[Wallcrawler]

This is ****ing rich right here.

I cannot continue a saved game while connected to XBOX LIVE. Every time I click on my save file, I get WBID/busy... on an infinite loop.

If I click an empty file, WBID/busy... flashes for about a half second and then advances to the main title screen and then gives a message that WBID servers are not available.

I had to completely disconnect from the internet with my console in order to load up my previous save.


This is by far the worst first impression Ive gotten from any game that I can remember. So far in about 3 hours of actual gameplay once I disconnected from LIVE, Ive had the damn thing freeze about 6 times.

Again on the interrogation sequence I had before, once before a cutscene, and FOUR TIMES directly after I selected an upgrade after leveling up.

Not sure what the hell happened in the Q/A testing, but this first bit of the game has been a dumpster fire.

Still not sure if I can play while connected to LIVE. I shut it down for the evening and reconnected to LIVE for Netflix use. Its pretty ****ing aggravating to have to completely disconnect from LIVE in order to get the damn thing to launch. I have no idea how Im supposed to access the online portions of this game. I guess when WB gets their shit straight, or works out a patch, Ill be able to play as normal.


Once you get past all the ****ing bullshit the game is actually pretty damn solid. It seems like the combat timing has been tweaked, and the fights with common thugs last a lot longer now. You can still wreck shit if you go on a tear, but it takes a lot more discipline now.

They changed the upgrade system as well, you now have to unlock things in order, to unlock things further down the chain.

For example, in Arkham City, I always took the combo boost stuff straight away so I could kick ass much faster and get my takedowns after five hits. So far, it looks like I wont be able to unlock that until I hit at least level 12, and that is if I put every single point into close combat.

Now you have to hit those 8 string combos to get a takedown, and you don't get those brutal critical hits as early, so while the mechanics and system are the same, Batman still feels weaker and the fights last longer as they should, as he is supposed to be a rookie Batman in this title.

It keeps the fights engaging, and now I find myself in points where Im kinda sweating the number of enemies coming at me because they are taking so long to take out.

Hopefully this freezing bullshit gets worked out, and WB does something with that ****ing title screen. That is just un-****ing-acceptable that a single player game wont even launch because WB's servers are jacked.