Batman: Arkham City

[tnr105]

Why return it? All the sidemissions are fun, and there's plenty of unlockables. Plus Nightwing is released tomorrow! And when the skins are released, you can use them in New Game +!

[Spideyfan101]

Why return it? All the sidemissions are fun, and there's plenty of unlockables. Plus Nightwing is released tomorrow! And when the skins are released, you can use them in New Game +!

I didn't say I'm returning the game back to the store. I said "return" as a way to say I wont be able to play the game again for a couple weeks.

[tnr105]

Just downloaded Nightwing, and he's awesome. He doesn't actually have detective mode, but everything goes B&W and he has a radar. He also has the most useful gadgets for the challenge maps, and it's a damn good bundle.

[Berserkfury819]

I've found this game to be very dissapointing. There's numerous problems with the controls and the camera angles. Sometimes the controls don't even respond cprrectly. Its not innovative. The developers took the combat from the first one, stuck it in GTA and added elements of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed. Objectives are unclear, the gameplay is repetative, and I don't feel like the free roam works for Batman the way it does for Spider-Man. Also they advertise the hell out of Catwoman, and you have to buy extra stuff to unlock her in the game, thats complete and utter bullshit. This game gets a 6/10 from me. I honestly can't believe it got so many perfect scores. Some money had to have exchanged hands, because thats the only way the reviewers could ignore so many rookie mistakes that this game makes.. I don't think I'm even going to finish this. I'm going back to Fallout New Vegas until Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim drops in two weeks.

[Two-Bit Specialist]

I've found this game to be very dissapointing. There's numerous problems with the controls and the camera angles. Sometimes the controls don't even respond cprrectly. Its not innovative. The developers took the combat from the first one, stuck it in GTA and added elements of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed. Objectives are unclear, the gameplay is repetative, and I don't feel like the free roam works for Batman the way it does for Spider-Man. Also they advertise the hell out of Catwoman, and you have to buy extra stuff to unlock her in the game, thats complete and utter bullshit. This game gets a 6/10 from me. I honestly can't believe it got so many perfect scores. Some money had to have exchanged hands, because thats the only way the reviewers could ignore so many rookie mistakes that this game makes.. I don't think I'm even going to finish this. I'm going back to Fallout New Vegas until Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim drops in two weeks.

I've seen a few 7.5s, so you are definitely not the only one who feels like this.

[Thrawn]

Eric Cartman had a copy of Batman Arkham City on Southpark tonight.

I'm loving this game so far. I just spent two solid days playing and I'm roughly 50% finished with it. I've been really taking my time. I've collected about 300 Riddler trophies and the game says I'm 57% complete on the story mode. I've been doing most of the side quests.

I love the amount of content, extras, and all the Easter Eggs that they took the time to put into the game. Really fun.

Not perfect, but still a great game.

[Enigma_2099]

So from the scores I'm seeing on the net...

Batman: Arkham City 2

Activision Spider-man: 0

Which is funny, considering Kotick's apology, isn't it. I'm glad Rocksteady went with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality.

... and? That doesn't mean shit to me. I enjoyed Shattered Dimensions a hell of a lot more than Arkham Asylum, and I'm enjoying Edge of Time quite a lot as well.

For the record, I loved Splatterhouse 2010 and it wasn't the end all be all of games either, so I feel you there. But I admit that there ARE better games than it out there. And if I'm man enough to admit that, why can't you be?

[Enigma_2099]

I've found this game to be very dissapointing. There's numerous problems with the controls and the camera angles. Sometimes the controls don't even respond cprrectly. Its not innovative. The developers took the combat from the first one, stuck it in GTA and added elements of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed. Objectives are unclear, the gameplay is repetative, and I don't feel like the free roam works for Batman the way it does for Spider-Man. Also they advertise the hell out of Catwoman, and you have to buy extra stuff to unlock her in the game, thats complete and utter bullshit. This game gets a 6/10 from me. I honestly can't believe it got so many perfect scores. Some money had to have exchanged hands, because thats the only way the reviewers could ignore so many rookie mistakes that this game makes.. I don't think I'm even going to finish this. I'm going back to Fallout New Vegas until Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim drops in two weeks.

I agree with you on the Catwoman part, but only because I didn't want her in the first place. The rest of that, I really gotta wonder what the hell you were playing.

