[CB3]

the voice acting gets on my nerves and comes across as cheesy

wat. of all the things to have issues with, the VO cant be one of them. I cant accept that.

[ShipTheCheese]

Is there something wrong with me GAF? been playing this for the past 3 days and for the life of me I cant get into it. I really want to like this game but it isnt clicking with me :( I find the animations jerky and stiff, the voice acting gets on my nerves and comes across as cheesy. maybe I am nitpicking but I cant pin point exactly why I dont like it. I read a couple of pages back that people compared this to christopher nolans masterpieces... O_O blasphemy I say!

If anything, you're being the blasphemous one here.

[SHAZOOM]

Is there something wrong with me GAF? been playing this for the past 3 days and for the life of me I cant get into it. I really want to like this game but it isnt clicking with me :( I find the animations jerky and stiff, the voice acting gets on my nerves and comes across as cheesy. maybe I am nitpicking but I cant pin point exactly why I dont like it. I read a couple of pages back that people compared this to christopher nolans masterpieces... O_O blasphemy I say!

The voices are the same as Batman The Animated Series, but I don't think its the same VO Director, so the direction isn't there. Conroy feels like he's phoning it in, Hamil is fine, the rest of the cast is anywhere from good (Riddler) to horrible (Penguin).

[Eye Drop]

In Australia the DLC is up on the marketplace! Discovered it while looking for ME3 DLC.

I'm not sure whether to take the plunge or not yet... apparently you can't explore as Robin..

[witness]

I almost bought it before work this morning (US), but I decided to wait to see what reviews say today.

Really hoping for great things because the Robin they designed is great.

[MetalGuardian]

Is there no official thread for the new DLC? Is there even a single review yet?

I won't be able to play it until next week probably, I need something to hold me over!

[IvanI]

Is there no official thread for the new DLC? Is there even a single review yet?

do DLCs even get new |OT|?

[FunnyBunny]

I just finished Harley's Revenge and must say, it's worth the $10.

It does a good job capping the Arkham City story and establishes Batman is at a breaking point. There's also a great bit from Gordon at the beginning - "When you're done with this, we need to talk about that other mess I told you about."

[Noisepurge]

do DLCs even get new |OT|?

depends on the DLC and game activity on these forums. Usually not.

getting this pack today as soon as euro-PSN updates! :D

[MetalGuardian]

I'm loving the hell out of Harley Quinn's Revenge. I can't believe Rocksteady crafted a universe where Robin is actually a badass.

I can't believe how rusty I am though! After 100%'ing all the challenge rooms (as Batman) back when the game first came out I assumed I would retain some of those skills, but nope. I was a joke last night trying to use varied and well thought-out combos in brawls, and I took out armed thugs like a stupid 8 year old just dropping on clusters of people, dropping smoke pellets, and trying to take a guy out before I got shot to death.

Oh well, re-Batmaning my skills will be fun all on its own

[Lonestar]

Was hoping that getting this, would also open up the Robin character. I didn't get the character at release, and never bothered with any of the DLC (till this one).

I do like his moves, and was happy to part with $10, in hopes that maybe we'll get a couple more of these types of add ons in the future.

There does seem to be some connection with the Batman AC Comic series that's out there. I think I know what "that other situation" that Gordon's talking about.

[matrix-cat]

I didn't really like it so much. It's a good couple of hours long, but there's only one new area and it's much smaller than any of the inside Metroidvania levels in the main game. You don't get to take Robin outside into Arkham City. It's pretty much just like any two hour chunk of the game only without any really interesting story hooks. It's set a few weeks after Arkham City ended but it doesn't really continue it in any way. Batman's all torn up about Talia and Joker, that's pretty much it. There's something to do with Harley's pregnancy test in the Steel Mill; I think it's meant to imply that she wasn't pregnant at all but I could be wrong.. There's some new background dialogue worth hanging around and listening in on, plenty of new Nolan North. I'm hoping someone will discover some cool hidden messages because honestly I was disappointed with the story.

