{"id":53425,"date":"2021-12-14T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=53425"},"modified":"2022-01-04T21:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T02:44:43","slug":"arkham-origins-2-bat-felonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=53425","title":{"rendered":"Arkham Origins #2: Bat-Felonies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fair warning: My audio is WAY too loud in this episode. Even once I turn it down, it&#8217;s still too loud. Sorry about that. I realize this seems like a rookie mistake. &#8220;How hard is it to check volume levels?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The RamblePak streams are a convoluted chain of cobbled-together technology. The whole thing is much more complicated than it probably seems on the surface. Audio passes through a lot of software on multiple computers before it finally becomes part of the stream, and it&#8217;s easy for a gain monitor to reassure you that everything is good, only to have another layer muck things up further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>I did <a href=\"?p=24380\">this sort of thing<\/a> for years with the Spoiler Warning crew. The only way to learn how to avoid a pitfall is to fall into it. Eventually you learn about all the different ways that things can invisibly go wrong and how to avoid them. Until then, Chris and I are going to be stepping on rakes.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, with your expectations sufficiently lowered, here is the stream:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Add a placeholder for the Twitch embed --><\/p>\n<table class=\"nomargin\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?video=1227622205&amp;parent=www.shamusyoung.com&amp;autoplay=false\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re able to ignore my booming voice, then there&#8217;s a lot to like here. I think the GCPD building interior is cool. I think the VR investigation stuff is aces.<span class='snote' title='1'>Or at least, it&#8217;s aces compared to the &#8220;press button to solve puzzle&#8221; of the previous games.<\/span> And I&#8217;m a sucker for the non-costumed &#8220;investigative hacker&#8221; versions of Barb Gordon.<span class='snote' title='2'>I&#8217;m not saying there&#8217;s anything wrong with Batgirl. I just REALLY dig Oracle.<\/span> And while our Gotham playground is probably bigger than it needs to be for the purposes of gameplay, it does look great.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been years since I played through myself. But as I remember it, this first half of the game is much stronger than the second half. Later on we&#8217;ll careen from one overblown set-piece to the next, stopping for the occasional undercooked boss encounter or heavy-handed cutscene. This game eventually becomes the poster child for &#8220;trying too hard&#8221;, but these first couple of chapters are pretty dang solid.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we&#8217;ll be streaming at 8pm Eastern time. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/everytimezone.com\/s\/cddc1835\">here<\/a> for local time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ramblepak64\">Here is the link to Chris&#8217; channel<\/a>. Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fair warning: My audio is WAY too loud in this episode. Even once I turn it down, it&#8217;s still too loud. Sorry about that. I realize this seems like a rookie mistake. &#8220;How hard is it to check volume levels?&#8221; The RamblePak streams are a convoluted chain of cobbled-together technology. 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