New Batman Arkham Knight gameplay-ish trailer

RussianSensation

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Game looks fun if you are a fan of the Batman Arkham series but man those graphics have aged badly. Even the old Batman games were nowhere near cutting edge graphics wise but this for a 2015 game is actually looking very mediocre. Chances are the gameplay will be fun though.
 

Rakewell

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Game looks fun if you are a fan of the Batman Arkham series but man those graphics have aged badly. Even the old Batman games were nowhere near cutting edge graphics wise but this for a 2015 game is actually looking very mediocre. Chances are the gameplay will be fun though.

You're kidding, right?

The game looks beautiful.

(Assuming we're seeing what we're getting.)
 

Bateluer

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You're kidding, right?

The game looks beautiful.

(Assuming we're seeing what we're getting.)

It'll be stepped down a few notches for the Xbox One version, probably to 900p. Seems to be the case with most Xbox One multiplat titles. Unless Rocksteady makes significant cuts, and other developers have that, the PC version will look as good or better than what they show off in videos.
 

mikeymikec

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Why? Batman is the ultimate super hero.

First, bullet time is primarily associated with 'The Matrix', where people do things not possible in real life, like reacting to bullets being fired and dodging them.

Next, Batman isn't super-human, nor does he have any physical/mental capabilities that a normal human isn't potentially capable of with some training. The idea of the character is that he's a person driven to obsessive lengths to achieve justice and also happens to have the resources available for the required gadgets.

Therefore, a guy jumping into a speeding car as it flies over a gap results in a suspension of disbelief for me, partly because a) I doubt that it's possible in real life*, but mainly because b) a normal (albeit very capable) human being would opt for a safer tactic and c) while Batman would probably consider sacrificing his life in order to avert a major catastrophe, I very much doubt that he would want to go down in history for prat-falling to his death when such a show-off stunt inevitably goes wrong at some point.

I personally filed that particular scene under "stuff that's put in to the game to impress early teens".

* - A stunt artist might be willing to do something vaguely like this if the car is designed in a certain way, the exact parameters of the stunt are pre-determined (how much of a gap, the exact speed of the car, the ramp, etc), safety measures put in place in case it fails, and that they are able to practice the stunt (or elements of it) a multitude of times first. None of which apply in the scenario that I have a problem with.
 

Bateluer

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First, bullet time is primarily associated with 'The Matrix', where people do things not possible in real life, like reacting to bullets being fired and dodging them.

Next, Batman isn't super-human, nor does he have any physical/mental capabilities that a normal human isn't potentially capable of with some training. The idea of the character is that he's a person driven to obsessive lengths to achieve justice and also happens to have the resources available for the required gadgets.

Therefore, a guy jumping into a speeding car as it flies over a gap results in a suspension of disbelief for me, partly because a) I doubt that it's possible in real life*, but mainly because b) a normal (albeit very capable) human being would opt for a safer tactic and c) while Batman would probably consider sacrificing his life in order to avert a major catastrophe, I very much doubt that he would want to go down in history for prat-falling to his death when such a show-off stunt inevitably goes wrong at some point.

I personally filed that particular scene under "stuff that's put in to the game to impress early teens".

* - A stunt artist might be willing to do something vaguely like this if the car is designed in a certain way, the exact parameters of the stunt are pre-determined (how much of a gap, the exact speed of the car, the ramp, etc), safety measures put in place in case it fails, and that they are able to practice the stunt (or elements of it) a multitude of times first. None of which apply in the scenario that I have a problem with.

Clearly, you don't know who Batman is.

Regardless, you must really blow a gasket every time you see any kind of action movie. Do you get nosebleeds Ahnold movies?
 

chimaxi83

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First, bullet time is primarily associated with 'The Matrix', where people do things not possible in real life, like reacting to bullets being fired and dodging them.

Next, Batman isn't super-human, nor does he have any physical/mental capabilities that a normal human isn't potentially capable of with some training. The idea of the character is that he's a person driven to obsessive lengths to achieve justice and also happens to have the resources available for the required gadgets.

Therefore, a guy jumping into a speeding car as it flies over a gap results in a suspension of disbelief for me, partly because a) I doubt that it's possible in real life*, but mainly because b) a normal (albeit very capable) human being would opt for a safer tactic and c) while Batman would probably consider sacrificing his life in order to avert a major catastrophe, I very much doubt that he would want to go down in history for prat-falling to his death when such a show-off stunt inevitably goes wrong at some point.

I personally filed that particular scene under "stuff that's put in to the game to impress early teens".

* - A stunt artist might be willing to do something vaguely like this if the car is designed in a certain way, the exact parameters of the stunt are pre-determined (how much of a gap, the exact speed of the car, the ramp, etc), safety measures put in place in case it fails, and that they are able to practice the stunt (or elements of it) a multitude of times first. None of which apply in the scenario that I have a problem with.

What the F did I just read...


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Tweak155

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Sep 23, 2003
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I think the preview looks pretty good. I gotta go back and beat the ones I already own.