Joe Von Zombie
Hell yeah!
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It looks different sure, but it doesn't feel all that different to me. The dodge/counter thing is largely cosmetic, gameplay wise it serves the same function. Batman blocking then countering and Spider-Man sliding under a dudes legs then countering is the same thing, it's just a different animation that plays. While yes, this game this game requires you to manually close in distance, it still largely feels the same to me. The only thing I had to get used to was them moving counter to circle instead of triangle and because I've already done this dance four times (six if you count Mad Max and Sleeping Dogs) previously, I've been able to mop the floor with just about everything this game has been able to throw at me.Yeah, with the same logic Arkham is a shameless clone of Spider-Man 2 too.
How is it a clone when it looks, feels and plays completely different? First off, SM PS4 doesn't even have a counter, it has dodge. 2nd, it's not a freeflow combat and Spider-Man doesn't floating across the room from one enemy to another. The game borrows some elements from Arkham series but combat is definitely not one of them. In fact, it's a lot closer to Spider-Man 2, as it was already pointed out by Random490 (square=attack, circle=dodge (instead of counter), x=jump, + it has air combat just like the movie game).
The stealth is also nothing like Arkham, just for the simple fact that it's so underwhelming and boring compared to Batman, has a little to no variations and enemy's AI is incredibly weak.
I'm not sure it's a clone, but there are hardcore similarities! Also, yeah, Arkham Knight just...no. It should have been the end all/be all Batman game! The Batmobile and the fact that you don't get the ending until you beat EVERY Riddler challenge just killed it for me. I still haven't bothered to go back and play it, yet. Asylum, City, and especially Origins, those I play through the story mode regularly just for fun. Don't know why I love Origins so much...but I do.
Origins gets a lot of the core Batman stuff right that the Rocksteady games fall flat on or largely ignore so I totally get going back to that one.
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