Batman - Arkham Origins/Blackgate announced, October 25th release date GET HYPE

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    While I liked DiMaggio's Joker and thought it fit the movie pretty well, it did lack a little bit of the refined-fanciness of Hamill's Joker. DiMaggio leaned a bit more into the dark gangster motif, while Hamill's higher voice and pronunciation reminds me more of a mockery of high-class speech.

  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    That reminds me. Gamestop gave me a code for a movie download or something, but it isn't an XBox live code. Where do I redeem this at?

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  • DrunkMcDrunkMc Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote:
    I'm terrible at bladetakedowns, even when its like one on one they just mess me up.

    I can't get them to work at all. I've done one; when I do what the game tells me for the blade takedown, Batman does the movement for dodging the blade but gets sliced up anyway. Even just doing the dodge seems really sketchy.

    So I've stopped trying to dodge/counter them at all and just punch/combo takedown anybody with a blade the first chance I get. It's really not worth the hassle of not knowing why you're failing.

    Same thing, thats the only move I can't pull off consistently. Its absolutely bad ass looking when you do it, I managed to do it against
    The Joker with the 2 roller coasters shooting by
    and it was awesome. But yeah, they kill me more often then anyone else.

  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
    If I see the orange counter icon, I just double tap A and hope I'm not too late to GTFO. Ruined a lot of perfect fight bonuses because of that crappy mechanic.

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  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    So I am at 399 (Batman) riddler points and the last trophy is driving me mad.
    There is a pressure switch in front of a cage with three question mark switches inside of it.
    Stepping on the plate raises the sides of the cage, closing it, and lights up the first question mark.
    I cannot use explosive gel because the second question mark does not light up until after the first one has been activated, and I cannot get anything else inside the cage while I am standing on it.
    Curse you Riddler! D:

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  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
    Skull2185 wrote:
    The weapon distroying takedown is the best thing ever. The game seems to auto target the most dangerous weapon too. I had a guy with a pipe next to me, and a guy with a gun further away and Batman went for the gun.

    Plus, if no one is holding a weapon you get a normal takedown. X+Y for life! The Batswarm/Whipstrike attacks seems like a waste though. I never use them.

    When you do the combat challenge rooms, abuse the shit out of the Bat Swarm. You get your mutiplier x 10 x each enemy hit by the swarm, and since it doesn't KO any enemy, you get the opportunity for more points.
    So I am at 399 (Batman) riddler points and the last trophy is driving me mad.
    There is a pressure switch in front of a cage with three question mark switches inside of it.
    Stepping on the plate raises the sides of the cage, closing it, and lights up the first question mark.
    I cannot use explosive gel because the second question mark does not light up until after the first one has been activated, and I cannot get anything else inside the cage while I am standing on it.
    Curse you Riddler! D:
    Put explosive gel on each question mark, then zoom in on the lit up question mark. Detonate will only pop the one that's highlighted in zoom mode.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Morvidus wrote:
    Skull2185 wrote:
    The weapon distroying takedown is the best thing ever. The game seems to auto target the most dangerous weapon too. I had a guy with a pipe next to me, and a guy with a gun further away and Batman went for the gun.

    Plus, if no one is holding a weapon you get a normal takedown. X+Y for life! The Batswarm/Whipstrike attacks seems like a waste though. I never use them.

    When you do the combat challenge rooms, abuse the shit out of the Bat Swarm. You get your mutiplier x 10 x each enemy hit by the swarm, and since it doesn't KO any enemy, you get the opportunity for more points.
    So I am at 399 (Batman) riddler points and the last trophy is driving me mad.
    There is a pressure switch in front of a cage with three question mark switches inside of it.
    Stepping on the plate raises the sides of the cage, closing it, and lights up the first question mark.
    I cannot use explosive gel because the second question mark does not light up until after the first one has been activated, and I cannot get anything else inside the cage while I am standing on it.
    Curse you Riddler! D:
    Put explosive gel on each question mark, then zoom in on the lit up question mark. Detonate will only pop the one that's highlighted in zoom mode.

