Zero Punctuation: Batman: Arkham City

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

Batman: Arkham City

This week, Zero Punctuation returns to the black tights of everyone's favorite caped crusader.

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[Smogger]

Good vid. I have yet to get around to the first Batman game, but I might take advantage of the buy the second and get the first free deal that my local shop has.

 

[Turtleboy1017]

I preordered Asylum on PC, will Catwoman be available to me too?

I'm thinking of just waiting for steam to make this thing super cheap and buying Saints Row 3 instead...

 

[Genixma]

Absolutely fantastic. Especially then end worth a great chuckle. While I probably should be thrown in the loony bin, I can't say I've ever played AA and probably won't play AC...wait a minute! A.rhkam C.ity!?! D.C. Comics!?! A.C. by D.C.!?! o_o It makes perfect sense now.

 

[Dr_Steve_Brule]

What the
Leave Bat vision on? Are you bloody insane?
You can't figure out anything with bat vision on.

 

[Leemaster777]

Excellent review, as always.

I have to wonder, which side-quests get locked off? Cause I never had this problem.

And I agree, I do miss the Scarecrow section from the first game. Although the Mad Hatter does try his hardest to compensate.

 

[Mrmac23]

Great review as always with a brilliantly savvy ending.
Also managed to keep up the critiscism for such an otherwise good game.

 

[LobsterFeng]

I kind of hated the Catwoman levels too. I realize that I didn't have to download it, but at the time I din't know any better. Anyway all the other reviewers were going on about how awesome it was that the Catwoman levels implemented itself into the story, but I hated that because I felt it broke up the pacing.

 

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[Von Strimmer]

Enjoyed the little pre-owned dig there. Haven't played the game and never will. Still a good watch though.

 

[LobsterFeng]

What the
Leave Bat vision on? Are you bloody insane?
You can't figure out anything with bat vision on.

I found it really difficult to do the stealth segments without Bat Vision on. Especially the ones outside where the enemies are spread out everywhere.

 

[AgentLex]

I have to wonder, which side-quests get locked off? Cause I never had this problem.

I'm curious about this complaint as well,.

 

[sizzle949]

I didn't like the Catwoman sections much either. She's like a crappier version of Batman with no real helpful gadgets.

 

[Squilookle]

I must admit, side missions in sandboxes that get locked off without any warning whatsoever are the bane of my existence. I still haven't built up the courage to play through the entire story of GTA 3 again just to unlock the sight of ice cream vans driving around my Liberty city...

 

[Eternal_Lament]

Pretty much agree on all points, and yeah if it weren't for the strategy guide I would've missed all those side-missions as well.

That said I still like the game, and once you get the Rapnel Boost it becomes so much easier and fun to actually travel around. I also thought the actual way you got the Riddler trophoies is better this time around than in Asylum. The only issue I was surprised you didn't bring up is while the ending worked for what they wanted, the end boss didn't really seem like an end boss.

 

[CopperBoom]

I am glad for the issues he states because I had them too.
I would say he was more positive about this game than I was which is unusually though.
Bigger really DOES NOT mean better though.

The little bit about wanting to die after reading his last weblog post was a bit jarring and sad. I hope the little guy is holding up well. No noose around his neck or anything.

 

[anthony87]

Side missions locked off?

Anyone care to elaborate on this? It didn't happen to me.

 

[VoidWanderer]

I enjoyed playing the game, but hunting down all 400 of those damn trophies was a pain in the butt.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Seriously, you'd think if Gotham had the money to wall off a section of the city for a giant prison complex, they would have the money for some basic crime prevention programs.

 

[Yearlongjester]

I'm kinda glad I got Arkham City before this review, most of the time I've picked up a game after the video because that was the first time I heard about it or wasn't sure about it and wanted someone else to give me an opinion (Deus Ex: Human Revolutions!) But I honestly am glad, I got to play the game and come up with my own thoughts and opinions completely free of external influence.

Yeah that might seem a bit silly but when your friend tells you the new game you got is shit, you start to look for all the flaws and stop enjoying the moment. Sir Croshaw and I agreed on a few points, I feel strange especially didn't get enough screen-time but other than that I thought it was damn good.

Bascially, I think Skyrim's going to have a prime contender for my personal game of the year