I actually think if you're not expecting "Arkham Next" then this is probably decent, but the gameplay is just ok and none of the set dressing did anything for me.

There's a thing people used to always say about the Arkham Games: "They wouldn't be as good if Batman wasn't in them". Which almost doesn't make any sense because he is, but I actually kind of get it now.

In Arkham's Gotham, there is so much care put into the environment. I don't have much extended Batman knowledge but it was fun to see certain buildings/posters and think "oh look that's a reference to something!"

The same kind of references exist in this game (I think) but I didn't get ANY of them. I dunno man, it feels like this is set in "Gotham", it all just feels so fake.

I remember when this first got teased and Batman nerds said "The Court of Owls story is so cool! I can't wait to see it done well on screen"... keep waiting.

Everything about this is just disappointing if you have any expectations...also it runs like shit!

Was kinda not enjoying this and then it crashed and I lost about an hour of gameplay so I took that as a sign (just because it’s a remaster doesn’t mean you can’t add autosave!)

More of the same but instead of the sequel being bigger and better, this feels like they lost the budget. The fun and interesting mini games are replaced with arcade games that I could make, had 0 interest in the story after playing the first game so I was skipping every cutscene. And while the actual gameplay does feel “better”, it’s literally the exact same. I dunno man.

Also the bit where you play as the girl has some of the worst platforming in any game I’ve played. But the ranged fight where you play as the guy was quite cool!