Batman Arkham City Review

The greatest detective in the world returns to clean up the city of Arkham and playing Batman has never been more fun, the days of bang, biff and pow marks during fights are gone as Batman is now more of a moody, grizzly type of character, just like in the recent films.

When it comes to voice acting you won't be getting Christian Bale as Batman but Kevin Conroy delivers a great performance, it might interest you to know that in the game Mark Hamill AKA Luke Skywalker provides a voice for The Joker.

It's hard to put Arkham City into a category as while it looks like a beat em up it also has puzzle, stealth and RPG elements, one puzzle will have you investigating a murder scene and in others you'll have to figure out how to cross hazardous areas by using one of several gadgets.

Gadgets in the game are great and you'll get to play with everything from a cryptographic sequencer to the Batarang, the gadgets in the game don't serve as powerful weapons but they'll prove invaluable when it comes to saving your life and solving puzzles.

There's lots of fighting in the game and as you'd guess you'll be taking on baddies as individuals and in large groups, the combat in the game isn't on a par with Ninja Gaiden but it still makes you feel hard as nails.

Anyone familiar with Batman knows he doesn't have super powers so when baddies have weapons you need to change tactics, proceeding to pummel bad guys with guns leaves you exposed and this is where the games stealth elements come into play.

Batman has a variety of means at his disposal for dealing with bad guys one of which is known as detective mode, detective mode allows Batman to see through walls and gives you a big tactical advantage when you need to pick of enemies silently one by one.

The RPG elements of Arkham City aren't really deep but the rewards they deliver motivate you to keep going, knocking out bad guys and completing missions enables you to unlock a variety of upgrades that give Batman extra abilities.

Boss fights in the game vary in their difficulty as while some take little effort others will have you retrying, Mr Freeze can be a particular handful and you'll have to stretch your grey matter significantly to figure out how to breach his defences.

Arkahm City is a large place but you won't be driving around in the Batmobile to get from A to B, the process of getting around the city is still a lot of fun as you'll be swinging and gliding around with the use of the Batclaw and cape.

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