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New Batman: Arkham Knight gameplay - "Officer Down"
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keltickennedy
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keltickennedy
Member
Yeah, really glad they finally made it a point to show proper console footage and also feature more of the freeflow combat. The disarms look awesome, he truly became BAT-man in that fight. (pun intended).
GHG
Member
Nothing to do with the order. It's just the recent trend of "I hate cinematics and QTE's in my games, I'd rather watch a movie etc etc" that I've seen lately. From this footage it looks like this game commits a lot of those 'crimes" but I've seen very few people say anything about it.
Ok so let's be pedantic and say it's not "quick time". What happens if the button isn't pressed?
Spring-Loaded
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qdmXrBSu0#t=0m4s
The cinematic "QTE" moments you're referring to seem to be introductions to player abilities. That probably the first time the player can use the Batmobile, but from then on, they can press L1 to call it whenever.
Garrett Hawke
Member
It looked like his cape glitched around 3:20
Like it wasn't moving at all, it was rigid
Combat still looks amazing though.
Like it wasn't moving at all, it was rigid
Combat still looks amazing though.
Game looks good on PS4. Close to the E3 2013 gameplay. Still months left of polish.
I don't know about you guys but i'm hardly going to use the batmobile. I loved walking around in AC taking in the atmosphere. The only thing i don't like from the videos and pictures is the way chinatown looks. It looks more like Times Square Manhattan than dark creepy alley Gotham. Hopefully the other areas resemble the original gotham look.
I don't know about you guys but i'm hardly going to use the batmobile. I loved walking around in AC taking in the atmosphere. The only thing i don't like from the videos and pictures is the way chinatown looks. It looks more like Times Square Manhattan than dark creepy alley Gotham. Hopefully the other areas resemble the original gotham look.
HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
Edit: The video isn't working as it should, I'm uploading a fixed version in a few minutes
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
Edit: The video isn't working as it should, I'm uploading a fixed version in a few minutes
icecold1983
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HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
excellent
Baldwin_the_First
Member
I'm not impressed. I mean sure the graphics are very nice, but it's the gameplay I'm not fond of, and the fighting in the video just made it clear for me. Be it the color from the impact of punches and kicks, or the 5 meter roll he did to get to the opponent so that he could continue his combo streak. I would also have prefered a closer camera when fighting.
Never been a big fan of the games though, and have pretty much only played Arkham Asylum, which was good at the time.
Still waiting on a great AAA Spider-Man game title, which I'm afraid won't ever happen.
Never been a big fan of the games though, and have pretty much only played Arkham Asylum, which was good at the time.
Still waiting on a great AAA Spider-Man game title, which I'm afraid won't ever happen.
XenoRyujin
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GHG
Member
Ok fine. But I feel the way it's introduced to the player is pretty obnoxious considering the dialogue that's just gone before.
It's up there with F to pay respects.
keltickennedy
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Ephemeris
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HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
many thanks
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The basic Batman combat loop has grown stale for me... especially now that so many other games are aping it.
Loved Arkham Asylum, but that was a long time ago. I get why people are so into it, but I'm tired of combo chasing combat... Batman looks like a dipshit warping all over everywhere from one attack to another. The animation blending is cool, impressive, and I think looks pretty awesome in close combat, but once he starts flipping and rolling all round, looks dumb.
The tank stuff they showed moths back is completely whatever... Idk. I passed on Origins, and have zero hype for this.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Looks fun as hell. Can't wait for this one.
keltickennedy
Member
It is nothing like "press F to pay respects". In CoD...was that a continually used action? No. Think of the "even the odds" prompt as a tutorial to the player pretty much saying, hey...this is the button you will press throughout the game to call in the Batmobile.
You are getting WAY too hung up on a simple button prompt man.
GavinUK86
Member
HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
Blim do you guys have a mirror for the footage that isn't through your website?
Dumb question I know but your behind a firewall for me at work.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Aside from the vastly superior image quality of the original e3 trailer, this looks like it has less lights in the environment and way way lower LOD (you could see every little detail for miles and even building interiors were fully detailed as you flew past them)
One of the bigger downgrades, then again the original looked way way too good to be true anyhow
One of the bigger downgrades, then again the original looked way way too good to be true anyhow
They're tutorial hints. You'll probably be able to disable them.
The video is likely showing the first time in the game Batman calls the Batmobile. That's why it's labelled differently, and why there's a short cutscene when he jumps down. It's just for this one instance. Similar things will probably happen when you get new equipment, but most of the time you'll have full control.
Have you not played any of the previous games?
GHG
Member
Yeh pretty much. And an explanation of the contexts where you will and won't be able to call it during the game. Or even better they could have used something in the dialogue to give a cue to the player on what they need to do to call it. Not "I'm evening the odds" ---> "press l1 to even the odds". Anything but that.
They way they put it comes across as a parody of "press a for awesome".
Yup. Looks like a Batman game 
Also obviously the PS4 version, honestly doesn't look that much better than Arkham Origins on PC, I expect much more in terms of visuals from the PC version.
Graphics nitpicking aside though, gameplay looks fantastic as always. We're in for a treat
Also obviously the PS4 version, honestly doesn't look that much better than Arkham Origins on PC, I expect much more in terms of visuals from the PC version.
