@RogerRoger Glad to see you enjoyed it! I’m looking forward to reading your review but I think I might wait until I play the game first just so that I make my own mind up about it! That screenshot is really nice though, I’m loving that Robin outfit.
@nessisonett Cheers! And smart move, particularly since you're a fan of the source material; definitely best to discover it all for yourself. Word of warning, that outfit is exclusive to the Deluxe Edition (the content from which you can buy from PSN as a separate upgrade).
Also, I should stress that the description of "quite pleasant, if a bit uninspired" was referring to the game's trophy list, and not the game itself! I reckon Gotham Knights is a solid nine.
"We want different things, Crosshair. That doesn't mean that we have to be enemies."
Congrats @RogerRoger and glad you enjoyed it. I’m actually considering picking this up now at some point, having read what the gamers have said about the game rather than the media. Sounds an enjoyable experience, and I’ve played and enjoyed games that I’ve considered far less quality than a solid 9.
@RogerRoger Congratulations on the Gotham Knights platinum. That was fast, I take it not an overly long game or have you sunk a lot more time than usual into it?
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca
@colonelkilgore Thanks, and thanks! Obviously allowing for personal taste (I'm a huge DC fanboy) I'd still say that Gotham Knights has been given a bum rap, and would probably give it an objective eight. I'm sure that, once it's been patched and discounted in a sale somewhere, you'll find it more than worthwhile.
@The_Moose Cheers! I'd say it's average length; I did kinda surrender myself to it, and a big chunk of my fifty-odd hours was devoted to Photo Mode. I'd guesstimate that your average story run would be somewhere just shy of twenty hours, with the platinum clocking in at twenty-five to thirty. If you rush, skip cutscenes and ignore all side content, people are saying you can finish the core story in six, but I can't see that being a pleasurable way to enjoy a story-driven, cinematic game!
"We want different things, Crosshair. That doesn't mean that we have to be enemies."
@RogerRoger congrats, how does it compare to the Arkham games? Loved those.
I finally got my FF7 Remake Platinum. Really tough bosses toward the end. Thoroughly enjoyed it though. Actually my first Final Fantasy game and the only JRPG I’ve played all the way to the end. 99 hours to clear it!
Frustratingly it looks like my Wildlands Platinum won’t happen. After almost 100 hours, at least 1 trophy is glitched. A common problem that started this year apparently. Annoying but I had a blast playing co-op with a friend.
@MB81 congrats on FFVII Remake bud… sorry to hear about Wildlands though, what glitched for you? I’m gonna be playing it next year, so would be interested to know as maybe I could avoid it.
Has anyone else completed DA Inquisition nightmare mode?
I'm finding it a right slog. I'm level 7 and they say the early part of the game is hardest but most battles I'm surviving against trash mobs by the skin of my teeth.
Every time I look on the forums for help I just have a load of people boasting about how easy it is and how they punched a dragon to death at level 3.
Am I alone in finding it this hard or do I just suck at this?
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca
@The_Moose I can’t comment specifically on nightmare mode, but I do remember when I played it several years ago (on normal difficulty) that part of the reason I dropped it was that I wandered over to one of the optional dragons and it smoked me soundly. I tried several different tactics and character arrangements against it and I just couldn’t defeat it. The frustration made me take a break and then before I knew it I’d fallen off the game entirely and never finished it.
Also, the game is just too large in my opinion and I was trying to do everything and burned myself out, I think.
@Th3solution Pleased you struggled on normal then, no offense but it makes me feel slightly less ashamed of myself haha. There's a part of the game where you specialise and apparently it gets much easier after this but no idea when or where that will happen.
Thanks for your input though.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca
@The_Moose I looked into this a couple of months ago… and I think that the specialisation option becomes available at lvl 10 iirc. From that point in there are supposedly a few builds which make the game ‘doable’ on Nightmare.
@colonelkilgore I'm grinding it out in the first area in that case then. Getting my ass kicked already so I'll just wait until specialisation becomes available.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca
@RogerRoger congrats, how does it compare to the Arkham games? Loved those.
It's somewhere between Asylum and Origins in terms of length, but gives City and Origins a run for its money in terms of scale, and matches Knight in terms of gameplay diversity. It's not as relentlessly dark and gritty as the Arkham series, but that's because it isn't focused on Batman, rather four characters who know how to crack an occasional smile (although it still has some pretty creepy moments, in a cool PG-13 sort of way). Personally, it's my new favourite bat-game and, for reference, my previous favourite was Origins, closely followed by Asylum and Knight.
Anyway, congratulations on your FFVII Remake platinum! Sorry to hear about Wildlands, though. I'm glad to see that you got some good memories from the game regardless!
"We want different things, Crosshair. That doesn't mean that we have to be enemies."
Just platinumed Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on PS4. Almost all of the trophies are unmissable, but it pays to consult a guide from time to time to make sure you don't miss any of the lorestones, since you can't backtrack, and you'll need to collect all of them for one of the game's last trophies.
I complained about this game a bit in the PS4 games thread, but I'm not sorry I played it. I stand by my assertion that this game doesn't need to be as long as it is. The first half of the game drags something awful, and was actually a bummer to play. The second half, though... improves dramatically. The crystal challenges have some of the game's only good puzzles, and the entire descent into Helheim, which takes up the last few hours of the game, is scary and emotionally exhausting. It really does feel like you're descending into a realm not meant for mortal eyes.
The combat is a good deal more fun than I initially thought, and I was happy to see enemies that require specific steps to beat. You can't just spam your sword attack and mow down enemies. If you get into a good rhythm, though,, battles really do become ballets of death.
I'll need time to process the ending, as I'm not really sure how I feel about it yet.
Overall, though, I did end up enjoying my time with this. As much as one can possibly enjoy spending time in Senua's fractured and painful life, anyway.
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