultra stun combo.
Witcher 2 appears to be one of those "decisive yay or nay" sort of games. I wasn't fond of the combat, map, crafting system all that much. I tried, but I ended up stopping before the second or third boss fight. It seemed like a game that required a divine level of prescience and patience. I could see how others would enjoy it, but I couldn't it.
jediyoshi
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Is it more or less sad that it's working and getting people to analyze a review's text? In no other instances do I see as much scrutinization of a review's actual content.
Try it with the combat mod.
Someday. Is the mod still a bit kinky? I'll wait for a super stable complete release.
Yeah my 2nd playthrough of AC and the one I briefly started last Tuesday was on Hard and it was a nice challenge but nothing on this level. I can't overstate just how aggressive these guys in AO are on Hard (not sure difficulty matters in this case). In AC on hard I could still pull off most of Batman's moves and get a high combo in large fights. In AO I mostly just die :lol
I also forgot to mention they really cut down your window of opportunity on counters. You also can't counter nearly as well or at all while doing certain moves too, but that may be because the window was cut down so much.
Lostconfused
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Excite, definitely looking forward to the potential challenge now. My only problem with AC in combat is with enemies that can't be countered and the ones that interrupt your free flow combo. So armoured enemies, stun rods and shields. They tend to break the flow of the combat for me, so this could be really fun.
Edit: The noticeable thing in AC with difficulty levels was that enemies became more aggressive and their attacks came out faster so you had a smaller window of time to beat their attacks with your own attack and are forced to rely on the counter more often.
MMBosstones86
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..except the guy is bitching that Origins recycles content from AC and docks the score, but gives MW3 a 9.5, which has basically used a exact same formula for the better part of a decade.
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Difficulty definitely effects aggressiveness Derrick. Drop it down a notch.
And we have an opinion of his opinion. The recycled content argument fails hard.
Sega Halloween Humble Bundle incoming?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87851029&postcount=206
EDIT: probably not a humble bundle!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87851029&postcount=206
EDIT: probably not a humble bundle!
he cant tho. Has to start over
I read about Hard being shitty and tedious just now and thankfully started on Normal. Seems fine so far.
hard in AO just doesnt seem like a proper challenge as much as just guys taking a shit load of time to go down and it becoming boring fast
Nabs
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Someone saw the word bundle and jumped at Humble for some reason.
Da DreadLord
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No sale today = buying DP...
Yes that logic is solid.
Ah, my bad - the gaf post has Humble, but the link doesn't. I'll edit my original post. Thanks for the catch.
It's not really boring unless you choose to stop letting them pummel you and game the combat system by constantly jumping over guys or just countering the whole time. I refuse to do that because while it may work it's not fun. Since I can't really start over I'm going to try to figure a way through it while still using a diverse amount of moves. I know I can still salvage this.
Man they trolled me good though. I picked hard because I felt like I had AA and AC's combat down so well that normal was going to be too easy like it is in those games. Joke's on me.
Yikes, I'm not a fan of that. Making the counter window smaller and letting the AI really try to attack you instead of crowding around like it's a dance off is one thing, but making them too resilient could get annoying.
what's weird is that they have this New Game++ kinda mode that you can only access on a third playthrough (after beating new game+) and they promote it all as SUPER DIFFICULT BEST CHALLENGE ONLY FOR PROS
cant imagine that's just enemies taking even longer to go down.. right? why would I work to access that
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Never start a game without anytime difficulty change on hard. Never trust devs.
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*Sees daily deal* "Awwww yea Shadowrun Returns!!"
*33% off*
*33% off*
I'm probably still gonna buy it
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Preference is fine but his logic and consistency has more holes than Batman's cape at the end of the game.
I will re-iterate this just because:
I will buy any Typing of the Dead release on Steam at any price the moment it goes up. Be it a $1 bundle, re-release for 29,99 or a new game.
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