Batman - Arkham Knight

46.94....Sold.

Went free P&P tho, I'll probably regret that when ye are all playing it and I am still waiting for it.

So is AK actually going to be difficult this time around? I love the Arkham series but that's because I'm a batman fan... the games on their own are actually really bad if you think about it. Predator areas redeem it somewhat but the combat, outside of trying to be a perfectionist with lots of combos... are damn awful. Mash one button and you never lose.

So does anyone know if it's still just press 1 button to remain invincible or will there actually be some challenge to hand-to-hand combat this time around? Would love an Arkham game that isn't made around casual Ass Creed mechanics.

The MP on origins was fun when it worked, not much longevity but still fun.

maximoose wrote: »

I don't think the games are particularly hard, but play on hard difficulty or NG+/I am the Night mode - you couldn't last long mashing one button.

I've done that with all the Arkham games so far and was upset that the indicators still appear on Hard mode in AC until at least one playthrough. It's still way too easy and yes you won't WIN by mashing one button unless you're a fan of cheesing em' out for an hour but you can still survive with button mashing. There's really no depth to the enemies and I honestly don't know why they even have that attack indicator like a spider sense... the enemies are not exactly hard to predict the game almost slows their animation as they come in and most enemies don't do more than one hit. Seriously, who throws ONE punch? They should occasionally or randomly throw their second fist at you, or try knee or headbutt or something after you block or grab their arm/fist, and then maybe have some mechanism where you have to strategically do it again for whatever their next attack is. Kinda like the martial arts dudes from AO but done MUCH better and with more variety of course.

From what we know from the previous games they'll keep adding in more weapons to make it seem like there's any kind of depth to the combat.

Robert ninja wrote: »

I've done that with all the Arkham games so far and was upset that the indicators still appear on Hard mode in AC until at least one playthrough. It's still way too easy and yes you won't WIN by mashing one button unless you're a fan of cheesing em' out for an hour but you can still survive with button mashing. There's really no depth to the enemies and I honestly don't know why they even have that attack indicator like a spider sense... the enemies are not exactly hard to predict the game almost slows their animation as they come in and most enemies don't do more than one hit. Seriously, who throws ONE punch? They should occasionally or randomly throw their second fist at you, or try knee or headbutt or something after you block or grab their arm/fist, and then maybe have some mechanism where you have to strategically do it again for whatever their next attack is. Kinda like the martial arts dudes from AO but done MUCH better and with more variety of course.

From what we know from the previous games they'll keep adding in more weapons to make it seem like there's any kind of depth to the combat.

Fair point, but this isn't mortal combat, it's a batman game.
I think that since the combat is only one element of the game, they did a good job of it.

Corvo wrote: »

Never mind all this talk of the game - who is the Arkham Knight? Theories please!

Thought we were going with , no?

sheehy83 wrote: »

Yupp either him or

Hush

. Hoping it's

Todd

though

Been quite some time since I indulged in the comics -

maximoose wrote: »

Yeah,

he was killed by the Joker in 'A Death in the Family' story.. reintroduced in the Hush storyline and then comes back as the Red Hood (I think?!)

Confusing myself thinking about it.

And then he was one of the

Ohhhh.... Gameplay footage you say?

*ding ding ding*

Roll up, roll up as we begin the "Can It Live Up To The Hype?" Game :pac:

*Klaxon sound effect, studio audience clapping*

I'm going to say NO it won't, it'll still be a decent game, great even, maybe the best of the 4, but the Hype train will have it's wicked way. Over a barrel the franchise will be put :pac:

Cormac... wrote: »

Ohhhh.... Gameplay footage you say?

*ding ding ding*

Roll up, roll up as we begin the "Can It Live Up To The Hype?" Game :pac:

*Klaxon sound effect, studio audience clapping*

I'm going to say NO it won't, it'll still be a decent game, great even, maybe the best of the 4, but the Hype train will have it's wicked way. Over a barrel the franchise will be put :pac:

Please mind the gap. Please mind the gap.

ALLLLL ABOOOAAAAAAARRRDDDD!

CHOO CHOOOOOOO

Trailer is very good, but did Kevin Conroy seem like he finally got fed up voicing Batman to anyone else.
They were just bland reads to me. Especially 1:57 - 2:10

Didn't really like the vehicle sections, especially the larger tank type vehicle

Corvo wrote: »

Didn't really like the vehicle sections, especially the larger tank type vehicle

It's definitely painting a different picture to the cinematic trailer we saw

sheehy83 wrote: »

Could probably Conroy giving an older, more worn out performance as I'd say Bats is fairly sick of guys in costumes threatening the city and it's always down to him to save yet taxpayers money going straight to the cops who still give him the evils every now and again.

I thought he sounded like a younger Batman.

And he looks a lot younger too compared to City.

I'd prefer if he looked and sounded like an older/wiser Batman.

Regarding the trailer, it certainly looks good, but I'm not going to leap aboard the hype train just yet, I do not like the look of the tank battle bits at all, the game in general looks like more of the same gameplay wise (not a bad thing), but with glorious graphics this time.


EDIT, just realised I preordered this ages ago at that low price on Amazon, so much about not hyping it

Mr Freeze wrote: »

EDIT, just realised I preordered this ages ago at that low price on Amazon, so much about not hyping it

Same here, £37 with pre order DLC ain't bad

Cormac... wrote: »

Same here, £37 with pre order DLC ain't bad

There's DLC already?

Cormac... wrote: »

Robbed the driving mechanics right out of Destiny they did! :mad::rolleyes::pac::o

I'm pretty sure Destiny used that from other games too.
The ability to slide to the side is nowhere near an original concept....but as with others, I have no real interest in the batmobile.
It's not needed as a mode of transport as we've been flying across Arkham in no time for the last few games

Ace Chemicals Infiltration Part 2

maximoose wrote: »

New photos of the collector's edition statue have potentially spoiled the ending

I would be delighted with that ending.
I was thinking it might be the case anyways.

So long as they still

The Amazon picture on their website has removed the give away. I'd say they really messed up there