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Latest Video(s):  A Cold Reception/Polsy The Batman: Arkham games are a good series for good people. Rocksteady Studios managed to do something even Superman couldn't do: make a satisfying superhero game that's actually faithful to the hero in question, and it's still a very good gaming experience. Arkham Asylum in 2009 and Arkham City in 2011 garnered multiple Game of the Year awards for very good reasons. Arkham Origins is neither of those games. Batman: Arkham Origins is the 2013 prequel for Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Developed by Warner Brothers Games Montreal, many things changed and many things stayed the same but a little worse. Don't let me throw you off too much, Arkham Origins is solidly okay. But it's not up to the standard set by Asylum and City. Most of the additions to the game are well done, but the base framework is unpolished. There's quite a few baffling bugs that sometimes throw the playability into question, such as sinking into the ground in the middle of a combat challenge map. The PS3 version I had crashed whenever I use the fast travel system at launch. And there's also 3v3v2 multiplayer for reasons, which I won't be doing anything with. I  SpoilersArkham Asylum and City are behind me, so go for it. Please don't talk about stuff in Origins before it happens (you know what I'm talking about), and don't spoil anything on Arkham Knight. It'll be coming out in June and I probably won't done with this by then. Videos  A (Prison) Break/Polsy The Enigma Riddle/Polsy Loose Lips Gets Kicks/Polsy Vigilante Piracy/Polsy A Stroke Of Danger/Polsy Lacey Things/Polsy Bringing Order To Anarky/Polsy GCPD Blue/Polsy Escape From New Gotham/Polsy Unboxing Day/Polsy Man Of Many Hat/Polsy No One That Matters/Polsy Shiva Me Timbers/Polsy Steel Cut Bats/Polsy Weird Coppery Taste/Polsy Another Shot From The Dark/Polsy The Worst Rides/Polsy A Baneful Experience/Polsy Meanwhile, At Blackgate.../Polsy Towering Failures/Polsy Cosmetic Masque/Polsy A Swift Aside/Polsy A Little Bird Told Me/Polsy - Blackmail tapes: Bane 1 Battle On The Big Bridge/Polsy A Prison Break...In?/Polsy The Final Insult/Polsy Setting The Table/Polsy Enigma Escapades/Polsy with Discendo Vox - Cyrus Pinkney diaries Enigmatic Escapes/Polsy with SaffronKit Enigma Solved/PolsyThe Extortion Tapes/Polsy  Cool Party/Polsy The Ice Age/Polsy Ice To Meet You/Polsy A Cold Reception/PolsyChallenge Mode  Combat Challenge: Intensive Training/Polsy with Batman DLC Predator Challenge: No Money Down/Polsy with Bruce Wayne Predator Challenge: Breaking In/Polsy with The Long Halloween Batman Combat Challenge: 25 To Life/Polsy with Deathstroke Campaign Challenge: Siege/Polsy with Injustice Deathstroke Combat Challenge: Overflow/Polsy with Bruce Wayne Predator Challenge: Easy Money/Polsy with Deathstroke DLC Campaign Challenge: Rite Of Passage/Polsy with Bruce Wayne DLC Combat Challenge: Hundred To One/Polsy with Black Lantern Corps Batman DLC Combat Challenge: Lot Full/Polsy with Vigilante Bruce Wayne Predator Challenge: Checking Out/Polsy with Red Son Batman Combat Challenge: Panorama/Polsy with Judas Contract Deathstroke Predator Challenge: Quiet Waters/Polsy with Batman: Noel Predator Challenge: Wrecking Crew/Polsy with Batman, Dark Knight Of The Round Table Combat Challenge: Death Sentence/Polsy with Gotham By Gaslight Batman Predator Challenge: Hard Time/Polsy with Thrillkiller Batman Combat Challenge: Panopticon/Polsy with New 52 Graphic Batman Campaign Challenge: Destroyer/Polsy with Bruce Wayne Campaign Challenge: Gothic/Polsy with The Dark Knight Batman Campaign Challenge: Cataclysm/Polsy with First Appearance Batman Campaign Challenge: Shadow of The Bat/Polsy with Brightest Day Batman Campaign Challenge: Dark Knight, Dark City/Polsy with Earth-2 Batman Campaign Challenge: War On Crime/Polsy with Earth-2 Dark Knight
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Miscellaneous tags and info I'm going to forget about most of these as they come up, I apologize in advance.  Anarky Ace Chemicals Amertek Industries Cale-Anderson Carmine Hotel Dixon Docks Furniture Company GCPD New Gotham Precinct Gotham Casino Gotham City Cinema Gotham City Daily Gotham City News Gotham City Royal Hotel Gotham Light And Power Gotham Merchant's Bank Lacey Towers Mendo Soap Monarch Theater Hamilton Hill Sionis Steel Mill Soder Cola Solomon Wayne Courthouse Trident Labs Wayne Enterprises Wonder Tower Pinkney Crypt of Cyrus Pinkney Cyrus Pinkney School Of The Arts Gotham Rail Jezebel Theater Old Gotham Cathedral Pioneers Bridge Pioneers Statue - Jezebel Plaza Solomon Wayne Courthouse Statue Character Bios Bruce Wayne Info - Notes - Profile Billionaire not-yet playboy and philanthropist. An angry young man with a grudge against the world. Voiced by Roger Craig Smith this time around. Batman Info - Notes - Profile 1 - Profile 2 The cowl