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[TTP]

Holy shit. There are scans of a German review out there that show a new villain, that I didn't know was in the game. It's a boss fight too.

Spoiler

Scarecrow!

Score?

 

[Joseph Merrick]

LOL thanks man. Now I just have to decide if I buy this or Anno 1401/Dawn of Discovery.

Both. You know it's the right thing to do.

 

[Dave1988]

Holy shit. There are scans of a German review out there that show a new villain, that I didn't know was in the game. It's a boss fight too.

Spoiler

Scarecrow!

It's been known for quite some time that he is in the game.

 

[TheCardPlayer]

Score?

9/10

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Both. You know it's the right thing to do.

LOL It's the right thing to do for me but not for my wallet

 

[Frenck]

About the sparks, I didn't find a better vid but it shows off Halo's spark effects nicely (starting 30s into the vid). It's an Xbox launch game from late 2001 mind you.

I know it's the PC version and a mod but the sparks look exactly the same if not better in the Xbox version.

The devs could without a doubt have added really cool spark effects to the console version of Batman: AA if they wanted. The sight of slowly fading out sparks dancing across the floor never gets old in my opinion and it didn't get old back in 2002 when I first played Halo before this PhysX stuff was even a wet dream in most PC gamers minds.

 

[Pumpkins]

About the sparks, I didn't find a better vid but it shows off Halo's spark effects nicely (starting 30s into the vid). It's an Xbox launch game from late 2001 mind you.

I know it's the PC version and a mod but the sparks look exactly the same if not better in the Xbox version.

The devs could without a doubt have added really cool spark effects to the console version of Batman: AA if they wanted. The sight of slowly fading out sparks dancing across the floor never gets old in my opinion and it didn't get old back in 2002 when I first played Halo before this PhysX stuff was even a wet dream in most PC gamers minds.

I agree, the PhysX sparks are kind of lackluster. However, I think the reason why they're all that is because they're being dynamically rendered, so all the animations are happening in real-time according to the physics calculations.

 

[Creamium]

If imdb's correct, then even

Spoiler

Ra's Al Ghul

is in the game...

 

[Dave1988]

Wait, the German review scans indicate that the Language and Text in their version is in German? Does this mean that this game is going the inFamous route where only the English version of the game had the original track intact and everyone else gets a localisation?

I hope not beacuse if true....


VADERNOOOOOOOOOOOOO.jpg.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Apparently there are already mods beginning to come out for the PC version.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92257

 

[Varth]

Wait, the German review scans indicate that the Language and Text in their version is in German? Does this mean that this game is going the inFamous route where only the English version of the game had the original track intact and everyone else gets a localisation?

I hope not beacuse if true....


VADERNOOOOOOOOOOOOO.jpg.

Nope. Local+original on my version, so I guess that's the same for all. If I have time I'll check what are the other languages on the disk, if there's any.

 

[Dave1988]

Apparently there are already mods beginning to come out for the PC version.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92257

Wow, this is awesome even if it is only a color swap.

 

[Ephemeris]

Apparently there are already mods beginning to come out for the PC version.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92257

Shieeeeeeeeet.

 

[Dave1988]

Nope. Local+original on my version, so I guess that's the same for all. If I have time I'll check what are the other languages on the disk, if there's any.

Is there a language select screen or does the PS3 do the language select? I need to know this because if it's the latter case the Polish edition of the game might end up with only the Polish dub like in the inFamous fiasco which would make me RAGE.

 

[theluma]

Apparently there are already mods beginning to come out for the PC version.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=92257

Graphics these days continue to amaze me....

 

[Varth]

IIRC it goes with the OS language.

 

[Ephemeris]

The only other costume for Batman is the armored Batsuit, which you can get with various retailers straight way or unlock when you clock the game on easy.
.

Bummer. But most definitely not a deal breaker.

 

[TTP]

IIRC it goes with the OS language.

The demo does for sure. Guess the game is the same.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

Apparently there are already mods beginning to come out for the PC version.



awesomebatmanmod.png

fuck.... i need a new pc

 

[TTP]

Bummer. But most definitely not a deal breaker.

Why bummer? You unlock it by finishing the game anyway. It's the way it should be. It's not retailer-exclusive crap.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Nevermind.

 

[TTP]

...

We know. Spoiler that.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

We know. Spoiler that.

Sorry man, my bad.

 

[Varth]

Also I won't post them here but on the official forum they have a scan blabla

Don't look it up, really. It's a great moment with an even better lead in.

 

[TTP]

Sorry man, my bad.

<3

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Don't look it up, really. It's a great moment.

Varth, do me a favor and edit that part of what I said. Thanks

 

[Flunkie]

Wow, count me in. I was blown away by the demo! It went from a "Who cares?" game to a "Need this now!"

 

[Jedy]

for some reason this game runs like ass on my machine with directx.

Windows7 64
Phenom 2 940
8800gt
4gigs of ram.

Any idea why it runs so shitty?

8800gt
this

 

[Dave1988]

Why bummer? You unlock it by finishing the game anyway. It's the way it should be. It's not retailer-exclusive crap.

It's a bummer beacuse seeing that Batman has a truckload of costumes over the years, you'd think that Rocksteady would give you a bigger selection than nomal suit or armored.

 

[TTP]

Digital Foundry Demo Comparison is UP

I was right on the frame drops in the PS3 version. Hope it doesn't get ugly in more open environments.

 

[mattso]

love the demo. Pre-ordered promptly.

