Batman: Arkham Knight: Preview (Igromir 2014)

The final part of Batman’s adventures doesn’t look too good on paper. You get kind of upset when a representative Rocksteady in a twenty-minute interview he manages to repeat several times that the main feature of the new part is the Batmobile. The list of innovations and improvements is small, and talking about it with the authors is even a little awkward. But when you pick up a gamepad and try to pass the demo level, it becomes clear: in the case of a series Arkham the formula “the same, but more” once again does not become an insult.

Joker died. Long live the Joker!

The main spoiler regarding the previous part of the series remains in force: The Joker is dead. Deader than Harvey Dent after The Dark Knight. The crime rate in the city has decreased, life has become better, but only for a while – the remaining villains resolutely refused to sleep. This time the Scarecrow declared himself in charge, planting more gas bombs on the territory of Gotham.

Civilians had to be evacuated, and the old story repeats itself once again: Batman, thousands of bandits, a dozen supervillains, Commissioner Gordon and his daughter Barbara, Oracle, always online with useful tips. True, a new character is being added – the Arkham Knight, a kind of militarized version of the main character with a huge letter “A” on his chest. This is a completely new character created in partnership with DC.

It was introduced specifically because the comic https://slotsnogamstop.co.uk/review/aztec-paradise/ book about the “bat” is already several decades old, and stories with the same characters have exhausted themselves. But the newcomer is just a man of mystery. Despite the fact that the villain’s name is in the title, there is no information about him at all. The authors only strongly emphasize that the Knight was hired by the Scarecrow. They also clarify that the “explosive ending” of the trilogy was invented while working on Arkham City, that is, it will be super logical and pathetic. And this is good, because the screenwriter of the previous two parts did not work on the new one (a reason to worry?).

Nothing will change in the story, of course. Reopened Gotham – five times larger than before, occupying three islands and divided into districts (announced, for example, Chinatown). It all looks amazing “nextgen”: the height of the buildings has increased a couple of times, the amount of detail on the streets is comparable to “pre-rendered” videos. Scattered here and there are story and additional tasks, Riddler riddles and a bunch of random incidents that will persistently distract you during your free exploration of the city.

Methods for solving problems will not change much either. All the old gadgets will remain in their places, the detective mode will still highlight evidence and important clues. The combat system has been "improved to be even smoother". By the way, there are a lot of innovations there: you can select and use melee weapons for a while, covertly knock out three people with one blow, kick enemies onto humming transformers and throw batarangs right in the air. But this is all rather an improvement of already developed mechanics.

In a dark, dark city, a dark, dark knight..

When you look at a representative with bewilderment Rocksteady and you ask: “Really? The Batmobile is the only major innovation?", then he even gets a little offended. According to the developer, this is not just an improvement, but the foundation, the core of the new mechanics. You’ll have to spend a fair amount of gaming time behind the wheel.

Firstly, all of Gotham was originally planned to become the racing capital of the world. Exceptionally spacious streets, artificially widened alleys, large intersections, a huge number of steps (read: jumps) and thousands of destructible objects. The main thing is that the autopilot will bring the car to you anywhere in the city in just a few seconds.

The supercar has two main modes. In addition to the usual “transport” one, a combat one is provided, in which the unit turns into a real tank. The arsenal includes machine guns, rockets and the ability to move in any direction, dodging enemy fire. The combat system is supposedly so good that even a type of additional mission has been invented where you have to shoot back from the approaching waves of the enemy. By the way, there will definitely be racing stages too. In them, the behavior of the Batmobile resembles a bowling ball – it remains to rush, knocking down everything in its path as effectively as possible.

Again, a million little things and nuances follow. As you progress, the vehicle can be developed, improving individual characteristics and unlocking new gadgets. At high speed, they will allow you to eject from the car, and if you want more pathos, you can jump onto the hood of a bandit pickup truck, beat the driver and climb back. You can control the car from a distance, solving Riddler’s riddles or somehow influencing the interior of buildings (by bringing down the ceiling with rockets, for example). The latter, however, only where it is provided for by the developers.

But what you definitely won’t be able to do is drive around Gotham with friends. Developers resolutely refuse even the hypothetical possibility of multiplayer. Like, wrong game, wrong format. And rightly so, because previous experiments in this field turned out to be of no use to anyone.

Completing my trilogy, Rocksteady trying to leave as gracefully as possible. She continues to hone the mechanisms that have been working since the first part, expand everything and everyone, increase the area, the number of polygons, add new elements. Of course, we won’t see anything fundamentally new: the same game on the same old rails. But the previous parts have already collected awards twice, so there is no reason to doubt the quality Arkham Knight.

