Batman: Arkham Knight

[Baby Shoes]

I like the response to keep things as is and not cave to pressure. We will see if they get pressure from a higher up to make changes.

 

[vivisectvi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpXUIh7rlWI

 

[CBright7831]

FUCKING WIN!

If they were smart, they'd sell that Scarecrow mask around Halloween time. I'd buy it.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Looks very promising!

 

[Angle-plex]

Looks fucking sick.

My only fear is that Scarecrow will rip off his mask to reveal The Joker.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

A double dose of news you'd absolutely expect from this console generation:

IGN Italy claims Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are getting PS4 and Xbox One remasters
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Arkham Knight delayed to June 23rd

 

[vivisectvi]

Wow, those two are getting remasters? That's random. They're reaching pretty far back for those ones.. and I guess they're just saying "fuck Origins" ..I never played it either way.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

New gameplay video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpfytI2K7-I

 

[vivisectvi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINA288fZUs

 

[Baby Shoes]

When I saw this thread bumped, part of me expected the announcement of another delay.

 

[Baby Shoes]

For those who haven't seen, Season Pass on this one is going to $40. There are supposed to be monthly content updates. Here is what is known so far:

Batgirl: A Matter of Family
An all new prequel story expansion in an entirely new location where you play as Batgirl for the very first time in the Arkham series – check out the first render of Batgirl.

The Season of Infamy
Play as Batman in all new story missions featuring legendary super-villains invading Gotham City, with new story arcs, missions and gameplay features.

Gotham City Stories
Play as Batman’s key allies in narrative missions extending their storylines, from both before and after the events in Batman: Arkham Knight.

Legendary Batmobiles with Themed Tracks
Drive the most iconic Batmobiles from Batman’s 75-year history, on custom-built race tracks, each themed to that Batmobile’s specific era. Every Batmobile will be drivable across every race track.

Crimefighter Challenge Maps
Engage in a series of new challenge maps utilizing the unique play styles of Batman and his allies.

Character Skins
A variety of skins from across the eras for Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Catwoman.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Picked up the "Serious Edition" off Amazon.com for $69.99 (only spent $21.52 thanks to Gift Cards from my Birthday). Figured the comic was a nice bonus along with the '1st Batman skin' and playing as Harley Quinn was too much to pass up. Figured paying $10 more was worth it.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Picked up my copy on my lunch break. Now the countdown to getting home and loading begins...

 

[treble]

Its really weird hearing Jonathan Banks voice coming from Commissioner Gordon.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Not sure of the availability on the Playstation store or if it was planned to be free or not but at least on the Xbox store, there is a "New 52 skin pack" of skins for Batman, Robin and Nightwing that can be had for free right now.

 

[Kageho]

If you want the true/full ending you need 100% completion. Have fun folks.

 

[Sabre]

That's what youtube is for.

 

[Baby Shoes]

If you want the true/full ending you need 100% completion. Have fun folks.

I'm fine with that. I usually take my time on these and try for 100% completion of the story based stuff because this is a game I love all the little details on. I tripped out playing last night when I saw a billboard for

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THE GRAY GHOST

.

My problem is I suck at the stuff like the Predator challenges, so if that is included, I am screwed.

 

[CBright7831]

The PC version seems to be getting trashed.

 

[Baby Shoes]

The PC seems to be getting trashed.

I heard there were some major bugs with PC. With how huge the game is, I am not surprised. It seemed odd to me some places had the pre-order for PC super cheap too... I wonder if they knew it was going to be problematic.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

GMG will often have 20-25% off vouchers to use on pre-orders; Arkham Knight has a 40% off voucher even now, post-release.

PC version didn't have advance review copies sent out; its port wasn't handled internally at Rocksteady; and it's currently sitting at 68% negative reviews on Steam.

Minimum specs are to play the game at 720p 30FPS with settings at low/off. And that requires 2GB VRAM on Nvidia GPUs, or 3GB on AMD. Recommended is for 1080p 30FPS. This info is being put out there post-release.
http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Support-for-PC/June-23-Update-on-PC-Performance-PLEASE-READ-FIRST/m-p/572903

And they may have changed the AMD GPU minimum from an HD 7870 2GB to an HD 7950 3GB, only a day or two before release.

All in all, really sounds like WB should have delayed that version.

 

[BlackFlagg]

Glad I was in no rush to get it then, I still have to finish Origins anyway.

 

[BlackFlagg]

http://www.pcgamer.com/warner-bros-is-suspending-sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-for-pc/

 

[skullman80]

The PC version is buggy cause Rocksteady didn't produce it they let some other 3rd party company handle it. Still no excuse.

Thankfully no big issues on PS4 that I have seen.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I'm loving this game, so many wonderful little details in areas if you just look around to peruse including flyers for the Fabulous Graysons and The Gray Ghost aka The Ghost in Gray in this game.

Just got up to

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Ghost Joker showing Batman his shooting Barbara in the back(!) seemingly setting up a variant on The Killing Joke(!!)

.

 

[Sabre]

I'm loving this game, so many wonderful little details in areas if you just look around to peruse including flyers for the Fabulous Graysons and The Gray Ghost aka The Ghost in Gray in this game.

Just got up to

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Ghost Joker showing Batman his shooting Barbara in the back(!) seemingly setting up a variant on The Killing Joke(!!)

.

I've also just got to here. I was very well surprised.

 

[treble]

I find the Batmobile stuff a bit of a chore to get through and I'm actively avoiding missions where I know its needed, but other than that its really good so far.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Now 14% through the main story. Currently just got to

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Riddler kidnapping Catwoman and started the Man-Bat Hunt of Langstrom's Lab

. Really fun stuff and surprised at just how deep this game continues to be. I also find myself pressing 'Talk to ___' constantly just for minor little story details.

Also the Harley Quinn Story Pack features

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Nightwing(!)

at the end.

 

[Dandy]

I picked this up yesterday for free. My 360 had the RROD last year for the first time ever. I decided to get the Xbox One for this game and to eventually get my daughter into some kids games. I went to Toys R Us and they had a promotion where you got a free Xbox One game (up to $59.99) of your choice with the purchase of any Xbox One system. I got the system that came with the Halo game for $349.99.

I played from 10:30pm to 4:30am. I might quit work so I can finish the game this week.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

The jump to PS4 does so many favours to this game / franchise... being able to zoom in and read detailed things and take in the scenery is really fun and I spent a lot of time in the opening diner just looking at stuff before the game kicked in. Also got a nice laugh out of the shift list posted in GCPD.

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