that Gotham fears. Dangerous vigilante, if you believe the stories. Probably a myth. Psh whatever, our brave boys in blue don't need his help anyway. Alfred Info - Notes - Profile Ever-loyal Alfred, the Wayne family butler. Not sold on this "Batman" thing. Believes young Master Wayne would be better off enjoying Christmas ham. Warden Joseph Info - Notes - Profile 1 - Profile 2 A non-dedicated city servant. Probably just trying to get his pension and put his kids through college. Compromised morals and eyeball. Calendar Man Info - Notes - Profile Gotham's favorite (only, surprisingly) holiday killer. Also known as "won't be seen past the first video man". Vicki Vale Info - Notes - Profile One of Gotham's citizenry not currently on the take. A young reporter with a hot head and weird "conscience" issues with her news stories. Black Mask Info - Notes - Profile 1 - Profile 2 One of Gotham's crime lords. Not a big fan of the Batman. Facebook profile lists "torture" under hobbies. No other hobbies listed. Commissioner Loeb Info - Notes - Profile The wrong man for the wrong job. Corrupt as a Warcraft character. Probably the reason the police department is as corrupt as it is, trickle-down corruption. Killer Croc Info - Notes - Profile The first of eight assassins hired to kill the Batman. Needs dental work. Must have done some workout and bulking up between now and Arkham Asylum. Deadshot Info - Notes - Profile Super-l33t 720 no-scope sniper. Skilled, arrogant, deadly. Cockiness will be his downfall. Probably! Deathstroke Info - Notes - Profile A would-be ninja. Heightened speed, strength, and perception. Skilled with a variety of weapons. Military super-soldier program gone wrong, but not Captain America wrong. Electrocutioner Info - Notes - Profile Street-tough turned...street tough. Not a real high profile assassin but when you've got the touch, you've got the power. Copperhead Info - Notes - Profile A new twist on an old favorite. Copperhead's an assassin who's normally known as a man. Recognizable from cartoon series as a guy dressed up as a snake. Firefly Info - Notes - Profile A man with a jetpack and a flamethrower. It's about as dangerous and effective as you'd think. Despite being a guy who gets off on fire, not super creepy. Lady Shiva Info - Notes - Profile Martial Arts master named after the Hindu god of destruction. One of Bruce Wayne's teachers. Card-carrying member of the League of Assassins. Bane Info - Notes - Profile Luckily, a Knightfall take on Bane. Criminal mastermind. HUGE. Runs a gang who all want the gift of Venom. Just maybe they'll get it! Enigma Info - Notes - Profile Some mysterious man with some mysterious vendetta against Gotham and the Batman. Tracey Info - Notes - Profile Cockney as all hell. Proper naughty. A berk out for bees and honey. Penguin's second in command. Candy Info - Notes - Profile The result of the economic downturn. Serves as one of Penguin's assistants. Job probably doesn't have many perks. Penguin Info - Notes - Profile A short crime boss with a tall shadow. Has his fingers on the pulse of Gotham's underworld. Currently in an arms race with...everyone. Alberto Falcone Info - Notes - Profile The heir apparent of the Falcone crime family. Nervous and hesitant at best. Refugee from a chopped storyline from the Long Halloween. Anarky Info - Notes - Profile Liberal/Marxist/Communist/Anarchist/really angry at this city man. Surprisingly strong hand-to-hand combatant! Has been known to help Batman. Rarely. Captain Gordon Info - Notes - Profile You know him, you love him, he hates Batman. A good cop on the right side of the law, he doesn't take kindly to Batman's vigilantism. Branden Info - Notes - Profile A valued member of GCPD SWAT and corrupt to the core. With Commissioner Loeb gone his prospects are uncertain, but he'll do his best to find a new one. Ricky "Loose Lips" Leblanc Info - Notes - Profile One of the Penguin's gun-runners. Considers himself a somewhat of a gun sommelier. Might have an idea of what he's talking about but y'know, whatevs. Barbara Gordon Info - Notes - Profile Captain Gordon's daughter. Maybe adopted, depending on the continuity. A smart gal with a good head on her shoulders. Totally crushing on Batman. Mad Hatter Info - Notes - Profile Look at this man. Just look at him. Now look away, it is not a pretty sight. Just replace the bio pic with a fedora and you're good. The Joker Info - Notes - Profile 1 - Profile 2 The game would love to tell you more about him but it's having trouble talking around the Joker's dick in its mouth. Cyrus Pinkney Info - Notes - Profile An architect responsible for most of the Gothic influence in Gotham City. Contemporary of previous Cobblepots and Waynes. Bird Info - Notes - Profile One of Bane's three lieutenant's from the comics. Taught Bane everything he knew about Gotham in Santa Prisca. Sort of an odd choice! Harvey Bullock Info - Notes - Profile A crooked cop but probably not a totally bad guy. Captain Gordon's partner. A man who holds the Batman in contempt. Harleen Quinzel Info - Notes - Profile A junior psychologist working at Blackgate Prison. Responsible for the psych report sending Calendar Man to the gas chamber. Miscellaneous Extras Hobgoblin2099 helpfully collated all the game over screens! