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[Gambit2483]

I love the Arkham games; I've played through them countless times. If they released a new one of those every few years that was just a derivative but well-made copy (maybe one time it's Nightwing in Bludhaven, then it's Green Arrow in Star City the one after that, whatever), I'd buy it up.

SS: KTJL looks like utter shit. You took one of the best developers in the business and somehow made them spend 8 years making something that looks simultaneously exactly like and worse than the Marvel Avengers game that they are turning off after just a few years. We can guess what happened, I think (idiotic, greedy upper managers dictated what kind of game they'd make), but it's still incredibly frustrating. The trailer was just telling us we'd be grinding for hours just to shoot the same glowing spots on the same tanks over and over again. GTFO with this stuff and bring back good single-play, story-driven games.

(I know there are still companies making what I want, I'm just pissed right now!)

Enemies that are big and slow with big glowing weak points are some of the laziest gaming design ever.

It works in high frenetic single player action games like Lost Planet but in multiplayer focused games like this it just seems lazy as fuck. This really is just Avengers 2.0 but without the more defined character traits.

 

[Neff]

I had doubts, but I was still keeping an eye on this because it's Rocksteady (whose Arkham games were in-fucking-credible) and because the visuals in cutscenes looked fantastic. Now that we have 'in-depth' gameplay, it looks incredibly stale, conceptually and mechanically. I'm actually shocked by how cynical and underwhelming it appears considering the age-long development time. The cringe is off the charts when it comes to the script/performances. It honestly looks no different from the free-to-play shit I avoid like the plague. My interest in a purchase is gone.

I may reconsider skipping if the review scores unexpectedly skyrocket, but as things are they really managed to talk me out of this one.

The whole reason DC's Batman world was perfect for Rocksteady game was the unique solitary/gothic/noir/Batman-the-Animated-Series tone

The whole reason DC's Batman world was perfect for Rocksteady was because they nailed ripping off Metal Gear and Metroid to complement Batman's propensity for stealth and use of his gadget arsenal to peel back the layers of the explorable world around him, and they absolutely killed it on both fronts with impeccable level design and mechanics. I don't see any of that good design here. Just generic, open, featureless arenas conducive to hopping around with your XP-grinding pals.

This makes my soul hurt.

 

[abacab driver]

Wow.

I can't believe this dodgy shite is coming from Rocksteady.

 

[Neolombax]

GaaS games need to have an addictive progression system or gameplay loop. This game while I think it looks fun and fast paced, the loot doesn't seem to be great (even legendary gear have very tame effects, nothing creative). The loot system in this game reminds me so much of the one they had in Gotham Knights, which was not very good. At least changing gear and weapons in this game will have visual changes, unlike Marvel Avengers. Even that game had its following until the impending end, so maybe this game will have its own too.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Il play this junk on gamepass when it comes to it a few months after its released.

I'm still waiting on Marvel Midnight Suns Gamepass release (yes mms is a good game but it didn't sell well)

 

[Hawking Radiation]

 

[K' Dash]

Not only the game looks like ass but they want to release in the same month as Zelda…

 

[Fake]

Ironic a GAAS with season pass using the phrase "No Matter the Cost".

 

[Lord Panda]

It should have been a Ninja Turtles game.

Rocksteady have become Rockwobbly.

I'll see myself out.

 

[Needlecrash]

This....wasn't what I expected. Shoot some arena bad guys while killing the Corrupted Justice League. Such a travesty. How did Rocksteady go from Batman: Arkham Asylum/City/Knight to this??? And a GAAS model and online forced connection for solo play? No wonder the founders left the studio.

 

[FunkMiller]

I think the story behind this game is going to be very similar to the story behind Crystal Dynamics and The Avengers. With the same results.

 

[dorkimoe]

I’ll definitely pick this up. But not full price

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Yikes.
Should have done another Batman game.

Should've done Batman: Arkham Beyond.

 

[Salz01]

It also bugs me that Wonder Woman doesn’t even look like WW. She looks like a totally different character. Everything about this game is so odd. I mean it makes Arkham Knights look better.

 

[Kacho]

Honestly, if you are fucking dumb enough to buy into this shit in 2023, after every other GaaS game failure - especially The Avengers - then good luck to you, and your extremely smooth brain.

Captain Boomerang is literally “how do you do fellow kids?” right there hahaha

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Surprised at just how underwhelming this latest showing was. PS3 era visuals (outside of cutscenes), multiple frame rate drops, uninspired world that just looks like Crackdown and the news that it's indeed a GaaS/requires always online. Hope it goes the way of Marvel's Avengers, might try it if it ever comes to PS+ though doubtful, didn't bother when Avengers did. The Arkham games were so good, Rocksteady chose to spend years developing *this*? Shame.

 

[DaGwaphics]

People like to hate on these things, but I don't think the trailer looked that bad. I'm a sucker for a superhero game and the gameplay itself looked better than Gotham Knights to me, at least it has good speed to it from what they've shown.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

I was done with Capeshit 10 years ago.

 

[supernova8]

Weird how they went from the absolute gorgeous (especially at the time) Arkham games to just..... "meh".

It seriously looks like they took the Guardians of the Galaxy game and changed out the environments and character models. Everything else basically looks the same.

 

[SRTtoZ]

What's the deal with the game being 3 months away and not being able to pre-order? Weird, no? I feel like another delay is coming.

 

[tusharngf]

Looks gaas to me..pass

 

[FeralEcho]

>eight years
Rocksteady was one of the best devs on 360, what happened?

