Topic: Batman: Arkham City will swoop from the rafters and kick you in the head (Read 30930 times)

Ozymandias · « **on:** 01 Sep 2010, 15:38 »

Screeeenshoooots!

It's goddamn pretty. GODDAMN.

Alex C · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 16:03 »

Not that it matters, but every time I see that Harley design it reminds me strongly of Jeanette from VM: Bloodlines. I will still play the shit out of this game when it comes out though, so like i said, doesn't matter.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 16:09 »

Just read about this in GI yesterday, sounds really good. The cover art is fucking stunning, by the way.

Not fully into Catwoman's costume, or Harley's new one for that matter. They're not bad by any mean, but they're aren't my ideal, I guess.

Alex C · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 16:47 »

Eh, well, I've never particularly liked any of the Catwoman costumes, but the goggles & Emma Peel style catsuit combo has been around for a good decade or so now so at least I'm used to it. The only thing new about it is her sudden inability to manage a zipper.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #4 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 17:05 »

I'm kind of looking forward to a co-op option

KvP · « **Reply #5 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 17:09 »

Yeah, I'm hoping for a Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory sort of multi-play game. The screenshots look a whole lot like Condemned 2 to me, so I'm deferring judgment until we get more word about gameplay and world design. I found the first game to be largely monotonous, even if it was possessed of an admirable faithfulness to DC's property.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 17:33 »

It's about time we had a game where Batman beats up juggaloes

JD · « **Reply #7 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 17:56 »

Harley looks like she fell into a Bloodrayne game

Ozymandias · « **Reply #8 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 18:53 »

Quote from: KvP on 01 Sep 2010, 17:09

I found the first game to be largely monotonous, even if it was possessed of an admirable faithfulness to DC's property.

You're a fucking terrible person.

KvP · « **Reply #9 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 19:31 »

Storm Rider · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 20:04 »

I think Harley's new design is a marginal improvement over the terrible one in the first game, although I'm really not feeling the pigtails at all. Two-Face looks pretty good, Catwoman is alright.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 20:48 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 01 Sep 2010, 17:33

It's about time we had a game where Batman beats up juggaloes

Some of the thugs in the first game were in clown face paint.

I've never played the game, and I'm kind of afraid to, after seeing really good people play it and make it look like it should actually be if it were batman doing the fighting. I would do terribly, and it wouldn't be nearly as fun.

Johnny C · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 00:16 »

the first game ruled john what are you talking about. you honestly got sick of taking thugs the fuck down?

KvP · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 03:05 »

In all honesty, I really liked the "Spirit of Arkham" stuff and the character bios and BlahShock audio diaries and all that, but by the time I got to the Banelings I had pretty much tuned out of the fighting.

est · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 04:44 »

Man, why the fuck is everything so shiny. The lighting looks all wrong in just about every screenshot. Other than that it looks pretty good, and I hope it looks better in motion.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 08:26 »

Quote from: James on 02 Sep 2010, 06:31

Needs Nightwing.

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 10:52 »

Quote from: est on 02 Sep 2010, 04:44

Man, why the fuck is everything so shiny. The lighting looks all wrong in just about every screenshot. Other than that it looks pretty good, and I hope it looks better in motion.

it's ugly because the first one was ugly

Johnny C · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 10:52 »

Quote from: KvP on 02 Sep 2010, 03:05

i don't understand why you're implying that i have to come to terms with your crippling failings as a person

KvP · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 Sep 2010, 11:08 »

Quote from: est on 02 Sep 2010, 04:44

Man, why the fuck is everything so shiny.

UE3.

Johnny C · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 16:55 »

That was, I think, a large part of its appeal.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 20:29 »

And that it was done well, unlike all of the Double Dragon Batman games, which were terrible.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #21 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 19:40 »

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS

Rizzo · « **Reply #22 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 22:23 »

I'm sick to goddamn death of videogames hyper sexualised female characters. Batman has always been fairly ridiculous but lately Catwoman has struck me as a particularly practical person (I blame the goggles) who wouldn't be caught dead with her top zipped halfway down unless she was actively trying to seduce someone.
I know these games are trying to cater to a broad market largely believed to be teenage boys but seriously can we not as a society get over tits? I for one love tits but there's a place and a time and in the middle of a supervillian warzone is not it.
Surely the slinky catsuit is sexy enough that she doesn't need her tits out the whole time?

KvP · « **Reply #23 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 22:53 »

Blame the consumer, so that we may not hold anyone accountable ever.

