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Batman: Return to Arkham announced (AA AC Demaster), UE4, Virtuos (of FFX fame)

Crap, I totally forgot that rocksteady etc. will use UE4... I was recently thinking about maybe using SLI in the future, and I knew that UE4 does not support SLI, but I couldn't think of a big UE4 game which I actually like. Welp.
 

TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
By GAF mentality this is an actual remake of 1 & 2because it's being made with a different engine.
That was what people was saying right?
 

kurahador

Member
I could never fully get comfortable with Origins given the noticeable lack of Conroy.

It's not noticeable, like at all. Dude just sounds like a younger Conroy which make sense in context with the game.
Unless you're referring to the credit.

Replacing David Hayter with Kiefer Sutherlands for Big Boss? Now that is noticeable.
 
I imagine one of the reasons that Origins isn't included is that they don't want to include the online multiplayer mode and of instead of just outright getting rid of it they would also have to mess around with the single player tie-in stuff like the penguin crates. Probably wanted to do as simple of a port as possible.

There are fairly big things they would probably NEED to fix in any future ports like the upgrade unlock tree. That was bullshit on day one. Very easy to miss the sonic batarang which is needed for the challenge rooms.
 
I think people started rallying behind Origins ever since Rocksteady said it wasn't part of the trilogy. Not saying people can't like it otherwise though.
 

sflufan

Banned
What are the chances for an optional free update to the PC versions?

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Should have waited another two years and remastered through Knight (including Origins) on UE4.

Now it's just kind of weird that the two first games are on newer technology. Plus Origins is totally worthy of being included.
 
I could never fully get comfortable with Origins given the noticeable lack of Conroy

I agree that AO was definitely the weakest game in the series and it was always meant to have a hard time because it was dev'ed by WB Montreal and not Rocksteady (I'd argue that it has the best narrative out of the both AA and AC) but it should have been included in the collection regardless.

And yes not having Conroy in the game was very apparent, especially for fans of the animated series like myself

If anything this was the time to go back, polish the game up a bit, squash some of the bugs it launched with and were never fixed.

The outpouring of love for AO is novel because k remember everyone hated it and when it released and it wasn't as good as AA and AC then the hate against kicked up a notch.

But w.e. as a massive fan of all Batman media I'll be picking this up. Has it been confirmed to run at 1080p/60fps?
 

sflufan

Banned
Gemüsepizza;204000402 said:
Crap, I totally forgot that rocksteady etc. will use UE4... I was recently thinking about maybe using SLI in the future, and I knew that UE4 does not support SLI, but I couldn't think of a big UE4 game which I actually like. Welp.

There is no PC version of this so your problem has been solved!
 

DOWN

Banned
I'm not surprised to see the Meta scores in there and I am always annoyed BY GAF posts saying the Meta score doesn't matter or mean anything. It's one simple indicator of high quality.
 

Xion_Stellar

People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
No Origins? WTF...

And also I have a mixed opinion on Vitious because on one end I'm glad they got FFX running well on the PS Vita but on another they added (intentionally or not) and unwanted extra layer of INPUT LAG to the game which frustrated me alot because it made doing the Thunder Planes and the Chocobo Racing that much harder for me.
 
No Origins sucks, i liked that and thought Troy Baker did a great job as the Joker in it.
The Killing Joke "Bad day" monologue was a great scene.
 
lmao at the Eurogamer article typo

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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...atman-return-to-arkham-collection-is-official


Origins getting so little thought, they don't even bother spelling it correctly!
I'm pretty sure it's some goofy meme.

This isn't the first time Eurogamer did this

RPS has done it many times

Fanart and junk

Someone needs to update this gif. Looks like it was made in 1996.
So what you're saying is that you want a remaster of this gif too?

Where does it end?
 

Jerm411

Member
Sucks big time that Origins isn't included but I love Asylum and City enough that I might impulse buy this....ugh lol....
 

Brofield

Member
So I get this on PS4, Origins on Wii U, and then I can finally play Arkham Knight that I've been sitting on for the better part of a year.

