Comments on: Thoughts: Batman – Arkham Knight

By: innokenti

innokenti — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:29:45 +0000

Yeah, to some extent the game doesn’t want you to stay in a fight long. Get in, make an impact, get out. Usually complicated by the boss orcs. Early on, often you just gotta run, later on with more powers you have a lot at your disposal to clear the masses, convert, call in allies, jump on a giant cat…

By: Ninja Foodstuff

Ninja Foodstuff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:44:20 +0000

I’d be very curious to see what you think about Mad Max

By: Ninja Foodstuff

Ninja Foodstuff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:41:27 +0000

See the thing which stops me going back and actually completing Shadow of Mordor is that the fights always seem to devolve into an endless churn of enemies, where more and more keep piling on, until either you die or have the good sense to just sprint away.

That aside you’ve really nailed some things here I just didn’t like about Arkham Knight, but didn’t realise why at the time. I absolutely hated the batmobile combat though. I may also be one of the few people who actually enjoyed Arkham Origins.

By: Janek

Janek — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:37:48 +0000

I believe rather than plain ripping off Arkham Asylum, Shadow of Mordor was in fact built in the same engine. Which makes it all the more incredible that they didn’t pinch some version of the nemesis system for this. Imagine how amazing a dynamic rogue’s gallery would be!

I picked up Arkham Knight for PC, so never played more than a couple of stuttery minutes before getting a refund. Given the series started off near-perfect and has been degenerating ever since, can’t say I’m that sad.

By: innokenti

innokenti — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 13:31:08 +0000

Hear hear!

After thoroughly enjoying Arkham Asylum, I went into Arkham City and found it to be too much and too unfocused – I barely stayed. The prospect of driving into an even flabbier version is not at all appealing.

I’ve done a 100% completion of Shadow of Mordor, but I’d still be tempted to go back and redo it after a little while. I hope that if they do Shadow or Mordor 2 they won’t allow it to just balloon like Arkham or Assassin’s Creed… not sure that’s too hopeful a prospect.