|
bunnyofdoom posted:So, this may because I was drunk during, but I was watching Transporter 3 (See:drunk) and was thinking, if you streamline and remove tank section of Batmobile, and keep the combat system (Not pred) it could be a good transporter game. Sleeping Dogs. Just drive around doing Face missions, and pretend you're playing Transporter: Hong Kong. E: But I don't disagree with you on the bat mobile working for it either, I was doing AR challenges with it earlier and thinking about how well done it was. My initial reaction of "oh god everything is now in the batmobile" disappeared really quickly after I got it, because the batmobile is really loving sweet.
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 05:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 31, 2024 23:00 |
|
|
Just finished the story tonight, is there any reason to do New Game Plus besides just for the sake of it/whatever achievement surely exists?
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 07:00
|
|
|
Epi Lepi posted:Just finished the story tonight, is there any reason to do New Game Plus besides just for the sake of it/whatever achievement surely exists? It's worth at least starting it.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 07:09
|
|
|
Mr E posted:I just want a Nightwing game, he's my favorite I am right there with you, man. I at least would like to free roam as him. They let you free roam as Harley, Catwoman, Robin, and Batgirl. Dick deserves better! If someone asked me to pull a sequence of panels that defines Batman, this might not be my #1 choice, but it's definitely top 5. Maybe even top 3. It really epitomizes the optimism behind the concept. I can't stop gushing over it. It reminds me of All-Star Superman's opening in how you just need those 3 panels to say everything.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 07:30
|
|
|
This stupid game made me realize that I only did the bare storyline of Arkham Origins and now I've started a new game of that  Game looks really janky (360) compared to Knight.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 08:06
|
|
|
Mr E posted:I just want a Nightwing game, he's my favorite General public doesn't knows poo poo about Bludhaven and no one wants to make a game about DC's Jersey. They could probably make up a lot of poo poo that no one would care to argue about, but it'd be putting in the work to make a digital Jersey and probably fall back into Final Crisis, Chemo destroying the city and Battle of Bludhaven territory. But it would be interesting if they showed Grayson between his cop life and his suit life, if anyone ever wanted to put in the time.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 08:35
|
|
|
Great, now I'm picturing a Nightwing game in a city they can go do whatever they want with, with LA Noire-style investigations as a cop part of the time.  I've held off on completing the story this time, every other Arkham game I've started NG+ with the intention of getting all the riddler trophies, then played for a bit and stopped. This time I'm 100%ing my batman game. Just finished up Miagani and Bleaker island, I'm at about 150 down. surc fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 09:29
|
|
|
Ah, Bludhaven. What i wouldn't give for some nightwing dlc where you play through a small section of Bludhaven. And not get chumped by Quinn.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 09:31
|
|
|
chaosapiant posted:I'm a big fan of "The Long Halloween" and "Hush." Hush the comic is, uh... not at all like that. It's a gratuitous excuse for Batman to have fight after fight against foes (Joker, Harley, Killer Croc, Ivy, Scarecrow) and friends (Superman, Catwoman, "Jason Todd"), with Hush showing up for like eight pages near the end only to get shot and fall off a bridge after Batman retardedly refuses to accept the great honking neon signs saying who he really is. Hush: Hi, Bruce. Stick a needle in your eye, look at this pendant of my mother's I'm wearing and remember how I used to beat you at chess and wargames as a kid. Batman: Who are you? Hush: What? Bruce, I'm YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND THOMAS ELLIOT. Batman: No! Thomas Elliot is dead! Hush: That was Clayface, dumbass. You had a fight with him literally an hour ago where he was disguised as your dead friend Jason Todd. You remember? I paid him to imitate me in order to gently caress with you. I AM THOMAS ELLIOT. Seriously. Even though I'm whispering for some reason. Batman: I don't believe you! Harvey Dent: No, he's telling the truth. I have notarised proof, witnesses, I'll even admit to working with him too... Batman: Tommy was a good kid! He was my friend. And he's dead. Definitely dead. Jim Gordon: It's bollocks, and the art's over-rated too. Small Strange Bird fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 16:45
|
|
|
Payndz posted:It's bollocks
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 16:51
|
|
|
Payndz posted:I recently picked up Hush because the Hush storyline in the Arkham games was pretty intriguing: a surgeon and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne's goes so insane with rage and jealousy that his parents weren't murdered so he could get their money that he starts killing to literally turn himself into Bruce Wayne in order to take his place? Sounds good, very psychological and noir-y. If you don't think Batman having a secret underwater bat tunnel in Metropolis with Kryptonite stored in it just in case Superman attacks him in Metropolis and forces him underwater then you don't understand Batman and have no soul.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:20
|
|
|
chaosapiant posted:If you don't think Batman having a secret underwater bat tunnel in Metropolis with Kryptonite stored in it just in case Superman attacks him in Metropolis and forces him underwater then you don't understand Batman and have no soul. The only thing you really need to understand about Batman is that he's thought of, and planned accordingly for, every single situation ever.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:24
|
|
|
Mogomra posted:The only thing you really need to understand about Batman is that he's thought of, and planned accordingly for, every single situation ever. Not true. He never panned for "what if I get over my parent's death?"
