Arkham City came with the promise of surpassing Asylum, and guess what? It succeeded masterfully, this game is a MASTERCLASS! The story begins even more captivating than in the first game, with mind-blowing twists right from the start. If the beginning is frenetic, brace your heart for the ending.

The exploration of Arkham City is very interesting and engaging, with several side quests that utilize even more villains than the first game. You feel good exploring, the game captivates you all the time because every side quest tells extremely creative and fun mini-stories, further expanding the universe of villains. Like IGN says, you really feels like a true detective. The gameplay is extremely fluid, and all of the Batman's gadgets are necessary, none of them are useless. The game improves in EVERY aspect compared to its predecessor.

For those who played Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City is much more than necessary. It's the BEST entry in the entire franchise! And one of the GOAT’s. Truly a Masterpiece!!

Batman'ı çok severim, en sevdiğim süper kahramanlardan biridir, tabii ne kadar süper diyebilirsek. Bu oyunun tüm serisini sıkılmadan oynamamın sebebi bu sanırım. Yanlış anlaşılmasın, oyunların kaliteli olduğu belli ve eğer hepsini oynadıysam, bir şeyler başarmışlardır. Ancak oyunların genelinde, bir anlamamazlık yaşadım diyelim. Çoğu zaman görevleri devam ettirebilmek için YouTube'a baktım. Bu, doğal olarak Batman modunu biraz bozuyor. Bu biraz benim aptallığım sanırım, ama bu da benim incelemem sonuçta. Oyunun combat sistemi çok zevkli, az tuşa basarak çok şey başarıyormuş gibi hissediyorum ve animasyonlar aşırı tatmin edici, attığın yumrukları hissediyorsun. Hikayede hoşuma gitmeyen şeyler elbette oldu ama genel olarak ben beğendim.

Batman: Arkham City has earned it's place in the gaming greats. My personal 2nd Favorite behind Arkham Knight, although this game does have some better aspects than knight. The story here is the best with Batman being trapped in a city full of evey villain he's put away. The joker contracting aids from the large epidemic going around, and needs a cure. The game play is a signicant improvement over knight, overhauling the freeflow combat system the game is known for. The side content is so great it doesn't feel like a chore. The story is amplifyed by the side content, but not necessary. The Catwoman segments were just as good as the Batman ones. I recommend this to anyone who wants to get into the Arkham Games as this is a must play. 9/10

Generally falls into the same trappings of the sequel, although in a smaller scale so it's actually enjoyable. I might have enjoyed it more if I hadn't started with Arkham Knight, but welp. I guess in 2011 it 'was' one of the best open world games around.

In fact, I think I even missed some of the bloat of the next game. The games urges you on with the main story and I never had too much chance to explore for sidequests without feeling I was straying too much from my objective. Didn't help that I finished the game and didn't even know you could unlock the ability to launch yourself to glide through the city, although the PS4 version optimization is so bad that wasn't something I enjoyed doing very much.

The lack of gadget based exploration, which was abundant in Asylum, was a shame too. A lot of the times it felt like the game was just wasting my time, especially with the batclaw raft parts.

The soundtrack kicks ass, though. Everytime it went while I was crouching around choking bad guys it hyped me through the roof.

The Arkham series has cemented itself as the best Batman games and some of the best video games ever made. Arkham City is regarded by many to be the greatest Batman video game and the greatest superhero game period. The story is excellent, the combat improved upon Arkham Asylum, the graphics and alternate costumes were cool, the music is great, the ability to move around Gotham City as opposed to being restricted to Arkham Island was fun, and overall it does everything you want a Batman game to do. This is easily one of my favorite games and one that I will return to many times in the future.