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Post by The Shad on Aug 31, 2011 18:48:18 GMT
Played Arkham City demo at Fanexpo. It was just the bit where you rescue Catwoman from Two-Face.
Based on that level alone, brilliant, brilliant game.
-edit-Also, thread title changed.
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Post by Samface on Oct 21, 2011 8:40:09 GMT
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Oct 21, 2011 14:26:51 GMT
I'm getting the Robin edition for Xmas. I may ask my sister if she can get me it as she was taking orders the other day.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 21, 2011 18:05:54 GMT
>play all day long >be a measly 6% through the game >
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Oct 21, 2011 19:59:30 GMT
I got it today too, special Robin pack and all. I can tell already I'll be playing this one for much longer than the last game.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Oct 22, 2011 15:37:08 GMT
Got the collector's edition like the [censored] I am.
Finally played a little. So much menace. Loving it.
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Post by Samface on Oct 23, 2011 8:51:37 GMT
I'm enjoying it, but I'm wondering if it's a bit too generous with stuff to do - it seems to lack the focus of the last one. Also I'm having trouble getting the hang of the expanded gliding moveset. Also also, giving some thugs night-vision goggles so they can see you on the gargoyles is totally cheating What I really want to know is if Calendar Man's blathering about Hallowe'en is just a reference to The Long Halloween or a hint of a third game in the series. EDIT: Never mind, I think I just figured out that last bit - one of the Achievements is "have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man" and I think the idea is you go back and talk to him at different times of the year and he'll wax lyrical about different holidays - right now he's talking about Hallowe'en because it's almost Hallowe'en. Which is genius.
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Post by Alex on Oct 23, 2011 17:25:05 GMT
Just finished the game. Honestly would be happy to call it the game of the year right now. I can't wait to see where they go from here.
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Post by Arch_one_zero_one on Oct 23, 2011 18:14:21 GMT
Just finished the game. Honestly would be happy to call it the game of the year right now. I can't wait to see where they go from here. I second this. Was slightly sceptical about getting this over Assassins Creed: Revelations (cant justify getting both this close to Christmas), since when I think back to the first, I remember enjoying it, yet feeling quite underwhelmed considering all the hype. With Arkham City, it's the opposite - the hype is totally justified, in my opinion. As far as where they go from here - as much as I'd like another Batman game, I'd quite like to see how they handled another superhero like Superman/Green Lantern/The Flash/etc. If anyone can make them work in a game, it's Rocksteady.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Oct 24, 2011 16:26:04 GMT
Woah. Didn't expect it to end like that.
Amazing game.
I kinda imagine they'll be thinking about doing an "Arkhamverse" Superman game. Metropolis and Keystone are mentioned in the game.
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Post by Arch_one_zero_one on Oct 24, 2011 22:35:55 GMT
The writer of Arkham City did say that he wanted to tackle Superman if given the chance.
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Post by Alex on Oct 25, 2011 10:25:06 GMT
Personally, what I'd love to see is a Batman game taken on kind of like AC:Brotherhood. There are so many protagonists in the Bat-universe that would make for a great multiplayer component in that way. It'd also be great to see stuff like the Catwoman character switching expanded into telling multiple versions of the same story across the various Bat-heroes.
There's definitely at least one more game to eke out of this concept - but I have to admit that seeing an 'Arkhamverse' series of DC games (and/or comics) down the years to come would be pretty awesome. A good Superman game is, afterall, majorly, majorly overdue.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Oct 25, 2011 11:20:30 GMT
That could work, you've certainly got enough in the "Batman Family" to make multiplayer/coop work.
In my mind, a Superman game is probably the next evolution of the engine. First game: restrictive, second game: more free running-ny, third game: You can fly!. Plus you've got Titan making some enemies a lot stronger, or kryptonite knuckles. Game play wise, beyond swimming and a bigger play area cant see what else they can do with The Bat.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 27, 2011 9:45:14 GMT
Finished it last night (well, I say finished, I'm miles off done!).
The ending certainly is a shocker, but let's not forget who the final boss is. That's a safety net if they ever need one for a sequel.