Otherwise it's fine, another couple of hours of classic Batmanning. Robin doesn't really play very differently outside of combat, but there are a few neat things you can do with him. It's certainly not the worst $10 DLC out there, but I kind of expected more from something so far out from the game's launch.

[Melchiah]

I didn't like it either. The story is non-existent, and it's pretty much only a thug sneak'n'beat 'em up without any substance. To make matters worse, Harley Quinn is even more annoying than ever, which is somewhat an accomplishment. Disliked greatly the fact they had made the checkpoint system worse. Now many of the retries didn't start right before the encounters. And why the fuck couldn't they put a checkpoint within the titan fight? I just love to beat a dozen smaller thugs again, to get to the titan thug. It's beyond me why the developers would think, "Hey, let's put the room full of baddies with different weapons and defenses. Boy, that'll be fun!". Quite the contrary.

[Dead Man Typing]

I was actually wanting to play Batman again, either Arkham Asylum or City and noticed this DLC was up. Seems like it's getting a bit of a lukewarm reception, so I'll pass for now and maybe it'll turn up in a sale in the not too distant future. Which is a shame, because I want to support single player DLC that is released more than 6 months after launch. We need more large scale expansion packs.

I shall replay AA first.

[Apdiddy]

Been playing with this as well on Xbox 360:

I don't mind the Titan fight....just let him damage almost all the enemies for you, knock them out, then fight him. But I really hate the countdown timer to defuse the bombs....for whatever reason I freeze up with any sort of countdowns like that.

My thoughts on 'the other situation'

More than likely, it has to do with Hush/Thomas Elliot or possibly Azrael, but that's just my best guess. I'm going by the side missions from Arkham City.

[Smashkirby]

DLC: I'm so disappointed. Then again, the last $10 Single-Player DLC I bought was Minvera's Den from Bioshock 2 so I had high hopes. It continues the story quite well, hooked within seconds of playing.

Problem is, there's next to nothing new here. At ALL. There's Robin of course, then the robots at the end? That's it! I admit I wasn't expecting new gadgets but new enemy types would of gone a long way.

It just felt like I was playing campaign again but not a new campaign. One layered on top of existing levels. It was short, surprisingly short even and left me with countless lingering questions. Especially that hidden Pregnancy test plot, that seems imply she had a miscarriage and went (even more) insane to make herself look like a joke.

While I like the idea of this DLC, it doesn't translate into a good video game story for you to play through and that's exactly what you see here.

[matrix-cat]

The pregnancy test kit in Harley's Revenge is different to the one in the main game. I just did some Googling, and the one you find the first time around looks like this, whereas the one in Revenge says 'WARNING: Test may result in false positives' and the result is negative. I think it's the Scarface doll sitting in the crib painted like a baby Joker. I guess it means that Harley wasn't pregnant in the first place, she just got a false positive result, and she went a little crazier at not having a baby to remember Joker by and decided to kill Batman.

[NEO0MJ]

Count me among the people kinda disappointed with the DLC. Guess I had my expectations set too high.

[Vega]

Beat the DLC in an hour and a half I really hope Robin is fully playable in the next Arkham game. I enjoyed it and wouldn't mind if they put out a few more 'episodes' like this. Give me a Nightwing mission!

[Shig]

Public Service Announcement: The Batman AA GOTY editions sold by Walmart also include a free download voucher for Gotham City Impostors.

PSA #2: Gotham City Impostors is fuckin' awesome.

[jred2k]

Do save files from the original AC work with the GOTY edition. I haven't picked up any of the DLC so I'm thinking of grabbing the GOTY when I can find it for $30. I really hate that boxart, though.

[nemss]

Maybe someone can help me out here.

I recently rebuild my new PC, and have been playing Batman: AC w/ no problems whatsoever. Yesterday, I went to load up the game, and it just hangs after the initial launcher. Can't even get into PC settings, the whole bootup screen on Steam just hangs.

