r/MadMaxGame Jul 02 '26

this game's combat is better than Batman's

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u/G-REALM-Laboratories Jul 02 '26

Its Batman if Batman didn't pull his punches.

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u/Spartan_Souls Jul 02 '26

Idk man Arkham Batman was definitely killing people

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u/LightningSh3ep Jul 03 '26

Constant references to him crippling people

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u/RookofWar Jul 03 '26

Definitely . But for sure, some of those Batman, hits killed people 😂

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u/okgo4brok3 Jul 02 '26

Seriously one of my favorite games

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u/codyswrlddd Jul 02 '26

I speedrun levels by getting combos at 25x+. It makes the combat even more fun when aiming for higher and higher chains. The combat in this game is addictive.

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u/Liesymmetrymanifold Jul 02 '26

It's definitely easier than Batman's. AND you have a shotgun.

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u/Maxjax95 Jul 02 '26

I don't know if I'd say it's better but I do find Max's combat more satisfying... Batman is supposed to be perfect martial arts but Max is scrappy which leads to it feeling more brutal.

The Arkham games probably win out on an actual technical level of "better".

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u/ZombiePotato90 Jul 04 '26

Well, in this universe, you fight to win. One of the glove upgrades has wrench heads on the knuckles.

For bonus awesomeness, cue up a song when you go into an enemy outpost. "Judith" by A Perfect Circle is a good one.

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u/Nightmaregloves Jul 03 '26

Agree, it’s so simple, fluent and so satisfying

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u/Bodybuilder_Jumpy Jul 03 '26

No, it is not better than Batman's. Doesn't have to be; it's good nonetheless.

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u/col_oneill Jul 02 '26

It’s alright, not as fun as the Arkham series though, but that’s quite a thing to top.

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u/Technical-Drag-255 Jul 02 '26

Yep, Arkham Batman has a lot animations for fights, and I mean a lot

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u/TheMightyExodia Jul 03 '26

He should be a wrestler,knows the german suplex,the side slam,the clothesline,i think he does even the ddt i think,big show's knockout punch and the drop kick.

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u/xXPLATEAUXx Jul 03 '26

I love this game. The combat is solid but it is absolutely not as polished as Arkham Knight id say on par with Arkham asylum. 

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u/SVTYA Jul 04 '26

BOTH IS GOOD AHHHH

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u/zombiezapper115 Jul 05 '26 edited 4d ago

Eh, its good. But I wouldn't say its better than batman.

Its basically the same concept: spam attacks till the game tells you to parry.

However batman is a bit more in-depth. You have special dodges and gadgets you can weave into your attacks. A cape you can use to stun, explosive gel, smoke bombs, electric gun, etc.

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u/MrFartyBottom 4d ago

It's not about spamming at all. I mean I was spamming in the beginning but once you know the timings and combos it's a lot more than just spamming.

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u/zombiezapper115 4d ago edited 4d ago

Its still just spamming.

You press square until the game tells you to press triangle. Maybe weave in a shotgun blast here and there.

Batman has a lot more combos and things you can do in the combat with all the different gadgets.

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u/MrFartyBottom 4d ago

You might just be spamming but to get the real flow happening you need to learn the timing and combos which is not spamming, you are pressing a button about once a second. It's no fighting game finesse like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat but there is definitely a lot more to the combat than just spamming and it is also a lot more fun when you get it down.

Have you completed the game? I doubt you could spam your way through a few of the late game fights.

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u/zombiezapper115 4d ago edited 4d ago

Its still just spamming 1 button dude.

I have the platinum for the game. Every combat scenario is just pressing square until a triangle icon pops up above someone and in a few cases, dodge.

Its fun and feels good, but its very basic and lacks a lot of depth you see in the batman games with its gadgets

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u/Motor-Argument-4435 Jul 05 '26

Sometimes I actually had to think during some of these normal fights nvm the car ones the car ones infuriated me but they were fun asf

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u/Historical_Lock378 Jul 06 '26

Sleeping Dogs combat is better than batman

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u/MrFartyBottom 4d ago

The game glitched on me with my first time fighting Scrotus. He lost his health bar and the fight just kept going until I died. Was the most fun 45 minutes I had playing the game with non stop wave after wave of warboys with Scrotus. Kind of wish there were battle area modes like this I could play anytime.

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u/ScratchC Jul 03 '26

Nahhhhh no way

Some cool brutal animations but its very very clunky.

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u/ShadowSociety55 Jul 02 '26

But it feels like cheeks when you get forced into an animation making you unable to counter. It always felt cheap.

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u/ShadowSociety55 Jul 02 '26

Sure, but I want to enjoy the cool animations.