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The Dark Knight Rises Again: Batman Arkham City [TPV] Review

October 21, 2011 in Reviews comments 7

TPV's Jonathan gets hands on with Rocksteady's follow up to Batman Arkham Asylum with sequel Batman Arkham City to give you the full review and lowdown on one of this autumns most hotly anticipated games.

Neon signs flicker and flash in the darkness of this winter’s night and the breath exhaling from the mouths of enemies twists and turns and curls away in the cold, stark air and before they can even inhale once more, you have swooped down amongst the guards landing one enemy with a glide kick to the face, you counter another enemies attack and setup the remaining enemy using a combination of your batclaw and your right fist. Batman: Arkham City much like Arkham Asylum places you into the role of the Dark Knight himself, you feel powerful, you feel strong and most importantly you feel like a badass, you are Batman.
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  • 1
    Metallica Oct 21, 11
    This game is *bleep*ing awesome! I'd recommend anyone to go out and buy it, especially if you played Arkham City.
    • 1
      ThePlayVault Oct 22, 11
      I'd have to agree mate, I reviewed Arkham Asylum a long time ago and Arkham City is Rocksteady delving deeper into the Batman universe and they do it so, so very well.
  • 1
    Metallica Oct 22, 11
    Glad you corrected me there, I meant to put Arkham Asylum at the end lol.

    It's a shame we won't get a Spiderman similar to this, or an X-Men game, it would be epic!
    • 0
      Hideo1 Oct 22, 11
      Actually, Spiderman 2 was the perfect Spiderman game; we've already had it.
      • 1
        ThePlayVault Oct 23, 11
        That was a great game but Spiderman in Rocksteady's dark and Gothic style would still be a nice move as the past few Spiderman releases have been pretty poor.
        • 0
          Hideo1 Oct 23, 11
          ... what?

          Batman in a dark and Gothic style works because Batman (excluding the few old films we aren't allowed to talk about, and the Adam West show) is dark and Gothic, in setting, in style and in execution.

          Spiderman is more cartoon-y, always has been, and Spiderman 2 worked with this perfectly. In the same way Arkham Asylum/City are perfect Batman games (because everything is catered around the fact you're playing as Batman, and it works brilliantly) Spiderman 2 is the perfect Spiderman game, for the same reasons.

          To make Spiderman dark and Gothic wouldn't make any sense whatsoever.
    • 1
      ThePlayVault Oct 23, 11
      I agree a dark X men game would be epic if Rocksteady looked into that!

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