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:25
|
|
|
ImpAtom posted:Not true. He never panned for "what if I get over my parent's death?" Dangle his parents coffins over a Lazarus pit
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:27
|
|
|
ImpAtom posted:Not true. He never panned for "what if I get over my parent's death?" "YOU'RE NOT MY DAD" * Slams Thomas Wayne's face into an electrical box * Mogomra fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:39
|
|
|
He's already self programmed into his own mind several alternate batsonas that will do the job for him, if not more violently than others. Actually that would be an interesting else world, Bruce Wayne settles down and actually starts a family like Alfred always wanted, but occasionally disappears while a certain Zur-En-Arrg beats the poo poo out of crime. Is it him, is the Bruce we see just a look-alike to play the part while our Bruce never stops being batman? Read on to find out.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 17:50
|
|
|
I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character. Is it fine for Batman to have some Kryptonite if Superman goes rogue? Sure. Should he have, like, a super suit that has miniature stars implanted into the knuckles that let him beat the crap out of Superman in a head on fight? No way.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:08
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character.  I'm not saying it's good, but it seems to be a running thing. Just because the good guys usually win in comics.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:14
|
|
|
I expect a guy who has more master's degrees than a single person can have in a lifetime to have most if not all bases covered.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:25
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character. You can't really have Batman without superpowers. Even without planning he's still a genius at multiple things, including a world-class chemist and scientist in addition to being one of the top martial artists in the world where 'top martial artist' is an actual superpower that lets you do absurd things. The Nolan films are probably the closest to what you describe where Batman is just a reasonably talented fighter who depends on other people to do everything else for him.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:27
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:47
|
|
|
ImpAtom posted:You can't really have Batman without superpowers. Even without planning he's still a genius at multiple things, including a world-class chemist and scientist in addition to being one of the top martial artists in the world where 'top martial artist' is an actual superpower that lets you do absurd things. I'm reminded of this fun article I read years ago that tried to realistically figure out how long Batman could live the life he does. It was something like 6 months - 1 year before succumbing to his nightly beatings and sleep deprivation. It was kinda cool because there was some doctors and poo poo that put work into it, it wasn't just blustering on internet blogs. In searching for it, I also found Scientific American article that was put out back in 2008 which discusses how a "real life" Batman could exist. It's kinda cool. In both cases, they kinda just assume he wouldn't be shot and killed, but whatever.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:56
|
|
|
chaosapiant posted:If you don't think Batman having a secret underwater bat tunnel in Metropolis with Kryptonite stored in it just in case Superman attacks him in Metropolis and forces him underwater then you don't understand Batman and have no soul. But then, I don't like superpowered characters in general, and don't want Superman and his ilk showing up every five minutes in mah comix about a man who dresses like a bat to punch muggers.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 18:57
|
|
|
JetsGuy posted:I'm reminded of this fun article I read years ago that tried to realistically figure out how long Batman could live the life he does. It was something like 6 months - 1 year before succumbing to his nightly beatings and sleep deprivation. It was kinda cool because there was some doctors and poo poo that put work into it, it wasn't just blustering on internet blogs. There's a book called "Becoming Batman" which is similarly in-depth about this stuff. I bought it on a whim but it seems to assume you know a poo poo ton about biology, etc, beforehand. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:03