    At trick that is only used for this specific trophy and is explained maybe in a menu I have no idea. I had to look at my guide to figure that shit out.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    I looked at that spoiler... and honestly, I'm glad I did. I was waiting for an upgrade.

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  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    I used it in a few challenge rooms, mainly the one where you had to knock a henchman off a ladder as soon as he got to the top. It was pretty funny.

  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    Thanks, I knew it had to be something like that. I wish, however, they had explained that function somewhere in-game. ಠ_ಠ

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  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    It's a small line in the WayneTech menu. I only remembered it from Arkham Asylum.

  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    Also, I just remembered, I haven't done a grapple boost takedown, is it just as simple as having a dude in your grapple path of travel?
    "Press Y to seriously mess this dude up!"

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    I wish, however, they had explained that function somewhere in-game. ಠ_ಠ

    I find myself saying this A LOT while playing.

  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    Part of being Batman is reading files.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    agoaj wrote:
    Part of being Batman is reading files.

    I kind of like the feeling of going online, reading some of the tips from you guys and thinking "Wait, you can do what with that gadget?"

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    Okay, they really need to add the Creeper in the next Batman game.

    Early game spoils for AA and AC
    He's a puzzle clue in the first game and you save has alter ego Jack Ryder in the second game.

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  • BuddiesBuddies Registered User regular
    Also, I just remembered, I haven't done a grapple boost takedown, is it just as simple as having a dude in your grapple path of travel?
    "Press Y to seriously mess this dude up!"

    I totally did it on accident last night flying around the city. Didn't even know the guy was there, just grapple boosted to start going somewhere and all of a sudden I was slamming some dudes head into the concrete.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Also, I just remembered, I haven't done a grapple boost takedown, is it just as simple as having a dude in your grapple path of travel?
    "Press Y to seriously mess this dude up!"

    Not even a button prompt really, you just do a grapple boost underneath a henchman. I found it easiest to do this in the industrial area since gun henchs are right next to railing.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Gyral wrote:
    Okay, they really need to add the Creeper in the next Batman game.

    He's already got the combat moves down!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmBzP9fBVyM

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    Gyral wrote:
    Okay, they really need to add the Creeper in the next Batman game.

    Early game spoils for AA and AC
    He's a puzzle clue in the first game and you save has alter ego Jack Ryder in the second game.

    At some point in the late-game (or possibly post-game?) if you visit the Church...
    ...you'll find a bunch of people you've rescued over the course of the game. This includes Vicki Vale who is trying to get an interview with Mayor Sharp. If you talk to both of them, you unlock two audio logs of an interview they had prior to the events of the game, and Sharp specifically mentions the Creeper (as well as Huntress and Nightwing, I think), meaning that Jack Ryder has definitely already become the Creeper in this continuity.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    DrunkMc wrote:
    Preacher wrote:
    I'm terrible at bladetakedowns, even when its like one on one they just mess me up.

    I can't get them to work at all. I've done one; when I do what the game tells me for the blade takedown, Batman does the movement for dodging the blade but gets sliced up anyway. Even just doing the dodge seems really sketchy.

    So I've stopped trying to dodge/counter them at all and just punch/combo takedown anybody with a blade the first chance I get. It's really not worth the hassle of not knowing why you're failing.

    Same thing, thats the only move I can't pull off consistently. Its absolutely bad ass looking when you do it, I managed to do it against
    The Joker with the 2 roller coasters shooting by
    and it was awesome. But yeah, they kill me more often then anyone else.

    I've actually gotten pretty good at the blade takedowns, The thing is that the description is a bit misleading in that it tells you to press Y in time with the slashes.

    Don't do that. Just hold back+Y when they slash like you usually would. When you dodge a slash, release the buttons, then right after they wind up another slash just go back to holding back+Y again. Do this through the animation and you'll catch them.

