Demon Trials Help

[Lunatic]

I'm stuck on the part of the Demon Trials, where you have to alternate between dive bombing and climbing while gliding. For some reason, on the second dive bombing section then Batman retains seemingly no momentum and can never get enough height to clear the ground below.
Any advice?

[Paranoia_Inc]

YOu can use the grapnel here, when getting close enough. Pretty sure it's intended as well. Aside from that just follow the blue trail to the best of your ability.

[Lunatic]

Originally posted by Paranoia_Inc:

YOu can use the grapnel here, when getting close enough. Pretty sure it's intended as well. Aside from that just follow the blue trail to the best of your ability.

Ah ok, wasn't sure about grappling since it said "don't touch anything or die". Certainly makes it easier.

[DeanOfBeans]

Yeah it's funny because of what Ra's says I used to think I couldn't touch any of the particles in the air either but it seems like those don't have any collision. I'm hoping you were able to get it worked out!

[Lunatic]

It took me a really long time but I eventually figured out that the game TELLS you when to dive bomb and when to pull up. Otherwise I guess it just doesn't work....really weird section.

[Starglider II]

Yes, I never understood what the game wanted here from me either. Even though I'm pretty good at the game, this is where I was thrown out.

It's a shame that sections like this drive players away. Unfortunately, it's not very logical and you can't really get any further with practice. It just stays unclear what to do. Even after an hour of trying.

I read on the net that you have to release the right "dive" button and pull back to get uplift. I tried that over 30 times but never got up by an inch.

The only comment I have left: bad game, in particular because apart from that it was so good.

[gps]

It's a pity you feel that way. But I'd say the game gives you enough hints about this mechanic. Ever tried any of the AR glide trials? They can't be completed without a basic understanding of those dive bomb / pull up mechanics. And tbh. I think some of them are more difficult than the Demon trial section. Because especially the later ones require much more precision.
Tt even took very similar glide mechanics over to the LEGO DC Super-Villains game, and I think there it's actually more complicated and unintuitive than in City.
Main mistake I remeber making when playing this initially was pulling up to early. It's best to dive lower than the flight path indicates, collecting more speed and thus more momentum to then actually climb higher...

[Starglider II]

Well, a very big apology from my side. My fault!

I play under Linux and still had a program running (from a previous game) that caused some interference. It's a program that allows you to map keys from the keyboard to the gamepad. Since this program was running under Linux (native) the game/Batman had obviously no chance to notice that.