Batman: Arkham City - 'One Of The Best Games Ever Made'

[Iceman]

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Batman

http://cdn.gametestlab.com/images/stories/screens/BatmanArkhamCity/Batman_Arkham_City.jpg

Joker and Harley Quinn

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/02/jokerallupinthishooooo530pxheaderimg.jpg

and

Robin

http://cdn.gossipgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arkham-city-robin-colored-590x837.jpg

Just completed Arkham Asylum a day ago and now this will be out soon, gameplay looks great. Also Catwoman will be playable :amazed:

[Novo]

Arkham Asylum is one of the best recent games i have played it was done so well hopefully this is even better.. seems to be a lot more Villians as well this time.. Joker, Harley Quinn, Two Face, Penguin, Victor Zsasz, The Creeper, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Talia al Ghul, Deadshot and Bane is going to be an Ally this time

[Tom4784]

I love Arkham Asylum so I'm definitely getting this.

[Novo]

I'd love some kind of CO-OP mode now that Catwoman is a playable character as well i think it would work really well with the Combo system they have

[Iceman]

I love Arkham Asylum so I'm definitely getting this.

Me too, apparently this game will be longer aswell :amazed:

Im gonna try Arkham Asylum on expert difficulty see how I go. Im rubbish at challenges though :(

[Iceman]

http://thekoalition.com/images/2011/09/bats3.jpg

:D

[Ramsay]

Cant wait:amazed:

[Iceman]

Im currently working through challenges on Asylum some are so difficult..... finally got all of the riddler challenges last night too.....was **** hard.

[Novo]

I used some walkthrough to get all the Riddler challenges.. it's almost impossible without

[Iceman]

Yeah same here I had about 15 teeth I couldnt find and some riddles. On my own I maybe got 200 of the challenges

[Novo]

Took my ages to found a set of teeth i thought there was a glitch or something but found them in the end in the building you fight bane

[Iceman]

The last set I needed were in the Caves, driving me mad, then I found them was delighted!

Is the xbox version any different?

[Iceman]

Just read a spoiler for this, all I can say is WOW.

[Iceman]

God I just want this now :sad:

[Iceman]

Theres at least 40 hours of gameplay :o

[Ramsay]

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First ''review'' in

[Iceman]

Later this month the sequel to Guinness World Records "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever," Arkham City, gets released. We had some time with it at Gamescom – and if you got to rAge this weekend, you probably got to play it a bit as well. We think it’s fantastic – but we have odd taste.

The game’s first review has entered the wild, so what does Australia’s Official PlayStation Magazine think?

"Batman: Arkham City is not only the best superhero game ever made, it’s one of the best games ever made full-stop," gushes the magazine, as spotted by ArkhamCity.co.uk "It takes the already superlative original and gloriously expands on it. It’s a deeper game, more complex, more inventive, more mature. It brings the caped crusader’s world to life better than any comic, movie or television show before it."

In closing, the magazine opines “We can’t imagine how a superhero game could be better than this. Absolutely sublime.”

It looks like Rocksteady Studios might be set to break its own Guinness World Record. Arkham City will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 21. Unfortunately, the PC version’s release date has slipped to next month.

Source: http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/batman-arkham-city-gets-perfect-review-score/#ixzz1ZiqGDvs8

[Iceman]

Official Playstation Magazine gives this a 10/10 rating:

"Batman: Arkham City is not only the best superhero game ever made, it's one of the best games ever made full-stop. It takes the already superlative original and gloriously expands on it. It's a deeper game, more complex, more inventive, more mature. It brings the caped crusader's world to life better than any comic, movie or television show before it."

"Presentation: Endlessly creative, perfectly moody, and technically flawless. This is Epic's Unreal engine pushed to its absolute limit."

"Sound: Alternatively foreboding and frantic, the game's orchestral soundtrack matches the on-sccreen action perfectly. Voice acting is brilliant."

"Controls: Complex and initially overwhelming but also logical and responsive. It'll take a while to get used to them, but once you do it feels perfectly natural flinging Batman around."

"Replay Value: Immense. A massive main quest, dozens of side missions, Riddler challenges, secondary game modes, and DLC will keep most people occupied for months."