I deleted and reinstalled the game, and am still getting the same issue. Anyone run into this?

[Scirrocco]

Got it, beat it same day. It wasn't bad but my hopes were set way to high. Nothing really new, no set real set ups for the next game, other then batman is really messed up about what happened. They undid Harley's pregnancy which was disappointing. It was missing the little touches that made AC and AA so good.

[CyReN]

Just finished the DLC, loved it. Forgot how good the soundtrack was.

[Razgriz-Specter]

Im hoping they announce Arkham 3 at E3 or the VGAs.
after the small amount of DLC and the fact that AC lends itself to reusable assets more than the average game I have a feeling they are already a good ways into development.

[Tsukumo]

Done with Harley's dlc.

Pros
-thugs banter is still funny as hell
-difficulty seems set on hard
-Harley's guys look AMAZING. Rocksteady, give me a combat map with these fellas NOW
-Robin's voice actor: I kinda needed to get used to it at first, but he grew on me. Not bad.

Cons
-SHORT
-feels like one of the side quests
-story is nothing to rave about. That trailer got me really hyped: I was expecting a dark mood, some deeply disturbing dialogue, more Harley crazyness, but it ended up being sort of uneventful
-kinda ruins the awesomeness of the ending in the main game.
Seven months to give me this? tsk, tsk, tsk

[malfcn]

I finally received something from WB for the lack of Bluray etc..they sent me a Gotham Knight DVD..after all this time, lol.

[Lombaszko]

So I finally got around to beating the main game and have done a few side missions. I don't usually like side quests, but the Victor Zsasz one is fantastic. He's such a believable character that it made me want to bust his head in. His phone calls were creepy as hell too!
I think I'm ready to put this game down but I might come back to it for the other content, eventually.

[dokish]

Not sure if old.

[Thrakier]

I got a weird problem with the PC version where I get some micro stutter from time to time when VSync is enabled. It's also always at the same spots it seems. It seemsl ike its related to animation but I'm not so sure. Any idea?

[IvanI]

Not sure if old.

really, really old. we discussed that atrocious cover in a separate thread even. yuck.

[Thrakier]

In all honesty, I may be ignorant but I just can't spot the difference between DX9 and X11 in this video. It looks the same ot me.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...an-arkham-city

EDIT:

Hi guys,

got an i5 2500k and a 560TI. I can run the game with solid 60FPS in DX9 mode everything set to high and PhysX on normal. However I get weird framerate problems for a fraction of a second in some places resulting in heavy stuttering. For example there is a room in jokers hideout where you rescue that women doc. There is fire and all that. The room is 60FPS but always when I swing from one side of the room to the other room, the moment right before Batman flips on the statuehead right befre the framerate drops from 60 to 40 or so for a little moment and that results in bad and very annoying stutter. This is *always* the same, no matter what I tried, no matter which settings I chose.

Is there a way to make this run better?

[Thrakier]

Is it just me or are the controls overly complex? I think after 20 years of gaming this is my first time where I really have to think about controls like "what did I want to do now" and bla. I died several times to a boss because I just pressed the wrong buttons, especially in panic mode. Maybe I'm just getting old? I kinda know now how a casual must feel when he's supposed to play a hardcore game the first time...

[IvanI]

Is it just me or are the controls overly complex? I think after 20 years of gaming this is my first time where I really have to think about controls like "what did I want to do now" and bla. I died several times to a boss because I just pressed the wrong buttons, especially in panic mode. Maybe I'm just getting old? I kinda know now how a casual must feel when he's supposed to play a hardcore game the first time...

O_O

Um...they worked fine for me. I played the game on my PC with the X360 controller and it was great and intuitive.

(also been gaming for 20+ yrs if that matters).

[Thrakier]

O_O Um...they worked fine for me. I played the game on my PC with the X360 controller and it was great and intuitive. (also been gaming for 20+ yrs if that matters).