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNy1p14qMpQ (Firefly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py6hXhJv5as (Bane) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc-eunQ1hjw (Cold Cold Heart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gY_Hhz9xLE (Kirigi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBWQ5sXG8U0 ("Black Mask") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBd_yrvVGU (Killer Croc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPzrrI97fKY (Enigma) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luxCjlsL5NI (Penguin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTBtaxg9ZGk (Deathstroke) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSuvOWV6Ifs (Anarky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iipGjxYzvbo (Howard Branden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWMTJjgis0 (Mad Hatter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfk3tIAbrQg (The Joker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8t0CQkpg_c (Shiva) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSpdSpjHlOE (Copperhead) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-v4RIzkZts (Deadshot) My favorite gifmaker Mzbundifund commemorates a few moments. Mzbundifund posted:Gotham Space Program Mzbundifund posted:MY PARENTS ARE DEAD Mzbundifund posted:I find your lack of faith disturbing Tuxedo Ted posted:Up, up, and away! Kloro posted:All of this is ignoring the real reason we can't touch the Joker. He's got diplomatic immunity. Kloro posted:"Rewind. Enhance." Rigged Death Trap posted:
Gorilla Salad posted:In the final cutscene with Alfred, it looks like Batman has smoke coming out of his neck. Crabtree posted:Look, people in the 1930s were intimidated/impressed a lot more easier than people of today. The man in that costume also went around killing thugs left and right. You ever hear of the Mad Monk? No? Well that's because after realizing he was a wizard and a vampire, Batman figured he'd never take him out in a real fight and just murdered him in his sleep. Kal-L posted:Say what you want about Joker. At least he's not a filthy Nazi! dscruffy1 fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Apr 15, 2015 16:58
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How does Black Mask eat?
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Apr 15, 2015 17:55
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I know this installment was kind of a dime store version of Arkham City, and the story was mediocre at best, but for some reason I enjoyed this game a lot. I'm glad someone decided to LP this, even if it isn't the best of the bunch.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:56
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Origins starts out well, but runs out of steam quickly. Still fun though. And yeah, Batman is a dick in this game. Even more so than usual.
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Apr 15, 2015 18:09
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Ah good. While this game may have its bugs, I found it to be fun, which is all I want from a game.
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Apr 15, 2015 18:14
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As much as I don't mind the story. I absolutely cannot stand what they did to the combat in this game. I don't know how they managed to unflow the combat, but it really bugs me how awkward it is compared to City.
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Apr 15, 2015 18:38
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Doctor Reynolds posted:How does Black Mask eat? he takes off the mask
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Apr 15, 2015 18:40
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Ah, this game. Terribly coded and lazy map design. But the story is not horrendous, the design of the characters is pretty great (esp. women characters... or, at least compared to the other two games), while Batman is a tremendous dick in this game, thematically it makes sense (though the other games essentially undermine the potential of character growth). Edit - other good points, the Foley effects for combat are so much more visceral than in the other games, and combat is much more varied as well. Samovar fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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Apr 15, 2015 19:41
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Are you going to defeat the assassins in weakness order or reverse weakness order?
