Began playing the title since yesterday morn and have had quite some progress by far. The only gripe I have had is the lousy boss encounters. Save for one, the rest of them felt as if they were included just for the heck of it. I recall the encounter with Scarecrow in Arkham Asylum and that guy still gives me the creeps! However, I loved the combat in the game with all those added combos and the extra dose of gadgetry plus all the upgrades in the game. Seemed like a good addition to me. The sound effects really stand out esp. in a 5.1 environment (Dolby D) wherein you can distinctly hear those thugs chatting to each other and during combat as well, which comes from individual speakers. When Batman turns around, the output changes accordingly. Voice acting and sound tracks (felt a bit like Batman Begins and TDK?) in the game is excellent. Pretty sad Mark Hamill had to resign from the role of Joker's voice actor - he did a fantastic role overall! And I really wish Batman could sprint by default instead of walking. Walking or movements by stealth could have been done by manually controlling the analog stick. Got used to these controls in several titles esp. Uncharted for instance.
Btw is Alfred serving as Batman's butler? From the game it looks like he took over Lucius Fox's post! :/
kestrel5915 said:
The prompt for the final showdown came at 400/440 ie you need to complete at least 400 of the 440 Riddler challenges and that includes a lot of things like trophies, physical challenges, riddles, breakable objects and even Catwoman trophies count.
I have all the Catwoman trophies and there are about 7 Batman trophies left but now its not required to do them all.
That's just insane man! The sheer amount of Riddler's trophies and challenges in the game (400?) drives me nuts. I can spot a Riddler's trophy in almost every nook and corner of the level.