AVATAR: User Edition

Good day, gentlemen.
Surely you all know that in a number of computer role-playing games (RPGs) they provide the opportunity to make your own character, with whom we will then have to rush around various fantasy worlds, make difficult moral choices with him and crumble his adversaries into cabbage. Unlike games where the main character is pre-written and sculpted by caring developers, here we have room for creativity. In addition to changing the shape of the ears, nose and mouth, we are also free, if desired, to come up with a backstory/biography for our hero, give him a character, etc.d.

So, I’m curious to see what kind of avatars you play with. Do you bring to them any traits inherent in yourself or make them completely different from you?? What character and worldview do you give them?? Do you create exclusively scum and scoundrels with scars covering half their face or, on the contrary, good-willed people whom you don’t feed with bread, but let them help their neighbors?. Or maybe you just make them look like the heroes of your favorite films, games, books?

In general, post screenshots of your characters from absolutely any role-playing game that you created in the appearance editor. You can also give a brief description and tell why you play the way you do.

Well, here are, in fact, a few of my weirdos, with which I totaled a couple of hundred gaming hours (yes, I’m a nerd;)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

My first Persian in Oble was a healthy, scary and probably foul-smelling orc, with this ax. But over time, the realization came that seeing a female figure in armored trousers and armored vest on the monitor is much more pleasant;) But making a normal feminine face in the Olive editor, for standard races, turned out to be unrealistic. Every time some gargoyles and kikimores came out. I had to download a mod for the dark elf race ala LineAge II. And so, after a couple of cosmetic haircuts, she was born:
White-haired athlete, Komsomol member, assassin, and formerly a skilled thief – Zireael.

The story of my heroine begins on the streets of Imperial City, where she engaged in pickpocketing. Having reached some heights in this craft, she became a member of the Thieves Guild. There she received the nickname – Dark Arrow, for her incredible ability to shoot from a bow accurately at the target with her eyes closed. A useful skill for a burglar, someone who usually sneaks in pitch darkness. But no matter how much the rope twists, sooner or later it will tighten around your neck. The betrayal of one of the guild members led my heroine to the dark and damp catacombs of the imperial prison, where she subsequently met with the emperor and the main plot of the game actually began. Then escape, returning the favor to the traitor, joining the Dark Brotherhood, well, and tede and tepe and zapite..

A couple more screenshots:

What are you looking at!? Maybe I just chopped the beets..

Choose how you want me to cut your skull – lengthwise or crosswise?

The character is licked with you know who. What he has in common with the world-famous silent man is not only his beard, glasses and crowbar, but also his ability to simply crush the enemy with his intellect. Through various technical tricks, he can turn any available trash into a weapon. I personally designed and assembled my own version of power armor (hello to Tony Stark;) from what was found in wasteland landfills.

Screenshots of the bespectacled naut:

And Freeman is so young..

Don’t move! You’ve got Head-Radroach https://bookmakersnotongamstop.co.uk/review/spin-time/ on your head! I’ll tell him now.

Mass Effect 1-2

The image of this character is collective, mostly taken from the heroes of Bruce Williss. He is a man of action: impulsive, decisive, taciturn. Never misses an opportunity to make fun of others.

A little background on my Shep:
The colony on the planet Menduar, where John and his family lived and suffered, was attacked by Battarian slave traders. He was a little over 15 years old at that time. Father and mother were killed, sister was kidnapped. This event predetermined the future fate of John Shepard. He decided to join the ranks of the alliance’s space forces..

Before plastic surgery (ME_1)

Why are you so scary, and you don’t even have makeup on?! Yes, I’d rather have a hickey with a Krogan than come closer than a meter to you.

Why are you so scary, and you don’t even have makeup on?! Yes, I’d rather have a hickey with a Krogan than come closer than a meter to you.

E-E. About the hickey… I was joking!

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When editing the appearance of almost all avatars, I prescribe some basic characteristic features, and based on them, I straighten their noses and enlarge their chins – it’s more interesting this way. 8)
I usually try to create some new images, without starting from the faces of the actors, or my own.

Name is John. As a child, he experienced a lot of different things, as a result of which he became extremely introverted, but kind. Helps anyone and everyone, if he doesn’t smell a trick. In fact, few people have seen him because he prefers to stay in the shadows. Supports and helps ghouls. Actually, that’s why he wears a mask.

All we know from the dossier is that this guy is cold, cynical and calculating. Doesn’t engage in conversations. It is believed that in the Vault he experienced some difficult situation, but could not cope with it, as a result, he does not trust everything that is outside. Was seen in Megaton only once, when talking to the Sheriff. After 2 days, the Sheriff mysteriously disappeared, and the city’s arsenal was empty. A couple of days later Megaton was gone. After this, there is no documentary information about the object at all.

I dug up a couple. I’ll come back in the evening, maybe I’ll find something else, I’ll post it too.