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character. I can live with like a little black book of plans that he hasn't fully enacted yet or isn't sure he should really do, but preplanning isn't a problem. It's the scope and range that writers go with it that turns him from having a good selection of contingencies, which is entirely debatable as we're in a world where Gods, Monsters and Aliens exist and have hosed poo poo up on earth multiple times, to being able to predict anything and everything. Batman should have plans, but not perfect precognition of when to use them or has put them in place so far ahead of time that there isn't even time to be problem. Of course, the flip side of this is that more experienced Batman is in the narrative, the odder it is to ever find him completely off guard or not on the ball in some way. It's fine in video games or stories where its near Year One, but the older he gets, the more we expect him to have a selection tricks in his belt for just such an occasion. As for something almost unrelated to Batman, there really should be a Shadow Of Mordor meets God of War style game for Wonder Woman.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:04
|
|
|
Someone on another website posted some information about one of the Arkham novels. A few details are neat and should've been in the main game, but some are... well, you'll see. -Wolfman doesn't seem to be familiar with the plot of previous Arkham games, since Hugo Strange is casually mentioned to be alive and even gets captured by the GCPD offscreen. It doesn't really affect the novel though. -Apparently, there are still a good number of regular citizens in the city who weren't able to get out in time, as opposed to the game where the only civilians left are those held captive by the villains. They don't play much of a role though. -Unlike in the game, Batman talks to the Joker hallucination every time he shows up. Joker keeps pointing out to Batman that he keeps acknowledging him even though he knows he's not real, but Batman can't seem to help himself. -Ivy claims that she rejected Scarecrow's plan because she didn't see how destroying a city could help her plants. -The fact that attacking Batman with unmanned drones gives him an advantage is brought up, and Batman speculates that they intend him to beat them, and they just want to drag out his suffering or to draw him into a more effective trap. -For some reason, Albert King is replaced by a man named Albert Rogers, and he's simply said to have been shot in an attempted robbery. -Oddly, the flashback where Batman shows Gordon the Joker-infected he has at Panessa is said to be a dream, and Batman never actually did so. -When Batman meets with Jim at the clock tower, he also tells Jim that Barbara was Batgirl. Jim doesn't take it well. -Instead of vanishing after Barbara is kidnapped, Jim goes back to the GCPD, and there are several scenes with him there before he gets captured at the Militia's mall base. -Stagg says that the Cloudburst was created to seed clouds over deserts. -Barbara's body disappears after she shoots herself, letting Batman know that it wasn't real. But he's so messed up by the fear toxin and Joker's blood, he's not sure if he's still alive. -Tim Drake actually wasn't working on a cure at Panessa, and he meets Batman outside of the studio after Harley Quinn takes it over. We're not told what he was doing beforehand. -After capturing Jason, Joker announced that he would kill him if the citizens of Gotham City voted for it, although Bruce knows that he was going to do it no matter what. Cute Mythology Gag. -Jason is said to have disappeared three years ago, and he claims that's how long he was held captive by the Joker, instead of the one year given in the game. -Scarecrow told the federal authorities that if they did anything to oppose him, he'd unleash enough fear toxin to cover ten square miles, giving an explanation other than apathy for the lack of National Guard. -Scarecrow says that Joker told him that he infected Batman with his blood, and Scarecrow prepared a special toxin to help exacerbate its effects. -Gordon had Crime Alley renamed to "Wayne Way". Alright, I can admit, that was a pretty good moment. Crabtree posted:I can live with like a little black book of plans that he hasn't fully enacted yet or isn't sure he should really do, but preplanning isn't a problem. It's the scope and range that writers go with it that turns him from having a good selection of contingencies, which is entirely debatable as we're in a world where Gods, Monsters and Aliens exist and have hosed poo poo up on earth multiple times, to being able to predict anything and everything. Batman should have plans, but not perfect precognition of when to use them or has put them in place so far ahead of time that there isn't even time to be problem. I can agree with that. I just don't like the idea of Batman having an instant "I win" button because of pre-planning, especially if it's offscreen planning. Serious question, is there any reason why Batman has contigencies to render Superman unable to fight but he doesn't set up any kind of plan or method for his own rogues? 
