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Jun 22, 2015 14:17
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Carver Crisis posted:I just beat the main story of Origins for the first time to be caught up with the series for Knight, and am I crazy for feeling like it's my favorite of the 3? I thought the story was really well done, loved all the references and inspiration from The Killing Joke, the boss fights were more interesting visually and mechanically than the Rocksteady games, and the crime scene recreations looked kind of janky but were a great addition to detective mode that I hope to see in Knight again. I kind of wrote the game off because I saw early footage before the game came out that didn't look appealing, and the lukewarm reviews made me put off playing it until now, but I came away from it being really impressed. Origins was my favorite as well. I liked the Batman/Alfred bits a lot, all of the Red Hood/Killing Joke stuff and I thought the investigation bits were fun if horribly hand-holdy. Also, the boss fights were the best in all the games.
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Jun 22, 2015 14:47
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bonds0097 posted:Origins was my favorite as well. I liked the Batman/Alfred bits a lot, all of the Red Hood/Killing Joke stuff and I thought the investigation bits were fun if horribly hand-holdy. Also, the boss fights were the best in all the games. Croc was boring Copperhead was just Ras Al Ghul with a different skin Firefly was pure repetition All the Bane fights can suck my dick The only interesting boss fight was Deathstroke
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Jun 22, 2015 14:51
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Deathstroke is the boss fight that's just a big lame qte button mash thing right? That was sooo awesome. Lmfao.
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Jun 22, 2015 14:56
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The Origins Bane fights felt like they weren't balanced around the Arkham combat and predator mechanics. It was too easy to get your combo hosed up in the rooftop fight. The final Bane fight was supposed to be like the Mr. Freeze fight from City, but the arena wasn't designed that well and gave you very few options.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:08
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Deathstroke is the boss fight that's just a big lame qte button mash thing right? That was sooo awesome. Lmfao. It's the most bizarrely praised thing in Origins.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:09
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The most thought out thing about Origins was Cold Cold Heart.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:11
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Crabtree posted:The most thought out thing about Origins was Cold Cold Heart.  I really enjoyed CCH.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:14
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I literally couldn't remember a single fight from origins outside of electrocutioner and the room with all of Branden's men until I read these posts.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:14
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The final fight in Arkham Blackgate is still the nadir for boss fights in the series though.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:17
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The series has yet to top the Mr. Freeze boss fight. He forced you to use everything from your arsenal, and the same tricks never worked twice. I love bosses that force you to think.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:20
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Saint Freak posted:I literally couldn't remember a single fight from origins outside of electrocutioner and the room with all of Branden's men until I read these posts. Yeah I was about to say, the Electrocutioner fight was incredible, what are you all talking about.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:23
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redbackground posted:
It's also kind of sad that it wasn't the main game and the Joker bait-and-switch wasn't a condensed and possibly better side DLC, but at least we got CCH as it was. It also makes me wonder if this means if any future Batman games would benefit from a more episodic case by case narrative instead of a giant open world brawl. It's likely cool when it works in Arkham Knight, but CCH felt like a more solid experience than City or Origins. You could still work in progression from each case making Batman better his game or try out new tools as the villains and plots get more dangerous, but it could be told like B:TAS or Brave and the Bold where every night its a different freak that tests your skills to combat them from the usual gang of thugs on every rooftop. Crabtree fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Jun 22, 2015 |
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Jun 22, 2015 15:30
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redbackground posted:
Yep, now preloading. Bought for only $36.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:44
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GMG just sent my codes
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Crabtree posted:It's also kind of sad that it wasn't the main game and the Joker bait-and-switch wasn't a condensed and possibly better side DLC, but at least we got CCH as it was. It also makes me wonder if this means if any future Batman games would benefit from a more episodic case by case narrative instead of a giant open world brawl. It's likely cool when it works in Arkham Knight, but CCH felt like a more solid experience than City or Origins. An LA Noire type model would be a nice change from the "one CRAZY night in Gotham" used in the Arkham games
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Jun 22, 2015 15:53
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Terrible Horse posted:An LA Noire type model would be a nice change from the "one CRAZY night in Gotham" used in the Arkham games Seriously, I want the, like, everyday Bat-experience. Although they'd lose the ability to reasonably account for the city always being evacuated, so there would have to be more of a living world with civilian activity and traffic and everything. Which would be cool if it was done well. It introduces a lot of design challenges, though.
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Jun 22, 2015 16:13
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Has anyone got their pre-order key from G2A yet? I bought from them yesterday and the status of the item is still "Processing". I know I took a risk buying there but I'll be pretty bummed if I won't even get my key in the first place.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:12
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CharlestonJew posted:Croc was boring This compared to the boss fights from Arkham City. I mean when you compare that with boring poo poo like the Solomon Grundy fight or pretty much anything from Asylum, Origins boss fights are downright amazing in comparison.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:20
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Wikipedia Brown posted:Seriously, I want the, like, everyday Bat-experience. Although they'd lose the ability to reasonably account for the city always being evacuated, so there would have to be more of a living world with civilian activity and traffic and everything. I guess all those civilians waiting for the bus who got hit by my Batmobile should've stayed out of the way of Justice. 
