Batman: Arkham Knight

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stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

Whoever wrote all the goon dialogue for this trilogy needs a medal. Some of the best ambient dialogue in gaming for sure.

Even the rear end in a top hat generic mercs felt fleshed out, talking about their pasts in wars and the people waiting for them at home, or even just about how loving weird Gotham is to them.

I love how many thugs talk about their kids and partners too. They're people, drat it! And they're all loving idiots who assume that Batman is chasing them down personally whenever they so much as smell Batmobile exhaust. Like he has nothing better to do.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 18:34

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 16:45

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

It's too bad MGSV is already done because Kojima totally should have stolen goon dialogue from Arkham Knight.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 18:43

VolticSurge: Jul 23, 2013; Just your friendly neighborhood photobomb raptor.

Detective No. 27 posted:

It's too bad MGSV is already done because Kojima totally should have stolen goon dialogue from Arkham Knight.

"Oh,no,here he comes in the Bossmobile. Watch out for his Bossarangs."

# ? Jul 6, 2015 18:51

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

redbackground posted:

Because I'm dumb, what was the in-game, given point of capturing the fire squad? Just to slow down and distract Batman?

The psychopathic arsonist double crossed the chief and attacked the crew. Than a bunch of rear end in a top hat thugs teleported the crew to the far reaches of the islands.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:05

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

ayn rand hand job posted:

The psychopathic arsonist double crossed the chief and attacked the crew. Than a bunch of rear end in a top hat thugs teleported the crew to the far reaches of the islands.

My major ethical problem with that quest

It seems pretty messed up to put that fire chief guy, who was trying to do the right thing in the wrong way, in a giant cell that also contains Professor Pyg, Deathstroke, and Scarecrow

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:13

JFC: Oct 16, 2003; Jesus F Christ
Finger Lickin' God

theflyingorc posted:

My major ethical problem with that quest

It seems pretty messed up to put that fire chief guy, who was trying to do the right thing in the wrong way, in a giant cell that also contains Professor Pyg, Deathstroke, and Scarecrow

Me too. Even the dirty cop got his own cell.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:14

Dogen: May 5, 2002; Bury my body down by the highwayside, so that my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride

Don't you see? He's a super criminal!

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:17

stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

theflyingorc posted:

My major ethical problem with that quest

It seems pretty messed up to put that fire chief guy, who was trying to do the right thing in the wrong way, in a giant cell that also contains Professor Pyg, Deathstroke, and Scarecrow

Dude gets free unlimited opera performances. We should all be so lucky.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:17

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

Dogen posted:

Don't you see? He's a super criminal!

He's worse than a super criminal. He hires super criminals. That makes him like the boss of the super criminals.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:21

Blueberry Pancakes: Aug 18, 2012; Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

Steve2911 posted:

Whoever wrote all the goon dialogue for this trilogy needs a medal. Some of the best ambient dialogue in gaming for sure.

Even the rear end in a top hat generic mercs felt fleshed out, talking about their pasts in wars and the people waiting for them at home, or even just about how loving weird Gotham is to them.

I love how many thugs talk about their kids and partners too. They're people, drat it! And they're all loving idiots who assume that Batman is chasing them down personally whenever they so much as smell Batmobile exhaust. Like he has nothing better to do.

I like the guy who complains that Batman punches like a rich guy. Like he's got better things to do than beat the crap out of goons.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:23

Ekusukariba: Oct 11, 2012

So outside of the ACE chemicals part is there ever a time you can have two passengers in the Batmobile?

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:31

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

Ekusukariba posted:

So outside of the ACE chemicals part is there ever a time you can have two passengers in the Batmobile?

Sadly not. Wasted opportunity to leave people strapped down in that thing while you goof off and look for a second villain.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:33

Reo: Apr 11, 2003; That'll do, Carlos.
That'll do.

The Batmobile passenger seats are one of my favorite things in this game because they are so awkward. "Yeah Jim, just get in this baby carseat and then lie on your back ~~and think of England~~ staring at the sky while I drive 1000mph around the city shooting tanks."

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:51

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

To be fair the baby car seat is kind of necessary to avoid ending up with 10,000 shattered bones.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:58

Reo: Apr 11, 2003; That'll do, Carlos.
That'll do.

It still looks hilarious.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:04

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Oh, there's no doubting that. The whole time I was fighting Pyg I was like "how the hell is Batman gonna stuff his fat rear end into the harness??"

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:07

Aquasnake: Jan 30, 2013; "I... I did well, didn't I?"

Steve2911 posted:

Whoever wrote all the goon dialogue for this trilogy needs a medal. Some of the best ambient dialogue in gaming for sure.

Even the rear end in a top hat generic mercs felt fleshed out, talking about their pasts in wars and the people waiting for them at home, or even just about how loving weird Gotham is to them.

I love how many thugs talk about their kids and partners too. They're people, drat it! And they're all loving idiots who assume that Batman is chasing them down personally whenever they so much as smell Batmobile exhaust. Like he has nothing better to do.

To be fair, at least in my game, sometimes he doesn't have anything better to do. I regularly chase down regular cars and hop out to fight random goons that bad mouth me. Except the ones that went 4 games without seeing me.

Aquasnake fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jul 6, 2015

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:17

stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

Wait a second, Alfred just Facetime'd me to tell me that Knightfall is ready, but I'm sitting on 99% and have a shitload of Riddler to finish.

Will I be loving myself by doing it before doing Riddler? Because if I can get the full ending without dealing with that poo poo then I will.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:20

Flytrap: Apr 30, 2013

Steve2911 posted:

Wait a second, Alfred just Facetime'd me to tell me that Knightfall is ready, but I'm sitting on 99% and have a shitload of Riddler to finish.