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:10
|
|
|
I really liked that one JLA comic where aliens attack and quickly overwhelm the Justice League because they somehow know all their weaknesses. Turns out they got a hold of Batman's secret "in case I need to take out the rest of Justice League" contingency plan.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:12
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:Serious question, is there any reason why Batman has contigencies to render Superman unable to fight but he doesn't set up any kind of plan or method for his own rogues? Hulk Krogan posted:I really liked that one JLA comic where aliens attack and quickly overwhelm the Justice League because they somehow know all their weaknesses. Turns out they got a hold of Batman's secret "in case I need to take out the rest of Justice League" contingency plan. Still a cool line from NWO: "He's just a man!" redbackground fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:21
|
|
|
Hulk Krogan posted:I really liked that one JLA comic where aliens attack and quickly overwhelm the Justice League because they somehow know all their weaknesses. Turns out they got a hold of Batman's secret "in case I need to take out the rest of Justice League" contingency plan. Or JLA:Tower of Babel or the whole OMAC/Brother Eye. Batman's kind of like an overly competent intelligence agency, if anyone found out the secrets and data he has on everyone, even himself, poo poo can go very very south. Crabtree fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:22
|
|
|
Hulk Krogan posted:I really liked that one JLA comic where aliens attack and quickly overwhelm the Justice League because they somehow know all their weaknesses. Turns out they got a hold of Batman's secret "in case I need to take out the rest of Justice League" contingency plan. The entire plot of the War Games story is that someone got ahold of Batman's plan to wipe out all organized crime in Gotham and put it into effect.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:23
|
|
|
The Fool posted:The entire plot of the War Games story is that someone got ahold of Batman's plan to wipe out all organized crime in Gotham and put it into effect.  Crabtree posted:Batman's kind of like an overly competent intelligence agency, if anyone found out the secrets and data he has on everyone, even himself, poo poo can go very very south. redbackground fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Jul 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:25
|
|
|
His counter for Green Arrow is a trademark infringement C&D.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:25
|
|
|
redbackground posted:I think you're combining the first arc of Morrison's JLA (New World Order) and Waid's Ra's-centric Tower of Babel arc. Maybe I've just forgotten things! Ah, yeah. I think you're right. It's been a while.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:27
|
|
|
The War Games plan got hosed up because the person initiated it not knowing that an integral part of the plan, Matches Malone, was actually Batman.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:30
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:I'm probably the unpopular opinion in this case, but I really don't like the whole "Batman has contingency plans for literally everyone" thing, because that's basically giving him a superpower which I feel goes against the character. It makes sense when you're in the bigger world of the Justice League since it justifies him being there. Batman being the master tactician among a bunch of gods keeps him from falling into the Hawkeye-in-the-Avengers pitfall. When you're just dealing with Batman's world without anyone else from the wider universe, I prefer him to be a masterful detective who is fallible and not an 11th dimensional chess player. In the Arkham games he seems like a cross between Morrison's BatGod and Miller's brutal-as-gently caress Batman.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:34
|
|
|
Batman actually had those viruses written way back when he was just Vic Stone on the off chance that someday he might become a cyborg.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 19:53
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:Someone on another website posted some information about one of the Arkham novels. A few details are neat and should've been in the main game, but some are... well, you'll see. Haha, that's Golden. That is really something you should say out loud to hear how ridiculous it sounds.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 21:47
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:Serious question, is there any reason why Batman has contigencies to render Superman unable to fight but he doesn't set up any kind of plan or method for his own rogues? I imagine he probably would have tactical plans for fighting each of his regular enemies which could be as simple as "gently caress up Bane's venom tube" or "break Scarecrow's fingers so he can't trigger gas" or complex analysis of their combat abilities. I agree in general with the idea that Batman shouldn't be prepared for literally every single situation, but I also love the idea of Batman in the middle of work on some case suddenly realizing that if Joker and Mr. Freeze ever decided to work together they could make poison snow. He sighs and starts a new contingency file.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 22:15
|
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:Serious question, is there any reason why Batman has contigencies to render Superman unable to fight but he doesn't set up any kind of plan or method for his own rogues? There's nothing particularly special about most of his rogues that just KOing them won't solve. Clayface, Ivy and Freeze are the rarer exceptions. A lot of the "Prep for everything" Batman mentality was kickstarted with the JLA: Tower of Babel storyline, where he laid out specific plans to neutralize the JLA, mostly because if one of them went rogue, it would be really loving hard to stop them. And in all honesty, the only really super-intricate plan from Tower of Babel was the Flash. Superman was "use kryptonite on him", Wonder Woman's was to exploit her psychological profile, he set Martian Manhunter on fire, shattered Plastic Man, GL was exploited using his psychological profile, and made Aquaman scared of water. Flash involved some special bullet attuned to his internal frequencies or something.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 22:33
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 31, 2024 23:00 |
|
|
Hobgoblin2099 posted:
Hold up a second. Are you telling me that the street's actual official name is "Crime Alley"? That's not just something people call it?
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2015 22:37
|
|
