This review contains spoilers
This game is truly legendary and it'll forever have a place in my heart as one of, if not the greatest, superhero games of all time. It is atmospheric, intense and truly amazing fun being Batman in one of Gotham's most chilling locations.
Compared to the old game, this one isn't hugely different bar some graphical updates. I'm not sure if you're able to still play the original on your machine, but if not just know I had no major problems with it after 7 years (the original game was 14 years ago, feel old yet?)
This is the first time replaying it before any other batman game since it's release. I've always went back to it after Arkham Origins or Arkham City. So playing it now completely forgetting the controls etc makes this such a fun game to play.
This playthrough was also the first time I went after every Riddler trophy, Secrets of Arkham and Interview tapes. Here's my thoughts on them below. Ultimately, they're just side activities meant to pad the game's run time:
Riddler trophies - worth getting all of them, nice little ending for The Riddler, who'll always be utterly pathetic in this series sadly
Secrets of Arkham - A wonderful little side puzzle and worth the 20g Xbox achievement
Interview Tapes - Worth it if you want a little more information on the main characters and some of the doctors.
This game is a trend setter. It has a brand new combat system which no other studio can implement as well as Rocksteady did, it has stealth mechanics only a few games have done since and gave us an original story that is now legendary in the Batman mythos.
If you haven't played it, you absolutely should. It's video game heritage. I'm sure a lot of people I know started loving Batman playing this game and watching The Dark Knight at around the same time
Compared to the old game, this one isn't hugely different bar some graphical updates. I'm not sure if you're able to still play the original on your machine, but if not just know I had no major problems with it after 7 years (the original game was 14 years ago, feel old yet?)
This is the first time replaying it before any other batman game since it's release. I've always went back to it after Arkham Origins or Arkham City. So playing it now completely forgetting the controls etc makes this such a fun game to play.
This playthrough was also the first time I went after every Riddler trophy, Secrets of Arkham and Interview tapes. Here's my thoughts on them below. Ultimately, they're just side activities meant to pad the game's run time:
Riddler trophies - worth getting all of them, nice little ending for The Riddler, who'll always be utterly pathetic in this series sadly
Secrets of Arkham - A wonderful little side puzzle and worth the 20g Xbox achievement
Interview Tapes - Worth it if you want a little more information on the main characters and some of the doctors.
This game is a trend setter. It has a brand new combat system which no other studio can implement as well as Rocksteady did, it has stealth mechanics only a few games have done since and gave us an original story that is now legendary in the Batman mythos.
If you haven't played it, you absolutely should. It's video game heritage. I'm sure a lot of people I know started loving Batman playing this game and watching The Dark Knight at around the same time