1743

I agree. The Bat-car missions in Arkham Knight really harshed my mellow.

1744

It would be a mistake to skip out on Arkham Knight though, there are some really great moments in that one. I think the latter two games benefit from being more open world, the first felt kind of claustrophobic to me.

1745

Yeah, Batman gains moves and gadgets to use as the story progresses. The fights against the mooks are rated/scored for their efficiency/badassitude to determine how much experience you get. As I recall progress is auto-saved, which can kinda suck if you want to try a particular fight again. The games do have “New Game+” modes where you do start out with everything you had at the end of your last game.

1746

I know I’ve played the first and the last but have no idea of whether I ever got to the one in the middle. Isn’t there also an Arkham Origins?

1747

This looks like it could be an impulse buy, any thoughts on the overall quality?

1748

I put some impressions not too long ago in the tower if time thread. Need to scroll up a little.

1749

Thanks, I wasn’t aware there’s a thread for the game! I’m watching the SkillUp’s review now and he seems really positive on the game so I’ll likely pick it up to play when I have some free time.

1750

So does all these freebies mean the market is going to train the customer to simply wait until a game is given away or at least part of a super cheap subscription? When does this turn into what’s happening with streaming services where to get what you want you end up having to subscribe to a half dozen or more different services. Or does the fact you can get so much for free or close to free mean you have more free money to pay for stuff you really want at full price when it releases? Such a crazy and weird time. I currently have access to hundreds of games (not even including my collection of Steam games) so I could spend almost zero dollars for a few years and still never get thru more than 25% of the games I’d actually enjoy. And that’s just what I have currently and doesn’t include all the free games that will be thrown at me over those years. I don’t see how this is gonna work.

1751

You worry about AAA gaming production schizophrenia, I keep playing my affordable and stupid pixel art indie games!

1752

It’s certainly weird, but it’s not that much different in cost from the times of the old steam sales of 90% off games that actually went down in price with time.

1753

Or from the time when we had physical games we could share between a dozen friends, I am guessing. Different times.

1754

Yes there was. It was decent, not as good as Asylum/City but at least it doesn’t have the Batmobile stuff no one asked for from Arkham Knight. I did run into a couple of strange bugs that I never had with the Rocksteady-developed games.

1755

Yes. Arkham Origins is… uneven? It is not as “coherent” as the other Arkham games in terms of quality. Its lows are lower than anything in the other games (yes, even tank battles from Knight), but it has the one of the highest highs in the whole series for me. I personally think it’s worth playing, as long as you are aware that it has some “jank” that you won’t find in the Rocksteady games.

1756

Just regular “jank” or “bat-jank”?

1757

*“guano”

1758

At least it wasn’t tank jank

1759

Not games related, but the Complete Friends season, all 10 seasons for just $29.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/friends-the-complete-series/id1310820448

1760

Is that how much you want to pay me to watch them? Me thinks it’s not enough.

1761

Isn’t it nuts that that show premiered twenty-five years ago (that and Frasier, one of my all-time favorites)? Man does that make me feel old.

1762

It is nuts. And yet, teens these days love the show. That’s mind boggling.