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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 25, 2013 20:33:05 GMT -5
I managed to get in I just had to leave it alone for a while... I literally walked away and played Pokemon X for like an hour... and I came back I was at the menu screen.
Didn't play much but from what I did it's more of the same which is a good thing in my book.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 25, 2013 20:38:24 GMT -5
I'll get it eventually. The reviews I have read makes this sound like the video game version of a cover band doing an album based on my favorite band. Everything is familiar and hits the familiar beats, but something is.....off.
Interestingly enough every review I have read says it is the best story in the Arkham series.
But yeah this is definitely a Christmas wishlist/buy with Christmas gift cards type purchase to me. That and I have too many other games I am playing right now. Playing Pokemon Y, Ace Attorney 5, and GTA5 while hoping to get time to finish Ni no Kuni, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Shin Megami Tensei IV, and start Tales of Xillia. I pretty much have no time right now for Arkham Origins.
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Post by Renslayer on Oct 25, 2013 21:12:45 GMT -5
For those who've played the game, how is it so far?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2013 21:16:26 GMT -5
For those who've played the game, how is it so far? I love it. The quickfire controls seem to have been changed a little, so that's gonna take a while to get used to. And like everyone else here has been saying, the fact that it's more of the same is hardly a bad thing.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Oct 26, 2013 8:12:53 GMT -5
Electrocutioner is the easiest boss fight ever.
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Oct 26, 2013 14:13:13 GMT -5
It's impressive just how many of the assets from the previous two games have been recycled/reskinned in "Arkham Origins." Examples: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}- the Scarecrow hallucinations and levels reappear, respectively, in the form of Copperhead's neurotoxin and the Mad Hatter's Wonderland.
- the multiple copy Ra's Al-Ghul and Clayface fights reappear during Copperhead's boss battle.
- the Poison Ivy side-scrolling boss battle reappears as the Firefly boss battle.
- the hand-to-hand combat during Ra's Al-Ghul's boss battle reappears during the Deathstroke boss battle.
- the remote controlled takedown of Zsasz in Arkham Aslyum reappears given how you beat the Mad Hatter.
- the mission to destroy containers of the Titan chemical reappear as the Black Mask drug cache.
- the League of Shadows ninjas reappear in the form of Lady Shiva's minions.
- the Bane boss fights reappear as, well, Bane boss fights (although in "Origins" they have a lot more variety now).
- the Riddler challenges reappear as the radio towers/blackmail files.
- the Penguin multi-man arena battles reappear as arena battles.
- knife fighters, enforcers (like the Abramovici Twins), snipers, etc. from the previous games are all reused in a similar way in "Origins."
- the Two-Face boss battle is echoed in the Black Mask boss battle.
- Deadshot once again is encountered only in side-mission content.
- as far as I can tell, despite his escape, you don't actually get to fight Calendar Man, just like in "Arkham City."
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Oct 26, 2013 17:29:49 GMT -5
Seems an appropriate time to post this: I attended the NYC Comic Con a few weeks ago. I did wear costumes for a couple days, and on the very first day I was there I dressed as Black Mask. It was an easy outfit to do; I just wore my suit, a black ski mask, and a chrome skull mask over that-purchased from a Spirit of Halloween store for less than ten bucks. The highlight was encountering a guy who was actually dressed as Deathstroke. We sort of paused and looked at each other. Finally he said "Where's my money?" I replied "Finish the job!" and at that exact moment a guy dressed as Batman walked by. We both watched him walk past us and then looked at each other in a sort of WTF??? way. Too creepy, but also too perfect. Later in the day I took part in a large photo op with a bunch of people who were dressed as Batman characters, and the best was a tall fellow dressed as Batman reaching out to pat a little kid who was dressed as Batman as well on the head and saying "I shall call him...mini me." That's awesome! I've decided to deviate away from being a bank robber in lieu of being Black Mask, as it means I literally have to change nothing about my costume, and it kinda goes with my Housemate's choice as "Sexy Green Lantern". First Batman I see, I'm going to shout "50 MILLION TO WHOEVER BRINGS ME THE HEAD OF THE BAT!"