Will I be loving myself by doing it before doing Riddler? Because if I can get the full ending without dealing with that poo poo then I will.

There's two of those. One for completing most things, and one for completing everything.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:23

Blueberry Pancakes: Aug 18, 2012; Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

CJacobs posted:

Oh, there's no doubting that. The whole time I was fighting Pyg I was like "how the hell is Batman gonna stuff his fat rear end into the harness??"

I hope the Killer Croc DLC ends with Batman having to use both seats for him.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:23

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

I hope the Killer Croc DLC ends with Batman having to use both seats for him.

Batman's just gonna tie him to the batmobile's hood with all the dignity of a hunted deer.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:30

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

The second DLC is about adding new missions to the overworld right?

I doubt they're going to add them to the cells, I suppose it's going to be like Harley Quinn and Hush, locked in their own space (it's a shame you can't bring Harley to the GCPD, especially since they don't do anything with her).

Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jul 6, 2015

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:32

10 Beers: May 21, 2005; Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

Do all the Riddler challenges involve the Batmobile? Because goddamn, that's lame.

10 Beers fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jul 6, 2015

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:40

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

10 Beers posted:

Do all the riddle challenges involve the Batmobile? Because goddamn, that's lame.

Nah, he has non-Batmobile ones too.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:42

10 Beers: May 21, 2005; Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

ImpAtom posted:

Nah, he has non-Batmobile ones too.

Thank god!

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:44

Mogomra: Nov 5, 2005; simply having a wonderful time

For shits, I'm playing through the hard mode now, and it's pretty hilarious.

Are ground takedowns and knockout smashes from silent takedowns different in hard mode? They never work anymore. The sound effect and animation play through like it does work, but instead of going crazy ragdoll, the thugs just get right up and start attacking me some more. Even if it's the last thug around and it goes into slow motion.

It's like I'm cancelling out of the attack somehow, but I'm not pressing anything to do that.

Is there some new combat mechanic that is only present in hard mode? I'm not seeing any hint or tutorial about it...

Also, the first Azrael side mission was bugged to hell. None of the thugs felt like attacking him, and they just stood there looking dumb. I was able to fear takedown all of them one by one. It was real difficult not being hit.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:54

Mazerunner: Apr 22, 2010; Good Hunter, what... what is this post?

Batman's been getting lazy with the explosive gel. Used to be he'd do a nice looking bat, ears and points on the wings and all, now he just does a quick wedge and calls it good.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:55

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Mogomra posted:

For shits, I'm playing through the hard mode now, and it's pretty hilarious.

Are ground takedowns and knockout smashes from silent takedowns different in hard mode? They never work anymore. The sound effect and animation play through like it does work, but instead of going crazy ragdoll, the thugs just get right up and start attacking me some more. Even if it's the last thug around and it goes into slow motion.

It's like I'm cancelling out of the attack somehow, but I'm not pressing anything to do that.

Is there some new combat mechanic that is only present in hard mode? I'm not seeing any hint or tutorial about it...

Also, the first Azrael side mission was bugged to hell. None of the thugs felt like attacking him, and they just stood there looking dumb. I was able to fear takedown all of them one by one. It was real difficult not being hit.

The last is an ongoing glitch. Apparently thugs will remain 'fixed' on Batman even though the control switches over to Azrael.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:59

redbackground: Sep 24, 2007; BEHOLD!
OPTIC BLAST!; Grimey Drawer

Mogomra posted:

For shits, I'm playing through the hard mode now, and it's pretty hilarious.

Are ground takedowns and knockout smashes from silent takedowns different in hard mode? They never work anymore. The sound effect and animation play through like it does work, but instead of going crazy ragdoll, the thugs just get right up and start attacking me some more. Even if it's the last thug around and it goes into slow motion.

I'm just on the regular normal playthrough and I've had Ground Takedown victims get up after doing one, quite a few times now. I wasn't sure if it was a new "thing" or if the game was bugging.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:00

DLC Inc: Jun 1, 2011

I just noticed a nice use for the line launcher---when you're gliding around the city sometimes you're able to fire it off between points as a makeshift wire to hang out on. I've managed to get it between weird poo poo like the hook from a crane and another building for a super long wire. Kind of neat if you want to survey things or use it in outside predator/Occupy scenarios.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:03

stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

Mazerunner posted:

Batman's been getting lazy with the explosive gel. Used to be he'd do a nice looking bat, ears and points on the wings and all, now he just does a quick wedge and calls it good.

He also barely even flinches when he sets it off. Probably causing himself some real long term inner ear damage.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:07

Hulk Krogan: Mar 25, 2005

Steve2911 posted:

He also barely even flinches when he sets it off. Probably causing himself some real long term inner ear damage.

It really bothers me that he doesn't back off at all when he uses the gel on the watchtower consoles. Well, why WOULDN'T I just stand in front of this chest-high computer that's about to explode in my face!

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:09

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Hulk Krogan posted:

It really bothers me that he doesn't back off at all when he uses the gel on the watchtower consoles. Well, why WOULDN'T I just stand in front of this chest-high computer that's about to explode in my face!

He's Batman.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:10

Mogomra: Nov 5, 2005; simply having a wonderful time

redbackground posted:

I'm just on the regular normal playthrough and I've had Ground Takedown victims get up after doing one, quite a few times now. I wasn't sure if it was a new "thing" or if the game was bugging.

Interesting. I didn't notice it at all on my first playthrough of the story on normal, but now on hard it's happening every freaking time. Annoying as heck, but I figured I was just doing something wrong.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 21:10