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So I wonder how exactly Batman can jam assault rifles? There shouldn't be any electronic equipment inside them, unless... "ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear."  Or, all weapons provided by Strange do indeed have safety switches like that, in case they get used against him 
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Kazeite posted:So I wonder how exactly Batman can jam assault rifles? There shouldn't be any electronic equipment inside them, unless... Nanobats, son!
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my dad posted:I have to admit, the only version of Batman I like as much as the TAS version is the one in "Batman: The Brave And The Bold" That show is just the right mix of cheerful and intentionally stupid that it's a nice palate cleanser after all those grimdark Batmen we're being spammed with lately. And, as a bonus, the show incessantly mocks hardcore Batman fanboys. No joke, Brave and the Bold is probably my second favorite incarnation of Batman ever, not only giving us a fresh and different Batman that revels in the zany-ness of the Silver age, but it made Aquaman great, made me love some old obscure characters I never cared about before, and the songs, THE SONGS man. My only really gripe is it had to end before getting some more characters outta the way, I wanted to see a Lobo team up episode and more of Mr.Miracle  But hey Music Meister is in Lego Batman 3! Along with the previously mentioned Condiment King a few pages ago.
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Kazeite posted:So I wonder how exactly Batman can jam assault rifles? There shouldn't be any electronic equipment inside them, unless... I'm kinda skeptical it's that logical considering it gets used on way too many different weapon types (would the automated machine guns really have the same ID-tag gear as regular weapons after all?). I just chalk it up to the same comic book science that lets a guy walk around in power armor with a freeze ray. Hobgoblin2099 posted:As a small note, Aaron Cash's picture in that riddle is different from the one in Arkham Asylum. New kid to feed probably explains why Cash was crazy enough to take this job in the first place; I mean, is anybody SURPRISED the team's had two different supervillains prey on them? It's a miracle Scruffy didn't walk into the church and see the two guys he rescued strung up from the rafters or something. As for Penguin getting all his firepower from Strange, I wonder if that was Strange being overconfidently stupid again (I'd say the guns that have been around in Arkham City could down those choppers flying around without too much trouble), a cunning method to keep the balance of power inside unstable (since Penguin is more about defending his "turf" than really interested in an escape per se), or just setting up yet another way to justify Protocol 10. Oh, and in regards to the Riddler hostage just unlocked - no, you shouldn't need any gadgets beyond the line launcher to do it. I know it has the water and screws and such that suggests using the final gadget, but you can easily find a spot to zoom across with the launcher without messing with any of that. Unless there are steam vents I'm forgetting later I think you have the gear to do the whole set of Riddler stuff right now, you just won't have any way to unlock enough trophies to do them all without the whole set.
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Dec 2, 2014 04:36
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They even gave Condiment King his costume from BTAS. Speaking of, here's his debut appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnaHXjJAHrA
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Kazeite posted:So I wonder how exactly Batman can jam assault rifles? There shouldn't be any electronic equipment inside them, unless... If I had a modicum of artistic talent, I'd remake this gif with Joker instead of Ocelot. It's too perfect.
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Dec 2, 2014 04:48
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 with little BANG flags coming out the fingats.
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Dec 2, 2014 05:55
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WendyO posted:Maybe I just like westerns, but this was always my favorite. I always liked Justice League Unlimited's take on the Western: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0a6I7fVFc
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WendyO posted:Maybe I just like westerns, but this was always my favorite. So does this guy just kinda go around providing a soundtrack to other peoples' adventures with his rad outfit and guntar? Because that's a wonderful idea for a superhero.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Speaking of, here's his debut appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnaHXjJAHrA That episode was great, the Joker entered into a comedy competition for the title of 'funniest man in gotham' and lost. So he stole some of the Mad Hatter's mind control chips and turned the judges into the lamest supervillains he could think of so they'd be humiliated on live tv.
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So I read that Penguin comic that was recommended and Penguin is seriously cold. I think he just became one of my favorite Batman villains. 
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:So I read that Penguin comic that was recommended and Penguin is seriously cold. This by the way, should explain to you why every one of Penguins thugs is terrified of him and will do what he says. He doesn't have to kill you, but he can certainly destoy everything you care about, and no one in the world has something they don't care about.
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Dec 3, 2014 04:45
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I recall in one of the predator rooms we've seen already, he says something to the effect of "If you don't kill Batman, I'm going to send some goons around to pick up your families. Then I'll have them call you and beg for their lives. Then, I'll kill them."