WB thought they knew better than the fans,in five to ten years when they file for bankrupcy they're about to fiind out they were very wrong lol

 

[Halo2redvsblue]

It's more like suicide squad: kill this game. Rocksteady made three damn good Batman games back to back to back and then this is the trash they bring out? Hill and Walker knew it and that's why they left. It's a damn shame.

 

[Gambit2483]

I think the story behind this game is going to be very similar to the story behind Crystal Dynamics and The Avengers. With the same

Nah Avengers had actual single player focused levels and not always online. This is purely multi-player focused.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Not sure what I'm missing here that makes the general reception so poorly received? The animation work looks fantastic and it seems they've done a terrific job of making the movement & combat both fun and interesting.

I guess people really wanted a fifth Arkham game where it was just really more of the same? In any case I'll be all over this (unless it launches at 70EU which in that case I'll wait lol).

The gameplay and traversal looks really good....

..you guys are crackers...

Same.

Day 1 for me unless it has major issues. Based on this showcase.

 

[Germuso]

People ask for Superman...well it's there.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The game looks terrible.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

PS4 launch games looked better. The Fuck is this

 

[xrnzaaas]

I wouldn't believe you if you told me Rocksteady is behind this. It looks way less attractive than Gotham Knights and I wasn't really interested in playing that game either when I watched pre-release gameplays.

 

[FunkMiller]

Nah Avengers had actual single player focused levels and not always online. This is purely multi-player focused.

I meant more that capable single player devs are forced by the management to produce trash GaaS games.

 

[Cr1ptkeeper]

It looks like a game made for the Fortnite generation

 

[MMaRsu]

Looks like shit. Online only, battle pass trash too

 

[Ozzie666]

I got burned so badly with Marvel Avengers. I'd be hesitant to dive into this one until it gets proper reviews and exposure. It's a pity this wasn't a new DCUO instead. The choice of villains as well seems a bit dull. The important of powers from more famous heroes seemed kind of neat though.

 

[Gojiira]

Yeah the zipping and swinging around looks so out of place. Getting very strong Gotham Knights vibes from just about everything shown. Harley looks ugly as sin and King Shark just looks stupid, not a fan.

 

[Ic3man]

Shoot purple orbs

 

[Roufianos]

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if this scores worse than Gotham.

 

[Schmendrick]

Wow that looks generic.
Wannabe cool "how are you doing fellow kids"-game number xxxxx.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Needs to be delayed for about 3 or 4 years.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

No thanks.

 

[Skifi28]

No thanks.

 

[Dibils2k]

man this just doesnt look good in anyway... it feels soulless, the shooting and feedback from hits look abysmal... why is there so much shooting!? visually its so bland, honestly think Avengers looks better than this and in that you had more differences between characters too.

i feel bad for the devs and i feel bad myself as a rocksteady fan that they wasted 7+ years on this trash

 

[level1]

When the mission they choose to showcase is basically "shoot shiny spot", you know the whole thing is going to be a big fucking pile of trash. Really shocked this is coming from rocksteady.

 

[SRTtoZ]

Honestly, if you are fucking dumb enough to buy into this shit in 2023, after every other GaaS game failure - especially The Avengers - then good luck to you, and your extremely smooth brain.

What the hell happened to Rocksteady? Did they get new leadership or something? The 3 Arkham games were fucking great and yea they started the season pass nonsense in the 3rd game with a bunch of useless skins and charged a fortune for it. I don't even know what the fuck Gotham Knights was. I know it wasn't Rocksteady but it's their brand and now we have this. Will I play it? Probably, since I really like their games but it seems like they have no idea how to transition from their normal Singleplayer games to GAAS games. In fact, there is no reason for these games to even be GAAS games. It's like Avengers by Square Enix. Just an awful awful, idea.

 

[MetalFreak]

This game is really not doing anything for me... In fact, this showcase made care less about it.

 

[Arun1910]

Pass... unfortunately.

It just looks like a better Arkham Knight, which isn't saying much.

Pretty "been there, done that" gameplay.

I'm shocked Rocksteady have gone this direction. They nailed the Batman games and to switch to this style of game... ugh.

 

[The Skull]

This looks completely soulless. The fuck have they been doing?!

 

[TVexperto]

This looks completely soulless. The fuck have they been doing?!

playing too much fortnite

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

Honestly, if you are fucking dumb enough to buy into this shit in 2023, after every other GaaS game failure - especially The Avengers - then good luck to you, and your extremely smooth brain.

 

[RoadHazard]

Weird how they went from the absolute gorgeous (especially at the time) Arkham games to just..... "meh".

It seriously looks like they took the Guardians of the Galaxy game and changed out the environments and character models. Everything else basically looks the same.

I think you mean the Avengers game. GotG is nothing like this, it's a linear single player game.

 

[VN1X]

Honestly, if you are fucking dumb enough to buy into this shit in 2023, after every other GaaS game failure - especially The Avengers - then good luck to you, and your extremely smooth brain.

I get that you're doing the whole cynical gamer thing (and honestly, more power to you) but what exactly is the issue here? I know we all hate monetization, especially in premium games but do we know if their current plans involve anything other than cosmetic additions? I personally don't mind those and sometimes I'll even jump on Battle Pass Bandwagon to support the devs, especially if I grabbed the game on the cheap.

Again, I'm tired of obstructive and obtrusive monetization schemes in videogames as much as the next guy but so far all I've heard from the devs is "we'll have strong post launch support" which is basically what anyone could wish for no?