Joei
Member
Why would you beg for it though? What did you think it would add?
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Batman: Arkham Knight - Review Thread
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Why would you beg for it though? What did you think it would add?
TWrecks310
Banned
All of you guys are getting the game early and I won't be able to play the game until the Monday after it comes out because of vacation. 
I just realized this is the ultimate first world problem.
I just realized this is the ultimate first world problem.
I'd imagine it's super cheesy comic book plot. Some hate, some love. Probably the same we've seen in the past 2 Rocksteady games.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
SimplyGames too.
I never use Amazon, as these two are nearly always cheaper if you use a discount code, wait on a sale or use reward points.
Come on, have more confidence in Rocksteady than this!
Summer Haze
Banned
It's installing right now.
TGC and Simply Games are great. They always deliver my games days early. Sure beats waiting for Amazon Logistics to delivery it to me on the evening/night of launch day.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
steam why you gotta play me like this i need my preload
It's not going to happen, is it? ;_;
It's installing right now.
TGC and Simply Games are great. They always deliver my games days early. Sure beats waiting for Amazon Logistics to delivery it to me on the evening/night of launch day.
Impressions. FAST!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
No Jim Sterling?
TheKingOfPain
Member
It looks like there's a pretty big day-one patch for the PS4 version (3.5 GB), total size more than 50GB.
Tomorrow.
EDIT: They might let you today. They allowed it early for the past couple of big downloads with TW3 and ESO.
Karspankey
Banned
Improved Performance
Stability Fixes
New feature: Rival Points
New feature: Original Batsuit skin available to select
Support for A Matter Of Family additional content
General gameplay, graphical, audio, UI, and localization fixes
Neff
Member
Nah. People are saying it's shit. It's definitely not shit. At least not so far.
It works like it should, rewards practice, is used inventively, and looks/sounds amazing.
I honestly think people just suck at using it, because it's super sensitive. But shit? No.
I've pretty much watched every review and Yeah: this game isn't for me; every game that uses the "wait for each enemy and press the button /easy awesome" style combat engine that assassin creed started, ends up being dreadfully dull for my tastes: Shadow of mordor, sleeping dogs and of course /rocksteady's Batman games..
I was hoping there would be some cool one on one boss fights, but what I've heard gives me no hope..plus the batmobile sections being forced with stealth parts no less..That's a shame. hope you all enjoy it though.
I was hoping there would be some cool one on one boss fights, but what I've heard gives me no hope..plus the batmobile sections being forced with stealth parts no less..That's a shame. hope you all enjoy it though.
Summer Haze
Banned
I'm gonna wait until tonight to play so I can relax with a joint.
It's too busy/noisy around me at the minute.My apologies. You're just gonna have to suffer a little longer. XD
Spring-Loaded
Member
This can't be... it's not possible
NoSkillz187
Member
Batman, is NOT Assassins Creed combat. At all.
CosmicQueso
Member
Are you saying The Order is shit?
MegaSackman
Member
I don't know, as someone that tends to hate open world games and loves linear games, I found Arkham City much better than Asylum. Asylum had a good combat system with an excelent story altough it ended horrible. But besides that... horrible boss battles, horrible repetitive encounters with titans and other enemies... I really hated those parts.
Arkham City has a good story maybe no as good as the original but it has a much better premise, much better combat and enemies and bosses, and the side stories are mostly amazing and it ends perfectly. Is not your tipical open world game where the world eats the story and you forget about what you're doing, yo don't have that many side stories and they're related to Batman as an iconic character.
I understand why some people loves Asylum over City, but to claim that is better as a fact, I dissagree completly on that statement.
Seven Force
Banned
I do find it disappointing that instead of trying to design better boss fights (as that's been one of the biggest criticisms of the series), they seem to have just abandoned traditional boss fights altogether this time around.
As someone that recently played both games in anticipation of Knight and prefers Asylum to City (Though I do consider City to be the better game from an objective standpoint), I was actually kinda surprised to see that if you skip the side missions and focus solely on the story missions, City isn't too far off from Asylum as far as pacing goes. I think pacing is one category where Asylum beats City, but overall, I don't find that the open world is detrimental to the game's design. (And this is coming from someone that usually gets bored of open worlds outside of GTA)
As someone that recently played both games in anticipation of Knight and prefers Asylum to City (Though I do consider City to be the better game from an objective standpoint), I was actually kinda surprised to see that if you skip the side missions and focus solely on the story missions, City isn't too far off from Asylum as far as pacing goes. I think pacing is one category where Asylum beats City, but overall, I don't find that the open world is detrimental to the game's design. (And this is coming from someone that usually gets bored of open worlds outside of GTA)
Only played a few hours so far but not understanding the general Batmobile hate to be honest. To drive it feels weighty and meaty, yet still precise and responsive. Just did my first Riddler race and it was a blast.
