Mr. GOH! Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Arkham Origins. It's a Batman game and pretty well done. I feel like the facial animations are better than ever. A certain frustrating bug preventing completion of a particular major side quest is nigh-unforgivable, however. SPOILER Just got to the Joker reveal. Troy Baker is no Mark Hamill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 A reply to GOH: Really? All I hear about that game is what a good job Troy Baker does. I've been getting back into Dishonored. Besides the fact that the name is spelt wrong, it's pretty good! I got distracted by something else when it launched and never got back to it till now. One last PS3 game before PS4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 TCP: Troy gives it his best shot, and he's not terrible. Just not as good. Some of this may be the writing, however; I have not yet felt the connection between Batman and The Joker yet, which AA did extremely well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) I have not yet felt the connection between Batman and The Joker yet, which AA did extremely well. That's because it's not there yet. It is their first meeting, after all. If you just got the Joker reveal, then the next level you'll play is pretty damn good. And after that is what's probably my favorite section of the entire series, I think. At least when it comes to the weirder levels. You really can't judge Baker's performance until you've played that far. Edited October 28, 2013 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 A reply to GOH: Really? All I hear about that game is what a good job Troy Baker does. I've been getting back into Dishonored. Besides the fact that the name is spelt wrong, it's pretty good! I got distracted by something else when it launched and never got back to it till now. One last PS3 game before PS4. Do you pronounce it "Dishonoored"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 I have not yet felt the connection between Batman and The Joker yet, which AA did extremely well. That's because it's not there yet. It is their first meeting, after all. If you just got the Joker reveal, then the next level you'll play is pretty damn good. And after that is what's probably my favorite section of the entire series, I think. At least when it comes to the weirder levels. You really can't judge Baker's performance until you've played that far. I think part of what I've liked about the Joker/Batman dynamic is the inevitabiltiy of The Joker's existence once Wayne takes up cape and cowl to fight crime. There has been some ham-fisted development in that direction in Origins (mostly overheard baddie dialogues about how weird the criminal leaders are getting), but The Joker's reveal lacked much of an impact. "Oh, so instead of a weird, black-masked baddie, the main villain is a clown-faced baddie." I freely admit that it may get far better, as I have only done the room immediately after the reveal. I also think that pulling off the Joker reveal in a satisfying way in any new Batman universe is very, very difficult. Arkham Asylum had it easy in that the relationship between Batman and The Joker was well-established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) Arkham Asylum had it easy in that the relationship between Batman and The Joker was well-established. And that right there is my biggest issue with Origins' story (which I'm otherwise enjoying quite a bit). The previous games worked so well in part because of how they acknowledged the established lore and universe and just rolled along with it. They weren't going out of their way to tell you who these villains were, they let you play catch up. There were a few characters like Zsasz and Deadshot that I didn't even know about before playing the first two games. That alone made it easier to accept when they strayed from the canon. The last thing this series needed was to distance itself from the established lore by trying to give its own origin spin. It takes the already shaky premise of "the longest night of Batman's career" from the first two games and just stretches it to the point of unbelievability. Edited October 28, 2013 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 So, FLD, is the open world reusing anything from Arkham City or is it an entirely new area? It's two islands linked by a bridge and one of them is the area that becomes Arkham City. So it's half reused (with some slight changes) but the new island is the smaller or the two. The reused part doesn't really feel reused to me though, because it's not all flooded and destroyed like in Arkham City. There's definitely some places you'll recognize though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 A reply to GOH: Really? All I hear about that game is what a good job Troy Baker does. I've been getting back into Dishonored. Besides the fact that the name is spelt wrong, it's pretty good! I got distracted by something else when it launched and never got back to it till now. One last PS3 game before PS4. Do you pronounce it "Dishonoored"? No I live in a country where we know how to use the letter U! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Then why do you insist on putting it in so many words that don't need it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toxicitizen Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 The reused part doesn't really feel reused to me though, because it's not all flooded and destroyed like in Arkham City. There's definitely some places you'll recognize though. Yeah, I guess. I mean, they must have reused a ton of assets because otherwise there would have been no point in setting it there at all. But it does look different enough that sometimes I'll have to notice a specific building or landscape detail before I'll go "Oh, okay, that's where I am." