Batman: Arkham Knight

[Slick]

This is nice.

 

[Nardz937]

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I was pleasantly surprised when my PS4 automatically started downloading a latest patch for Arkham Knight and I knew right away that it was the Pattinson Batman skin. I do like the way it looks in game.

 

[Iceman]

Looks decent! Glad they got around to this.

 

[psylockolussus]

I still need to play Arkham Origins.

Arkham Knight was a gift to me. It sat in my room for a year, before I fully dived on it, but when I did, I enjoyed. In fact, Return to Arkham was the 1st Ps4 game I i ever bought.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I have fond memories of pre-ordering Arkham City at Best Buy (because Tim Drake Robin as playable character was a store exclusive), and while I was picking it up at the store I bought the Batman Year One animated movie (which came with a free mini action figure of Batman). Asylum was the game that I got the PS3 for Christmas for, and it blew my mind as a Batman fan.

 

[Drizzle]

I was hyped for Asylum ever since they revealed it shortly after TDK came out. I think it was in Game Informer magazine. It lived up to the hype. City came out during a time when I didn't have as much time for gaming because I had just gotten my first job out of college but I still made it a point to play that and I absolutely loved it. It's still the best of the series for me.

Knight was the main reason I got a PS4 the Christmas before it came out because they had made the announcement that it wouldn't be released on 360/PS3.

Even though Insomniac's Spider-Man games have kind of filled that void for me, I do miss the Arkham series a bit. I replayed them a few years back (minus Origins) and they still hold up.

 

[fiasco45]

BB suit

 

[blueharvest]

 

[The Joker]

That sounds more interesting than the Arkham Knight plot.

 

[Boom]

 

[Kane52630]

I would also blame the popularity of Jason Todd at the time.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Arkham Knight was embarrassing across the board lol

 

[Kane52630]

Couldn't disagree more but that seems like the general opinion.

 

[Mani-Man]

It would have made so much more sense considering in City you had hush with fear toxin containers and stuff.
Would have made such a interesting story.
Its a damn shame and i dont get why Sefton Hill didnt trust Paul Dini on this.

I would also blame the popularity of Jason Todd at the time.

Really? he was that popular at the time?
I always felt they shoehorned him in because they completely ignore him before and felt the Knight plot would make for such a good twist and all.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Couldn't disagree more but that seems like the general opinion.

I mean half of it was a driving one of the most poorly implemented vehicles in modern triple A gaming then you're constantly thrown tutorials for stuff you barely use. The narrative was more half-assed then the game before it. The devs straight up lied to the fans about the Arkham Knights identity claiming it was an original character.

It's still visually gorgeous even today so there's that but visuals aren't important to me personally.

 

[TheVileOne]

Yeah, that doesn't seem legitimate or likely at all. You guys shouldn't trust unsourced, unverified information that's posted on social media.

Now, does Batman Arkham Knight have tons of story and narrative issues? Yes. Do I think Dini should've been kept onboard for the third game? Yes. But that doesn't mean that information is accurate.

 

[Mani-Man]

Yeah, that doesn't seem legitimate or likely at all. You guys shouldn't trust unsourced, unverified information that's posted on social media.

Now, does Batman Arkham Knight have tons of story and narrative issues? Yes. Do I think Dini should've been kept onboard for the third game? Yes. But that doesn't mean that information is accurate.

Hm, there are so many open question about rocksteadys handling of arkham knight.

The whole hush thing from City is still such Big question Mark in the end.
Like, what was the Plan when they added the Character in City?
There is no way the knight thing was what they had in Mind.

What was the Initial idea of the third game? When did it turn into knight etc?

 

[TheVileOne]

I have no idea, but it doesn't sound like Dini had many ideas fully developed. We do see a version of Hush/Thomas Elliott in Arkham Knight. And Scarecrow is one of the main villains.

The Arkham Knight thing is weak, especially since it's basically a glorified Red Hood story and they tried to market Arkham Knight as a brand-new villain when it was really just Jason Todd.

 

[theastsunnn]

Why if scarecrow is going to release his gas on the city, why is he warning the people of Gotham first and giving them time to get out?

 

[TheVileOne]

Why if scarecrow is going to release his gas on the city, why is he warning the people of Gotham first and giving them time to get out?

A lot of stuff that happens in Arkham Knight is video game contrivances. They can't have a fully populated Gotham City, so they need to have it evacuated to have Batman interact with Gotham City. It's kind of like the curfew in Arkham Origins to explain why the city looks empty. I mean I agree with your general sentiment. It's a dumb plan by the Scarecrow. If he really wants to get vengeance on Batman, why even warn the city?

It makes no sense that Arkham Knight would set a militia of robotic drones against Batman when his whole rule is no killing. Forcing him to deal with MANNED tanks and choppers armed to the teeth would make things even more difficult for Batman. They literally have a militia all over the city. Why would they use remote control drones only anyway?

Also, the trailers literally market the whole idea of all the worst villains working together in tandem for Scarecrow's grand plan to take down Batman. And we never really see that at all. All the villains are just kind of doing their own things and don't really care about what Scarecrow is doing.

 

[Mani-Man]

Why if scarecrow is going to release his gas on the city, why is he warning the people of Gotham first and giving them time to get out?

That i can understand.
Scarecrow in this game is all about proving a point that batman is Not the Hero.
Him managing with a simple threat to have gotham being almost completely empty because everyone runs away, people not trusting in batman enough, is proving a point.
Its showing how dangerous scarecrow is etc.

 

[TheVileOne]

That i can understand.
Scarecrow in this game is all about proving a point that batman is Not the Hero.
Him managing with a simple threat to have gotham being almost completely empty because everyone runs away, people not trusting in batman enough, is proving a point.
Its showing how dangerous scarecrow is etc.

OK fair enough, but wouldn't releasing a fear bomb on Gotham City that Batman failed to stop also accomplish that?

 

[Mani-Man]

OK fair enough, but wouldn't releasing a fear bomb on Gotham City that Batman failed to stop also accomplish that?

I guess, but you know how villains are...everything has to be more elaborate and all.

 

[TheVileOne]

I guess, but you know how villains are...everything has to be more elaborate and all.

Fair enough.

"Batman, I'm a DC Comics villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke and give you every chance possible of affecting its outcome when I could've done it 35 minutes ago? You're damn right I will. Now sit back and let me monologue!"