The Arkham series has cemented itself as the best Batman games and some of the best video games ever made. Arkham City is regarded by many to be the greatest Batman video game and the greatest superhero game period. The story is excellent, the combat improved upon Arkham Asylum, the graphics and alternate costumes were cool, the music is great, the ability to move around Gotham City as opposed to being restricted to Arkham Island was fun, and overall it does everything you want a Batman game to do. This is easily one of my favorite games and one that I will return to many times in the future.

Batman: Arkham City has earned it's place in the gaming greats. My personal 2nd Favorite behind Arkham Knight, although this game does have some better aspects than knight. The story here is the best with Batman being trapped in a city full of evey villain he's put away. The joker contracting aids from the large epidemic going around, and needs a cure. The game play is a signicant improvement over knight, overhauling the freeflow combat system the game is known for. The side content is so great it doesn't feel like a chore. The story is amplifyed by the side content, but not necessary. The Catwoman segments were just as good as the Batman ones. I recommend this to anyone who wants to get into the Arkham Games as this is a must play. 9/10

Solidified the Arkham Series as the GOAT



I'll admit that going back to play Arkham City after almost 150 hours on Knight is a bit of a chore but looking past the somewhat dated gameplay this game really has it all. It has probably the best story out of any videogame ever, some of the coolest suits in any videogame, and an amazing setting.

Batman'ı çok severim, en sevdiğim süper kahramanlardan biridir, tabii ne kadar süper diyebilirsek. Bu oyunun tüm serisini sıkılmadan oynamamın sebebi bu sanırım. Yanlış anlaşılmasın, oyunların kaliteli olduğu belli ve eğer hepsini oynadıysam, bir şeyler başarmışlardır. Ancak oyunların genelinde, bir anlamamazlık yaşadım diyelim. Çoğu zaman görevleri devam ettirebilmek için YouTube'a baktım. Bu, doğal olarak Batman modunu biraz bozuyor. Bu biraz benim aptallığım sanırım, ama bu da benim incelemem sonuçta. Oyunun combat sistemi çok zevkli, az tuşa basarak çok şey başarıyormuş gibi hissediyorum ve animasyonlar aşırı tatmin edici, attığın yumrukları hissediyorsun. Hikayede hoşuma gitmeyen şeyler elbette oldu ama genel olarak ben beğendim.

Generally falls into the same trappings of the sequel, although in a smaller scale so it's actually enjoyable. I might have enjoyed it more if I hadn't started with Arkham Knight, but welp. I guess in 2011 it 'was' one of the best open world games around.

In fact, I think I even missed some of the bloat of the next game. The games urges you on with the main story and I never had too much chance to explore for sidequests without feeling I was straying too much from my objective. Didn't help that I finished the game and didn't even know you could unlock the ability to launch yourself to glide through the city, although the PS4 version optimization is so bad that wasn't something I enjoyed doing very much.

The lack of gadget based exploration, which was abundant in Asylum, was a shame too. A lot of the times it felt like the game was just wasting my time, especially with the batclaw raft parts.

The soundtrack kicks ass, though. Everytime it went while I was crouching around choking bad guys it hyped me through the roof.

Complex thoughts on this one, while gameplay wise it improves on asylum in every single way, the atmosphere and creativity that made asylum so cool is severely downgraded here. This might be because they wanted a new art direction more inspired by the Nolan movies, and I dont like those movies so makes sense im not as into it.

To add to this, I didnt do any of the side content, imagine its high quality and pushes the game further than the main story, but I just wasnt invested enough to try them. I think the core problem is that I just dont really care about batman, this game bleeds love for batman, and assumes the player has it to, if you dont, I think a lot of the game doesnt hit like it wants to.

Lastly, maybe its in the side-content, but there are not a lot of memorable moments in the game, wonder city and the bossfight with Ras were amazing, and I wish it had more stuff like that. The ending and a lot of other missions felt underwhelming. For as underbaked a lot of asylums gameplay was, memorable moments were NOT missing.

All this being said, a 7/10 is the lowest score I can give, the game is really good, just doesnt do much for me personally. Im sure if I played the side-content (and gave any level of fucks about batman) it wouldhve been an 8 or 9