(Played on Series X via remaster)
This is the first time I've beaten Arkham City. I got a disc copy for PS3 when it came out in 2011 but my German Shepard puppy (who is now 13 lmao, shout out to Zeus) somehow got the disc out of the console and chewed it up. One whole dog lifetime later, I finally found the time to play through it.
As a disclaimer, I am doing a series playthrough so I didn't do any side content really, just an 8-9 hour mainline through the story. With that said, I liked City roughly as much as Asylum, maybe a tiny bit less. It feels like a one step forward, one step back type thing.
The better: I think the pivot from metroidvania to open zone with some Metroid flavor is a similarly successful pivot to the one the Jedi games made between Fallen Order and Survivor. It's a good evolution. The combat is more fun and has more impact, with thoughtful new tricks that iterate its now-legendary gameplay to solid effect. The story is better and more personal, even if the characters still vary in quality a lot. Better boss fights. Slightly less backtracking than Asylum. The high points here story/game wise are better than the equivalent points in Asylum.
The worse: Something big was lost in the shift from the cohesive, consistent, polished, perfectly paced structure in Asylum to City's downright strange pacing. City tells 70% of its story in 3 hours and then makes you spend another 4-5 hours on the last chunks. it has a tendency to make the story move too fast when it should take its time and then pad things out with enemies/puzzles when you're ready for the game to be over. City has good, real boss fights but it also has a bunch of really flimsy boss encounters that make it seem like Rocksteady ran out of money at the finish line.
Really good, important game -- just maybe shows its age a little bit more than I expected in 2024. As an aside, I played the BioShocks last year and the thing I realized is that PS3/360 era games now totally have a classic games vibe to them. It's so odd.
This is the first time I've beaten Arkham City. I got a disc copy for PS3 when it came out in 2011 but my German Shepard puppy (who is now 13 lmao, shout out to Zeus) somehow got the disc out of the console and chewed it up. One whole dog lifetime later, I finally found the time to play through it.
As a disclaimer, I am doing a series playthrough so I didn't do any side content really, just an 8-9 hour mainline through the story. With that said, I liked City roughly as much as Asylum, maybe a tiny bit less. It feels like a one step forward, one step back type thing.
The better: I think the pivot from metroidvania to open zone with some Metroid flavor is a similarly successful pivot to the one the Jedi games made between Fallen Order and Survivor. It's a good evolution. The combat is more fun and has more impact, with thoughtful new tricks that iterate its now-legendary gameplay to solid effect. The story is better and more personal, even if the characters still vary in quality a lot. Better boss fights. Slightly less backtracking than Asylum. The high points here story/game wise are better than the equivalent points in Asylum.
The worse: Something big was lost in the shift from the cohesive, consistent, polished, perfectly paced structure in Asylum to City's downright strange pacing. City tells 70% of its story in 3 hours and then makes you spend another 4-5 hours on the last chunks. it has a tendency to make the story move too fast when it should take its time and then pad things out with enemies/puzzles when you're ready for the game to be over. City has good, real boss fights but it also has a bunch of really flimsy boss encounters that make it seem like Rocksteady ran out of money at the finish line.
Really good, important game -- just maybe shows its age a little bit more than I expected in 2024. As an aside, I played the BioShocks last year and the thing I realized is that PS3/360 era games now totally have a classic games vibe to them. It's so odd.
It's good but I never really wanted to finish it.
Brother, what can I say? It's batman. This was my childhood along with the other games.
amazing brawler that has become a classic of the 7th generation
not the best game in the world but it is nostalgic for me
Very solid. I don't like the setting of Arkham City too much and much prefer Gotham in Arkham Knight, but it was still enjoyable. The side missions were very interesting and I almost completed them all. The graphics aren't anything to be praised, and catwoman's inclusion kinda seems unnecessary? idk I just wished she did more that contributed to the overall plot. It was still cool getting to play as her tho. A lot of back and forth as well. All in all its very solid.
Batman Arkham City is a phenomenal game. Top to bottom. Combat is zippy and fun, story is absolutely engrossing, and the game just hucks comic book candy fan service content at you in an almost sickening abundance.
Everywhere you turn is a crafted set of side missions and comic book villains for you to deal with in a sprawling shitstorm of the criminal underworld that is Arkham City. The storyline has no business being as good as it is for a Batman video game and yet it's one of the more engaging video game storylines available.
With so much to do and such an inviting environment to play in, Arkham City makes it hard to put the controller down. And its completionist nature makes the collectathon a very fun experience for 100%ers
Everywhere you turn is a crafted set of side missions and comic book villains for you to deal with in a sprawling shitstorm of the criminal underworld that is Arkham City. The storyline has no business being as good as it is for a Batman video game and yet it's one of the more engaging video game storylines available.