I'm using M/Keyboard. The problem isnt to punch or to counter, that's clear. It's all the special stuff you can do and have to do or even to combine at some points. The basic control is easy, yeah. But sometimes it comes together in a way which is...mind boggling. o.O

[Thrakier]

So, I finished it today. Have to say brillant game, I'm quite surprised that I liked it that much, really didn't expect that. I liked it much better than AA, don't ask me why. I also loved Infamous, maybe that's why. But in AA I had the feeling that it was stretched out too far and it was boring inbetween and the figting and the bosses sucked. This was fixed in AC, the pacing was brillant, the story was nice, characters were great overall, boss fights were EPIC. Really nice game.

One more thing though, I wrapped up Catwomans last mission as well and then went on and did her last side quest, where you need to get her stuff. However after I finished it...nothing happened. No movie sequence, not even a comment from here. Is that correct? Seemed weird.

[Downhome]

Alrighty, I beat the main Batman story in this a little while after the release, then I put it to the side to focus on other games, and one thing led to another and I just never went back to it until now. I started up my saved game and I'm Catwoman in the museum going after Two-Face and I'm at the gladiator room. Stupid me never upgraded Catwoman at all up to this point, so she is very weak and I'm playing on hard. Any tips to get that experience up to upgrade the hand-to-hand armor? Just go back out and beat up random groups of guys?

I can't stand to hardly try that room anymore on my current level with her. I get awful close to getting past it even as weak as she is, but I haven't had any luck completing it yet and It's driving me mad.

[MMaRsu]

I hope u can get out of that room :P

[Downhome]

That hard eh?

Yeah, I can go back into the city from there to right my wrong. I was determined to do it on my current level, but I'm thissssssssss close to giving up and trying to build up the experience.

[Tsukumo]

Alrighty, I beat the main Batman story in this a little while after the release, then I put it to the side to focus on other games, and one thing led to another and I just never went back to it until now. I started up my saved game and I'm Catwoman in the museum going after Two-Face and I'm at the gladiator room. Stupid me never upgraded Catwoman at all up to this point, so she is very weak and I'm playing on hard. Any tips to get that experience up to upgrade the hand-to-hand armor? Just go back out and beat up random groups of guys?

yes, variations and un-interrupted freeflow will give you lots of points. Best place to accomplish this is:
Solomon Wayne's tribunal (enemies will respawn two times overthere after you finish the main story, mind you it's a very big group of thugs) Bane's hideout (always respawn), roof of Gotham Casino (the balcony with the pool always respawns eight-ten enemies), front of Gotham's cathedral (goons number varies a lot based on whether you are in new game plus or not).

I can't stand to hardly try that room anymore on my current level with her. I get awful close to getting past it even as weak as she is, but I haven't had any luck completing it yet and It's driving me mad.

Spam the whip, either with the area whiplash or with the sweeping slash. Don't use it as quick-fire gadget because it's slwoooow. You also have three caltrop mines: they will down A LOT of people. You can also keep jumping until you are surrounded, then jump out of the group of enemies and throw the bolas: rinse, repeat.
Or you can just do the cheesy "jump, hit, jump, hit, jump, hit" trick, until your thumbs hurt.

[Monkeylord]

Once HQR hit I finally got back into Arkham City, and FINALLY the combat clicked!

No more button mashing. Feels good, mang.


Played through HQR about 3 times and decided to go back to Arkham Asylum and did the previously unthinkable task of 1000/1000 the fucker.

Decided to go back to AC and finish off NG+ (I quit at the arse kicking I was receiving at the Museum) and finally finished NG+, closely followed by all the Batman related Riddlers revenge stuff.

I've now got all the combat challenges done for everyone (except Jokers Carnival - I keep getting so close too!) and I finished all Catwomans Riddler's Revenge challenges. I'm working my way through her Campaigns now and have done the first row.

I've gotta start on the Extreme challenges tonight... I just know they're gonna be harsh.


I never realised just how much I relied on "Disarm & Destroy" till I played CW/R/NW.