"VERDICT: We can't imagine how a superhero game could be better than this. Absolutely sublime."

10/10

[Iceman]

Further Batman video games have been promised by Arkham City developer Rocksteady Studios.

The company has said that despite the huge scale of the Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel, it still intends to keep producing games for the franchise.

"I mean I think as long as we're still enjoying it and as long as we feel we can contribute to the Batman universe, [we will continue]," Rocksteady's Dax Ginn told CVG. "That's how it feels.

"There's some amazing stuff going on with Batman all around the world at the moment and we feel as though we're making our own little contribution in the form of the Arkham-verse.

"So as long as we've got stories to tell," he concluded. "So long as we feel we can do that and do that really well."

[Ramsay]

I was gonna wait till xmas to get it
But **** it i'll make it a day 1 purchase seems too good to wait 2 months on

[Iceman]

I was gonna wait till xmas to get it
But **** it i'll make it a day 1 purchase seems too good to wait 2 months on

Same here, im gonna buy with Gamestop to get the Tim Drake pack. Hopefully they'll let us D/L the joker pack at a later date....

[Ramsay]

Gonna get this
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/batman-arkham-city-the-dark-knight/-batman-begins-blu-ray-bundle/10564451.html

£36.85 for Arkham City and Dark Knight/Batman Begins on Blu-Ray

[Iceman]

Gonna get this
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/batman-arkham-city-the-dark-knight/-batman-begins-blu-ray-bundle/10564451.html

£36.85 for Arkham City and Dark Knight/Batman Begins on Blu-Ray

I want to get a level pack though. I hope theyve made the challenges a bit more reasonable in this one.

[Ramsay]

Oh god yeah those challenges in Arkham Asylum used to send me crazy:joker:

[Iceman]

Oh god yeah those challenges in Arkham Asylum used to send me crazy:joker:

I can do most of the silent ones. its the combat ones that get me, you have to hit every criminal wothout taking a punch to clear them and some of the extreme ones are just ridonckolous!

[Iceman]

Out this week :D you need to but it new for the Catwoman playable character....you get a pass.....

[Tom4784]

I just had a fair bit of money come through so I decided to pre-order the Robin bundle thing as a treat.

[King Gizzard]

Dezzy got papah

[Iceman]

I just had a fair bit of money come through so I decided to pre-order the Robin bundle thing as a treat.

Think im going for that pack too....will probably get the DLC around Xmas if its any good, some serious hype for this game I cannot wait.

[Tom4784]

Dezzy got papah

And ho's in different area codes, don't forget them, I did once and it wasn't pretty. I didn't realise you had to feed them :bawling:.

[Tom4784]

Think im going for that pack too....will probably get the DLC around Xmas if its any good, some serious hype for this game I cannot wait.

When I look at the picture I just see Eminem, they should go and check to see if he's shown any signs that he wants to become a bird based superhero.

[Iceman]

When I look at the picture I just see Eminem, they should go and check to see if he's shown any signs that he wants to become a bird based superhero.

:laugh: As far as im aware he doesnt. :tongue: I want more gadgets in this game and driving......

[Tom4784]

Ah it got dispatched today, It'd be amazing if it came tommorow but i'm not getting my hopes up.

[King Gizzard]

Karl posted this most awesome thing on his FB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9ZC8QoFhI do what the top rated comment says

[Tom4784]

That was pretty amazing.

[Tom4784]

I got my copy today, just downloading the Robin and Catwoman DLC and i'm gonna play it.

[Iceman]

I ****ing hate you :(

[Iceman]

Mark Hamill has bid farewell to his roles voicing Batman nemesis the Joker.

Rocksteady Studio's Batman: Arkham City video game will be the last time that the Star Wars actor plays the role.

"Hello/Goodbye Joker!" Hamill wrote on Twitter. "I've enjoyed every minute behind the wheel of the Crown Prince's crazy car - I'm going to miss him more than I can say!!"

Hamill has been associated with the Clown Prince of Crime for almost 20 years.

He first voiced the character in 1992 in Batman: The Animated Series before going on to reprise his role in episodes of the television shows Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League and Static Shock, as well as the animated movies Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

Hamill was also involved in the precursor to Arkham City, the acclaimed video game Batman: Arkham Asylum.

