Yautja_Warrior
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Mine shipped yesterday afternoon but has not arrived today so far, so looks like Monday now, no matter though, got lots to do on Witcher 3 until it arrives.
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Batman: Arkham Knight - Review Thread
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Arkham City had it's share of issues on PC.
There was a pretty wide spread .exe error with the first game too that was never resolved for many.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Where dat BioGamer Girl review at?
TIMtationX
Member
All these years I've been begging for the freaking Batmobile and these reviews are making it seem like its a chore to drive.
CrichtonKicks
Member
The latest game in your list came out in 2009, six years ago....
keltickennedy
Member
It's really not. The biggest hurdle I had was getting use to square to reverse. Other than that the controls are really tight. Reviewers generally aren't that great at games anyway.
It mainly sounds like the tank mode and some of the forced sequences. But even Kevin VanOrd said that it actually handled great. I think I will enjoy it for the most part, minus some of the forced sequences. I may not even mind those, personally. I will just have to wait and see.
I expect to see that review on the cover of the goty edition.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
It was. By Arkham City.
It's a problem with game design when you're making a series. Designers often think "bigger is better" which doesn't always work out.
The "open world" felt bland to me, and despite how much fun it was initially to fly around in it just slowed things down.
Feeling a little more nervous now. I played the games originally on 360 and PS3 before replaying on PC, so I guess they were all fixed by that point.
Of course I'd buy The Witcher on PS4 instead of PC and this on PC instead of PS4.
Hoping for the best!
I do too.
I'm sure WB will do the right thing. I've sold hundreds of thousands of Xbox Ones with my words; it'll only benefit them by putting my seal of approval on there for everyone to see.
Hah! No.
Serious answer, it kinda depends on what kind of games you like. AC is completely different than AA in design, AA was all about small(ish) scale metroidvania gameplay, while AC was made with the 'bigger and better' mentality and focussed on open world stuff.
I vastly prefer Arkham Asylum's approach, but I can understand why people would prefer City.
keltickennedy
Member
You're keeping my Batmobile hype alive with these posts. Good job
Let me put it this way... What are you looking for with the inclusion of the car?
NecromorphTX
Member
In another point, the soundtrack wasn't released yet, but a preview was uploaded yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C169Ddd5XAg
Publishers can block the share function if they want to. I'm guessing it will require a day one patch to activate it.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Compelling argument.
keltickennedy
Member
Yeah, streaming and shareplay is blocked until release. I think MKX did the same thing.
Arun1910
Member
Hmm, that's odd. I'm in the UK so many it's just America that can download the DLC so far.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
I vastly prefer City's improved combat, stealth, and environment traversal/navigation. And so does Metacritic (96 vs Asylum's 92). It doesn't reflect badly on Asylum, as it's a freaking excellent game in its own right (and one that I've 100%d more times than I can count by now...)
But, this is a thread about Arkham Knight's review scores, so I don't want to derail it with the good ol' "Asylum vs City" argument. I'm already excited, regardless of review scores, this being a new Arkham game by Rocksteady.
Glad to hear it.
CrichtonKicks
Member
This is me as well. I'm not an Open World> Everything guy in the slightest. I do enjoy AC's open world but just the core mechanical improvements are enough to put it above Asylum.
Good to hear. Come back and let us know if you still feel that way about the batmobile when you're deep into the story.
keltickennedy
Member
This is another thing that made me happy. AK is another big jump in the mechanics. Similar to the jump between AA to AC. Really glad that it doesn't just feel like an expansion like AO was after City.
Don't need to give a compelling argument. If you'd like one, pm LastNac and he can enlighten you on Uncharted 3 more eloquently than I ever could. Great game that deserves the critical acclaim rather than GAF's strange dismissal.
PRjumpman124
Member
I've heard that 'metroidvania' term thrown around for Asylum here a couple of times, but could someone actually explain it to me? I've played through the game numerous times and it's always felt like a linear affair (not that that's a bad thing). You get new gadgets and upgrades yes, but you're always heading towards where the story is pointing you to, not where you feel like. If it's just the dark tense atmosphere then I totally get it, but on the gameplay side of things I just don't see how Asylum is 'metroidvania'.
Yep. Origins was close tho.
Schweinehund
Member
Basically looks like you'll enjoy the game if you enjoyed the other Arkham games, it has the best combat/detective/stealth but is marred by forced Batmobile sequences, that are not terrible but they're not as entertaining as the other combat systems. Can't wait.
Wonder if there's any more comments on the redhood dlc.
Wonder if there's any more comments on the redhood dlc.
Well, he's right dude, they are. Every PS4 game has 1080p written on the back. Every Xbox One game has 1080p written on the back.
It's an indicator of output, not native frame buffer.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
Sounds great.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Either people are bitching about the Batmobile, bitching about Gamespot, bitching about the lack of pre-loads or are making me indescribably, insanely jealous by showing off their early copies while I have to wait until Monday evening.
Well, see you in the OT GAF, I'm out.
Well, see you in the OT GAF, I'm out.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Where's GameTrailers review?
Well, they're not wrong if they think it's shit, opinions and all.
What people need to remember (and this is incredibly trite so I don't know why it even needs to be said) but "opinions differ".
Even if the consensus is "x isn't fun", there will always be people who love x.
Wait till you play, the Batmobile may very well be your The order.
This is the main review I want to see.
Kevin Shields
Member
Lol what is up with the story. Some reviewers says that's best part of game and others say it's worse part. If nothing else, I'm intrigued.