    That being said I really don't bother doing it too much in challenge rooms, since KO'ing someone early like that can hurt your score. But it is a free KO pretty much.

  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    Haha, the frontpage of the Batman Wiki just happens to be the character list of Arkham city, and the character description for
    Hush
    is literally word for word the same as from the game. :D

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  • GuibsGuibs Weekend Warrior Somewhere up North.Registered User regular
    Just a question regarding the Robin DLC, does he comes with some campaign integrated mission like Catwoman if you have the DLC?

    Second, is there ways to actually "unlock" skins in game or we just need to wait for DLC ?

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Guibs wrote:
    Just a question regarding the Robin DLC, does he comes with some campaign integrated mission like Catwoman if you have the DLC?

    Second, is there ways to actually "unlock" skins in game or we just need to wait for DLC ?

    Robin is only used in challenge maps, he does have his own (cool) map though, and comes with two skins.

    No unlockable skins outside DLC

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    I just remember encountering a locked door in the game that never got opened. Most of the other locked doors I found were eventually used in either the story or a side mission (for example, I discovered the Riddler's final hideout long before I was able to go there because Batman was defeated by a simple door lock). However, there was one that was never used, and revisiting it now it is still locked.

    End-game spoilers:
    In Wonder Tower, in the room where a TV screen of Hugo taunts you and you have to enter the sewers in order to proceed, there are four doors and an elevator. The door to the right of the elevator is locked, and I never got it opened. It's right across from the room where you find the body of the guard Hugo tortured in that teaser video of him.

    Did anybody ever get that door open? Or maybe at one point they were going to let you out in the restricted area with all the helipads and the door was supposed to lead to that or something?

  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote:
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I thought
    Mad Hatter's bit was a fantastic, unexpected substitution for the Scarecrow bits in AA.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
    Preacher wrote:
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I thought
    Mad Hatter's bit was a fantastic, unexpected substitution for the Scarecrow bits in AA.

    Definately, though when it started I thought "oh shit not this garbage again."

    I'll also be the voice of dissent and spoilers for around I think 50 or 60% of the main story.

    Hated the Demon blood gliding parts, and disliked the Ra's fight because at no point was it hinted to use the rec gun to defeat him, and you had to basically do the fight twice.

    Preacher on
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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote:
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I thought
    Mad Hatter's bit was a fantastic, unexpected substitution for the Scarecrow bits in AA.
    I liked the Mad Hatter part, but was sad to find out that it was just the one part, and that was it.

    What we got was awesomesauce though.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote:
    Preacher wrote:
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I thought
    Mad Hatter's bit was a fantastic, unexpected substitution for the Scarecrow bits in AA.
    I liked the Mad Hatter part, but was sad to find out that it was just the one part, and that was it.

    What we got was awesomesauce though.

    Especially the lead-in to it.
    I remember getting the call to go pick up the drop and was thinking "..uh... What? Did I... miss something?"

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote:
    Preacher wrote:
    azith28 wrote:
    Where exactly is the boat that has the scarecrow reference in it? I went looking for it up and down the coast but didnt find anything.

    I don't think it was on a boat. Spoilers obviously.

    It was on one of the bridge overpasses near the industrial district. Its a riddle solution as well, should be a bunch of crows near some straw and his mask.

    I was really happy he was not in this game.

    I thought
    Mad Hatter's bit was a fantastic, unexpected substitution for the Scarecrow bits in AA.

    Definately, though when it started I thought "oh shit not this garbage again."

    I'll also be the voice of dissent and spoilers for around I think 50 or 60% of the main story.

    Hated the Demon blood gliding parts, and disliked the Ra's fight because at no point was it hinted to use the rec gun to defeat him, and you had to basically do the fight twice.
    The gliding parts were definitely Shits McGee, but something in the game hinted at using the REC gun, cause I wouldn't have thought to otherwise.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Especially the lead-in to it.
    I remember getting the call to go pick up the drop and was thinking "..uh... What? Did I... miss something?"

