What a game, I've spent the last three days in arkham city and still not finished. So much to see, the level of detail, event eh posters everywhere, brilliant game. Rivalling Deus Ex HR for my game fo the year, although still no finished this yet. Top game.
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awesome! I would suggest you make sure you're backing up your savegames, would be a shame to lose all that time! (as i did, almost twice)
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same as Arkham asylum was really. Plays great on the pc with a 360 pad being a windows live game, naturally.
Well if you are looking for a fallout, skyrim, deus ex type of game, this most certainly isn't the game to get then. I personally find them extremely boring walking around in a massive open world talking to everyone, having to pick every little single thing up etc. Having a ton of missions to choose from etc. etc.
As I said before this game is pretty much the same as arkham asylum, except in an open world and everything from the combat, gliding etc. has been improved vastly.
I wouldn't really say the game was a button smashing one either especially when you play on game + mode (no counter attack markers), maybe at the start it is, but as you progress further on, you have to use the gadgets available, time your attacks etc. you got different types of opponents, which can only be hit by stunning then doing an aerial attack, jumping over them, countering a range of knife attacks, having to stop them from getting guns etc.
Spiderman games for the xbox etc. are what I call button smashers
And this game does have the good old hanging above them in the shadows, making your moves taking one out at a time, however due to the improved AI, they will learn and disable that way that you got one of them last time e.g. if they see you on a gargoyle, they will start to shoot them to pieces meaning you can't use it, if you use a electro magnetic magnet thing to disarm them or to stun them, they will destroy them etc.
You then have missions, which involve you tracking someone down by analysing their blood or whatever and having to use the sonar vision gadget.
And of course you have riddlers challenges, which involve working out how to get them from locked prisms, answering a riddle by scanning the image/item.
The game is more about stealth than anything especially once the the thugs all get guns near the end.
And it isn't just a simple run through a corridor, go from one point to another, it is sort of like a puzzle, how to get past a blocked way or how to get from one point to another using e.g. a frost grenade and your bat claw.
Plus I have no problems with a K+M, very rarely got hit by the bad guys even on game + mode and was still able to use all gadgets during combat easily enough, obviously though the game will be much better with a 360 pad just like many other 3rd person view games
As I said before this game is pretty much the same as arkham asylum, except in an open world and everything from the combat, gliding etc. has been improved vastly.
I wouldn't really say the game was a button smashing one either especially when you play on game + mode (no counter attack markers), maybe at the start it is, but as you progress further on, you have to use the gadgets available, time your attacks etc. you got different types of opponents, which can only be hit by stunning then doing an aerial attack, jumping over them, countering a range of knife attacks, having to stop them from getting guns etc.
Spiderman games for the xbox etc. are what I call button smashers
And this game does have the good old hanging above them in the shadows, making your moves taking one out at a time, however due to the improved AI, they will learn and disable that way that you got one of them last time e.g. if they see you on a gargoyle, they will start to shoot them to pieces meaning you can't use it, if you use a electro magnetic magnet thing to disarm them or to stun them, they will destroy them etc.
You then have missions, which involve you tracking someone down by analysing their blood or whatever and having to use the sonar vision gadget.
And of course you have riddlers challenges, which involve working out how to get them from locked prisms, answering a riddle by scanning the image/item.
The game is more about stealth than anything especially once the the thugs all get guns near the end.
And it isn't just a simple run through a corridor, go from one point to another, it is sort of like a puzzle, how to get past a blocked way or how to get from one point to another using e.g. a frost grenade and your bat claw.
Plus I have no problems with a K+M, very rarely got hit by the bad guys even on game + mode and was still able to use all gadgets during combat easily enough, obviously though the game will be much better with a 360 pad just like many other 3rd person view games
Plus I have no problems with a K+M, very rarely got hit by the bad guys even on game + mode and was still able to use all gadgets during combat easily enough, obviously though the game will be much better with a 360 pad just like many other 3rd person view games
Actually i tried both and preferred K+M to the 360 pad, especially when using the mouse to look around and navigate while flying. So much nicer I found..
Soldato
Has this always been £39.99 on the Steam store?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/57400/
An odd move by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, very Activision like.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/57400/
An odd move by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, very Activision like.
lol, terrible price. Was £9.50 on Green Man Gaming on Boxing Day!
Over xmas it was £9.50 then £14.95 on GMG other places sold it under £20 only Steam are being greedy as the retail version is around £25 if you look around online for the best price.
Soldato
I'm loving this game apart from the seriously choppy framerate
even at 75% gpu usage it's all over the place in DX11 i thought the latest patch fixed this???
even at 75% gpu usage it's all over the place in DX11 i thought the latest patch fixed this???
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i'm happily playing DX9 at max it's a very good game , finished main story so just trotting around observing and collect riddler trophies, some of which are very bloody hard to get.
i'm looking forward to playing New game + once i've finished it fully.
If you catch wind of a update moogley then please update the thread and i will likewise.
Should just play the game in dx9 tbph, as said many times before you aren't going to notice that much of a difference especially when actually "playing".
Who knows as well, could be waiting for months.
Is there actually any word on another patch coming out?
The game play, story etc. is well worth sacrificing slightly fancier effects on the gargoyles and plants. The graphics even maxed in dx9 is still one of the best looking games this year IMO.
Game+ isn't much harder, once you get use to the no counter attack markers, the only really tough part is the last fight with joker and all of his gang.
Who knows as well, could be waiting for months.
Is there actually any word on another patch coming out?
The game play, story etc. is well worth sacrificing slightly fancier effects on the gargoyles and plants. The graphics even maxed in dx9 is still one of the best looking games this year IMO.
Game+ isn't much harder, once you get use to the no counter attack markers, the only really tough part is the last fight with joker and all of his gang.
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Soldato
That drove me mad on normal LOL
Lol ! Have fun on game+ then!
IIRC it took me 5 times to do it. Always had like 2 or 3 guys and the titan monster left in the end and 1 tiny bit of health left, as soon as I got hit and captured/killed, keyboard rage followed! ¬_¬ lol.
Make sure you use the gadgets, particularly the electro magnet gun, freeze grenades with plenty of jumping over the guys and the special combos as soon as there available.
! Have fun on game+ then! IIRC it took me 5 times to do it. Always had like 2 or 3 guys and the titan monster left in the end and 1 tiny bit of health left, as soon as I got hit and captured/killed, keyboard rage followed! ¬_¬ lol.
Make sure you use the gadgets, particularly the electro magnet gun, freeze grenades with plenty of jumping over the guys and the special combos as soon as there available.
Soldato
Lol
IIRC it took me 5 times to do it. Always had like 2 or 3 guys and the titan monster left in the end and 1 tiny bit of health left, as soon as I got hit and captured/killed, keyboard rage followed! ¬_¬ lol.
Make sure you use the gadgets, particularly the electro magnet gun, freeze grenades with plenty of jumping over the guys and the special combos as soon as there available.
Yeah i've just started using gadgets in fights i did 55% of the game just mashing the attack button but now i'm starting to string together 35+ combos,silent takdowns etc etc. Only thing i can't get to work is that move where it's supposed to knock people out if they are stunned on the ground, they always seem to get back up
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