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Started playing Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition. Holy shit, this game is so much goddamned fun. The gameplay itself is pretty good and x-ray attacks are crazy satisfying to pull off. But man, that story mode. I kinda lost interest in the series during the PS2/Xbox/GCN gen but back when I was a kid MK was the shit. The bowling alley near my house had the arcade machines for both MK 1 and 2 and I was there all the damn time. The arcade versions were way too difficult for me but I still kept going back. Later on when I got a Sega Genesis, I got the games for it and played them for years. The fact that the story mode is not only very good but also a retelling of the story from those days basically turns it into pure nostalgia for me. I'm having such a blast with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I started playing Infamous which I got free when the PSN went down. Only played for an hour or so. It seems fun so far but quite dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Currently booted up KH 1.5 HD as one last hurrah before the PS4 arrives. Looking good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Deus Ex: HR Director's Cut. Im playing th eMissing Link part of the game. Its not that great. Hopefully I get all my stuff back when Im done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) Started playing Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC, since GFWL-death meant my copy of Arkham City got turned into a GOTY one on Steam (awesome!). I already had Robin, the Black Mask challenge map and all the costumes (much prefer these to those I saw for Origins), so getting that and Nightwing, along with some more challenge maps is very welcome. Getting back into Arkham City after Origins feels like putting on some comfy old slippers; everything, even the gliding, just feels so much better. The challenge in the DLC is pitched about right (mid-late game setups but not too extreme) and I always liked playing as Robin; shield-bashing is lots of fun. Not sure if they got Conroy back for the voice because it sounds different, and Batman only seems to utter one or two words at a time (game claims he's being 'terse' because of what happened with The Joker). Could be that Conroy has taken that direction onboard though... Not sure I like Robin's voice; he sounds more like I imagine Nightwing would. Edited November 5, 2013 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Playing Lego Marvel Superheroes and it is very fun, despite being very easy and featuring jokes aimed at 5 year olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I enjoyed Lego Star Wars, except I had to stop playing coop with my wife because I don't think our marriage could have survived it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Reminds me, I grabbed Lego Batman a little while back. I should probably fire it up soon. I mean, I doubt it could be worse than Arkham origins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 The LEGO games are nice little time-wasters; though I'm waiting on the Marvel one because I've already got plenty to keep me busy anyway. LEGO Batman 1 and 2 are a lot of fun and I actually took the time to 100% those. LOTR tried something a bit different and while the main story mode is really good, and roaming around (with that music) is wonderful, the things you have to do for 100% just isn't worth it. Mainly, it introduced 'quests' to actually unlock the extra modifiers and some really shit platforming for getting to some of the 'mithril bricks' . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Yeah I've enjoyed the LEGO games I've played, but LOTR was just fucking terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Started playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. So far, it's pretty good. I wasn't a fan of the fixed camera at first but I got used to it pretty quickly. I'm not sure what, if anything, it actually has to do with Castlevania, though. Because so far it's more like God of Shadow of the Colossus. I'm okay with that. Also, it's narrated by Captain Picard, so that's another bonus. Oh and, for the first time in a while, I actually swallowed my pride and turned down the difficulty. I've been playing most games on hard rather than normal lately. So I went with Knight, which is what I assumed was hard. Paladin was higher but it's locked. Anyway, on the second chapter I realized this was going to be a very frustrating experience. This game does not hold your hand. "Barely made it through that fight? Okay, here's a checkpoint. And another fight. Oh you don't have any health left? Well, you can try again from that checkpoint but we're not refilling your health bar!" It's actually kind of refreshing, to be honest. I think they want you to just replay the levels once you're fully upgraded. When you unlock Paladin you don't actually start a new game, you just level select. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 The game I just bought... Long Live the Queen. This is some Game of Thrones level of cray cray here. Assassins got me on my 38th week. Fucking archers. Overall, I like this game. It is really simple and I wish there were some UI changes like going to class much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Started playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. So far, it's pretty good. I wasn't a fan of the fixed camera at first but I got used to it pretty quickly. I'm not sure what, if anything, it actually has to do with Castlevania, though. Because so far it's more like God of Shadow of the Colossus. I'm okay with that. Also, it's narrated by Captain Picard, so that's another bonus. Oh and, for the first time in a while, I actually swallowed my pride and turned down the difficulty. I've been playing most games on hard rather than normal lately. So I went with Knight, which is what I assumed was hard. Paladin was higher but it's locked. Anyway, on the second chapter I realized this was going to be a very frustrating experience. This game does not hold your hand. "Barely made it through that fight? Okay, here's a checkpoint. And another fight. Oh you don't have any health left? Well, you can try again from that checkpoint but we're not refilling your health bar!" It's actually kind of refreshing, to be honest. I think they want you to just replay the levels once you're fully upgraded. When you unlock Paladin you don't actually start a new game, you just level select. Be ready for the game to be twice as long as you thought it'd be. It overstays its welcome pretty fast. But I still suggest getting through it. The second half of the game is pretty awesome, despite the gameplay being a GoW clone that doesnt know when to quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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