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Apr 15, 2015 20:45
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Crystalgate posted:Are you going to defeat the assassins in weakness order or reverse weakness order? The game railroads you into defeating Croc first so Firefly would be the weakness order but I plan on doing everything with the Bat-buster. Migeman posted:As much as I don't mind the story. I absolutely cannot stand what they did to the combat in this game. I don't know how they managed to unflow the combat, but it really bugs me how awkward it is compared to City. I feel that. Coming from using the aerial redirect almost all the time it takes...so long now. It's like doing a ground takedown without the takedown.
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Apr 15, 2015 21:54
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Thank God for this. I've really been wanting to watch an LP of this game since I don't own it, but all the YouTube LPs are either blind or they talk over everything. Really glad to be getting in on the ground floor of this.
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Apr 15, 2015 23:35
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I love the Mafia Mooks. I dig the slight Edward G. Robinson vibe they gave to commissioner Loeb. I absolutely DESPISE the fixed challenges of this game. I'd tolerate the fighting far more if I weren't so worried about the challenges. The challenges are why I wouldn't want to replay this game ever.
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Apr 16, 2015 00:22
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I'm really looking forward to this! Scruffy, what aren't you doing as far as 100%? Aside from Multiplayer, obviously.
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Apr 16, 2015 00:37
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Discendo Vox posted:I'm really looking forward to this! Scruffy, what aren't you doing as far as 100%? Aside from Multiplayer, obviously.
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Apr 16, 2015 01:44
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I know exactly nothing about this game, but the premise as introduced in the first episode is extremely enticing. A largely untested but still competent Batman, fueled by rage and untethered by his relationship with the Gotham police, widely known as an urban legend feared by evildoers and upstanding citizens alike, now targeted by an escaped crime lord and his hired assassins that could each be portrayed as complex and interesting anti-heroes in their own right, AND some mystery nemesis threatening to rear their ugly head at some point? That is an incredible recipe for success, and I'm a sucker for games that spell out the number and nature of your obstacles right at the outset to let you know what to expect and brace yourself for the twists they're going to throw at you, so I couldn't be more interested in seeing how this plays out and how it earned such a bad reputation despite all this.
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Apr 16, 2015 03:20
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Yes, it's here! Been waiting since the end of the City LP, this should be a good ride. I actually played more of the Multiplayer than it probably deserved. On paper, the idea of using your predator mode skills against humans looks interesting, but in practice the only time they aren't looking over their shoulder is when they're shooting at somebody else, so the Heroes tend to be side-notes in a game with all the player slots filled. Since you aren't covering it at all, I wouldn't have minded demonstrating it, but my good computer is dead, and the online itself is probably also dead.
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Apr 16, 2015 04:59
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Discendo Vox posted:I'm really looking forward to this! Scruffy, what aren't you doing as far as 100%? Aside from Multiplayer, obviously. I'm thinking of the side stuff in Cold Cold Heart mostly. I'm going to do my best for the challenges but despite my better judgement I'll probably get all the little scanables and whatnot for the main game. Knowing how the last LPs I did with "not 100%" turned out I might wind up doing it all anyway.
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Apr 16, 2015 05:22
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Both times I've played this I've gotten halfway through and then just never finished it. It just didn't feel as tight as Asylum or City. I did get it for free with my video card, so it wasn't a total loss, but this game still could have been so much more. Really looking forward to this LP.
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Apr 16, 2015 05:53
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Scruffy thank god yr back with more arkham. Especially the one that was too cruddy for me to even want to finish.
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Apr 16, 2015 05:53
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My main problem with this was the boring-rear end city. I know at least half of it is basically the same as AC, but without all the stuff to do there - there's no riddles, no surreal-looking flooded district, no individual character to all of these parts ruled by different types of rear end in a top hat. It's just bland. Which is a drat shame because on paper this looks like it has the best villain gallery out of the three games. It's got Firefly, for crying out loud. But the execution is just bad. And let's not forget the combat likes to interrupt your combos for no reason. I'm looking forward to seeing the DLC, though; I bought the game without it and honestly couldn't be bothered to get it afterwards.
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Apr 16, 2015 07:59
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anilEhilated posted:Which is a drat shame because on paper this looks like it has the best villain gallery out of the three games. It's got Firefly, for crying out loud. Loses major points for not having Manu Bennett playing Slade Wilson though.
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Apr 16, 2015 13:14
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Kinda an unfair assessment since it was released in the same month Arrow premiered, and was in development as early as 2011. Granted, Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson would improve the game, but that's more a missed opportunity than a failing. Also, yay, another dscruffy1 Batman LP!
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Apr 16, 2015 13:34
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I like how Batman has body armor. Relevant to the line in Arkham Asylum where he talked about how he used to have body armor, but it "slowed me down."
