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rekameohs

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rekameohs: 2015-06-26 12:16:43 am

rekameohs: 2015-06-26 12:16:02 am

2015-06-26 12:15:38 am

Anywhere, everywhere

Quote from arkarian:

kinda worried that the combat system has remained the same, since it was the reason i couldn't finish arkham city

i'll definitely check out knight eventually though, just because it's batman

Ah, really? Well, the combat is indeed nearly identical. I understand that it's extremely simple (not really technical like Bayonetta or something), but it's so flashy and animated so well that I can get behind it even it is pretty repetitive.

And as for "just because it's Batman", I will say that all of these games are the absolute best ways to "feel" like Batman, whatever that means. I like the Nolan films, but I will say that Bale might not have believably portrayed the character as intimidating to criminals as you're able to Arkham Knight, for instance.

Right now, I would easily say that Asylum is my favorite, followed by City, followed by Knight. Haven't played Origins, but I've actually heard good things about it. What I'd really want is this same engine with an Adam West Batman. That would be the shiiit.

[quote="arkarian"]kinda worried that the combat system has remained the same, since it was the reason i couldn't finish arkham city

i'll definitely check out knight eventually though, just because it's batman[/quote]
Ah, really? Well, the combat is indeed nearly identical. I understand that it's extremely simple (not really technical like Bayonetta or something), but it's so flashy and animated so well that I can get behind it even it is pretty repetitive.

And as for "just because it's Batman", I will say that all of these games are the absolute best ways to "feel" like Batman, whatever that means. I like the Nolan films, but I will say that Bale might not have believably portrayed the character as intimidating to criminals as you're able to Arkham Knight, for instance.

Right now, I would easily say that Asylum is my favorite, followed by City, followed by Knight. Haven't played Origins, but I've actually heard good things about it. What I'd [i]really[/i] want is this same engine with an Adam West Batman. That would be the shiiit.

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:16:52 am

red chamber dream

i really loved asylum, but city just didn't do it for me. the combat somehow never clicked like it did in asylum, and i never seemed to able to pull off the combos i wanted. i realize i'm just a dumbass but dunno, couldn't figure it out

Toozin

2015-06-26 12:19:06 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I'm actually loving the Batmobile. Super fun zooming around the city annihilating everything, then launching yourself into the air and gliding around for a bazillion feet. I think it's integrated pretty well and going between car and foot is seamless no matter what you're doing.

Origins gets a bad rap. It's the worst in the series for sure but that doesn't make it bad. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:20:44 am

red chamber dream

i dunno, i don't really hold the series in such high regard as most people ... asylum was good, but it wasn't amazing, and if a game isn't as good as asylum i'm not sure it's worth playing

Turtle

2015-06-26 12:23:41 am

I like turtles.

Quote from arkarian:

i really loved asylum, but city just didn't do it for me. the combat somehow never clicked like it did in asylum, and i never seemed to able to pull off the combos i wanted. i realize i'm just a dumbass but dunno, couldn't figure it out

That's interesting; I always found that the first game had the least polished and "clicky" combat. Did very well at everything else, but there were just those couple of kinks to work out in the mook fights, and bosses were probably the biggest stain on its record.

Quote from Toozin:

I'm actually loving the Batmobile. Super fun zooming around the city annihilating everything, then launching yourself into the air and gliding around for a bazillion feet. I think it's integrated pretty well and going between car and foot is seamless no matter what you're doing.

Origins gets a bad rap. It's the worst in the series for sure but that doesn't make it bad. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

The Batmobile is actually a really cool mechanic. Everything about it is done well, I think it's just more that the developers have such a fetish for it that it just. keeps. happening.

Quote from arkarian:

i dunno, i don't really hold the series in such high regard as most people ... asylum was good, but it wasn't amazing, and if a game isn't as good as asylum i'm not sure it's worth playing

How into Batman's mythology are you? I know a big part of what keeps me coming back to the series as a whole is that even in its changes as an adaptation of the comics, it's really respectful and smart about its relationship to them.

[quote="arkarian"]i really loved asylum, but city just didn't do it for me. the combat somehow never clicked like it did in asylum, and i never seemed to able to pull off the combos i wanted. i realize i'm just a dumbass but dunno, couldn't figure it out[/quote]
That's interesting; I always found that the first game had the least polished and "clicky" combat.  Did very well at everything else, but there were just those couple of kinks to work out in the mook fights, and bosses were probably the biggest stain on its record.

[quote="Toozin"]I'm actually loving the Batmobile. Super fun zooming around the city annihilating everything, then launching yourself into the air and gliding around for a bazillion feet. I think it's integrated pretty well and going between car and foot is seamless no matter what you're doing.