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Jun 22, 2015 17:23
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Is there a list somewhere of what the season pass will contain or is it just vague promises of more stuff? Pre-order bonuses are ok I guess. It's 30 bucks on steam and since I got the game free from Nvidia that doesn't seem like a terrible buy-in but I don't want to pay for junk either.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:27
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so apparently there's a 'controveresy' regarding this review and the guy's 7/10 score which on top of not being bad seems perfectly warranted given his reasoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1xnre-sIWI gamers deserve nothing
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Jun 22, 2015 17:31
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What's the steam unlock time?
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Jun 22, 2015 17:40
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Terrible Horse posted:An LA Noire type model would be a nice change from the "one CRAZY night in Gotham" used in the Arkham games LA Noire had some of the worst open world gameplay I have ever seen. It was more sterile than any of the Arkham games, and there's poo poo to do in LA. blackguy32 posted:This compared to the boss fights from Arkham City. I mean when you compare that with boring poo poo like the Solomon Grundy fight or pretty much anything from Asylum, Origins boss fights are downright amazing in comparison. The boss fights in Asylum were a titan, Bane (who's basically a titan), two titans, three titans, Ivy, another two titans, and the Joker titan. So much variety! And the boss fights in City really blew outside of Freeze. Edit: I guess Zsasz was sort of a boss in Asylum, though he was basically nothing more than a glorified tutorial in his appearances. OJ MIST 2 THE DICK fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jun 22, 2015 |
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Jun 22, 2015 17:41
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Generic Monk posted:so apparently there's a 'controveresy' regarding this review and the guy's 7/10 score which on top of not being bad seems perfectly warranted given his reasoning you have to understand that in gaming journalism terms a 7 is pretty much a 0
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Jun 22, 2015 17:43
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In general the boss fights have been the absolute weakest part of the Arkham franchise. The system isn't really well designed for it. Origins managed to make a pretty good 1v1 fight but even that was fairly limited. I'm hoping Knight maybe does better but I doubt it will.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:44
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I think the IGN review said that Knight doesn't really have many typical boss fights so much as just special combat encounters.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:49
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Okay, I've come around to the twist in Knight. Tyler "Joker" Durden is a pretty good way of incorporating the character.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:49
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Zotix posted:What's the steam unlock time? Wish it had been midnight like some other games but eh.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:51
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Personally, I liked City's boss fights because they all felt like they came out of some kind of late 90's 3D platformer.  Like, the Ra's Al Ghul fight felt like something you'd encounter in a Spyro game, which was... interesting, at least. It'd be a shame if they tossed all that out, although I'd probably be the one to say so. I wouldn't say they were amazing, but I preferred them a lot more over the one in Origins alone.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:51
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ayn rand hand job posted:LA Noire had some of the worst open world gameplay I have ever seen. I agree, I more meant the episodic set up, and building a case over a series of crime scenes, noting connections with other crimes, etc.
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Jun 22, 2015 17:53
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CharlestonJew posted:you have to understand that in gaming journalism terms a 7 is pretty much a 0 seemed to actually reflect the content of the review which is kind of refreshing for one of the bigger review sites. whatever; I love anything that creates pissy youtube comments
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Jun 22, 2015 18:04
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Generic Monk posted:seemed to actually reflect the content of the review which is kind of refreshing for one of the bigger review sites. whatever; I love anything that creates pissy youtube comments Its like the Zelda 8.8 review stuff all over again. Some people just really want their views confirmed.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:20
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Congratulations Tree Huffer, you managed to PM me first. To everyone else that pm'd me, sorry. One of you was second by only like a minute.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:26
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Generic Monk posted:so apparently there's a 'controveresy' regarding this review and the guy's 7/10 score which on top of not being bad seems perfectly warranted given his reasoning
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Jun 22, 2015 18:30
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dont sell poo poo outside of SA Mart
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Jun 22, 2015 18:33
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Looks like Steam updated to say it's unlocking at midnight EST, so that's cool.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:35
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Palladium posted:Yep, now preloading. Bought for only $36. Where at?' EDIT: I'm dumb, I assume GMG?
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Jun 22, 2015 18:36
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turnways posted:Looks like Steam updated to say it's unlocking at midnight EST, so that's cool. Good, means I can get like an hour out of it before I should go to bed.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:37
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Nuuvem codes are available. Not region locked. Looks like they aren't selling it anymore, though.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:40
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Kewpuh posted:dont sell poo poo outside of SA Mart Ah, sorry about that. Won't happen again.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:43
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