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Post by Fundertaker on Oct 26, 2013 17:35:34 GMT -5
Electrocutioner is the easiest boss fight ever. Just saw Knightwing01's let's play on that part. HILARIOUS!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 2:50:05 GMT -5
So, I just looked up the plot (since I really don't care about spoilers) and... {Spoiler}I knew it'd happen, but Joker's the main villain AGAIN?! Goddamn, I love the Joker, but I am sick to death of him. And I just know whenever they do make an actual sequel WB's going to force them into resurrecting him or something because evidently they think he's what's selling these games.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Oct 27, 2013 9:35:02 GMT -5
So, post-credits spoiler: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Anyone else thinking maybe a Deathstroke game? Because, I'd totally be down with that.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Oct 27, 2013 9:47:19 GMT -5
What the goons say when you swoop down to beat them up is hilarious.
"OOOOH NOOOO!"
"I don't stand a chance, do I?"
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Oct 27, 2013 16:15:55 GMT -5
Anyone tried online yet? Just had a quick game, was pretty damn awesome. We had the worst Batman ever, I didn't kill any of the other gang, but I killed him 3 times. First time, he'd jumped down behind a dude as I was literally a couple of feet away, and I ended up grenading him as I didn't know the controls, second time, he hit me with a Batarang, then just stood there, so I shot him and third time, he was just standing in the open watching someone, so I meleed him to death.
Looks like it'll be pretty fun, once I unlock some decent weapons that is!
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Oct 27, 2013 16:36:44 GMT -5
Anyone tried online yet? Just had a quick game, was pretty damn awesome. We had the worst Batman ever, I didn't kill any of the other gang, but I killed him 3 times. First time, he'd jumped down behind a dude as I was literally a couple of feet away, and I ended up grenading him as I didn't know the controls, second time, he hit me with a Batarang, then just stood there, so I shot him and third time, he was just standing in the open watching someone, so I meleed him to death. Looks like it'll be pretty fun, once I unlock some decent weapons that is! Gonna try it today. Watched a video earlier and it looks fun as shit.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Oct 28, 2013 8:52:41 GMT -5
So, I just looked up the plot (since I really don't care about spoilers) and... {Spoiler}I knew it'd happen, but Joker's the main villain AGAIN?! Goddamn, I love the Joker, but I am sick to death of him. And I just know whenever they do make an actual sequel WB's going to force them into resurrecting him or something because evidently they think he's what's selling these games. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}I don't mind that, because the reveal of Joker as being behind the mask was awesome.
And whoever decided to make "Carol of the Bells" the song playing during that reveal, deserves a raise and a whole lot of praise. That was f***ing awesome.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Oct 28, 2013 11:16:06 GMT -5
At first, it seemed like a cover band doing the hits, but now I am really enjoying what this new dev team did with this great engine.
And the new voices are really good, even if not what I am used to hearing.
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Post by Goldenbane on Oct 29, 2013 15:52:20 GMT -5
Just won the main plot a few minutes ago as I write this. MEGA SPOILERS coming up so if you don't want to read SPOILERS please stop reading now. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.
The game has absolutely none of the atmosphere of the previous two. When I played Asylum and City, I can honestly say I was creeped out for the most part. Lots of scary scenery and stuff like that. In Origins it's just...nothing. There's nothing creepy or dark about this game at all. It seems kind of out of place. The other two games also felt like they could tie directly in with the comic books. This...just didn't. The designs of several of the characters are all wrong...Joker being the most shocking. They tried to make Joker (and Batman) look like the Nolan movies...and it doesn't work...as far as being a prequel to the other two games.
SPEAKING OF...being a prequel, this game suffers from several obvious problems associated with all prequels that come out. For example, Batman has lots of gadgets in this, as is normal...but a few of them are different from the other games. This would be fine if they explained why he won't have them later, but some of them they don't do that, so it makes no sense. Batman takes Electrocutioner's gauntlets. Nice, handy little things, them! Would have been nice if he'd had them in Asylum and City! Ok, well, maybe they're too dangerous (capable of stopping the human heart!) so maybe that's why he didn't have them anymore...I can get that. However, he also has a "Glue Grenade" which is exactly like the ice grenades he had in City. HOLY CRAP why didn't he have those in the other two games! Would have saved a lot of time with Mr. Freeze, and would have been damn useful period! Same goes with a gun/grapple thingy he takes off of Slade Wilson. It's better than his wench doohicky and would have been damned nice to have.