With so much to do and such an inviting environment to play in, Arkham City makes it hard to put the controller down. And its completionist nature makes the collectathon a very fun experience for 100%ers
I don't like this as much as Asylum because the City is stupid and the baddies are kinda rubbish and there's not enough Two Face for my liking.
I preferred the metroidvania feel of the first one over the open world experience of this one. But this game has the cooler characters and awesome side missions.
Batman: Arkham City'nin başarısını anlatmaya gerek yoktur muhtemelen. Arkham City, Arkham serisinin en iyi oyunu. Aynı zamanda ilk oyundaki çizgiselliği (tam olarak çizgisel sayılmazdı gerçi, çok küçük ve kısıtlayıcı bir açık dünyası vardı Arkham Asylum'ın) bir kenara bırakan oyun, bizi Quincy Sharp'ın icadı olan "Arkham City" açık dünyasına bırakıyor. Büyüklük olarak pek bir şey vadetmeyen Arkham City açık dünyası tasarım ve yapılabilecek şeyler konusunda oldukça dolu. Aynı zamanda Asylum'daki kaliteli dövüş sistemini mükemmelleştirmeyi de başarmış bir oyun bu.
Mekan tasarımlarının çok iyi tasarlanmış oluduğu ve ana hikaye dışında da yapılabilecek bir sürü etkinliğin hatta yan etkinliklere özel dövüşebileceğimiz bölüm sonu canavarlarının bulunduğu Arkham City şüphesiz serinin en iyi oyunu.
Mekan tasarımlarının çok iyi tasarlanmış oluduğu ve ana hikaye dışında da yapılabilecek bir sürü etkinliğin hatta yan etkinliklere özel dövüşebileceğimiz bölüm sonu canavarlarının bulunduğu Arkham City şüphesiz serinin en iyi oyunu.
batman simulator
Another great entry into the arkham series. improves on everything that was in Asylum. I did get some fps drops during the roaming of the city. Other than that, It's the best Arkham game to date.
Best of the series
The finest example of freeflow combat.
It's really good, like really.
Literally one of my favorite games ever made, the story is fantastic, the voice acting is really memorable and amazing, and the combat system is nicely improved here, also it still has a lot of replay value, just very memorable and the ending is fantastic, and the Harley Quinn DLC is also very good, to me this is brilliance.
Also I decided to go though this game as quickly as possible, was not expecting to get the main story and the DLC done in 4.5 hours on record, can't you tell I love this game.
Also I decided to go though this game as quickly as possible, was not expecting to get the main story and the DLC done in 4.5 hours on record, can't you tell I love this game.
Call me crazy (like the Jonkler) but this game always felt mediocre to me.
The boss fights are amazing this time around, and the voice acting is top-notch, but... uh... that's about it, really.
The combat is more of the same, but I feel that the story kinda just falls flat, like it starts off with a really cool idea, but then it just fizzles out into lameness.
I really like Arkham Asylum better.
Yeah, I'm mid.
The boss fights are amazing this time around, and the voice acting is top-notch, but... uh... that's about it, really.
The combat is more of the same, but I feel that the story kinda just falls flat, like it starts off with a really cool idea, but then it just fizzles out into lameness.
I really like Arkham Asylum better.
Yeah, I'm mid.
petasse harley kuine
HOW? HOLY SHIT
One of the coolest open-worlds I've seen in a game. Story, gameplay, graphics, every aspect is improved from the first. Best Batman game to date
A densely packed game world for people who enjoy Batman like I do. It's a good example of how you could "Metroid" up an open world game.
great story and gameplay. Was very advanced for its time.
ok, não é lá essas coisas, mas dá pro gasto
PEAK BATMAN I AM THE NIGHT
I can see why this is many’s go to batman game
Not only a great Batman game, my favorite of the trilogy, but a great Batman narrative too. Truly up there with my favorite Batman comics, movies, and shows.
Personalmente es mi favorito, me encanta las mejoras en el combate y la historia aún más, no creí que se tornara tan oscuro tan rápido. Tengan en cuenta que yo estaba morrillo la primera vez que lo jugué, para mi ver morir al Joker era muy fuerte.
Historia foda, mundo aberto melhor ainda com os vilões e tudo que acontece em na cidade de Arkham, um defeito do jogo é boss fight com o Ra's al Ghul e a ultima boss fight do jogo não aguenta muito processamento e joguei ela há 10 de fps
michael giacchino - can't fight city halloween
Uma ótima maneira de se continuar a saga, creio que seja mais divertido que o Asylum, o mundo aberto é uma grande adição tanto para a jogabilidade quanto para a história, enriquecendo todo esse universo.