Can I stand to get away playing the games in chronological order, or is it better to do in original release order?
 

Xav

Member
The lack of Batman Arkham Origins is sad because I think it's a good game and has a place in the series. I'm not going to apply some revisionist history and pretend it's better than ANY of the Rocksteady games.

Anyway, two of my favourite games of all time remastered on PS4/X1. DAY ZERO.

People were slamming Origins so hard at launch, why all the sudden interest in it?
After a while, it becomes cool go against the popular opinion.

Will it look as good as AK, better or worse?

Batman Arkham Knight is one of the best looking games this generation. Not going to happen.

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I hope they didn't change the overall look of the lighting and shaders in AA. I like how each area effected Batman's cowl differently, with the different blueish, green and red lit areas.

So I get this on PS4, Origins on Wii U, and then I can finally play Arkham Knight that I've been sitting on for the better part of a year.

Can I stand to get away playing the games in chronological order, or is it better to do in original release order?

You can, but with the mechanics it will go back and forth. If you start with Origins you might get a bored with AA since Batman has less abilities with the combat and stealth. I would really recommend playing it in the order they were released. The habits you get in each game with proceed and evolve properly.
 
The only game I haven't played is not in the remaster. Oh well, my money will go to Bioshock remaster then

Then buy the ONE game you haven't played... Why would you buy a game bundle of a franchise you've played two thirds of if you are only interested in one of the titles? This makes absolutely no sense especially considering you'd be paying a premium.
 
If their terrible PC policy is don't put too much effort into the PC ports then I wouldn't put it past them.

When their PC ports are farmed out to external studios, that is when they suffer a great deal in quality. Ports like Mad Max, which were done in house, had no issues. The fact that they gave up on MKX is baffling. They at least had Rocksteady mostly fix Batman Arkham Knight for PC.
 

El_Cinefilo

Member
I felt like that trailer was almost trolling the audience like they did with the Tank battle against
Deathstroke
in Arkham Knight

Shows Arkham Asylum
Shows Arkham City
Joker: Any last requests?
Audience: Arkham Origins!
WB:nope, fuck you.
 

ktroopa

Member
curious what games on PS4/XBONE have used UE4 so far, and how have they run? why is the consensus 30FPS? Are we talking unity levels of shiteness here..?
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Will it look as good as AK, better or worse?

It's still using the original art assets as a base, so it'd be pretty unlikely to look better.

It should look a lot better than the PS3/360 versions though.

curious what games on PS4/XBONE have used UE4 so far, and how have they run? why is the consensus 30FPS? Are we talking unity levels of shiteness here..?
I think the two flagship UE4 console games are actually 60 FPS (Paragon and Street Fighter V), but they're not marketing 60 FPS, so...
 

mieumieu

Member
curious what games on PS4/XBONE have used UE4 so far, and how have they run? why is the consensus 30FPS? Are we talking unity levels of shiteness here..?

The problem with Unity is usually its virtual machine (and the abuse from coders). Which probably does not apply to UE4.

But on the GPU side developers may push more stuff with UE4 so 30fps is an educated guess.
 

cheesekao

Member
When their PC ports are farmed out to external studios, that is when they suffer a great deal in quality. Ports like Mad Max, which were done in house, had no issues. The fact that they gave up on MKX is baffling. They at least had Rocksteady mostly fix Batman Arkham Knight for PC.
Isn't Arkham Knight still not performing up to snuff and as a result they stopped fixing it and offered refunds?
 
I felt like that trailer was almost trolling the audience like they did with the Tank battle against
Deathstroke
in Arkham Knight

Shows Arkham Asylum
Shows Arkham City
Joker: Any last requests?
Audience: Arkham Origins!
WB:nope, fuck you.

I know right? :( Dammit WB, you had one job. ONE job and you couldn't even put Origins in? To hell with you! Still sucks

I ain't giving you my cash, you can shove this "collection" right up where the sun don't shine. I'll buy the BioShock Collection instead thank you very much.
 
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