Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham City Review

If you thought that superhero games were a crap, you have to see this game

Since the release of the great Spider-Man 2 all of the super hero games got horrible scores in almost all of the reviews of the critic sites like IGN, GameSpot, MetaCritic, etc.

But in 2009, the unknown Rocksteady Studios brought us the great Arkham Asylum that got tons of awards and perfect scores. PS: And it came from a developer that wasn't the biggest in the market.

Now, we have Arkham City that is an amazing game and you have to play it. 

First, it brings you an experience that when you reach a certain point of the main story, you will be amazed with the rich graphics, scenarios and characters design, and probaly excited with what will happen next.

Let's start analyzing the First Look...

First Look

When you put the disc in your console you'll probaly be a little dissapointed with the installation time, if you have a PS3.

But it can't decrease your expectations of the game when you first gain acess to the stylish main menu.

If you are an Arkham Asylum "expert", I highly recommend you to start the game in the Normal difficult, not that I'm a noob, but because you need to accustom with the new combat system, very like the Asylum system, but you know, it's not the SAME.

If the beginning of the game don't convinces you, don't be mad at the game, you'll like it later. The true is that the start is not epic, imagine using Bruce Wayne to fight thugs and inmates (both are the same). But believe me, with 2 hours playing this game you'll be fascinated. But I gotta tell ya, when you first turn to Batman, it's THAT epic.

Gameplay

If you are one of the noobs whose used the Detective Mode in the entire Arkham Asylum, believe me, you won't you use it a lot of times in this game. First, the style it's different, gone with the "all-environment vision" (means that you can clearly see the entire environment around you) and introducing the default Detective Mode, that can see only close walls and thugs behind wall and this kind of stuff. Basicaly, this was an answer to the Detective Fever from the Asylum, where almost 80% of the owners of the game completed the game using the Detective Mode. In my personal opinion, Rocksteady wanted the players to enjoy and explore the environment with the "normal" graphics.

In combat, it's very like the first game, you have a button to attack, one to counter and to jump/run (if you do this on combat), and again we have the "Cape Stun Attack" where this time you can use this on combos with the Ultra Stun (three times on the stun button).

 Predator, the same as Arkham Asylum.


Score


This is a masterpiece, a must play game and you must play it. So I give Batman: Arkham City a 10/10. PS: It worth the 60 bucks.




10/10 - Final Score