The thing is, I'd been through the game like 5 times before. It was just a random playthrough since I had nothing else to really do. The game locked up, the PS3 shut down and it never started again. Got hit with the YLOD.
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The thing is, I'd been through the game like 5 times before. It was just a random playthrough since I had nothing else to really do. The game locked up, the PS3 shut down and it never started again. Got hit with the YLOD.
That's how my fat PS3 YLOD'ed as well. During that Scarecrow section even.
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Great, Arkham City, just what I've always wanted. More sewer levels. You know, it's a wonder Batman doesn't get comments about the state of his costume and how it smells when he goes around talking with people, being in the sewers so much.
Maybe he uses a Bat-Deodorizer.
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People will say PC because you can get they Phys-X effects. But if your graphic card sucks, then it won't matter. Get it for the system you'd be more comfortable with.
I'm more comfortable with a KBM depending on the type of game. I don't really know much about AA. Do I need to do a lot of aiming? If so I'll go KBM..if not this seems like a game I'd enjoy on Xbox.
I'm more comfortable with a KBM depending on the type of game. I don't really know much about AA. Do I need to do a lot of aiming? If so I'll go KBM..if not this seems like a game I'd enjoy on Xbox.
How's the control scheme on PC?
Controls perfectly fine, didn't have any issues with it. I have a 5 button mouse which probably helps, but what surprised me is that BAA actually mapped those buttons to useful things by default, something I don't think any other game's done before.
I three-starred ("bataranged"?) all the test chambers easily enough. BlackDove says he was able to beat scores that are top of the leaderboard on XBL, so take that as you will.
You don't really need to do too much aiming, although sometimes you will need to aim your gadgets (batarangs, grapple guns).
You can also play with a gamepad if you want, but to be honest I don't see why you'd want to unless your preference was for the 360 + TV screen.
Yeah when it comes to anything aiming I hate using a gamepad. I'd much rather use KBM if at all possible. Pretty much the only reason I want to try this on the 360 is for the whole couch aspect.
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Arkham Asylum wasn’t a great superhero game merely because, after so many years and so many failed attempts, Batman finally played like Batman. The second hugest reason that Rocksteady succeeded was the developer’s extraordinary reverence for the source material and the source material’s fans.
Having witnessed only 30 minutes of gameplay in Batman: Arkham City, I can already confirm that the same loving attention exists in the sequel. During my first trip through this week’s GDC demo, I was overwhelmed by the graphics, the action and the dialogue… during my second round, however, I started paying attention to the smaller details. Here are my five favorites so far…
Monarch Theatre
In the game: I never caught a good glimpse of the actual building, but Batman glided by this rundown sign several times during his surveillance of the city. It’s tall and bright enough to serve as something of a guidepost and landmark in the area.
In the lore: Bruce Wayne’s parents are murdered outside a theatre, setting in motion his journey to become Batman. The venue’s name changes depending on the source material, but in Tim Burton’s 1989 film, the family is attending “Footlight Frenzy” at none other than the Monarch Theatre.
Ace Chemicals In the game: Several advertisements for the company were scattered across the part of Gotham visible in my GDC demo. The example above is actually pretty subdued compared to the one that caught my eye – an enormous, animated neon-green billboard that illuminated the night behind Batman’s starting position on a rooftop.
In the lore: The Ace Chemical Processing Plant is where an obscure comedian / chemist / criminal (his true origin is always fluctuating) tragically tumbled into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into Batman’s most famous, insane and deadly nemesis, the Joker. An Elseworlds story (“Detective No. 27”) featured Hugo Strange – seemingly Arkham City's primary villain – falling into Ace chemicals as well.
Solomon Wayne In the game: Two-Face has taken Catwoman hostage at the Solomon Wayne Courthouse, where he attempts to put her through a mock trial (and, if the coin decides, execution) in order to prove his mettle in Arkham City’s villainous power struggle.
In the lore: Solomon Wayne is a direct ancestor of Bruce Wayne. Forcefully committed to justice, he aided slaves during the American Civil War and worked as a federal judge afterwards, eventually earning nicknames like the “Hanging Judge.” He also heavily influenced the early growth and iconic architectural style of Gotham City.
The Narrows / Park Row In the game: When the Rocksteady rep paused the game briefly to show us how a Riddler henchman’s interrogation had added new information to the map, I was able to read a few location names: Wonder Tower, Gotham City Center, The Narrows and Park Row.
In the lore: The Narrows should strike a bell with even the most casual Batman fans – it’s the poverty-stricken, crime-ridden section of slums where much of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, including the climax, takes place. Park Row, meanwhile, is a formerly glitzy, upscale part of Gotham City that – now known as Crime Alley – is similarly dilapidated and dangerous. “The Park Row tragedy” refers to the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, while Crime Alley is where Batman originally met Robin #2, Jason Todd.
Gotham Cathedral Bell Tower In the game: Using his detective vision to trace the path of a sniper bullet meant for Catwoman, our caped hero discovers Joker is hiding in the bell tower of a nearby cathedral. After dealing with Harley Quinn and her thugs on the ground floor, he grapples up to the top… only to discover that he’s been led into a trap. The Joker is gone, the sniper rifle was remote-controlled and explosives are set to blow in five seconds.