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Dec 3, 2014 04:59
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Onmi posted:This by the way, should explain to you why every one of Penguins thugs is terrified of him and will do what he says. He doesn't have to kill you, but he can certainly destoy everything you care about, and no one in the world has something they don't care about. It also shows the flip side of that, that if you're a good employee to him he will make sure you're living large.
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Dec 3, 2014 05:42
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Polaron posted:It also shows the flip side of that, that if you're a good employee to him he will make sure you're living large. There is actually another moment in the comics when Assassins are coming for his head, he makes the decision to fire all of his Employees, with generous severance packages, he deeds the Iceberg Lounge to the Riddler (a friend) and basically makes sure that everyone will be looked after in what he's sure is going to kill him. Then he survives the assassins anyway, but there is a human side to the monster, a side that wanted to make sure those who worked for him and his friend would be taken care of if he died.
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Dec 3, 2014 06:10
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Polaron posted:It also shows the flip side of that, that if you're a good employee to him he will make sure you're living large. It's the nature of a dictator, though. You prosper by his whims. He's got the best super power of all...money, and influence.
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My work schedule is all janky this week but luckily I've recorded some stuff in advance. Like this! On The Trail of The Demon/Polsy - Interview tape: Penguin 4Character bios: Killer Croc, Talia Al Ghul Arkham City Stories: A Killer In The Sewers, Wonder City (2), Wonder City (3)  Campaign Challenge: Street Justice/Polsy with Animated Series Catwoman
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:So I read that Penguin comic that was recommended and Penguin is seriously cold. The Penguin must have Clock King on staff, he has killer timing on screwing people over.
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God. Damnit. Game. Catwoman was bad enough, but I forgot how much THIS ONE looks like her pants are painted on. Also, I am rather enjoying the interview tapes, since I never got to collect them all on my own playthroughs. You keep learning more and more things that fill in the neat little holes of, "how the gently caress did that happen besides the game saying so?" And yeah, holy poo poo Penguin.
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Shei-kun posted:God. Damnit. Game. So then blame the creators of Batman TAS  I mean the costume doesn't lend itself to looking like anything other than a sexy bodysuit and I'm sure everyone knew that even when she was wearing it on a kid's cartoon series.Maybe it's because I've been watching that show lately but I prefer this look over what Catwoman actually wears in the game
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Dec 3, 2014 10:46
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dscruffy1 posted:My work schedule is all janky this week but luckily I've recorded some stuff in advance. Like this! That part where you take out the armed thugs with the explosive gel from above - it's cool that the game gives you options on how to tackle it, but I'm pretty sure the best way to deal with them is line-launching yourself through the wall at them because it gets you a Riddler challenge. It's also really funny.
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Aces High posted:So then blame the creators of Batman TAS
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Dec 3, 2014 12:24
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Yea, Talia's costume design is much like most female characters design in this game, eye-rollingly bad. The nurse in the predator room isn't much better, either. The paramedic you rescue from the steel mill may have running mascara, but at least she's wearing EMT-style clothing.
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Shei-kun posted:I wasn't referring to Catwoman. I was referring to someone we meet in the latest update and I wasn't saying it so that people who were unfamiliar or might bitch about it wouldn't be spoiled. Batman already hinted that person would be in Arkham City a video or two ago, though.
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Onmi posted:There is actually another moment in the comics when Assassins are coming for his head, he makes the decision to fire all of his Employees, with generous severance packages, he deeds the Iceberg Lounge to the Riddler (a friend) and basically makes sure that everyone will be looked after in what he's sure is going to kill him. Then he survives the assassins anyway, but there is a human side to the monster, a side that wanted to make sure those who worked for him and his friend would be taken care of if he died. Not only does he leave the Iceberg to Riddler (who had retired from villainy at the time and was working as a detective), but Riddler actually stops by the Iceberg before the assassins show up to talk to his friend and they have a pretty interesting conversation that was ultimately two emotionally constipated people trying to find ways to say "You're my friend, please don't die, I care about you" without actually saying it. Edward had also been struggling with staying away from crime and Ozzie encouraged him to stick with the straight and narrow and stay safe. Then he shoos Edward out of the Iceberg and makes him go home because he knows the assassins are coming and he doesn't want his friend to get caught in the crossfire 
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CuwiKhons posted:Not only does he leave the Iceberg to Riddler (who had retired from villainy at the time and was working as a detective), but Riddler actually stops by the Iceberg before the assassins show up to talk to his friend and they have a pretty interesting conversation that was ultimately two emotionally constipated people trying to find ways to say "You're my friend, please don't die, I care about you" without actually saying it. Edward had also been struggling with staying away from crime and Ozzie encouraged him to stick with the straight and narrow and stay safe. Then he shoos Edward out of the Iceberg and makes him go home because he knows the assassins are coming and he doesn't want his friend to get caught in the crossfire
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I want to say it was Gotham Underground but I legit can't remember. Unrelated: Penguin is a very different character in the Super Dictionary. 
