Arkham Has Moved

[Max Payne]

Yeah, not going to lie, this has to be one of my favourite depictions of Robin to date. He looks and sounds competent and confident, rather than just being cocky kidnap-bait.

Nah, Red Robin is better.

He's like Sherlock Holmes if he was a ninja.

I'm glad they included his skin.

 

[Super Mario]

Hahahaha! Oh riddler where did you get all the time in a year to set up all these bullshit traps. I'm going to enjoy beating you silly when I get my hands on you.

 

[Joe]

Who knows

Looking forward to playing as Nightwing tomorrow.

 

[Interslicery]

I got the Nightwing dlc but haven't played enough with him to get a good impression. I'm trying to pick off all the riddler shit. Some of these are really pissing me off

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Spoiler: Spoiler about Easter Eggs, Side Missions, & End Game (Sequel Speculation)

If you go into the Manager's Office in the Steel Mill, and look on the ground by Harley Quinn's outfit, you'll find a positive pregnancy test.

Although I haven't found a confirmed way to activate it yet, (though I suspect that it may be the final piece noted here) Harley can occasionally be heard singing in the end credits.
(Audio Starts at 0:50)

Shhhh... There, there.
Hush little baby, don't say a word, momma's
gonna kill for you the whole damn world.

There is a crib that you can find when you reach Hush's hideout.
It can be seen briefly at 8:18, and then again at 10:10 - 10:21.

The crib in Hush's hideout is sitting under the words "Dead End."
There's a Municipal Security Console right by it, whose password is,
Mocking Bird - the song Harley is singing to her child.

While I currently suspect is that completing the Identity Thief mission prior to beating Joker in the Monarch Theater unlocks the soundbite of Harley in the credits, this is probably the second most interconnected Easter Egg in Arkham City, the first being the Falcone Family, The Broker, & Scarecrow (click to view thread). This is loosely related, as Oracle suggests that Crane's the Fear Toxin may have been responsible for Bruce killing the people before the identity thief scheme is uncovered.

Much like that one, there's a single common theme: good, old-fashioned revenge. Harley wants Revenge for Joker's death, Hush wants revenge for Bruce's dad saving his parents, Scarecrow wants revenge for his defeat in Arkham Asylum. It's probably worth noting that there're some other individuals who likely want revenge due to the events in Arkham City though it's less explicitly stated, and they're more loosely connected through the side missions, in having ties to The Broker. The Riddler's final hideout was obtained from The Broker and he's always furious at being bested by Batman. There's also Zsasz, as his hideout was also obtained with the assistance of Mr. Fine (and contains the clue to the story section on it).

Then there's Azrael. The church has a stained glass window of St. Dumas on the opposide side of where you originally see Hush, and he leaves his message on the outside of where Hush was in the church. The idea of the foes that he bested in the Asylum & City staging a large scale revenge against him that spills into Gotham seems to fit with Azrael's message about ashes of Arkham coming to burn Gotham. "Dark days are coming, Batman. The prophecy is coming true. You are the warrior who will close the gates of Hell. You are the one who will save this day and in doing so events will occur that you cannot stop. From the ashes of Arkham, the fires will rage and Gotham will burn. And you, you will burn too."

Either way, lots of interconnected Easter Eggs, and side missions give a pertty good idea on where the story could continue from here that I figured would be worth bringing up.

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[Max Payne]

Lol it's funny because it's true.

 

[Max Payne]

Map of Arkham City with all Riddler trophies, and sidemissions marked + directions/instructions.

http://www.msxbox-world.com/xbox360/guides/240/batman-arkham-city/index.html

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Apparently the final cryptographic sequence has been solved just barely. The quote is from the Arkham City forums, but I haven't found the OP yet:

The third one has just been solved (as in, within the last 24 hours) thanks to the efforts of the user "akajackfrost" from GameFAQs. It's much more complicated than the other two, with several steps:

Spoiler

First, do a simple alphanumeric substitution, then run it through an Atbash transformation (actually very simple: A becomes Z, B becomes Y, etc). This should give you:
X G A I A K C Z P W C R X S V Y O I U K T P X Q J V N W F S

This still looks pretty horrendous, but it's encrypted with a Vigenere cipher, which can be solved fairly simply if you know the encryption word. There's an automated Vigenere tool you can use at: http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/

The encryption word, it turns out, is SCARECROW. Decrypting the letters with this word gives you:
"Fear will tear Gotham City to shreds."

EDIT: Slightly more details here: http://forums.rajah.com/showpost.php?p=6847382&postcount=877


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[Max Payne]

Hmm.

Spoiler

I think Joker just might not be dead. In the end cutscene, before batman is knocked unconcious, he had the cure in a different hand, but somehow after being thrown across the room, he wakes up with it in a different hand.

Joker could have taken a swig of it, took some kind of drug to help him pretend to die and had batman literally carry him out of Arkham city's doors.

or it could just be a developer flub

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Hrmmm...

Spoiler

Interesting. I don't remember that. Do you know if there's a clip that shows the switch-up?

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[Max Payne]

Just look up the ending?

 

[X-SOLDIER]

I've made a couple of SUPER SPOILERY posts over on the Arkham City boards about all of the easter eggs that've been found so far, and how they're all interconnected. If you're interested in checking it out, here're the links to my First Post (with most of the details and summary) & my Second Post (with some more followup after exploring in the game on my own today).


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[X-SOLDIER]

Spoiler: Looks like there's something newly discovered and REALLY interesting in Arkham City... (click to view)

Dead Scarecrow Thugs can be seen during Protocol 10.

Also- HOLY SHIT. BIG HEAD MODE IN ARKHAM CITY.*

*Turns out that you can do this without being in the Cryptographic Sequencer. It even works from the Main Menu for Challenge Maps, and viewing Character Trophies. Keep doing it to shut it off.

Also, wiggling the right analog stick around while standing still will cause the character to do one of their Challenge mode taunt animations (the ones shown before starting a challenge map) but without the sound clip playing.


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[Interslicery]

 

[Max Payne]

Favorited

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Some info/images of the Batcave DLC Map that comes out on the 20th.

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[X-SOLDIER]

The skins are all out on XBL & PSN, & the PC Version also has a (locked) Batman Inc. Skin.

Someone managed to do a little bit of modding to get Robin playable in freeroam on PC.

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[Max Payne]

Aww the Batman Inc skin doesn't have the glowing chest piece or the eyes

I am disappoint

Also the mods were eventual

 

[Max Payne]

also I don't have money for the skins baww

 

[X-SOLDIER]

also I don't have money for the skins baww

Ditto. SO broke.


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[Max Payne]

I'm sure the movie skins are on their way

 

[X-SOLDIER]

It's only logical, especially with TDKR's viral stuff just starting to creep out this week as well. I'm still really hoping that there are short story DLC episodes at some point (that would patch Nightwing & Robin to be properly voiced in the Combat Challenge Maps).


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[X-SOLDIER]

The Batman Inc. skin will be free DLC.

Also, Rocksteady also provide a cheat code that lets you select any skin you already own without having to complete the game. Press the following combination on the Main Menu screen (after you have selected your save slot):

• Left, Left, Down, Down, Left, Left, Right, Up, Up, Down.



I'm assuming that this'll let people who played on Easy use skins in that playthrough.


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[Max Payne]

The Batman Inc skin is already available.

 

[Shademp]

Gavin Dunne of "Miracle Sound" has done it again.

"Joker's Song"

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5286-Jokers-Song-Batman-Arkham-City