Game : Batman Arkham City

 

Product Features

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, PC | Edition: Standard

• Become the Dark Knight in a genuinely authentic Batman experience with advanced, compelling gameplay on every level, epic super-villain encounters and unexpected glimpses into Batman's tortured psychology
• Play as Catwoman with her own storyline in the main game which is seamlessly interwoven with Batman's story arc
• Experience advanced freeflow combat as Batman's melee abilities ratchet up to match that of AI enemies
• Put new gadgets, and new functionality for existing gadgets to work that expand the range of Batman's abilities
• Encounter numerous characters from the Batman universe, including Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Hugo Strange, Victor Zsasz, Calendar Man, The Joker, The Riddler and others

Batman: Arkham City is third-person Action-Adventure game that delivers an authentic Dark Knight experience rooted in an original and engrossing story as well as a combination of melee combat, stealth, investigative and speed-based challenge gameplay. A sequel to 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City features the full range of classic enemies seen in the previous game, in addition to Catwoman, who is a playable character and has her own storyline in the new release. Additional features include: a range of new gadgets, an increased number of possible melee opponents and a range of movement options for Batman that include leaping, sliding, gliding and the grapple hook. 

Key Game Features

• Become the Dark Knight - Batman: Arkham City delivers a genuinely authentic Batman experience with advanced, compelling gameplay on every level: high-impact street brawls, nail-biting stealth, multifaceted forensic investigation, epic super-villain encounters and unexpected glimpses into Batman's tortured psychology.
• Play as Catwoman - Catwoman is a fully playable character in Batman: Arkham City who has her own storyline in the main game which is seamlessly interwoven with Batman's story arc. Her navigation skills, combat moves and gadgetry have been specifically designed to deliver a fully featured and unique experience.
• Advanced FreeFlow Combat - Batman faces highly coordinated, simultaneous attacks from every direction as Arkham's gangs bring heavy weapons and all-new AI to the fight, but Batman steps it up with twice the number of combat animations and double the range of attacks, counters and takedowns.
• New Gadgets - Batman has access to new gadgets such as the Cryptographic Sequencer V2 and Smoke Pellets, as well as new functionality for existing gadgets that expand the range of Batman's abilities without adding extra weight to his Utility Belt.
• New Story - Five-time Emmy-Award-winner Paul Dini returns to pen a brand-new story for Batman: Arkham City, taking gamers deep inside the diseased heart of Gotham.
• Arkham Has Moved - Following the closure of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate prison, Gotham's new mayor, Quincy Sharp ordered the relocation of all inmates to Arkham City - a sprawling new super-prison five times bigger than Arkham Island, enclosing a wide variety of industrial districts, iconic locations and Gotham landmarks.
• Huge Cast of Characters - Players encounter numerous characters from the Batman universe, including Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Hugo Strange, Victor Zsasz, Calendar Man, The Joker, The Riddler and other iconic characters yet to be revealed.
• Featured VO Talent - Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy reprise their roles as The Joker and Batman respectively.

User Review:
To simply put it, this game is way beyond awesome!

This game is very easy to pick up and play even for the most casual of gamers. I like that in a game. Don't get me wrong, I certainly love a challenge, and Batman: Arkham City is definitely a challenging game, but it's not a frustrating kind of challenging. It's more of a "hmm, okay, well, that didn't work, and a I died, so what else should I try?" kind of challenge. I love that about this game. It really forces you to learn from the mistakes that you make and think about what you're doing.

The graphics in this game are just superb. The environments are imaginative, and so beautifully rendered as are the character models. While the thug character models that you'll find scattered throughout the game do get repetitive, the actual environments do not. Buildings vary in size, shape, and look, lending to the authenticity of looking like a real city. The main bad guys are just as stunning as the Caped Crusader himself. The animations as you swing through Arkham City, run through buildings, and in combat are incredibly fluid. I've had no problems whatsoever with either laggy movements, or the camera getting stuck in an awkward position.

The voice acting and sound is just as top notch as the graphics. None of the lines seemed forced, nor are they some cheesy lines thrown in there just for the sake of speaking. Each line spoken by any of the characters found throughout the game serves a purpose to advance the story and isn't just some throwaway line. The music in the background is soft and very appropriate for setting the tone of the game. Environmental sounds, such as a batarang clinking off some metal, are also well done.

In terms of controls, yes, it is true that you only have to hit one button to strike opponents. However, if you want more of a challenge, try using the directional buttons too to select weapons such as your batarangs in the middle of combat to help take down enemies. Also, your takedowns aren't one button, and cape stun is a completely separate button from the strike button. Really, I've seen some complaining that this is a button masher since you only press one button to strike, but, if you get creative, this is no button masher. The controls in this game are also very responsive. I've played some game before where there appears to be a slight delay in the reaction of the on-screen character following a button press, or the character just doesn't do what you want, despite pressing the appropriate button. This does not occur in Batman: Arkham City. If you want to punch someone, you will, and you will do it just as soon as you press the button.

There have been complaints from some people that you play too much as Catwoman. I really don't think that is the case at all. Honestly, I was hoping to play as Catwoman even more than what was allotted. Seriously, don't let those saying there's a ton of Catwoman play deter you from buying this game. You really only play as Catwoman for maybe like 1 or 2% of the game if that. 98-99% of the time, you're Batman. And, if you don't like Catwoman, don't use the DLC code, and avoid the little bit of gameplay with her entirely. It doesn't affect the story at all.

All in all, I love this game. It is probably as close to a perfect game as you're ever going to find.