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Batman: Arkham City, the follow-up to Rocksteady‘s multi award-winning foray into the adventures of the Dark Knight continues, both in terms of award-winning quality and story content.
Set shortly after the events of Arkham Asylum Batman is launched into the beautifully detailed criminal environment of Arkham City; north Gotham’s new high walled criminal district where every Bat hating megalomaniac is fighting tooth and claw for supremacy. Once again its Batman’s duty to rid the city of its scourge and fight his way to safety, battling a plethora of familiar faces along the way.
Expanding upon the ground covered in Asylum, this ‘new’ game leaves the more confined surrounding behind exposing a new and exciting semi open world to discover. A wonderfully diverse city that ranges from the sinisterly twisted Industrial District home of the Joker to the flooded streets of Amusement Mile. Each sector has its own individual feel and atmosphere, presented with painstaking attention to detail.
Despite the fact I’d been away from Gotham for some time I found myself at home inside Arkham City, all my memories from Asylum came flooding back and it felt like I’d never been away.
The standard set by the previous titleĀ is hard to escape, in my eyes it was one of the best games I’d played all generation and it couldn’t have set the bar much higher. Thankfully Rocksteady have pulled another blinder, releasing another stellar title. Continue reading