Hmm… if only from the appearance editors, then the second Fallout my favorite one immediately disappears… well, I have one more idea:

So, my noble knight struggling from the very bottom of the pit of obscurity. (noble, noble – he robbed only one village in his life, so much so that there were no witnesses left either on my part or on the part of the villagers. )

He helped many along his life path – needy peasants (only if you don’t bring them stolen cattle, God, how I hate driving cattle. ), guildmasters of various cities (again, only if you don’t lead fifty head of cattle behind your troop of warriors – I look so much like a shepherd!?), honest lords and military leaders (I will not bring cattle to a siege camp just because someone “forgot” to take a little more food with them before the military campaign. No. And don’t ask.) and, of course, my king Jaroglek, they cannot say a single bad word about me.

I always came to the rescue in difficult times, several times my forced march to the walls became decisive in the capture of another city, sometimes my words became the decisive argument in ending the war, some noble boyars owe me their lives and their sons rescued from captivity. But my greatest merit is that while defending Kudan from the treacherous Kergits, having lost almost all of my squad, I still managed to defend the city (otherwise, it’s not a big deal for you – at 107% difficulty, without cheats, fight off a thousand and a half with a measly three hundred and a half, including the city garrison).

Only the deceitful troublemakers, trying to incite the king into a new unnecessary bloody war, received a poke from me, for which I pay with a not very good reception in some fortresses of our kingdom, as well as meetings with nice and pleasant people who try to kill me almost every night.

In general, my character, and I, entertain hope for the rise of the Vaegir kingdom over the entire territory of Calradia, even if it will be long and difficult, but it is still achievable.

Oh yes, how could I forget – the song is simply beautiful) You don’t even mind putting a plus in your profile for it..

Here’s a little more. +)
1. My cute Elifian from “Oblivion”. The game is not particularly designed for role-playing, so nothing prevents you from playing as a female character – it’s more pleasant to watch from behind and all that. 8)

2. My darling Shepard. I couldn’t play her for a long time, because in ME it’s just the opposite: the main character and his role are the basis.

Um… Do you want a customized role-playing game with all the little details?? Play ADnD.

P.S. I don’t have more than one screenshot from role-playing games, since I usually play board games, and there the character’s appearance is determined by fantasy, but everything else is on the enchantment sheet.

I have a big fantasy, there are a lot of games, but I want to sleep, I’ll throw it later =)
p.s. I didn’t even think that stopgamers were sitting on the site even at this time =)

I only played a board game once in my life, back in my childhood. There were a lot of impressions, but for some reason I never touched them again, maybe someday..
Don’t worry about screenshots;) If your character is interesting, well written, or has some interesting story connected with him… and in general, if you just want to talk about him, write;) I think no one will mind

If you have something to tell and this character is dear to you, you are welcome;) The appearance editor is generally optional, in the second foul the character is also not fully described from the beginning..

A short fantasy story

In my free time https://gamblingsitesnotongamstop.co.uk/usa-online-casinos/ I write short fantasy stories. It turns out pretty good. I have fantasized a lot since childhood, now I will show you a short story about a photographer who one night saw something fantastic.

A young photographer named James walked in the forest in the evening. The forest had a view of the sea, the place was beautiful, he often photographed the surroundings. It was an ordinary summer evening, James went out to the cliff, overlooking the sea. He was preparing to take a photo when he heard a rumble from the sky. It was getting louder. James looked up and saw a giant fiery meteor. He flew into the sea with a terrible roar. Seconds later he cursed loudly in the distance. There was no explosion, the meteor fell into the water with a giant splash. James stood for a minute and looked in the direction of the fall. Then he saw a strange object in the sky, it was descending. An object fell nearby. James ran to that place. When he came running, he saw a strange aircraft. He was broken, James stood rooted to the spot. Then he saw a man in strange clothes getting out from under the rubble. He ran up to help. The man said: Infection, everyone died. Such a blow. James didn’t understand what he meant. The man stood up and began a conversation with a stranger.
“Who are you?” said James.
— I am Nelat, the captain of the ship. The stranger said, shaking the dirt from his clothes.
– What ship??
“Alira, he just fell,” Nelat said and put on his cap.
— How the ship could fall?
— The meteorite hit, everything was covered.
– What are you talking about??
– What planet is this?? – Nelat said and took out some kind of device from his pocket.
– Earth, are you okay??
– I’m fine, go on your way.
– I need to know what happened.
– You don’t need to know anything, get out of here.
Nelat went into the forest and James never saw him again. He went home and began to think about what had happened to him. A week later, he heard that a UFO was seen in the forest yesterday, eyewitnesses said that it landed in the forest and took off. Strange things washed ashore all week, and people in the forest met a strange stranger who asked them where he was.