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Apr 16, 2015 15:56
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J.theYellow posted:I like how Batman has body armor. Relevant to the line in Arkham Asylum where he talked about how he used to have body armor, but it "slowed me down." I'm pretty sure that was in City, and he was talking about having "a bigger belt".
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Apr 16, 2015 16:07
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I really dislike many aspects of this game, but I'll wait until we reach or pass these points (and until things calm down for me at work) before I get all effortposty on them. On the bright side, the timing's a lot better for this LP- maybe I'll get to co-commentate on a Worthless Collection Bullshit Roundup Video
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Apr 16, 2015 18:03
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I hadn't seen any reviews when I played this, and I got really excited about the premise of 8 assassins all aiming for Batman on the same night, and was...disappointed. Looking forward to seeing the DLC, though.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:28
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Despite all of the negative things I heard about this game, which did affect my decision not to purchase it, the biggest reason I never got around to this game is that it is a prequel. After the events of City, I couldn't shake the idea that we got a prequel just to bring The Joker. I see this as a lazy and unimaginative reliance upon the character for simple branding purposes, especially in a series that has done a lot to exhibit some of the less well known villains.
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Apr 16, 2015 20:44
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Striking Yak posted:I hadn't seen any reviews when I played this, and I got really excited about the premise of 8 assassins all aiming for Batman on the same night, and was...disappointed. Looking forward to seeing the DLC, though. Also there is way too much Bane.
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Apr 16, 2015 21:03
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Mr. Highway posted:Despite all of the negative things I heard about this game, which did affect my decision not to purchase it, the biggest reason I never got around to this game is that it is a prequel. After the events of City, I couldn't shake the idea that we got a prequel just to bring The Joker. I see this as a lazy and unimaginative reliance upon the character for simple branding purposes, especially in a series that has done a lot to exhibit some of the less well known villains.
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Apr 16, 2015 22:40
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Tiggum posted:Loses major points for not having Manu Bennett playing Slade Wilson though. Or Ron Perlman, for that matter, if they were worried about voice acting chops.
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Apr 16, 2015 23:22
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Chaltab posted:The game is not as good as Aslyum or City but if you can get it for five bucks on a steam sale it's absolutely worth at least one playthrough. The pacing is all kinds of weird though. Pretty much this. It's not a bad game by any stretch, but compared to Asylum and City, you can't help but feel let down.
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Apr 17, 2015 01:55
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I really enjoyed the game overall, although the combat definitely felt looser than the others (either that or I'm blaming the game for being bad). One trophy for beating an optional boss without taking damage had me tearing my hair out because the camera was determined to only show Batman and the nearest wall at all times.
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Apr 17, 2015 01:58
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Jeez, I can't wait to sperg out about all this. Aside from the genric combat/camera bugginess, most of the problems were caused by discrete and easily identifiable design problems I can't wait to tear into. One caveat before that comes up- WBG Montreal probably did the best they reasonably could have given the constraints they were operating under. It's just that "best they could" wound up being pretty lousy.
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Apr 17, 2015 03:11
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Welcome back Scruffy. I've beaten this game and I'll have my say on some moments when they pop up, especially 2 of the stupidest moments in the game. Using Black Mask as the primary antagonist is good because the dudes barely gotten much of a reputation outside the comics, I think the only animated takes he's had so far are Batman the Brave and the bold, and the Direct to video movie Batman Red hood (which is good and you should check out).
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Apr 17, 2015 03:44
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This game is without a doubt inferior to the others, half the posters will probably guess the story before it happens, and the combat is more aggressive than previous games. That being said, I still really enjoy this game, it's story, and the overall feel of still being the god damned batman. Glad to see you decided to tough it out and play it, Scruffy. Edit: It also probably does Boss Fights better than the other two games, to be fair.
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TheOneTrueKing posted:Edit: It also probably does Boss Fights better than the other two games, to be fair. Boss fights...oh man... the design discussion those could prompt... I'll say this much. I think almost every bossfight in the game was designed by a completely different team.
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Discendo Vox posted:Boss fights...oh man... the design discussion those could prompt... I'll say this much. I think almost every bossfight in the game was designed by a completely different team.
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Apr 17, 2015 06:41
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Yvonmukluk posted:Or Ron Perlman, for that matter, if they were worried about voice acting chops. Or J. G. Hertzler who played him in Injustice and was an excellent alternative to Perlman.
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Well why not an update? The Enigma Riddle/Polsy - New character bio: Enigma Combat Challenge: Intensive Training/Polsy with Batman This combat challenge is actually really hard to meet for how early it shows up in the game, and Batman has higher score requirements than the other characters. This is also the one where I sunk into the ground while doing it as Deathstroke. It didn't go well.
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