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[AquaParade]

Lol!

Entered this thread, prepared to talk about Arkham Knight, with memories of Peanut tearing into me for implying Arkham Asylum/city were great games, and lo and behold...

Ah, long time ago now, I suppose. This was also around the time I was heavily defending Crysis 2, which wasn't my shining moment, although I still like that game.

Still, the Arkham series is great, not perfect, but superb in a lot of ways, especially for fans of Batman. Anyone trying to hide out in this little hole in the web and call it a poor game series, can have my deepest laughter. Although, for my money, I would rather see someone, say Starbreeze studios, tackle a methodical first person adventure Batman game.

[Peanut]

Good games with serious flaws? Yes.

It's just one of those franchises that draws in a bigger crowd (cause Batman) who don't realize they can enjoy something a lot and still admit it has faults, which Asylum/City have in spades.

I've heard this one sh*ts the bed with the Batmobile stuff, but as I'll never play it I'll probably just stay out of the discussion, much the way I did with Origins.

Also, way to simplify that argument and create some nonsense narrative. Still a tool.

[TigerClaw]

Just picked up Batman: Arkham Knight for the Xbox One at the Midnight Launch.

[snake]

I'm burnt out on arkham games. We need a good superman game that fits the lighthearted tone of the charactee. That would be cool.

[Leo656]

It shouldn't be so hard to make a Superman game. They had some okay ones, and some mediocre ones that had some terrific ideas that deserved a much better game. The Xbox one from 2003 or so should have been better. It had everything it needed to be an awesome comics-based game, which they hadn't even attempted since 1993, but the combat was repetitive and the constant 2-second time limit stages were bullsh*t. The story was there, the stages were there, the characters were there, the bad guys, it had EVERYTHING, but it was needlessly frustrating to the point it was barely even fun. Take out the impossible time limit objectives and it'd be okay. All the Phantom Zone and outer space stuff was great, the whole thing was just broken. It was on the right track, though. As it was, I beat it in a day, and it was a long, frustrating day.

Superman Returns wasn't bad, it's just got zero replay value. Once you beat it, that's it. The flying is great, Metropolis is huge and all the objectives and challenges that pop up are cool, it's kinda like the Spider-Man movie games in that regard, but in that same vein, it's not very original, and after you beat it, the only things that happen are the same fights you played a hundred times in the main game, so it's pointless. They do a great job of mixing the movie with the comics universe, I will say that. Between Mongul and Mxyzptlk and Bizarro, and a bunch of others, and the fact that it hardly even pays attention to the movie's plot at all, it feels much more like a game based on the comics, where he just happens to look like Brandon Routh. It's okay, I mean it's probably the best Superman game, but it's very short and there's nothing to really keep you coming back once you beat it.

Shadow of Apokolips for PS2/GC was pretty good. I know a ton of Superman games get announced and then scrapped, it feels like they must pay so much for the license they can't manage to make a decent game with what's left. I mean, it should be easy. Guy flies around, shoots lasers, hits things, throws stuff... I mean it could be generic as all hell but there's already a million good games with stuff like that. It can't be that hard to put a cape on it.

[Peanut]

AP still sloppy as sh*t with them edits, too.

Originally Posted by snake

I'm burnt out on arkham games. We need a good superman game that fits the lighthearted tone of the charactee. That would be cool.

I just want Rocksteady to put their considerable talent to work on something original and/or different at this point. Batman has been in the mainstream spotlight for too long now, he feels tired. I'm a very casual Batman fan though, so maybe that's just me.

[Digital Ghost]

Playing Arkham Knight as well... enjoying it quite a bit but then, I'm a long time fan. Seems improved over previous iterations. Glad I picked up the console version, given how terrible it apparently is on the PC. Also, the fact that WB cancelled the Batmobile Edition less than a week before launch. I hadn't preordered it but it definitely blows for those that did.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I wanna get Arkham Knight, but just not sure for which system

[Cure]

Arkham Knight is fun, but the Batmobile suuuuuuuuuuucks. It's made even worse because so much of the game revolves around it.

[Slade]

Originally Posted by Cure

Arkham Knight is fun, but the Batmobile suuuuuuuuuuucks. It's made even worse because so much of the game revolves around it.

Played for a few minutes today, but I agree with this.

[MrTMNT2012]

Originally Posted by Cure

Arkham Knight is fun, but the Batmobile suuuuuuuuuuucks. It's made even worse because so much of the game revolves around it.

How exactly? Btw your second point should be pretty obvious considering the Batmobile is ON THE FREAKING COVER of the Game!

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

How exactly? Btw your second point should be pretty obvious considering the Batmobile is ON THE FREAKING COVER of the Game!

He's saying its a shame because the Batmobile stuff drags the game down.

It wouldn't be such an issue but there's a TON of forced Batmobile stuff and it just.....isn't great to say the least. Clunky and weird.

[CyberCubed]

Yeah, the Batmobile is really bothering me for some reason. The gameplay around it isn't as fun as I imagined it to be. The rest of the game is more of the same...but considering this is the fourth game in the series its starting to feel too same-y like Assassin's Creed almost.

I've only played about 3 hours so far, but I'm ashamed to admit I actually enjoyed the beginning of Arkham Origins a lot more. I don't know, I think this series might finally be feeling franchise fatigue.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

How exactly? Btw your second point should be pretty obvious considering the Batmobile is ON THE FREAKING COVER of the Game!

That doesn't mean it should be half the game. It sucks how so many switches and levers require it. And the traversal puzzles with it are not fun.

It's just clunky and not as interesting as playing as Batman himself.

[Ninjinister]

Yeah the #1 complaint I'm hearing about the game is the Batmobile being unwieldy. Actually probably #2 after "obvious identities" of characters.

Spoiler:

Arkham Knight being Jason and Joker being technically the final boss

[Netkeeper]

Backlog progress: coming up on the end of Earthbound, finished the main quest in Alpha Sapphire but I'm thinking about 100%ing it, and getting close to the end of Dual Destinies. Feeling pretty good about all of it, too. For a few days my hand was injured so I could only play touch screen or one-handed games so I really made some progress on those three.

No new purchases but I did order a PS2 component cable which should be here today. Going to spend some money on controllers and accessories while I tackle my backlog before going to get more things for it. I don't actually have any first party Gamecube controllers and this really needs to be remedied.

...That said, my brother's talking about buying Splatoon, which I'm excited about [because that means I won't have to pay for it myself]!

[MrTMNT2012]

While the Arkham Knight wasn't the most surprising reveal, it was exactly who I wanted it to be for a compelling story.

Also this game might just have the Greatest Ending to a Batman 'thing' ever...

[Netkeeper]

Backlog's pretty full up on games, so instead of buying new ones, I just went to replace some broken controllers. And I came across a Wavebird in the process.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Congrats on that Wavebird controller Net!

[Powder]

Translucent blue. Good taste.