In the lore: This scene could be referencing a couple of things. The final battle between Batman and Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman is fought in the bell tower of a cathedral, and the Clown Prince of Crime has proven himself fond of sniper rifles in many different comic book stories. In the best issues of Gotham Central, for example, he terrorizes the city – and taunts the police department – by targeting victims from secret locations.
Nice to know the Solomon Wayne thing has a back story in the comics
In Batman Begins, when Bruce and Alfred are checking out the caverns beneath Wayne Manor, Alfred mentions that Bruce's great-grandfather secretly helped transport slaves to the North, and that the caverns came in handy. Neat little thing to know that they were referencing Solomon Wayne, and that the game's creators are paying similar attention to small details.
Ok wow. I don't know why I never picked up Batman: AA, but I freaking love it. Voices from the animated series, lots of detail to the lore, great graphics and game mechanics. I can't believe i missed this game for so long.
Well, this Hugo Strange guy appears to be totally well-adjusted and normal.
When it comes to games that have been recently shown to the assembled press over the past few of weeks, two games are battling it out for the top topic of discussion: Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham City. BF3 was shown off at an event during the Game Developers Conference last week, and the Batman demo made its first appearance at a Microsoft event the week before that. I caught the demo there, and was pretty impressed… so much so that we went back to see the demo a second time during GDC (and shoot an interview that you’ll see in a few days).
Along with that interview, you’ll get a bit about the last bits of the GDC week demo, which weren’t shown last week and I’ve apparently signed away my ability to talk to you about the new bits until Friday. But let’s talk about one of the more interesting “old” bits. In the demo, Batman has an exchange with Catwoman. He’s just saved her from Two-Face and he’s about to save her again from Joker, who’s rigged up a sniper rifle in a nearby bell tower. But between those two attempts on her life, there’s time for a brief interrogation.
Batman asks about what the Joker’s up to and what role Hugo Strange is playing in all of this. But he also asks about something–and this is the part that is presented as backwards audio in the demo–called “Protocol 10.” Catwoman claims she’s never heard of it, but speculates that Strange, as the guy that’s in charge of Arkham City, has something big planned for Batman… and that maybe that’s what this Protocol 10 is all about.
What’s it mean? It means that Warner and Rocksteady still have plenty of things to reveal about the particulars of Arkham City. That shouldn’t surprise you, but I have to admit that I was a little surprised by this weird little quirk in their demo… it’s definitely the first time I’ve seen anything like this, and it made for a fun little game for me and my rudimentary audio editing skills. Of course, “Protocol 10″ doesn’t seem to turn up anything related to Batman online, and the Comic Vine team had nothing to add, either, so it’s safe to assume that this is something new for the game and not something directly plucked from the books. So I suppose the mystery is still a mystery?
So I finally got around to finishing the story mode in AA this last weekend. The last time I had quit my play session, it was in the last area, after you're forced into first-person view, and it seemed as thought my save was railroaded to the ending. I thought I wouldn't be able to get the last few Riddler secrets I had left, so I was getting kind of pissed. Anyway, I played through the final battles, sat through the credits, and when I loaded my save, hey, look at that! It's a post-beat-the-game save, and you've got free reign over the island to get any secrets you didn't grab yet. That's handy!
Normally it would be unfortunate not being able to replay the ending (for showing to a friend or just to do it again), but honestly, the final battle sequence isn't that interesting since it boils down to just a series of mook fights against enemies you've fought before, so I don't really mind that the save is past that point now. Story-wise, the climax is fine, but gameplay-wise, it's nothing special. So... 100% complete with the story now! Eventually I'll get around to trying out all those challenges, and maybe the "extra content."
But I didn't notice any sort of Joker challenges, which the GotY box (PS3) claims are included. Anyone know what's up with that? Or how I access them? I've heard they're rather disappointing, but I'd still like to try them sometime.
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That's how my fat PS3 YLOD'ed as well. During that Scarecrow section even.
A guy who can "control a hoard of rats" and a "guy born on monday" are other possibilities.
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Great, Arkham City, just what I've always wanted. More sewer levels. You know, it's a wonder Batman doesn't get comments about the state of his costume and how it smells when he goes around talking with people, being in the sewers so much.
Maybe he uses a Bat-Deodorizer.
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hahah. i see it!
I didn't notice it on first look, read your post, and then "OH GOD WHY!?"
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How's the control scheme on PC?
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Controls perfectly fine, didn't have any issues with it. I have a 5 button mouse which probably helps, but what surprised me is that BAA actually mapped those buttons to useful things by default, something I don't think any other game's done before.
I three-starred ("bataranged"?) all the test chambers easily enough. BlackDove says he was able to beat scores that are top of the leaderboard on XBL, so take that as you will.
You don't really need to do too much aiming, although sometimes you will need to aim your gadgets (batarangs, grapple guns).
You can also play with a gamepad if you want, but to be honest I don't see why you'd want to unless your preference was for the 360 + TV screen.