My favorite thing is still this. One imagine concept artists really actually think that women look like that normally, somehow.

neomang5 · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 18:16 »

Without using too much hyperbole, I really don't know if there's going to be a game after Arkham City that will be good enough. It won't be the new games' fault, it's just that having a game that lets you play as Batman, and from the looks of things, do EXACTLY what Batman does nightly (grapple real, legit buildings, not oddly inappropriately placed gargoyles, and leap from rooftops to take down thugs and baddies) I just will have trouble going back to normal games. Arkham Asylum was phenomenal, and I felt all it was really missing was a larger scale. I don't think they could have really addressed my complaints more directly. It's one of maybe 3 games I am actually looking forward to.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 12:39 »

Brand new trailer showing off a new villain

Sort of very fascinating since he's also rumored to be the big villain of the next Nolan movie too.

Felrender · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 18:29 »

Yes send a group of armed goons to fight Batman in the dark

great idea

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 19:17 »

The trailer makes me all happy inside.

Josefbugman · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 14:46 »

Wow, Sir Christopher Lee is voicing Hugo Strange...

EPIC!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #29 on:** 24 Feb 2011, 20:18 »

20 things you may not know

Rizzo · « **Reply #30 on:** 28 Feb 2011, 16:41 »

Goddamn! I am SO EXCITE for this game. Been watching Jimmy replaying it lately and playing some of the beat down modes. SHIT YES.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #31 on:** 01 Mar 2011, 19:17 »

And community site

Ozymandias · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 Mar 2011, 18:24 »

Fucking new trailer

I had somehow forgotten this game was coming out amongst all the other huge releases this year.

This was a mistake.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 Mar 2011, 20:25 »

What are you, dense? Are you retarded or something?

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 Mar 2011, 20:46 »

I wonder if the higher you are the more damage your kick does when you swoop down on someone.

Ikrik · « **Reply #35 on:** 15 Mar 2011, 22:41 »

Did not like the trailer. Did anyone else think that the music didn't do a good job of complimenting the video?

Now I'm curious to see how much gliding there's going to be in this game. The kind of Batman I like to play is much more in the shadows and on the ground than flying around everywhere. I'm watching my friend play it and she relies heavily on gadgets whereas my perfect scenario involves me silently taking down every henchman. I'm hoping that there will be as much, if not more, freedom to stealth the way you want in this.

Game is looking quite nice, looking forward to seeing the completely polished final version.

Alex C · « **Reply #36 on:** 16 Mar 2011, 18:51 »

I think the flying looks a bit goofy but it's not something I feel comfortable dissing as a game mechanic until I try it since I have enjoyed similar stuff in other games. Having a few different ways to get around the same environment can help keep things from getting a bit stale, if nothing else.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #37 on:** 13 Jun 2011, 06:33 »

And so the concept of Day-One-DLC continues to flourish and fester

JD · « **Reply #38 on:** 15 Jun 2011, 10:16 »

I am okay with this.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #39 on:** 15 Jun 2011, 11:59 »

But it does have people saying, "If Tim Drake is Robin...does that mean...."

cyro · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Jun 2011, 03:19 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 15 Jun 2011, 11:59

But it does have people saying, "If Tim Drake is Robin...does that mean...."

Nightwing game. Do want. Now.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 Jun 2011, 08:10 »

The fact they're using Tim Drake for it still leaves me a lot of hope that Nightwing is a possibility. I can't think of any other reason why they wouldn't use Dick Grayson since he isn't actually a hated character.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 Jun 2011, 09:48 »

Dang. That's actually an awesome Robin.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Jun 2011, 10:29 »

They are also saying that you can also use the new Red Robin costume.

Johnny C · « **Reply #44 on:** 21 Jun 2011, 13:26 »

i wish his head wasn't shaved though

Alex C · « **Reply #45 on:** 21 Jun 2011, 13:40 »

As long as video game character hair is so god awful and shiny I will continue to favor shaved heads.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #46 on:** 01 Aug 2011, 10:06 »

Three pre-order costumes. Though as far as I know they are only in the UK

also 70's Batman

Also Amazon's pre-order is gonna be a Dark Knight Returns costume

Blyss · « **Reply #47 on:** 02 Aug 2011, 05:07 »

Those are pretty badass looking.

IMMANotListening · « **Reply #48 on:** 02 Aug 2011, 05:22 »

I only really like the one in the middle and the 70's style. The Batman in the Future and TAS!Batman just look so out of place. The latter especially although that could be fixed if all of the characters get a TAS!costume as well.

Which reminds me, did anyone ever see those costume mods for Arkham Asylum? I saw a pretty ugly Batman in the Future one once.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #49 on:** 02 Aug 2011, 06:31 »

That TAS one looks great. Nice that they actually changed the model, not just the colour like the others.

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