The only achievements I have left now are Calandar Man (trying for it legit) and Catwomans Campaign complete, Robin's Challenges (just predator, already done combat)/Campaign and Nightwing's Challenges/Campaign (same situation as Robin).

It's gonna take a while, but I'm sure I can do it.

[bobs...onGaf]

I am pretty LTTP, and have just started Batman Arkham City I loved Asylum, and now this feels incredible, being let loose in a free roam, criminal infested part of town is a cool idea. I do have some questions though.

I have only got as far as tracking the Jokers signal, so obviously not very far at all, im feeling pretty overwhelmed by all the gadgets I have that I dont know how to use, are they slowly introduced as I go through the story, or is this it now? Its been a while since I played Arkham Asylum, and the way the game suddently throws you at it felt really jarring.

Pretty early on, it sounded like the Riddler or someone was talking about something (in the courthouse) but I totally missed it by stepping through a door, and I couldnt trigger the audio again when going back in, have I missed something vital? Should I stop and listen when people talk while free roaming? Or will I get other chances to hear it all?

As I fight people, I see that unless I use my unlocks as I get them, that the game decides to keep the rank up text flashing, at the moment im quite happy to let the unlocks pile up until I figure out whats useful, is there any way to disable that part of the UI? An even better question is, what should I focus on? What would people suggest I unlock?

Can I save the game manually? I.e. if I travel to a part of town near my next objective, can I save right there? Or is the only way to save the game by completing stuff?

How exactly do the side missions work? I have only just started the game and have already trigged a couple, what happens if I fail a side mission, the one with the telephones and the time limit seems like something I wanted to deliberately fail initially just to do it later, but I was too scared I would close off that side mission if I did fail?

Am I missing anything vital by not having the Catwoman DLC? (I have only rented the game :() - How long will the game take to go through? I have the game for 2 weeks, should I rush? Or can I comfortably play through the game in that time? I have about 2 hours a day to play, which is like 20 hours over 2 weeks (give or take). Seems like a long enough time?

Thanks!

[Tsukumo]

I am pretty LTTP, and have just started Batman Arkham City I loved Asylum, and now this feels incredible, being let loose in a free roam, criminal infested part of town is a cool idea. I do have some questions though. I have only got as far as tracking the Jokers signal, so obviously not very far at all, im feeling pretty overwhelmed by all the gadgets I have that I dont know how to use, are they slowly introduced as I go through the story, or is this it now? Its been a while since I played Arkham Asylum, and the way the game suddently throws you at it felt really jarring.

If you are playing on normal, the game just looks overwhelming. You'll get the hang of it quickly.
If you are on hard difficulty, I'd suggest to scale it back to normal: enemies are very, very, fast and even with the counter signals you are going to get smacked around a lot.

Pretty early on, it sounded like the Riddler or someone was talking about something (in the courthouse) but I totally missed it by stepping through a door, and I couldnt trigger the audio again when going back in, have I missed something vital? Should I stop and listen when people talk while free roaming? Or will I get other chances to hear it all?

This is the reason why I've said the game looks (sounds?) overwhelming. You may loose some cool dialogue here and there but the things you need to know are all stuffed in the map or the side missions log.

As I fight people, I see that unless I use my unlocks as I get them, that the game decides to keep the rank up text flashing, at the moment im quite happy to let the unlocks pile up until I figure out whats useful, is there any way to disable that part of the UI? An even better question is, what should I focus on? What would people suggest I unlock?

Nope. It's rather boring thing, I concur, and I warn you in advance: two boss fights will display command inputs in the middle of the screen. Unless you want to ruin the experience for yourself, perform them immediately (as they won't go away otherwise).

Can I save the game manually? I.e. if I travel to a part of town near my next objective, can I save right there? Or is the only way to save the game by completing stuff?

You can't. If you really want to be sure, enter a building (any will do, even the ones you already visited): the game will autosave.

How exactly do the side missions work? I have only just started the game and have already trigged a couple, what happens if I fail a side mission, the one with the telephones and the time limit seems like something I wanted to deliberately fail initially just to do it later, but I was too scared I would close off that side mission if I did fail?

