Man.. this game is one of the most overhated games I have ever played. Before playing this I heard a lot of critics that this game is bad and didn't age well. For me, it's not bad at all and this game aged like a fine wine.

For a 2015 videogame, the graphic this game has is incredible. The visuals of the raining Gotham city and the character designs are amazing and they fits
the tone of the story so well. I just love going to the wayne tower and then just hang there for a bit because I love the city designs plus the map is just massive.

The map in this game is massive and the biggest in arkham franchise. It's a great map and I enjoy everything about the map especially when you can go to another location in 2 ways now. You can either go with batmobile or basically just glide. I personally like gliding more for some reasons but driving the batmobile is also fun!

I know a lot of critics this game has is mostly came from batmobile gameplay. It is fun, but I agree that there's a point where it's too much. Not as much as I expected, but yeah it's still a lot. I enjoyed some of them nonetheless. The racing challenges from riddler is super annoying because I literally got smashed bunch of times at first lmao (dw I finished them).

The overall gameplay as Batman is tbh the best in Arkham Series. The thugs are more challenging to fight. For real I died a lot because of the militias. The variations of the enemy are not far different from the previous arkham games but this one just did it the best imo. I love the combat system.. i mean it's not that hard to play the combat, but I needed 2 weeks to master. The combat is just so smooth and every time I throw a punch feels so real and satisfying. One of the reasons why I love Arkham Series so much is the combat system because man.. if i get mad at someone and I can't do anything about it, I just play arkham games and punch these thugs lmao and well I feel a lot better everytime. The gadgets are also incredible. Most of them are the same and there's also a new gadget which is Voice Synthesizer. I barely use it tbh. My favorite remote hacking device for predator. I also don't use hacking device too much during predator because sometimes it gets too easy lmao. Because I play it in PC, it's hard to fight enemies and using the gadgets at the same time. Batclaw is the only gadgets I use constantly during combat.. I use disruptor when there's any enemies with weapons.

This game lacks of great boss fights. Not great boss fights, just boss fight. For real the only boss fight that felt like a boss fight was just Arkham Knight. Even the most wanted villains felt like regular thug. Two face was so easy to be beaten (although his most wanted missions are my favorite) and the others are not even boss fights. I still haven't fought deathstroke but I know how the boss fight will go on and I don't like it so I don't bother myself finishing his side missions. Even Arkham Knight, the only boss fight that felt like a boss fight was mid imo. It's not bad nor great, it's just mid.

The side missions are enjoyable except the riddler because his mission is just frustrating. I only helped Catwoman and then done. I'm not gonna collect the riddler trophies because they are not worth of my time. Like I said earlier, Two Face is my favorite side mission because predators mission are so fun. His mission is repetitive and the only difference is only the map, but I still really enjoyed it. The Penguin side mission is also fun because you can also play as Nightwing there. The Professor Pyg mission is just interesting.. the climax is good i guess. I enjoyed the detective missions a lot. The posts and checkpoints are fun even though I sometimes got killed a lot lmao. The rest of side missions are okay.

The last thing I want to add is the story. I think the story is just as good as Arkham City. I mean the way it started and it ended are so well made. Making Scarecrow as the villain is briliant especially after what happened in Arkham City. The disappointing part is just we don't really have a boss fight with him. I love the story.. from Batman taking his new suit, saving Gotham from cloudburst, Arkham Knight confrontation, and then slowly lose everyone until the point he has to do something that he doesn't want to do, but he does it anyway because it's the only way to save Gotham. The Joker part in the story is also good but it doesn't make sense because they treat Joker like a literal virus. I still don't know how it works bruh but so far it just doesn't make sense to me. At least this game finally ends his arc and it was satisfying. Well not just Joker, but also Batman's arc. Man.. the story is just perfect to end this franchise and Batman's arc. This game is definitely inspired by The Dark Knight Returns and wow I just really love that ending. I don't know a better ending for this franchise ngl.

Reviewed on Jan 20, 2023


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