Batman: Arkham City

[Mzo]

When GTA3 first came out, (and later San Andreas to a greater degree) that game had a LOT of content. You could see your completion percentage slowly go up over time. I remember that last Jeep mission I needed to do, driving uphill grabbing markers. I remember getting 100%. It was amazing, and I would never, ever do it again. That's cool with me.

[Yoshi]

Twice the framerate makes everything feel better, even in resistance-free games like this. Worth waiting if you've got the hardware. PhysX stuff is goofy-ass icing.

This forum needs more Tains.

I don't understand this multi-play argument at all. I don't think I've replayed a game this generation except for both Uncharted games and the first two Gears of War games. And they forced me to do it to play on the highest difficulty, and I consider that the biggest fault with either of them. There are way, way too many good games coming out on too many platforms. I have a whole hell of a lot more extra money than extra time, so I will gladly spend $30-50 (still not a fan of $60 in the vast majority of cases) for an 8-12 hour romp. If the game is much longer than that, it starts to irritate me in many cases, though New Vegas and The Witcher 2, for example, got about 35 hours each and earned them all, so it's not impossible. I expect Skyrim will be in the group as well.

[Mzo]

I remember this blew my mind when I played Mirror's Edge on my PC.

[A Robot Bit Me]

This forum needs more Tains.I don't understand this multi-play argument at all. I don't think I've replayed a game this generation except for both Uncharted games and the first two Gears of War games.

What's not to understand? Have you listened to your favorite song once?

[FirstBlood]

Nah, it's more par-for-course it seems.

Each year, hyped game comes out.

Said games are played and enjoyed in the first month.

Within the month, said games sold en masse. Doesn't matter how much content/value/quality is at work.

It's not just Akham though. Take your pick - I think it's more the audience who buys into these games, then the games "not being worth what they're charged." Always chasing the next big name title - how relevant do you think TNL will find Arkham City after Skyrim is out? After a year? After 5 years?

I don't know if it's the nature of the games, or the audience that buys into em (I'm betting on the latter), but it doesn't seem like Mog got his $60 worth if he can't even think about playing through it again.

And if such content were "daunting" why the fuck suffer it the first time? Why see that density as incentive or value if you can't see yourself getting through it all or if you do, it's a chore or unrepeatable?

Stop it.

[Rumpy]

The weirdest part is what he described is how its been for at least the last 20 years, including the non-hyped games. It's like he just now figured out that it takes people less than a month to play through most games.

This is my reaction to his comment too. Mog didn't even say he felt ripped off or anything, he wilingly paid full price for a game he wanted to play and finished it, you don't even know how long it took him. Stop with the x amount of dollars means y amount of hours. Pay what you want for a game when you want to play it, no need to freak out about how others do it.

The real issue with this game is WB's shady ass Catwoman pass. That shouldn't exist. It's done in time for launch, it's part of the story, it should be on the disc. Not everyone has their console online.

Also! Thanks for the code Pineapple!

[Yoshi]

What's not to understand? Have you listened to your favorite song once?

If it was 20 hours long, I'd listen to it a whole lot less or never.

[dave is ok]

Arkham City is a better game than Arkham Asylum. Just saying

[EvilMog]

What's going on in here?

Didn't I say I did not pay full price? Even if I did I feel it was worth it. It's a good game. I played the shit out of it last week. Big fucking deal if I dont play through it again. I never play through single player games twice. I never go back to games to find all the widgets unless it's plausible. 400 collectibles can fuck off. I find no joy in hunting for stuff. Stop squawking about this already.


FYI the last hour or so was pretty stellar.

[Melf]

If it was 20 hours long, I'd listen to it a whole lot less or never.

And if all games averaged 3 minutes, you wouldn't buy any at all, so that's not really a fair criticism, is it?