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Also, Roger Craig Smith's Batman is more varied, definitely would LOVE his Batman to be in the Arkham Knight
You mean you would have loved it.
This. Are you me?
Also, Roger Craig Smith's Batman is more varied, definitely would LOVE his Batman to be in the Arkham Knight
I've recently played origins mostly because of the praise for the story from multiple places and personaly I found it massively underwhelming. So many characters are poorly written and the game seems to worship a completely psychotic batman.[snip]
Gameplay wise I thought the game was pretty decent, the game manages to squeeze some decent boss fights out of arkhams combat system and the detective stuff was a neat idea, it's a shame it boils down to find the red triangle put I appearicated the effort and hope arkham knight expands upon it.
If you actually read all this I apologise for my terrible grammar, I'm tired, and I have terrible grammar at the best of times
You mean you would have loved it.
Wish they got the guy from Origins to play Batman in Arkham Knight. Considering this is Batman at the end of his rope, everything's fucked, and he's backed into a corner, I want the snarling, vicious, angry Batman from Origins to return in Arkham Knight. Conroy has never done 'snarling, vicious, angry' that well.
I want Batman, not Chris Redfield. Conroy is Batman to me.
OK, nostalgia blinds you if you think Conroy is doing a good job in Arkham Knight then.
OK, nostalgia blinds you if you think Conroy is doing a good job in Arkham Knight then.
OK, nostalgia blinds you if you think Conroy is doing a good job in Arkham Knight then.
I remember you saying Conroy wasn't good at all before. Did you mean to say he was doing poorly in Arkham Knight?
Yeah, that's a little more than halfway through the main game.
I liked all the story and design stuff they did, but they completely fucked both the combat and stealth as far as I'm concerned.
I seem to be one of the few people here on GAF that legitimately enjoyed all 3 games. Origins is pretty good with the exception of 3 things:
-rhythm for combat is off
-open world is largely empty and fairly boring
-glitches and WB basically saying that they will not be fixing the game
Those problems make it my least favorite out of the 3 but its still a good time and a good game.
I really like it, and actually prefer Batman's voice actor in this one to Conroy, as blasphemous as that sounds.
The whole dark knight unlock challenge system was horribly flawed though.
I don't think the combat felt as good as the previous games. I liked the detective stuff, though.
I really don't think they messed up the combat at all. Taking out the Remote Electrical Charge was smart, it's way more overpowered than the Shock Gloves. Enemy variety is also much better, and the boss fights are in different league altogether. Mr. Freeze is the best boss fight Rocksteady have come up with so far, and it's more of stealth puzzle than a combat encounter. None of their other boss fights really take full advantage of the combat mechanics the way the ones in Origins do.
I am willing to entertain the idea that many of the new concepts in Origins were borrowed from Arkham Knight while it was still in development though.
On a macro scale, Origin's combat is fine. The stuff it added (aside from the concussion grenade) are great. There's definitely some spotty balance as far as inconsistent attack lock-on (some of Batman's attacks whiffing when they should've landed, beatdowns breaking when countering other enemies mid beatdown), enemies attack frequencies and stun-recovery times quickened (enemies not caught in initial blast running straight through smoke as if it's not there) without Batman moves being adjusted to account for it, some old animations looking really slow compared to the newer ones, that aerial attack being extended to the point it's not useful, and so forth. That it's more challenging is great, but it's challenging for the wrong reasons. Arkham City's combat is easier at low enemy numbers, but it scales well to more difficult encounters where breaking a combo is always the player's fault (e.g. in the Joker's Carnival challenge). The average fight in Origins is more challenging, but in bigger fights or extra challenges, the micro-level problems become really evident. If those faster/more frequent enemy attacks were properly adjusted for and the electric gauntlets were better balanced, it would be an improvement. Hopefully AK adopts the positives of Origins' combat while fixing its problems.
YES^^ We should make a challenge rooms thread when Arkham Knight is out and post videos of epic fights. (no spamming evade rolls allowed) lol.
The guy who runs the Batman Arkham Videos Youtube account is really good at the game, but he uses evade a lot. There was another guy who posted videos who almost never evaded and got exceptionally high scores too. At any given moment, he would do the best/coolest thing without playing it safe and would still never break a combo. Wish I could find those videos again.
I wish I could be as good at challenges like this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rG_SZE5P-U
From the initial viewing of the video.. and my much lower scores in challenges knowledge.. it appears he uses attacks, reversals, and shock gloves. I saw the batclaw used once, and as well the 360 bat stun maneuver twice. What's his trick?
In origins is pretty easy to get the high scores in the combat challenges. Basically just do beatdowns every chance you get, watch your back and reverse when you need to but after adopting that method, I 3 starred every challenge, only had to retry a few.
EDIT: actually I take that back...that might have been Arkham City.
That is definitely a method. Though you would end up getting an even bigger score with the multiple variation bonuses topped with a no hit with flawless freeflow run.
I know I'm in the minority, but it's my favorite of the 3. It didn't reinvent the wheel, but it had my favorite story of the Arkham games, one that kept me captivated the whole way through, so because of that it's my favorite.
Wish they got the guy from Origins to play Batman in Arkham Knight. Considering this is Batman at the end of his rope, everything's fucked, and he's backed into a corner, I want the snarling, vicious, angry Batman from Origins to return in Arkham Knight. Conroy has never done 'snarling, vicious, angry' that well.
YES^^ We should make a challenge rooms thread when Arkham Knight is out and post videos of epic fights. (no spamming evade rolls allowed) lol.
I wish I could be as good at challenges like this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rG_SZE5P-U
From the initial viewing of the video.. and my much lower scores in challenges knowledge.. it appears he uses attacks, reversals, and shock gloves. I saw the batclaw used once, and as well the 360 bat stun maneuver twice. What's his trick?
What is the criticism behind the Wii U version and the Shock Gloves? I just got them, and they are working fine so far.
The Vita followup was actually really cool too. You should try it out. Don't know how the HD one on psn is though