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Super Dictionary should have its own series of comics. Also, the music for the ninja fights is fantastic. Probably my favorite normal combat theme in the game.
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Samovar posted:Yea, Talia's costume design is much like most female characters design in this game, eye-rollingly bad. The nurse in the predator room isn't much better, either. The paramedic you rescue from the steel mill may have running mascara, but at least she's wearing EMT-style clothing. I don't mind Talia's....shirt. Like the embossments on the leather and everything about it look really neat and ornate. The fact that it's a belly shirt is not-ideal, nor are her Lee's Spray-on Pants or the way she walks. Also: we're coming up on my favorite fight
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Fairly sure it's possible to do the electrified floor room just by repeatedly changing direction in mid-air thanks to Batman's gravity-defying magick. Might take some damage at the end, but I remember doing it without the upgrade. And yes, Talia's outfit is horrible.
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I'd say the worst thing about her outfit is that she doesn't look like a ninja by any stretch of the definition.
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So... was Wonder City built in a crater or something? Because Gotham proper seems to be located at sea level. Also, the second part of Ace Chemicals Infiltration Trailer has been released. ... I must say, the more I look at Batmobile blowing up those tanks, the more... wrong it feels to me. It's like this Batmobile was built specifically to fight those things (which it kinda did, from certain point of view ), but Batman had no way of knowing he's gonna need such heavily armed vehicle - he's good, but not that good.Unless he has like a whole lineup of increasingly more powerful Batmobiles, and this one is just one step away from Bat-tank from Dark Knight Returns  My point is, rolling around blowing things up doesn't feel like something that should be in Batman game. An exciting chase, sure. Riddler challenge, why not? But those sections are straight from Call of Warfare: Modern Duty 
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Just chiming in to remind you to do a whole bunch of mid-air high wire redirections for the Riddler challenge!
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Yeah, Batman has a Batmobile that is capable of firing HEAT rounds but he's still seriously not trying to kill anyone!
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Kazeite posted:My point is, rolling around blowing things up doesn't feel like something that should be in Batman game. An exciting chase, sure. Riddler challenge, why not? But those sections are straight from Call of Warfare: Modern Duty It's a WAR on crime. It's not like he can use some kind of Bat-tank repellent to deal with them. Also, dscruffy1, with that latest accidental death you've gone from Dick Grayson Batman to Jean Paul Valley Batman. Just make sure you don't go all the way down to Bane Batman.
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Samovar posted:Yea, Talia's costume design is much like most female characters design in this game, eye-rollingly bad. The nurse in the predator room isn't much better, either. The paramedic you rescue from the steel mill may have running mascara, but at least she's wearing EMT-style clothing. Yeah, that nurse outfit me me laugh. So either Gotham hospitals still make nurses wear 1950s style nurse outfits, or the Joker's thugs made her change out of her scrubs and into one when they kidnapped her. Either one seems pretty probable to me, to be honest.
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Batman TAS has always been a weird mash up of the 1920's and 1990's. Cars, outsides of buildings, gangster clothes? 1920's. Batcave, interiors, general tech level? 1990's
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It's especially grating with Talia because it doesn't even have the fig leaf of "fitting her character." Like, sure, Catwoman's a shameless flirt, Poison Ivy uses sex appeal as a weapon, and Harley Quinn is just nuts; it's still the writers' fault for emphasizing those traits, but at least it makes sense in-universe. What's Talia's excuse? I don't actually know much about her outside this game, but she comes across as competent and reasonably sane. Did she hear Bruce was coming and decide to vamp it up?
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Alien Arcana posted:It's especially grating with Talia because it doesn't even have the fig leaf of "fitting her character." Like, sure, Catwoman's a shameless flirt, Poison Ivy uses sex appeal as a weapon, and Harley Quinn is just nuts; it's still the writers' fault for emphasizing those traits, but at least it makes sense in-universe. What's Talia's excuse? I don't actually know much about her outside this game, but she comes across as competent and reasonably sane. Did she hear Bruce was coming and decide to vamp it up? She wants to dress sexy for Bruce, whom she loves.
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