Absolute masterpiece of a video game. The open world of Arkham City is sprawling yet compact enough to where every locale is distinct, memorable and easy to traverse to, the combat is improved ten fold from asylum, giving more options to work with, far more enemy variety while still retaining the extremely fluid freeflow combat system, the new gadgets are very fun to use, the stealth sections are as top notch as ever and are even better with improved enemy behavior, additional options and more enemy variety. Despite being open world, there isn't very much in the way of fluff. There are Riddler trophies to collect but the act of getting them isn't really mundane as there are a lot of fun puzzles to solve before you can nab most of them. Some of the missions can be pretty nothing, but there are quite a few I enjoyed, and man the bosses are a MONUMENTAL improvement from Asylum (Mr. Freeze still being the best boss in the entire series). Overall, please get this game if you haven't tried it out yet, it's absolutely phenomenal in almost every conceivable way.