[Ramsay]

Shame
He does an amazing Joker voice

[Iceman]

I want this game today :(

[Tom4784]

I haven't been able to play it yet, my brother commandeered the Xbox after Robin and Catwoman finished downloading. I'm going to have a good long session on it later though.

[Iceman]

I haven't been able to play it yet, my brother commandeered the Xbox after Robin and Catwoman finished downloading. I'm going to have a good long session on it later though.

:bored:

[Tom4784]

I'm gonna give my brother das boot in a minute, he's had control of the TV all day and I really wanna play the game.

[Tom4784]

I completed this today, great game.

[Novo]

How long did it take you to complete?

[Tom4784]

The main story took me about 10 hours or so, there's a fair few side missions I've still yet to do though so I reckon I've still got around 6 or 7 hours left before I've finished everything.

When you complete the game though you unlock a New Game Plus mode where they take away the counter indicators and such so I'll probably do that as well.

[Iceman]

I knew when speaking to Calendar man he kept banging on about Halloween:

Batman: Arkham City will receive Nightwing as a new downloadable character.

Nightwing uses unique weaponry and gadgets, including electric escrima sticks, wrist darts, and a projectile that can ricochet off walls and floors.

The Nightwing Pack will unlock Nightwing as a playable character in Arkham City's challenge maps.

The pack will also feature an alternative skin for Nightwing based on the Batman animated series and two new challenge maps: Wayne Manor and Main Hall.

The Nightwing Pack will be available from November 1 on Xbox 360 and November 2 on PlayStation 3 for 560 MS Points and £4.80 / $6.99 respectively.

[Iceman]

I knew when speaking to Calendar man he kept banging on about Halloween:

Batman: Arkham City will receive Nightwing as a new downloadable character.

Nightwing uses unique weaponry and gadgets, including electric escrima sticks, wrist darts, and a projectile that can ricochet off walls and floors.

The Nightwing Pack will unlock Nightwing as a playable character in Arkham City's challenge maps.

The pack will also feature an alternative skin for Nightwing based on the Batman animated series and two new challenge maps: Wayne Manor and Main Hall.

The Nightwing Pack will be available from November 1 on Xbox 360 and November 2 on PlayStation 3 for 560 MS Points and £4.80 / $6.99 respectively.

[Tom4784]

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He looks cool, I hope that future DLC is going to consist of some story missions though, I'd really like to run around Arkham City as Robin or Nightwing.

[Iceman]

Im way behind you in this game methinks, Ive done Banes missions, most of the phonecalls, and 2 of each of the ther main ones, currently fighting Joker in the ghost train place.

[Iceman]

Gonna get The Green Lantern Blu Ray just for the skin.....

[Tom4784]

You're very near the end, about 40 or so minutes left I think.

[Tom4784]

Gonna get The Green Lantern Blu Ray just for the skin.....

It could come with Blake Lively wearing only a belt and I wouldn't buy that film. It's probably the worst I've seen all year.

[Ramsay]

Mine still hasent come yet :(
But im playing alot of Arkham Asylum lately..Finished all the Riddler stuff yesterday now the challenges are just wrecking my head

[Tom4784]

The Riddler stuff is a lot more interesting in this game, a bit more variety to it.

One tip I'd give both of you though, don't neglect Catwoman when you level up, throw a point into her armour every once in a while as her last mission is a pain without it.

[Iceman]

Only have 1 catwoman mission left.....didnt play much last night...going all out tnight

[Tom4784]

Her last mission is so annoying.

[Iceman]

Oh joy, not looking forward to it now, I find her movement annoying like jumping the walls does my head in

[Tom4784]

I like her combat but she's a bit limited when it comes to the predator gameplay which unfortunately counts for a lot of what makes her last mission so hard, until you figureo out how to do it anyway.

[spitfire]

Batman: Arkham City - 'One Of The Best Games Ever Made'-What is the song on the advert(Sainsbury)?

[Iceman]

I like her combat but she's a bit limited when it comes to the predator gameplay which unfortunately counts for a lot of what makes her last mission so hard, until you figureo out how to do it anyway.

I did the two-face mission is that it?

And spitfire I dont know spitfire sorry.