Origins gets a bad rap. It's the worst in the series for sure but that doesn't make it bad. I enjoyed it quite a bit.[/quote]
The Batmobile is actually a really cool mechanic.  Everything about it is done well, I think it's just more that the developers have such a fetish for it that it just. keeps. happening.

[quote="arkarian"]i dunno, i don't really hold the series in such high regard as most people ... asylum was good, but it wasn't amazing, and if a game isn't as good as asylum i'm not sure it's worth playing[/quote]
How into Batman's mythology are you?  I know a big part of what keeps me coming back to the series as a whole is that even in its changes as an adaptation of the comics, it's really respectful and smart about its relationship to them.

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:24:16 am

red chamber dream

i love batman, but city didn't do anything that wasn't already covered by asylum tbh

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:24:32 am

red chamber dream

city just had a huge, boring as fuck overworld with nothing to do and shitloads of crappy enemies

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:24:51 am

red chamber dream

asylum is a masterpiece in comparison

Toozin

2015-06-26 12:25:33 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

You won't like Knight then. The world is even bigger.

Turtle

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Turtle: 2015-06-26 12:26:09 am

2015-06-26 12:25:53 am

I like turtles.

You weren't a fan of the Riddler and casefile sidequests, I take it? I thought City had plenty to do.

rekameohs

2015-06-26 12:25:58 am

Anywhere, everywhere

I thought Asylum WAS amazing, but it's entirely possible that I was just used to licensed properties from the PS2/GC era that were just dogshit. Like, I remember Spider-Man 2 being the "best" movie game out there, but I went back to it lately and it aged positivitely horribly.

Toozin

2015-06-26 12:27:12 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Nah Asylum still holds up.

rekameohs

2015-06-26 12:27:13 am

Anywhere, everywhere

And I liked the Riddler stuff a lot, hence why I like City, but I still like Asylum more. Knight is just a little off-putting right now with the Batmobile but that's how I am with most vehicles in games

Turtle

2015-06-26 12:28:00 am

I like turtles.

Could be worse, could be the incredibly arbitrary and poor-handling dune buggies in Jak 3.

rekameohs

2015-06-26 12:29:11 am

Anywhere, everywhere

I call myself a Naughty Dog fan, but I've never played a single Jak

Turtle

2015-06-26 12:30:09 am

I like turtles.

Three different genres in one series!

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-06-26 12:30:37 am

2015-06-26 12:30:26 am

red chamber dream

Quote from Turtle:

You weren't a fan of the Riddler and casefile sidequests, I take it? I thought City had plenty to do.

the riddler sidequests were probably my favorite part of asylum. i hated how city turned them into bullshit tasks that took forever to figure out and do, and half of them you had to remember and come back to way later in the game

Quote from Toozin:

You won't like Knight then. The world is even bigger.

i don't mind as long as there's actually stuff to do in it.

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:31:14 am

red chamber dream

turtle i'm so glad you didn't like the buggies in jak 3

god that game was awful ... and i fucking LOVED jak ii

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:31:39 am

red chamber dream

jak ii is a god damn masterpiece, if you haven't played that game, you really need to play the first jak and daxter

then play ii and go WTF, and then eventually love it

Turtle

2015-06-26 12:32:18 am

I like turtles.

I loved 2 and 3, but the entire desert area was just incredibly annoying to me along with all the missions in it. It kind of... ahem... MARred the experience that I felt was more pure in 2.

Toozin

2015-06-26 12:32:49 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I think there's plenty to do, but I thought that about City as well so I dunno what to tell you.

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:32:50 am

red chamber dream

3 was entirely the desert though, plus some boring-ass way underdeveloped city parts

arkarian

2015-06-26 12:33:18 am

red chamber dream

what is there to do in city besides the riddler challenges? like the wing challenges or whatever, but those got so old so fast

Turtle

2015-06-26 12:35:05 am

I like turtles.

Quote from arkarian:

what is there to do in city besides the riddler challenges? like the wing challenges or whatever, but those got so old so fast

There are, like, five different supervillains whose quests are almost completely optional. And Azrael.

Quote from arkarian:

3 was entirely the desert though, plus some boring-ass way underdeveloped city parts

There were a lot of dungeons and missions and things that I liked, I guess. I don't disagree with you on either of those counts, really, but I guess I found it to be greater than the sum of its parts?

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-06-26 12:36:09 am

2015-06-26 12:36:00 am

red chamber dream

weird how i don't remember any dungeons at all

just lots and lots of driving with the absolute shittiest controls because you couldn't get anywhere unless you drove