Wait, you complain about repetitiveness... and you're playing FALLOUT?!?!

[Thrawn]

Just downloaded Nightwing, and he's awesome. He doesn't actually have detective mode, but everything goes B&W and he has a radar. He also has the most useful gadgets for the challenge maps, and it's a damn good bundle.

I bought the Nightwing bundle Thursday night. I messed around with him a little bit and so far he's my least favorite of the three (Batman, Catwoman, Nightwing).

He looks pretty neat, I like his batons, but his reach seems to be shorter than Catwoman and Batman. It could just be that I need to use him more, but I definitely prefer Batman and Catwoman.

I also started the third Catwoman story mission and before I finished the primary objective with her, I went around collecting her Riddler trophies in the city.

You know, I think I like using her more than I do Batman. She seems to be able to navigate the city faster than he does.

It's probably because they turned her into Spider-Man. Her whip is just like a webline. It's very fun to wall crawl on the ceilings and the side of the buildings. It makes zero physical sense for her to be able to do those things, but it is very fun.

So I've basially got a Batman and Spider-Man game in one neat little package.

[tnr105]

For me, Nightwing's fun because he doesn't glide and has the acrobatics, which also helps the combos. He has Batman's strength and Catwoman's agility. The weapons are also useful he Electric Wave stun takes down many enemies at a time.

I also have Robin (Pre-Order from Best Buy), and he's actually pretty fun too. The crew cut doesn't bother me as much as you never see him without the hood, and I primarily use the Red Robin skin. When he becomes available to the general public, I recommend you download him too. He has pretty cool gadgets himself; The Retractable Bo Staff, a shield that deflects bullets, and more.

I'd really like a Batgirl DLC too in the future, with all the alternate skins they do, you could have Cass, Steph, Babs, and even Bette Kane.

[Aziz]

Still haven't played this game, will wait for it to drop to less than half its price and have a Gold Edition (if released later) much like RE5. Is this game worth replaying more than its predecessor? How often do you need to beat a group of cronies to pass through? How much did they upgrade the combat system? I don't want to play another game that feels awesome the first time, merely good the second, then realize what an average game it really is

I've found this game to be very dissapointing. There's numerous problems with the controls and the camera angles. Sometimes the controls don't even respond cprrectly.

These things with the controls and camera happened to me in every game I played so far released by company other than Capcom, so I won't take it much of an issue cause they are rare from what I played so far

Its not innovative. The developers took the combat from the first one, stuck it in GTA and added elements of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed.

Those games are highly influential, that should be a good thing, right?

Objectives are unclear

I can get over that if you mean objects you get close to and touch, easy

the gameplay is repetitive

What game isn't? They all are. Depends on how repetitive the game is, that defines how annoying or likable I may find it

and I don't feel like the free roam works for Batman the way it does for Spider-Man.

Free roam doesn't work for anyone the way it does for a guy moving fast and shooting lines to swing from

Also they advertise the hell out of Catwoman, and you have to buy extra stuff to unlock her in the game, thats complete and utter bullshit.

Alright then, guess I'll refrain from getting CW unless she's given in a game disc

This game gets a 6/10 from me. I honestly can't believe it got so many perfect scores. Some money had to have exchanged hands, because thats the only way the reviewers could ignore so many rookie mistakes that this game makes.. I don't think I'm even going to finish this.

I might agree with you about getting disappointed, but I wouldn't really rate a game from first walkthrough only, and even less tempted to rate it before completing it, things may get more interesting later in the game

[Enigma_2099]

They give you Nightwing DLC... and then made him a MUTE?!?!?!

I like his TAS skin, but to be honest, this DLC doesn't do it for me... not like the Joker DLC from the first game.

[tnr105]

Still haven't played this game, will wait for it to drop to less than half its price and have a Gold Edition (if released later) much like RE5. Is this game worth replaying more than its predecessor? How often do you need to beat a group of cronies to pass through? How much did they upgrade the combat system? I don't want to play another game that feels awesome the first time, merely good the second, then realize what an average game it really is

I've found this game to be very dissapointing. There's numerous problems with the controls and the camera angles. Sometimes the controls don't even respond cprrectly.

These things with the controls and camera happened to me in every game I played so far released by company other than Capcom, so I won't take it much of an issue cause they are rare from what I played so far

Its not innovative. The developers took the combat from the first one, stuck it in GTA and added elements of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed.

