We can all agree that the freeflow combat in the Arkham games is revolutionary, it set the seeds for the combat systems we have currently in, like, 90% of superhero games. I will always praise it for that, because, in theory, it should be practically perfect.
But thats where it ends for me, because most of the time the combat system just breaks for me. Im replaying City again currently, trying to 100 it completely, and these combat challenges are making me lose my fucking mind. Ill be literally in a group of thugs, Ill press the attack button while facing a thug and aiming my joystick at the enemy, and... Batman will just punch the air, repeatedly, before getting smacked across the head, completely ruining my combo and any chance I have at 3 stars on the challenge map. Ill use a quick gadget, again while looking at the thug I want to use it on and my joystick pointed towards them, and instead Batman will launch his gadgets at some random goon across the arena. Ill go to dodge out of an unblockable attack, aiming my joysticks away from any thugs so I dont roll into them, and Batmans dumbass will still dodge either into the group of enemies or even into the unblockable attack still.
And while I am certain I am still doing things wrong myself, when the game repeatedly refuses to listen to my inputs or chooses to target some random thug not even on my screen, Im left believing its less a skill issue and more a game issue.
The only reason I believe I am still part of the issue is because I face some of the same issues across ever Arkham game, Asylum, City, Origins, and Knight. But plenty of them still remain across all the games no matter what I do to improve my play style, so I am also certain that its also an issue with the games and combat system itself and not just me.
Does anyone else ever face these issues? And if so, what did you do to fix them? Because I love the Arkham games and dont want to shelf them because the combat system doesnt like me.