{"id":638,"date":"2011-11-02T18:29:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/batman-arkham-city\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T17:29:16","slug":"batman-arkham-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/batman-arkham-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Arkham City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spent two days finishing this awesome game\u2026<\/p>\n

Like its predecessor, \u201cBatman: Arkham City\u201d is a 3rd person action adventure game, with some (easy) puzzles. The game follows in the wake of the events of \u201cBatman: Arkham Asylum\u201d, but does everything that one did right, and some more stuff\u2026<\/p>\n

The game has a nice story (although I think it becomes a bit contrived closer to the end), good boss fights, amazing visuals and animation (specially the animation) and small touches that bring a smile to my face.<\/p>\n

The most important difference between this one and the last is the fact that the player is no longer confined to small areas\u2026 In Arkham City, you can navigate a city-sized area at will, finding side quests and collectables in large quantities. You can play at your own pace, spreading your attention between the side quests and the main storyline, although at the end you can continue playing after the main story has finished, to get those extra collectibles, get some more tidbits of Gotham history or just finishing the side-quests.<\/p>\n

Side-quests are very interesting, giving some depth to some lesser known villains in the Batman lore, like Zsasz or Deadshot. It\u2019s nice investigating things and looking around, although I think the game could have used some more of these (and less of the Riddler things).<\/p>\n

Animation is the definite highlight of the game, in my opinion, with the flow-form combat system (already present in the previous title) just polished up and with more options\u2026 Combat feels very visceral and never feels \u201ctoo easy\u201d\u2026 You can just have defeated Bane or some other big boss, and get your ass kicked by 4 or 5 roaming guys in the streets, if you don\u2019t pay attention and drop your guard, which makes everything feel more Batman-y\u2026 After all, he doesn\u2019t have any super-powers, he just has his iron will, right?<\/p>\n

All the expected gadgets are present, along with some new (and mainly pointless ones)\u2026 The RPG-kind of system where you upgrade your skills and gear is silly (in my opinion, of course), with no real options opening up\u2026 Most of the combos are hard enough to do without needing to \u201clevel up\u201d to get them\u2026 seems silly and out of place in an action based game like this one, and I wish developers stopped using this gimmick to give the player a sense of progress\u2026<\/p>\n

The environment feel very Batman, with the dark and scummy side of Gotham taking the lead in the visual presentation\u2026 The city feels alive and large, but not boring.<\/p>\n

Special mention to the fact that, as the night progresses, Batman\u2019s suit becomes more damaged\u2026 it\u2019s like the beatings he\u2019s taking, etc, are really taking its toll, which is awesome\u2026 \u201cArkham Asylum\u201d already had this features, and it really helps sell the concept\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cBatman: Arkham City\u201d is must have in any game collection, in my opinion\u2026 it\u2019s probably the best super-hero game ever done, and it has enough to keep most players busy for some days. Rocksteady have really excelled, taking the good parts of \u201cBatman: Arkham Asylum\u201d and just polishing them up until they\u2019re even better, without adding excessive fluff! 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Spent two days finishing this awesome game\u2026 Like its predecessor, \u201cBatman: Arkham City\u201d is a 3rd person action adventure game, with some (easy) puzzles. The game follows in the wake of the events of \u201cBatman: Arkham Asylum\u201d, but does everything that one did right, and some more stuff\u2026 The game has a nice story (although […]<\/p>\n