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Post by Alex on Oct 27, 2011 11:26:08 GMT
Finished it last night (well, I say finished, I'm miles off done!). The ending certainly is a shocker, but let's not forget who the final boss is. That's a safety net if they ever need one for a sequel. They killed off Joker 'cos Mark Hamill said he's physically incapable of doing the Joker again - it takes so much out of him. He wasn't keen on coming back for this game until he saw the script. For once, I think it's safe to say that dead is dead.
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Post by The Shad on Oct 27, 2011 12:14:38 GMT
He said he'd come back for an adaptation of the Killing Joke. Only that, though.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Oct 27, 2011 16:54:05 GMT
There's rumours going around Mark might be the Joker, again. I suspect they might end up trying to keep Joker dead until they reboot the Batman game franchise. Because they changed Harley Quinn's VA.
So no one is going to talk about the bombshell? The most easily miss-able thing in City?
To be honest I didn't know about it until I was in a spoiler thread on a different fourm. Yeah. Also [censored]ing Riddler challenges. Want Killing Joke cartoon now plzEdit: For the Riddler Challenges you just need to get 400. It can be a mix of Catwoman and Batman. Which is nice.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 29, 2011 22:00:54 GMT
So no one is going to talk about the bombshell? The most easily miss-able thing in City? Assuming you mean this (MASSIVE SPOILER): i.imgur.com/sAR2j.jpgIt could mean anything, it could mean nothing. It's potentially very interesting, though, and I'd love to know if it was Dini's idea or one of the graphic artists threw it in there as a bonus. I got all the bios, woo! I've done all the side missions except Riddler's and Acts of Violence. What a game. GOTY easily.
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Post by Samface on Oct 30, 2011 11:47:42 GMT
Finished the main game yesterday, still got a few side missions to polish off. I was a little disappointed by the ending, it seemed very abrupt. Although, to be fair, it may have been due to the way I played it - after the fight with Freeze, I took several hours out to do most of the sidequests before heading back to the main storyline and playing that through to the end. Even so, it was a bit "HEY explosions climb a tower here's Strange whoops he's dead it was Ra's he's dead too ish Joker's fine no he's not hi Clayface Joker's dead too the end". Anyway, I think on balance I preferred the first game, but this was still a damn fine slice of electronic entertainment.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Oct 30, 2011 19:53:14 GMT
So no one is going to talk about the bombshell? The most easily miss-able thing in City? Assuming you mean this (MASSIVE SPOILER): i.imgur.com/sAR2j.jpgIt could mean anything, it could mean nothing. It's potentially very interesting, though, and I'd love to know if it was Dini's idea or one of the graphic artists threw it in there as a bonus. I got all the bios, woo! I've done all the side missions except Riddler's and Acts of Violence. What a game. GOTY easily. Its definitely something more than "for the lulz". Harley modifies a lullaby during the credits. Just got the Catwoman trophies to go. Then Riddler's Revenge.
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Post by Samface on Oct 31, 2011 21:47:58 GMT
Quick heads-up - it appears that if you want the Storyteller achievement you have to go and chat to Calendar Man actually on the holiday - he just told me a little Hallowe'en anecdote. The calendar by his cell indicates which specific days you have to visit him (I must admit ignorance to a couple. What happens in mid-August?).
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 31, 2011 22:51:30 GMT
Feast Day of St. Roch, apparently, though I profess ignorance on that one.
It seems I must attack SEVEN MILLION INFORMANTS before my map is full of Riddler item locations.
I think I need one, maybe two, political prisoners. Then the hard AR training. And the Riddles.
Nightwing tomorrow!
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Post by Samface on Oct 31, 2011 22:53:40 GMT
Explain plz? I was wondering where he'd got to. Is there some DLC coming out tomorrow or summat?
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Nov 1, 2011 10:49:46 GMT
I did the first little bit of Zsasz's phone game last night, found a couple of political prisoners, and I'm helping Bane track down some TITAN stashes.
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Post by madhair60 on Nov 1, 2011 10:58:09 GMT
I bought this yesterday for Steam, and now my PC is broken. THIS SUCKS
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