Thanks guys.
Because that poster may have just been spotted. Underneath the Monarch Theatre sign.
Sheer willpower?
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Not seeing it.
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More characters, say, for challenges, would be cool though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx5MB-FvpDA
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Having witnessed only 30 minutes of gameplay in Batman: Arkham City, I can already confirm that the same loving attention exists in the sequel. During my first trip through this week’s GDC demo, I was overwhelmed by the graphics, the action and the dialogue… during my second round, however, I started paying attention to the smaller details. Here are my five favorites so far…
Monarch Theatre
In the game: I never caught a good glimpse of the actual building, but Batman glided by this rundown sign several times during his surveillance of the city. It’s tall and bright enough to serve as something of a guidepost and landmark in the area.
In the lore: Bruce Wayne’s parents are murdered outside a theatre, setting in motion his journey to become Batman. The venue’s name changes depending on the source material, but in Tim Burton’s 1989 film, the family is attending “Footlight Frenzy” at none other than the Monarch Theatre.
Ace Chemicals
In the game: Several advertisements for the company were scattered across the part of Gotham visible in my GDC demo. The example above is actually pretty subdued compared to the one that caught my eye – an enormous, animated neon-green billboard that illuminated the night behind Batman’s starting position on a rooftop.
In the lore: The Ace Chemical Processing Plant is where an obscure comedian / chemist / criminal (his true origin is always fluctuating) tragically tumbled into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into Batman’s most famous, insane and deadly nemesis, the Joker. An Elseworlds story (“Detective No. 27”) featured Hugo Strange – seemingly Arkham City's primary villain – falling into Ace chemicals as well.
Solomon Wayne
In the game: Two-Face has taken Catwoman hostage at the Solomon Wayne Courthouse, where he attempts to put her through a mock trial (and, if the coin decides, execution) in order to prove his mettle in Arkham City’s villainous power struggle.
In the lore: Solomon Wayne is a direct ancestor of Bruce Wayne. Forcefully committed to justice, he aided slaves during the American Civil War and worked as a federal judge afterwards, eventually earning nicknames like the “Hanging Judge.” He also heavily influenced the early growth and iconic architectural style of Gotham City.
The Narrows / Park Row
In the game: When the Rocksteady rep paused the game briefly to show us how a Riddler henchman’s interrogation had added new information to the map, I was able to read a few location names: Wonder Tower, Gotham City Center, The Narrows and Park Row.
In the lore: The Narrows should strike a bell with even the most casual Batman fans – it’s the poverty-stricken, crime-ridden section of slums where much of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, including the climax, takes place. Park Row, meanwhile, is a formerly glitzy, upscale part of Gotham City that – now known as Crime Alley – is similarly dilapidated and dangerous. “The Park Row tragedy” refers to the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, while Crime Alley is where Batman originally met Robin #2, Jason Todd.
Gotham Cathedral Bell Tower
In the game: Using his detective vision to trace the path of a sniper bullet meant for Catwoman, our caped hero discovers Joker is hiding in the bell tower of a nearby cathedral. After dealing with Harley Quinn and her thugs on the ground floor, he grapples up to the top… only to discover that he’s been led into a trap. The Joker is gone, the sniper rifle was remote-controlled and explosives are set to blow in five seconds.
In the lore: This scene could be referencing a couple of things. The final battle between Batman and Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman is fought in the bell tower of a cathedral, and the Clown Prince of Crime has proven himself fond of sniper rifles in many different comic book stories. In the best issues of Gotham Central, for example, he terrorizes the city – and taunts the police department – by targeting victims from secret locations.
http://arkhamcity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1738#p36915
In Batman Begins, when Bruce and Alfred are checking out the caverns beneath Wayne Manor, Alfred mentions that Bruce's great-grandfather secretly helped transport slaves to the North, and that the caverns came in handy. Neat little thing to know that they were referencing Solomon Wayne, and that the game's creators are paying similar attention to small details.
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There is that cancelled Flying Graysons show poster that i mentioned earlier. But I'm not sure if it unlocks a Robin or Nightwing bio.
http://arkhamcity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1769
No they posted his article on their forum, and gave him the proper credit for it.
Normally it would be unfortunate not being able to replay the ending (for showing to a friend or just to do it again), but honestly, the final battle sequence isn't that interesting since it boils down to just a series of mook fights against enemies you've fought before, so I don't really mind that the save is past that point now. Story-wise, the climax is fine, but gameplay-wise, it's nothing special. So... 100% complete with the story now! Eventually I'll get around to trying out all those challenges, and maybe the "extra content."
But I didn't notice any sort of Joker challenges, which the GotY box (PS3) claims are included. Anyone know what's up with that? Or how I access them? I've heard they're rather disappointing, but I'd still like to try them sometime.
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My friend looked at me weird when I said that I couldn't wait for Scarecrow to dose me with fear gas again.
Honestly, those sections only get better as the game goes on.
The last one might fuck with you a little.
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I finished the game, and yeah, it really did. Best use of "insanity effects" since Eternal Darkness.