Really psyched for this. But really, I don't think any new game mechanics are even necessary. BAA was damn near perfect in that regard. They just need to make it longer with more replay value. I hated that once Joker was down, there was nothing to do but stroll around on the island and see the sights. Fix that, and it's the perfect game.
This. Is. Awesome!! Just yesterday I was talking about how excited I was about this game, and now my expectations are even higher. And what's great is that Rocksteady proved themselves so well that I know what I'll be getting and that I'll enjoy it.
Especially awesome is that we'll start with all current gadgets. I wonder if the game will start immediately following the end of Arkham Asylum? Or maybe only a short while later, so Bats will be able to heal himself up a bit. Maybe not, if they have already walled up a part of Gotham.
Tarakos said:
Who the hell let Sharp just drop the city's most violent and chaotic beings into the heart of the city? And why did Batman let Sharp run, fully knowing that he's crazy and thinks he's continuing the work of Amadeus Arkham?
So, they say that Titan may not be what wrong with Joker? Then what the hell is? God, I can't believe we have a little over a year left before this hits.
If you found all the Arkham tablet things, the last extra one was found at the place where you last saw Sharp, and by the time you got there, he was gone. So on one level, Batman couldn't get to him in time. But on another, he's the mayor. What's Batman going to do? Hold a press conference and tell the people of Gotham that voices in the walls of Arkham told him that the mayor is a lunatic?
So at least I can see how this works.
Maybe I should change to a batman icon for a while..
Rumored Batman: Arkham City Details Swoop From the Shadows
According to the report, Batman will not be falling prey to the dreaded Mega Man Sequel Syndrome, and will have all of the tools and gadgets he had at the end of the first game available from the start of this one. Permalink
This. Is. Awesome!! Just yesterday I was talking about how excited I was about this game, and now my expectations are even higher. And what's great is that Rocksteady proved themselves so well that I know what I'll be getting and that I'll enjoy it.
Especially awesome is that we'll start with all current gadgets. I wonder if the game will start immediately following the end of Arkham Asylum? Or maybe only a short while later, so Bats will be able to heal himself up a bit. Maybe not, if they have already walled up a part of Gotham.
Tarakos said:
Who the hell let Sharp just drop the city's most violent and chaotic beings into the heart of the city? And why did Batman let Sharp run, fully knowing that he's crazy and thinks he's continuing the work of Amadeus Arkham?
So, they say that Titan may not be what wrong with Joker? Then what the hell is? God, I can't believe we have a little over a year left before this hits.
If you found all the Arkham tablet things, the last extra one was found at the place where you last saw Sharp, and by the time you got there, he was gone. So on one level, Batman couldn't get to him in time. But on another, he's the mayor. What's Batman going to do? Hold a press conference and tell the people of Gotham that voices in the walls of Arkham told him that the mayor is a lunatic?
So at least I can see how this works.
Maybe I should change to a batman icon for a while..
At the time of the first game, Sharp was only running for mayor. And even if Batman couldn't catch him in the end, shouldn't he have done something to prevent this psychopath from gaining control of the city? And Batman has evidence, doesn't he? I'm pretty sure he recorded all the messages from Sharp, including the one where he reveals that it is him that's been trying to kill Arkham's inmates? I dunno, I'll need to hear Batman himself explain why he just let this happen.
Interesting, very interesting. One thing I hope they do is allow you to interrupt a ground takedown in order to counter an attack. It's so annoying when that happens. The returning gadgets are excellent news.
This. Is. Awesome!! Just yesterday I was talking about how excited I was about this game, and now my expectations are even higher. And what's great is that Rocksteady proved themselves so well that I know what I'll be getting and that I'll enjoy it.
Especially awesome is that we'll start with all current gadgets. I wonder if the game will start immediately following the end of Arkham Asylum? Or maybe only a short while later, so Bats will be able to heal himself up a bit. Maybe not, if they have already walled up a part of Gotham.
Tarakos said:
Who the hell let Sharp just drop the city's most violent and chaotic beings into the heart of the city? And why did Batman let Sharp run, fully knowing that he's crazy and thinks he's continuing the work of Amadeus Arkham?
So, they say that Titan may not be what wrong with Joker? Then what the hell is? God, I can't believe we have a little over a year left before this hits.
If you found all the Arkham tablet things, the last extra one was found at the place where you last saw Sharp, and by the time you got there, he was gone. So on one level, Batman couldn't get to him in time. But on another, he's the mayor. What's Batman going to do? Hold a press conference and tell the people of Gotham that voices in the walls of Arkham told him that the mayor is a lunatic?
So at least I can see how this works.
Maybe I should change to a batman icon for a while..
At the time of the first game, Sharp was only running for mayor. And even if Batman couldn't catch him in the end, shouldn't he have done something to prevent this psychopath from gaining control of the city? And Batman has evidence, doesn't he? I'm pretty sure he recorded all the messages from Sharp, including the one where he reveals that it is him that's been trying to kill Arkham's inmates? I dunno, I'll need to hear Batman himself explain why he just let this happen.
At the time of the first game, Sharp was only running for mayor. And even if Batman couldn't catch him in the end, shouldn't he have done something to prevent this psychopath from gaining control of the city? And Batman has evidence, doesn't he? I'm pretty sure he recorded all the messages from Sharp, including the one where he reveals that it is him that's been trying to kill Arkham's inmates? I dunno, I'll need to hear Batman himself explain why he just let this happen.
Hm.. I don't know. I don't remember the specifics of the story quite well enough, I guess. Maybe this was done out of necessity a bit - after all, Arkham Island was pretty tore up by the end of AA. Either way, I trust Rocksteady to have everything ironed out.
In other news.. who wants to take bets on whether Batman has a Bat Cave under the section of Gotham that's been put into lockdown?
Also: anyone else wonder if the sequel to Arkham City will be "Arkham Universe", and we discover that DC universe has been for that all along?
Especially since it's not going the Metroid route of having some arbitary reason for you losing all your abilities at the start. That's going to be pretty badass.
The fact that you start off with all the gear massively increases the liklihood that a reason will be manufactured to strip you of it all at least once. It's the obvious thing to do, and that was something AA suffered from. While I generally enjoyed AA, it had some really obvious and, frankly, weak design decisions running through it. The boss encounters (particularly Croc and Ivy) were uninteresting and even tedious. The finale was such a let down, feeling like something out of the 90's PS1 design manual. I'm hoping they up their game (pardon the pun) significantly on this one, and don't just rely on atmosphere and visuals to drag you through.
That's not all. It turns out there's actually a secret room somewhere in AA that has blueprints for this damn game. [http://www.destructoid.com/arkham-city-was-in-batman-aa-all-along-well-kind-of--181023.phtml#comment] If that isn't incentive to replay, then nothing is.
He said in the article that you'd be getting more gadgets, like the smoke bomb. I don't understand the "paeing on this will be worse," thing you wrote.
PhunkyPhazon said:
That's not all. It turns out there's actually a secret room somewhere in AA that has blueprints for this damn game. [http://www.destructoid.com/arkham-city-was-in-batman-aa-all-along-well-kind-of--181023.phtml#comment] If that isn't incentive to replay, then nothing is.
There is no part of this news that my brain thinks is something other than freaking awesome. Hopefully these rumors are not just rumors, because that sounds awesome.
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