You can't fail side missions. The game keeps track of them because you can complete them before or after the main game ended. There's no time restraint.

Am I missing anything vital by not having the Catwoman DLC? (I have only rented the game :() - How long will the game take to go through? I have the game for 2 weeks, should I rush? Or can I comfortably play through the game in that time? I have about 2 hours a day to play, which is like 20 hours over 2 weeks (give or take). Seems like a long enough time?

Enough to complete the main quest (six, eight hours tops). Getting all riddler trophies, all achievements and all side missions is going to take a while though. If you rented this game I guess you aren't interested in cheevos, but riddler trophies are vital if you want to complete Riddler' side mission: his location is detected only after you get every single one of them, like in Asylum.
And no, Catwoman dlc is not necessary to enjoy the game but gives an interesting clue to read the ending, and lets you enjoy the game fighting system and exploring system in a rather unique fashion.

[bobs...onGaf]

Thanks for the answers! I will probably carry on playing through the game, (I have just gone through the museum) everything is ramping up really nicely, but I doubt I will get all the collectable trophies, I mean, most of them are mini games in themselves to get, but going for all 400 will just be tedious. I will go for just about everything else the game has going though, most of those side missions look as good as doing the main quest!

Great game so far!

[faceless007]

Got the PC version for $6.75 at Gamefly and been having a blast, probably 10 hours in already. I will agree with the criticism that the open world makes the game feel not as focused and tightly designed as AA, it feels like you're wandering around the city looking for what to do next than that you're being guided to your objective. If, like me, you feel the need to beat up every thug in the city between levels in order to max your XP and get upgrades sooner, it kinda feels like a chore. In AA it was relatively easy to do that because the island was small enough that you would run into most enemy groups on the way to your next objective anyway, but in AC, I feel like I should canvass the whole city and take down a lot more enemies. It feels like grinding.

It does make me wonder how many upgrades you can get if you just go from mission to mission without beating up all the guys on the streets. Anyone know how they balance it?

Also, guys with knives are fucking hard, I can't get that dodge move right.

On a more positive note, the attention to detail is really incredible. Enemies don't just stand around, they play baseball . In the museum level after you rescue the hostages, they'll actually walk around and activate the exhibits then comment on them. I also noticed that Batman's face shows just a hint of black veins on the sides due to the virus, it wouldn't surprise me if that gets more prominent as I progress. It's a small detail but it shows you how much care they put into everything.

Also, I'm maybe 30-40% into the story and Batman's suit is already more shredded than it was at the end of AA. I expect by the end of AC it'll be completely tatterred, lol.

[Kung Fu Grip]

Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth (the first game was pretty much based on it) Alan Moore's Killing Joke Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns & Year One Gotham Central (it concentrates on the police force of Gotham City)

Is it better if i get the single issues of 40 of gotham central, or the collected editions?

http://www.comicvine.com/gotham-central/49-9958/

And whats the cheapeast place to get these books? Barns and noble, amazon?

[Melchiah]

Is it better if i get the single issues of 40 of gotham central, or the collected editions? http://www.comicvine.com/gotham-central/49-9958/ And whats the cheapeast place to get these books? Barns and noble, amazon?

I've read them in a collected form, but I borrowed them from a library, so I have no idea what's the best place to order them. Perhaps Play.com, as they tend to have pretty low prices, if you live in Europe.

I'm currently waiting for the 4th hard cover edition to arrive from the library.

[Pazuzu9]

Just picked this up in the Steam sales. I'm getting horrible chugging when I enter a new area and spin the camera around for the first time. After that, 60fps. Any ideas?

[Silly.Mikey]

Does anyone know what those computers are called that you have to disable across the city? I think im missing one and i dont know what to look for on the net.

[SJRB]

Does anyone know what those computers are called that you have to disable across the city? I think im missing one and i dont know what to look for on the net.

Tyger Mainframes.