Those games are highly influential, that should be a good thing, right?

Objectives are unclear

I can get over that if you mean objects you get close to and touch, easy

the gameplay is repetitive

What game isn't? They all are. Depends on how repetitive the game is, that defines how annoying or likable I may find it

and I don't feel like the free roam works for Batman the way it does for Spider-Man.

Free roam doesn't work for anyone the way it does for a guy moving fast and shooting lines to swing from

Also they advertise the hell out of Catwoman, and you have to buy extra stuff to unlock her in the game, thats complete and utter bullshit.

Alright then, guess I'll refrain from getting CW unless she's given in a game disc

This game gets a 6/10 from me. I honestly can't believe it got so many perfect scores. Some money had to have exchanged hands, because thats the only way the reviewers could ignore so many rookie mistakes that this game makes.. I don't think I'm even going to finish this.

I might agree with you about getting disappointed, but I wouldn't really rate a game from first walkthrough only, and even less tempted to rate it before completing it, things may get more interesting later in the game

-Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face all have gangs, which primarily hang around their bases, unless they're on a mission. Other thugs my be hanging around the streets, but you can generally avoid them by using the rooftops. But by fighting, you unlock XP which helps unlock Upgrades

-Combat is fun, as with the Quickfire feature, you can do fun things by incorporating gadgets into combat.

-The replay value is rather high in my opinion, as you can go back and do side-missions featuring other villains. Also by collecting more riddles, it adds more intel into the "Wayne Tech Database". Also, by beating it on Normal or Hard, you unlock "New Game +" you can replay with all your unlocked gadgets and XP, plus use any skins you have in the campaign.

-Another replay factor are the sidemissions. These all require detective work such as running ballistics, setting up and investigating crime scenes, interrogating goons, and using a riddle-solving device. The

Azrael and Hush

side missions also hint about the plot of the next game.

-Catwoman comes with a free DLC code if you buy the game new. Robin and Nightwing are DLC, but worth it in my opinion as they all have different gadgets and combat styles. Their skins all come free with the character. The Batman skins are also DLC, but very detailed. I got a free Batman Beyond skin code with a NOS energy drink, and since he doesn't have a cape, the retractable wings and rocket boots come out when you glide. It's one of those neat things that shows how much detail they put in.

[Aziz]

-Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face all have gangs, which primarily hang around their bases, unless they're on a mission. Other thugs my be hanging around the streets, but you can generally avoid them by using the rooftops. But by fighting, you unlock XP which helps unlock Upgrades

Better than forcibly facing the same face 100s of times then, I like this idea

-Combat is fun, as with the Quickfire feature, you can do fun things by incorporating gadgets into combat.

I hope I enjoy it then

-The replay value is rather high in my opinion, as you can go back and do side-missions featuring other villains. Also by collecting more riddles, it adds more intel into the "Wayne Tech Database". Also, by beating it on Normal or Hard, you unlock "New Game +" you can replay with all your unlocked gadgets and XP, plus use any skins you have in the campaign.

Then trying it on easy difficulty should be obsolete for me, even more seeing how his fighting in BAA is more aggressive on Normal than it is on easy

-Another replay factor are the sidemissions. These all require detective work such as running ballistics, setting up and investigating crime scenes, interrogating goons, and using a riddle-solving device. The

Azrael and Hush

side missions also hint about the plot of the next game.

That's cool, I'm crazy enough to do all side missions I can, more fun that way

-Catwoman comes with a free DLC code if you buy the game new. Robin and Nightwing are DLC, but worth it in my opinion as they all have different gadgets and combat styles. Their skins all come free with the character. The Batman skins are also DLC, but very detailed. I got a free Batman Beyond skin code with a NOS energy drink, and since he doesn't have a cape, the retractable wings and rocket boots come out when you glide. It's one of those neat things that shows how much detail they put in.

Nice attention to details, but I don't like the PSN, never wanted to connect, kept telling my bro not to do it, but he did anyway

[iron_patriot]

I got a free Batman Beyond skin code with a NOS energy drink, and since he doesn't have a cape, the retractable wings and rocket boots come out when you glide. It's one of those neat things that shows how much detail they put in.

I'm sure it's probably just an effect, but I have to make sure,CAN HE FLY?