Combat and stealth is exactly the same (which is great, IMO), but they've also added a ton more of the detective "scan the area" type of stuff. I really liked that, it wasn't stupidly hard or anything, and it made me feel like Batman. If they create any more games, this game had a nice healthy mix of all three and could even be used more and different various ways!
The plot was great at first...I loved dealing with Black Mask and his assassins as it was something different. I pretty much know nothing about Black Mask (except what I've read on Wikipedia and in movies like Under the Red Hood) so it was a nice change of pace. And then...*sigh* the Joker entered the scene. The whole game screeched to a halt and did almost like a 180...and became just about stopping the stupid Joker and Bane. All the fun detective work was gone from then on out, and I started to feel a little bored. I was a tiny bit tense during the Hulk...er...Bane prison fight, but only because I had zero clue about what to do. Felt like I wasn't really using and strategy, rather just "ambush him until you get lucky enough to do massive damage...the game will take it from there." Before you all get on me...yes, I knew Joker was going to be in the game...but I was really really hoping he was going to be either just a side quest or just a cameo.
f*** THE f***ING RIDDLER!!! Damn it, I was hoping I wouldn't have to go through that shit again for this game!! Instead he's Enigma...E. Nigma...Edward Nigma...the f***ing Riddler. This piece of shit has way to much f***ing time on his hands to go around spreading these f***ing clues and puzzles and shit all over the city...and don't tell me his dumb ass thugs were actually smart enough to do all of that, because I don't believe it even for a second. They aren't smart enough to run after Batman breaks 7 of their buddies' limbs, but they are smart enough to put together complicated electronic equipment that can thwart Batman until he jumps on some stupid buttons in the right sequence? f*** that shit! In the first Arkham game, I was fine with Riddler...his bullshit just involved finding the trophies and figuring out the answers to his riddle questions ("I hope you don't...HAT me, but ALICE this criminal is still loose in Gotham. Who is it?"). Pretty simple, straight forward, easy to do if you just put your mind to it. The crap in City and now Origins is all this gliding around crap, hitting the buttons in order before time runs out, throwing your bat-a-range through confusing as hell tunnels and crap, blah blah. I admit it's a failing on my part as a player, but I don't have the skill to do these complicated things as well. That said, I feel like the games are always going to be incomplete because dick head Riddler is still out there.
The voice acting is all pretty good, especially for Batman. I love Kevin Conroy in the role of Batman, but he wasn't missed. The guy they got for Batman was extremely good, IMO. The Joker feels off...the actor does a great job imitating Mark Hamill, so he sounds fine...but sometimes I get the feeling Warner Brothers really wanted to drive the "Dark Knight" stuff home and tried to give him lines like Heath Ledger would have. Those sorts of lines...read in a Hamill voice...just don't work very well. The Joker doesn't do this through out the whole game, but in the couple of points when he does, his performance is just off. Otherwise, he did just fine. Again, I want to say that the actor for Joker was great. I blame the script and Warner Brothers who were probably trying to push the damn Nolan movies down my throat.
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Post by knightrider01 on Oct 29, 2013 17:08:02 GMT -5
Has any one else had any issues with freezing or corrupted saves. I have been reading from some people that this is happening alot to them and apparently it is so bad that WB has a topic about on their forum.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Oct 29, 2013 17:22:15 GMT -5
My favorite part: {Spoiler}When he shocks Alfred back to life and says, 'you'll be fine'.
He was DEAD literally two seconds earlier!
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Oct 29, 2013 17:26:22 GMT -5
Has any one else had any issues with freezing or corrupted saves. I have been reading from some people that this is happening alot to them and apparently it is so bad that WB has a topic about on their forum. I've only had 1 problem, and that was a freeze. For the next Arkham game, I'm hoping there's a Nightwing quest or DLC campaign. I know they haven't released the extra DLC campaign that will inevitably come, but it won't be Nightwing. The timeframe just wouldn't fit.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Oct 29, 2013 18:49:21 GMT -5
Has any one else had any issues with freezing or corrupted saves. I have been reading from some people that this is happening alot to them and apparently it is so bad that WB has a topic about on their forum. when I first started the game it would go really really slow, but after I restarted I had no issues. I'm enjoying the game. It's not as good as City, but I put it on par with Asylum (mainly cause I sucked at Asylum). The Mad Hatter's doors pissed me off something fierce though
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