Graphics nitpicking aside though, gameplay looks fantastic as always. We're in for a treat
keltickennedy
Member
You seem to be pressing N for nitpicking.
I need to rewatch this video. Where are all these QTEs people are talking about?
Backfoggen
Banned
Thank god for no downgrade.
GavinUK86
Member
HQ version, hopefully not posted yet
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_batman_arkham_knight_postponed-16394_en.html
Can anyone get past 50 seconds? I've downloaded it twice now. It just freezes there.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Apparently a button prompt in a tutorial is a QTE now.
HORRORSHØW
Member
looks great visually but more of the same gameplay wise and i wasn't exactly enamored with the last one.
L1 calls in the Batmobile in normal open world play, they were just being cute by naming it "even the odds" for the first time you call it in. It's literally just a gag, "I'm evening the odds" *button prompt for L1-Even the odds* player thinks "What does even the odds mean?" MOTHERFUCKING BATMOBILE.
combat changes I've noticed:
- combo decay seems way more lenient. There was a long pause without any action and the combo counter still kept its value at 20ish x.
- Enemies grab you occasionally and you have to button mash outta it.
- fear multitakedown seems... OP? Not sure why it exists besides them having to add a new feature... just because.
- Think the slowmo last hit looks better, due to better tech.
- Seems like the exp scoring system is ripped outta Arkham Origins. Hope the skill tree is way less of a hassle.
- combo decay seems way more lenient. There was a long pause without any action and the combo counter still kept its value at 20ish x.
- Enemies grab you occasionally and you have to button mash outta it.
- fear multitakedown seems... OP? Not sure why it exists besides them having to add a new feature... just because.
- Think the slowmo last hit looks better, due to better tech.
- Seems like the exp scoring system is ripped outta Arkham Origins. Hope the skill tree is way less of a hassle.
I'm checking now.
Yeah something's wrong. Sorry about that, I'll try to get the file again from the source.
SniperHunter
Banned
really impressed by the LOD in the PS4 version, I was expecting more pop ins due to weak CPU
The game looks good on a first look. But there are still some disappointing elements about the atmosphere and the animations. which the developer still didn't changed after previous titles:
1.) The city is still too bright in general. There are so many light sources in every part of the city, that you don't feel like being a creature of the night. They also look very disorientating, especially while driving.
I really wish, they would make the dubious quarters very dark and the popular areas very bright. So you can feel the light and dark sides of Gotham.
2.) Enemies still wait, while the game plays out longer knock-out-animations. It was always the worst offender in breaking the flow of a fight in previous titles. It's a unnecessary money shot, which gets old very fast.
There are two ways around this problem in my opinion:
- Simply let them attack and have the player and Batman counter an opponent, with the enemy in his hand (for example Batman doges and the attacker accidentally hits his ally). This makes the game a little harder, since they are not bullet-prove any more. But the normal instance take-down is already interpretable, only that you don't need to have the opponent on the ground.
- Make the animations shorter or/and have Batman look very intimating, while going through the take-down-animation. Give a visual reason, why the other back up or don't intervene.
3.) Batman moves big distances in milliseconds from one enemy to the other. It just looks goofy. He is still supposed to be human and not being the Flash, you know. Either change the targeting, so that he will only target close enemies, simple let the player fail the combo, if he targets an opponent to far away, or have a connecting move-option (for example dogging) to continue the combo. Yes, it makes the game a little harder, but least you earn yourself the combo.
Other then this i really like the inclusion of city-streets in the city-design. After an interview, about for Arkham Knight, where one developer was pointing this element out and playing Batman Origin at the time, the older games really look very strange with there missing streets. Great city design in general.
1.) The city is still too bright in general. There are so many light sources in every part of the city, that you don't feel like being a creature of the night. They also look very disorientating, especially while driving.
I really wish, they would make the dubious quarters very dark and the popular areas very bright. So you can feel the light and dark sides of Gotham.
2.) Enemies still wait, while the game plays out longer knock-out-animations. It was always the worst offender in breaking the flow of a fight in previous titles. It's a unnecessary money shot, which gets old very fast.
There are two ways around this problem in my opinion:
- Simply let them attack and have the player and Batman counter an opponent, with the enemy in his hand (for example Batman doges and the attacker accidentally hits his ally). This makes the game a little harder, since they are not bullet-prove any more. But the normal instance take-down is already interpretable, only that you don't need to have the opponent on the ground.
- Make the animations shorter or/and have Batman look very intimating, while going through the take-down-animation. Give a visual reason, why the other back up or don't intervene.
3.) Batman moves big distances in milliseconds from one enemy to the other. It just looks goofy. He is still supposed to be human and not being the Flash, you know. Either change the targeting, so that he will only target close enemies, simple let the player fail the combo, if he targets an opponent to far away, or have a connecting move-option (for example dogging) to continue the combo. Yes, it makes the game a little harder, but least you earn yourself the combo.
Other then this i really like the inclusion of city-streets in the city-design. After an interview, about for Arkham Knight, where one developer was pointing this element out and playing Batman Origin at the time, the older games really look very strange with there missing streets. Great city design in general.
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
Maybe so, but the framerate in this demo looks good enough that it doesn't concern me at least.
GavinUK86
Member
Cool. Just downloaded it again via torrent this time and it does the same. I don't think it's anything my end.