First of all: This game DOES work on Windows 10, 64 Bit. No idea why people don't try the forum first before leaving bad reviews. I was thinking if the game deserved 5 stars, but for that sometimes the AI makes me think it should only get 3. I already owned the disc version before buying the GOG version. I loved it from the start, but never really got around to play it. Then, about 8 years later, I finally got into it. Graphics, controls and controls are ok for a game of it's era, sneaking and climbing sometimes work very well most of the time. Even if the AI's soldiers are not the best shooters, you definitly want to stick to stealth tactics most of the time. Sometimes you can outrun the soldiers (even if you are still in their line of sight), but then you are screwed anyway since they won't return to their posts and block the ony entry. So ... yes, it could have used some polishing, but overall it's a great fun game.
Finally a horror / spookie game with only a minmum of sneak/survival sequences. No, this is a story driven adventure game, if it wasn't 3rd person I'd even say it's a walking simulator with some inventory items. But other than in most of those you actually talk to someone at times. Sadly there's also some running / sneaking sequences, which are quite annoying.I don't care too much about escaping or killing monsters (which we don't do here), when it comes to a story driven game. I also don't like when split sequences start or end, but I guess it is supposed to hurt, since it also hurts the main character. The game could use some polish, at some points the animations seem a little bit off. And why can't we pet the cat? Still, if you are looking for a mystery adventure game with some shock elements, this is for you.
I can say about this remake, is that it runs without problems on modern systems. Ok, the second good thing is that the game itself is still as good as it always was (that's why it got two stars). But the remake ... I don't know, I really really really hoped for something better. First I thought my memory must be failing me, that I remembered the original not good enough, so I reinstalled that one ... and the original is just more fun to play. I can't really point out why it is so. Sure, they changed the design style and they somehow forgot to hire someone for the weapon sounds, but that alone can't be it ... Then I had some bugs when using a mounted gatling gun of sorts ... ok, that happens. A guard was not able to shoot me through a breakable window. Another one walked right past me until he reached his point of destination and only then turned around. The death animations look more hillarious than the ones caused by the ray gun in NOLF2, even if the movement keys are set to WASD, you can't use those keys for the menus (I learned that when I was trying a mini gaming keyboard). But these are all things I usually don't care too much about. Still ... it's not as fun to play as the original. I will probably do one playthrough, but really ... this should have been a undiscounted start price of 15€, not 40€. M
Well ... let's just say: they did it right. This is how a remake of an adventure has to be done. It's still true to the original (which I liked a lot), the controls are smooth, I am not sure if the option to show objects on screen is new or if it existed in the original game. The riddles may not be all that complex, but that's the compromise you have to make if you release a game in episode format. The content is as crazy as ever. The new graphical style (thin borders around the objects, better shaders) was something to get used to for a short while, but it fits. In short: It just feels right, well done. I just wished they announced the game + soundtrack edition sooner, would have saved me an Euro or two.
What so many people waited for in Arkham City became a twisted reality. We wanted a living city to drive through and got a city full of bad guys (good guys were hiding) in which we had to use a tank to solve some gameplay riddles and fight drones. When released, the PC verion had some serious problems, but those were not solely Rocksteady's fault. This game would fill most of the memory of the common graphics card back then, the most common Nvidia card at that time however would not adress all of it's memory at full speed, so we had some very severe frame rate drops from time to time. But there were also some opportunities for random crashes which had nothing to do with the hardware. But after a few months and quite a few patches later, the game was running just fine. The public reception was ruined however. It was also recommended to use a dedicated graphics or Ageia PhysX card to run hardware accelerated PhysX. Is Arkham Knight a bad game? No, not at all. It still has most of it's predecessor's strengths, there are not too many skills (yes, at some point you are actually done and don't worry about XP anymore). The story is still guite good, the gameplay is just the same as before. There are more annoying enemy types which were really frustrating when I played this game the first time. Some of the battles I had to play multiple times. But at some point you figure out how to beat them and then you are glad not to see these buildings ever again. As long as you don't need the tank for riddles, try to use another Batmobile skin from the DLCs. You can use the 1989 version and als wear a skin that resembles Keaton's suite. I liked playing the game, but in the end I must say that Arkham Origins felt more fitting to the Batman francise.
... this one is a must have. If you don't like them, don't even bother reading the description, since it's TT's Lego games in it's prime. Great humor, solid controls, good level design and many many many characters. When I first started playing, I missed the big city as it was in Lego Batman 2. But after some time the game grew on me. What I didn't like all too much were some of the activities on the planets. And I am not much of a Brainiac fan, so I still like Lego Batman 2 more, but this one comes close. btw. do yourself a favor and play it in english (check the forums for how to). I know for example the german version is an insult to everyone older than 6 years. Now Warner Brothers and GOG ... give us DC Villans ... pretty please with sugar on top? sings: "I got the whole world ... in my pants!"
... this one is a must have. If you don't like them, don't even bother reading the description, since it's TT's Lego games in it's prime. Great humor, solid controls, good level design and many many many characters. When I first started playing, I missed the big city as it was in Lego Batman 2. But after some time the game grew on me. What I didn't like all too much were some of the activities on the planets. And I am not much of a Brainiac fan, so I still like Lego Batman 2 more, but this one comes close. btw. do yourself a favor and play it in english (check the forums for how to). I know for example the german version is an insult to everyone older than 6 years. Now Warner Brothers and GOG ... give us DC Villans ... pretty please with sugar on top? sings: "I got the whole world ... in my pants!"