    Spoilers for a side plot.

    Yeah I at first thought I was going to have to save Vale from Hatter, but ended up having to save myself. If you visit him later he's actually up and whining you broke his hat.

    God damn is the mad hatter one of the creepiest batman villains.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I have a question, but I don't know what percentage of the game its at, so I guess, don't click if you haven't beaten the game.
    When you go back to the Steel Mill to get the cure back from Harley and Joker, Harley's tied up and gagged. Why? I didn't do that... so who did? Talking to Harley made it sound like we had a fight I missed

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    If you haven't listened to the Mad Hatter's audio logs, they're definitely worth listening to and makes me wish he was in the game more.

    In regards to Scarecrow, there are two things:
    1. The riddle answer, which is the mask surrounded by the crows, and...
    2. The locked boat down in the water that you use your remote hacker thing to get in and find a thug hopped up on fear gas and a bunch of invoices to a Dr. Crane (no, not Frasier).

  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote:
    I have a question, but I don't know what percentage of the game its at, so I guess, don't click if you haven't beaten the game.
    When you go back to the Steel Mill to get the cure back from Harley and Joker, Harley's tied up and gagged. Why? I didn't do that... so who did? Talking to Harley made it sound like we had a fight I missed

    If you really want to know...
    Talia

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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
    No, not the thing on the bridge. Someone posted that there was a boat with a door unlocked with your crypto gadget, and inside was some prisoner raving and some notes with cranes name on them.

    Where exactly is that boat

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote:
    I have a question, but I don't know what percentage of the game its at, so I guess, don't click if you haven't beaten the game.
    When you go back to the Steel Mill to get the cure back from Harley and Joker, Harley's tied up and gagged. Why? I didn't do that... so who did? Talking to Harley made it sound like we had a fight I missed

    Endgame spoiler.

    I too was kind of confused by that, I can only assume it was clayface who took the cure for some reason and never gave it to joker. Honestly the last section with regards to the cure and joker/clayface, is confusing as hell. Clayface has the cure, but doesn't give it to joker, who he's still working with. Also Talia is shot but batman carries out the body of his one true love the joker.

    It kind of falls apart there narratively to be completely honest. Too many loose end tie ups/WHAT A TWIST without really explaining any of it.

    About harley though, lets be honest, who didn't take the tape off her mouth and put it back on a couple times?

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    azith28 wrote:
    No, not the thing on the bridge. Someone posted that there was a boat with a door unlocked with your crypto gadget, and inside was some prisoner raving and some notes with cranes name on them.

    Where exactly is that boat

    Wasn't even aware of that. Though there was a character trophy I unlocked of a group of villains I don't remember fighting. Maybe they are in a challenge map?

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • BuddiesBuddies Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote:
    Skull2185 wrote:
    I have a question, but I don't know what percentage of the game its at, so I guess, don't click if you haven't beaten the game.
    When you go back to the Steel Mill to get the cure back from Harley and Joker, Harley's tied up and gagged. Why? I didn't do that... so who did? Talking to Harley made it sound like we had a fight I missed

    Endgame spoiler.

    I too was kind of confused by that, I can only assume it was clayface who took the cure for some reason and never gave it to joker. Honestly the last section with regards to the cure and joker/clayface, is confusing as hell. Clayface has the cure, but doesn't give it to joker, who he's still working with. Also Talia is shot but batman carries out the body of his one true love the joker.

    It kind of falls apart there narratively to be completely honest. Too many loose end tie ups/WHAT A TWIST without really explaining any of it.

    About harley though, lets be honest, who didn't take the tape off her mouth and put it back on a couple times?

    I did it like 10 times at least. It... it kind of turned me on. I mean.. I mean it did turn me on.

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