Does listening to the henchmen's conversations pay off?

Game » consists of 21 releases. First released on Oct 18, 2011

When Gotham City's slums have been transformed into a secluded super-prison, it's up to Batman to uncover its conspiracy in the sequel to 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Does listening to the henchmen's conversations pay off?

#1 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Is it all just random jibba jabba to give these thugs a personality and make the world feel alive by having current events discussed, with a little gossip on the side, or does sitting there for two minutes listening to what they say somehow pay off later on? I know that this game doesn't even go remotely near the AI complexity of an RPG, but hey, maybe you can actually learn shit from listening to these idiots?

#2 Posted by Liber (644 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Shoot that guy !

#3 Posted by EuanDewar (4023 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Sometimes you'll get a "Oh did you hear bane's out there?" or something to that effect but mostly it's for colour.

#4 Posted by Brendan (6758 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

It's there to distract you from commencing the tackling. Don't let it.

#5 Posted by Zella (476 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

There is one case where it is useful/needed but you'll probably know when.

#6 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@Zella said:

There is one case where it is useful/needed but you'll probably know when.

Oh hey Batman. Thanks for the tip!

#7 Posted by EVO (3509 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

It became an OCD thing of mine to listen to every conversation. If I accidentally alerted them, I'd even go back to the last checkpoint.

#8 Posted by Doctorchimp (3978 posts) - 1 year, 4 months ago

@EVO said:

It became an OCD thing of mine to listen to every conversation. If I accidentally alerted them, I'd even go back to the last checkpoint.

Yeah, sometimes if it sounded important I'd do that but other times I relished in going "I'm fucking Batman, what do they have to tell me?"

#9 Posted by Bloodgraiv3 (2679 posts) - 1 year, 4 months ago

I really loved listening to them.

#10 Posted by Intro (1035 posts) - 1 year, 4 months ago

Pay off as in helping you defeat the enemies easier, or pay off as in getting a great laugh.

I personally listen to them as much as possible just because they're hilarious.

#11 Posted by thellama042 (96 posts) - 1 year, 4 months ago

Generally, it's just flavor dialog. It can sometimes lead to finding a political prisoner to save, but those conversations are pretty obvious when you hear them. They're pretty violent conversations...

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