As for the combat side, I don't know. It feels pretty cool transforming into a tank, strafing around, boosting from side to side out of the enemy cars fire and then unleashing multiple homing rockets once you build up your meter. If a HUGE chunk of the game is Batmobile combat then I can see how it could get a bit tiresome, but assuming it's a new element that's like 5-10% of the game it's fine. My main problem with the Batmobile at the moment is mostly just that brake is the square button. Holding L2 transforms it into a tank. Sorry Rocksteady but I can't instantly unlearn years and years of holding down L2 to brake/reverse just for your game.
Technically it's great. Performs completely solidly and while the art style and city design is unmistakenly Arkham City-esque, everything is dialled up to 11. Streets glisten damp with rain, neon lights flicker off every street corner as you swoop past animated billboards.
I didn't play Origins so even though it does seem pretty similar to City, it doesn't feel old to me given the 4 year gap. I've not played enough to properly comment on the mission design or story but so far so good.
As for the combat side, I don't know. It feels pretty cool transforming into a tank, strafing around, boosting from side to side out of the enemy cars fire and then unleashing multiple homing rockets once you build up your meter. If a HUGE chunk of the game is Batmobile combat then I can see how it could get a bit tiresome, but assuming it's a new element that's like 5-10% of the game it's fine. My main problem with the Batmobile at the moment is mostly just that brake is the square button. Holding L2 transforms it into a tank. Sorry Rocksteady but I can't instantly unlearn years and years of holding down L2 to brake/reverse just for your game.
Technically it's great. Performs completely solidly and while the art style and city design is unmistakenly Arkham City-esque, everything is dialled up to 11. Streets glisten damp with rain, neon lights flicker off every street corner as you swoop past animated billboards.
I didn't play Origins so even though it does seem pretty similar to City, it doesn't feel old to me given the 4 year gap. I've not played enough to properly comment on the mission design or story but so far so good.
toastyToast
Member
For one thing the counter isn't lethal which makes baiting them a huge waste of time. Batman combat is very aggressive.
I'm saying The Order was considered poor by many critics, yet there are lots of people who love it.
I'm sure you think something is shit that other people don't.
Opinions.
MMaRsu
Banned
Lol u must have no skills. This isnt a wait for the enemy to attack then fight game. You gotta be highly agressive or u will die.
Sleeping dogs, shadow of mordor all ripped the combat off from this game and in a worse way.
paolo11
Member
Question. What's the gameplay ratio between Batmobile and Batman?
CosmicQueso
Member
Everything is opinions. Nothing is truth. Life is a waste. There's no point to anything.
Summer Haze
Banned
You have the wrong idea. You don't stand there and wait for enemies to attack you in these games, you attack them whenever you want while making sure to keep an eye out for the counter prompts. Or you can add more of a challenge and play on hard, which turns off the counter prompts altogether, which is much more satisfying imo.
Bubba_Sparks
Member
Has anyone posted about PC performance. I'm interested to see how it's doing.
Honestly, I'm too early on for my reply to mean much. It's been like 50-50 so far but I haven't even done a predator room yet and have collected a grand total of 2 Riddler trophies. In a few hours I'll probably be better placed to comment on how it all stacks up.
I mainly just posted because I think the Batmobile stuff handles really well both in and out of combat and I know that's the element people are most worried about. Unless they force too much on the player, or design really horrible missions around it, I'm not quite getting the review complaints yet.
CosmicQueso
Member
Sorry you feel that way.
Are you disagreeing with my opinion?
Baby, whatever makes you not feel like life is pointless... I'll be that for you.
CosmicQueso
Member
Alright... let's hug it out. Come here you... <squeeze>
Dick Justice
Banned
Not to mention the shittacular performance when using DX11 even on a newer system. Even Asylum had PhysX problems, like the last two Scarecrow fights severely killing the framerate (the second to last one gave me a framerate in the single digits).
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Batman combat is literally the complete opposite of what you just described.
keltickennedy
Member
Yeah, I never get when people compare it to Assassin's Creed. Why? because you can counter? lol.