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Developer – Rocksteady Studios
Publisher – Warner Bros. Interactive
Platforms – Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U
Release Date – (US) 10/18/11 (UK) 21/10/11About
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security home for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. The game features an unique combination of melee combat, stealth, investigative and speed-based challenge gameplay. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
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Playstation Official Magazine Australia
Just so there’s no confusion, let’s state it plain: Batman: Arkham City is not only the best superhero game ever made, it’s one of the best games ever made full-stop. Batman: Arkham City takes the already superlative original and gloriously expands on it. It’s a deeper game, more complex, more inventive, more mature. In our view it brings the caped crusader’s world to life better than any comic, movie, or television show before it … To say it one last time: this is what it means to be Batman. And when it comes down to it, who the hell doesn’t want to be Batman? 10/10
Game Informer
This game could be one of the biggest and most enjoyable time sinks of the year. Arkham City not only lives up to the standards set by Arkham Asylum, it bests its predecessor in every way and stands tall as one of Batman’s greatest moments. 10/10
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Who’s picking this up next week? I can’t wait for it. As you can see the first reviews have started coming in and are very positive. I’m just glad that there is no major release this week that I’m interested in so I can concentrate on Dark Souls until this drops.
To be honest, I was getting a bit fed up of hearing about the game over the past few months because everything was about the developers raping the DLC with new Batman Skins every where you turned. It seems like every store and online store has some exclusive character skin, and let’s not forget how many editions of the Steelbook there will be. So far there are books for Batman, Robin, Joker, Catwoman and I’m sure I heard there was going to be a Nightwing one too.
They also fucked up with the Collector’s Edition of the game, by not including an actual case for the game. Instead opting to house it inside the sleeve of the artbook WTF!!!
Anyway, I cancelled my pre-order for the CE because of that shit, but the reviews have began to reignite my desire to hurry up and play the game, which is what it’s all about at the end of the day.Twitter.com/scatigno1
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November for me man. Only fucking with the free PC version I already have unless gamefly pulls some miraculous shit which may happen.. who knows.
I pre-ordered this at Best Buy. It comes with the Robin skin for challenge mode. I kind of feel like Playstation Magazine Australia was reaching a little bit with their review. “Better than any comic”? He’s a comic book character, his whole world is based on that medium and storytellers continuous ability to keep readers interested in his world over the past 70 years! That’s a bold ass statement but we’ll see come Tuesday.
Currently sat at 95 on Metacritic based on 28 reviews. Can’t complain with that lol.
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