In the continuation to the pretty ok Arkham Asylum we, as Bruce Wayne, are thrown into the stylish island as a small example of what is gotham city.
Exploration of open world is really well crafted. Both glading and grapping feels really natural and is very easy to move around. Especially with really good placement of the buildings that allows for very quick traversal.
Combat system once again remains as one of the best parts of the game, expanded with few new possibilities.
Boss fights are also better, but I still wouldn't call them "incredible" or even "memorable". Final Boss once again felt underwhelming without anything exceptional that could be considered as the culmination point of action.
Loved the introduction with Catwoman but at some point her plot felt unnecessery and was ruining the overall pacing of what was going on in the Batman storyline.
Pretty good but still isn't what I heard about the Arkham series.
DLC with Harley Quinn terrible, boring shit.
Exploration of open world is really well crafted. Both glading and grapping feels really natural and is very easy to move around. Especially with really good placement of the buildings that allows for very quick traversal.
Combat system once again remains as one of the best parts of the game, expanded with few new possibilities.
Boss fights are also better, but I still wouldn't call them "incredible" or even "memorable". Final Boss once again felt underwhelming without anything exceptional that could be considered as the culmination point of action.
Loved the introduction with Catwoman but at some point her plot felt unnecessery and was ruining the overall pacing of what was going on in the Batman storyline.
Pretty good but still isn't what I heard about the Arkham series.
DLC with Harley Quinn terrible, boring shit.
This review contains spoilers
Coming off my first replay of Arkham Asylum in many years, I was ready to ride the hype wave and jump straight into City. And uhh.... it doesn't hold up as well as I remember. Don't get me wrong, the general quality of the game was fantastic. But it just fails to recapture the magic of Asylum.
A lot of the stories felt poorly done, like the conclusion to the Bane side arc, or the content you get when you decide to leave Batman to die as Catwoman. In other cases, it just felt unnecessary, like the Mad Hatter sequence. I love the Mad Hatter, but having him randomly pop in for one completely insignificant mission was just ridiculous.
Ra's al Ghul's involvement also felt like a detriment to the already suffering concept of the game. But I won't go into detail about that, because I'm getting tired of complaining. I'd rather focus on some of the positives, such as Joker's story, and his send-off. My only issue with Asylum was the ending and Joker's Titan transformation, but his arc in City almost makes it worth it.
Overall, I think I would compare this game mostly to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, in that the story was a bit of a letdown, but the overall quality and the side stories (not you Bane) were worth it.
Side note: Still working on the Zsasz, Hush, Azrael and Riddler side missions at the time of this log.
A lot of the stories felt poorly done, like the conclusion to the Bane side arc, or the content you get when you decide to leave Batman to die as Catwoman. In other cases, it just felt unnecessary, like the Mad Hatter sequence. I love the Mad Hatter, but having him randomly pop in for one completely insignificant mission was just ridiculous.
Ra's al Ghul's involvement also felt like a detriment to the already suffering concept of the game. But I won't go into detail about that, because I'm getting tired of complaining. I'd rather focus on some of the positives, such as Joker's story, and his send-off. My only issue with Asylum was the ending and Joker's Titan transformation, but his arc in City almost makes it worth it.
Overall, I think I would compare this game mostly to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, in that the story was a bit of a letdown, but the overall quality and the side stories (not you Bane) were worth it.
Side note: Still working on the Zsasz, Hush, Azrael and Riddler side missions at the time of this log.