 

[xKilltheMx]

Anybody know if there's big open levels? I've realized my PC can't handle that opening area too well, but the final area with the 5 goons runs great. Weird.

 

[Ephemeris]

Why bummer? You unlock it by finishing the game anyway. It's the way it should be. It's not retailer-exclusive crap.

Bummer it's the only extra outfit. :/

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

It's a bummer beacuse seeing that Batman has a truckload of costumes over the years, you'd think that Rocksteady would give you a bigger selection than nomal suit or armored.

If you have a PC, there will most likely be quite a few costumes available via mods.

 

[sinnergy]

Digital Foundry Demo Comparison is UP

It seems the PS3 version doesn't have the distortion effect in the background (haze?) that the steam produces, you can see it in the first area, when you get your fighting tutorial. The pipe that blows steam (right corner) right next to the ramp going up.

Maybe it lacks some more.. nothing big but it just caught my eye. Effect is both in PC and X360.

 

[brain_stew]

8800gt
this

An 8800GT can manage the game at excellent settings just fine, you'll just have to disable PhysX.

 

[Dave1988]

If you have a PC, there will most likely be quite a few costumes available via mods.

My PC won't run Bats at all

 

[brain_stew]

Anybody know if there's big open levels? I've realized my PC can't handle that opening area too well, but the final area with the 5 goons runs great. Weird.

Capping your framerate might help, it'll make the drops much less noticable, see my earlier posts to found out how to do this. If you're struggling for performance make sure PhysX is disabled and you might want to disable SSAO as you may not be noticing it anyway.

 

[Darkflight]

A Batman Beyond costume would be ace, though it would look odd on Bruce as it did in the opener to Beyond. If someone can mod a Bats model built like Terry with this costume in, I'll upgrade the PC and double-dip :lol

 

[Keir_Eidos]

Keir, couple questions:

1. Is the demo set to Easy or to Normal?
2. I've heard that was well as giving you less health/damage resistance, setting it to Hard turns off the prompt for counter attacks. Does it change anything else?

It's set to easy.


In hard you got things like no warning of incoming attacks in FreeFlow - this adds a massive new challenge to the game. Thugs reaction time, speed, damage and willingness to take advantage of you when you're under attack all increase. In the rooms with armed thugs, these will look up on gargoyles for you so you need to be more careful when navigating the room. The bosses will also be more difficult with more dangerous attacks on hard.

And that email is hot out my inbox from Sefton Hill (I had to email him because I'm too much of a pussy to play in hard).

 

[Shake Appeal]

It's set to easy.


In hard you got things like no warning of incoming attacks in FreeFlow - this adds a massive new challenge to the game. Thugs reaction time, speed, damage and willingness to take advantage of you when you're under attack all increase. In the rooms with armed thugs, these will look up on gargoyles for you so you need to be more careful when navigating the room. The bosses will also be more difficult with more dangerous attacks on hard.

And that email is hot out my inbox from Sefton Hill (I had to email him because I'm too much of a pussy to play in hard).

Good to know, I like a challenge and will probably play it on Hard from the start.

Strange choice forcing the demo to easy, though.

 

[Varth]

Did eidos mention anything about DLC? The infocast line in the start screen makes me think the joker's rooms won't be the only download for long, and I guess costumes will be the very first thing to come out, together with more challenge room, possibly villain themed.

I'd also like to be able to play in the black and white mode the game goes into when pausing. Dunno if anyone read Batman Black and White at the time, but it's pretty cool, very hard boiledish.

 

[Bojanglez]

Just finished playing the demo and have instantly pre-ordered. Don't think that has ever happend to me, usually demos confirm what I think I already know is correct (Killzone 2), or convince me otherwise (Ghostbusters). I went in to this with no expectations and loved it.

 

[Keir_Eidos]

Good to know, I like a challenge and will probably play it on Hard from the start.

Strange choice forcing the demo to easy, though.

It's got to appeal to the masses, I guess.

Did eidos mention anything about DLC?

There's no official word yet.

 

[Stoney Mason]

Strange choice forcing the demo to easy, though.

It's really not. Most people don't like to get their asses kicked by games. The hardcore do but regular people like to pretty much be able to get through games.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Did eidos mention anything about DLC? The infocast line in the start screen makes me think the joker's rooms won't be the only download for long, and I guess costumes will be the very first thing to come out, together with more challenge room, possibly villain themed.

I'd also like to be able to play in the black and white mode the game goes into when pausing. Dunno if anyone read Batman Black and White at the time, but it's pretty cool, very hard boiledish.

I really loved that. Very subtle touch but yeah. Great presentation on this game.

 

[sinnergy]

Can some one give the exact steps on how I enable AA on ATI cards..?

 

[LowParry]

-waits for the "white eyes" mod for PC-

 

[Diablohead]

-waits for the "white eyes" mod for PC-

Well you already get white eyes when using detective mode

 

[The Blue Jihad]

Any info on whether the environments are going to be darker? The demo room was almost too well-lit. I never felt like I was actually hidden up on those gargoyles.

I guess I'm kind of hoping there's a Chronicles of Riddick mood? With enemy flashlights in pitch blackness sometimes? Really emphasize being the goddamn Batman and using the cover of night? I dunno.

Demo was fun. I can definitely see myself loving the main game. Plus, it felt so, so good to hear Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, along with some of the other VAs from TAS.

Harley's "MISTA JAY" was awesome.