St Marco Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 Getting some pretty amazing reviews! At 98% on metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/batman-arkham-city Loved the first one so can't wait to grab this one on friday. Will tide me over until footie manager drops in price the next week or so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 Looking forward to this one but I might wait a few months for the price to come down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 The first game was truly awesome. Apparently, this is better. Probably a day one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 17 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 17 October, 2011 Looking forward to this one but I might wait a few months for the price to come down. If you create a new sainsburys entertainment account https://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/home.html and enter the code JSGANEW102011 at checkout you can get it for £30 Probably be able to trade it in for more then that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 22 October, 2011 Share Posted 22 October, 2011 The missus picked this up for me yesterday. I'm about six hours in. First, let me say that this game is a complete no-brainer for anyone who enjoyed the first one. No spoilage, but everything is bigger and we get to see a much wider cast from the pantheon of Batman characters. The increase in scope isn't limited to the characters either. Arkham City isn't the biggest open world you'll have romped around in, but it is far bigger than the first game and has a sense of completeness about it. In a lot of these games, the buildings just feel like empty facades. Not so in this case. It looks bloody amazing, at least on my PS3. While it isn't rocking 1080p ( very few games actually do ) the art style is gorgeous - you'd never believe that a city drenched in perpetual darkness ( and Gotham always is, at least so far ) would look so good. Frame rate is very good for an open-world game too. A word to anyone who is thinking of getting this game new. Download the Catwoman DLC before you start playing. Catwoman's stuff is not a separate campaign - more of a pallet-cleanser in the main Batman story. She is very fun to play though. Finally, for anyone who hasn't played either game and is a fan of Batman ( or games in general ), go play the first one. The second one is so far, looking a lot better - but the Arkham take on Batman deserves to be explored. Like the Nolan films, it takes itself pretty seriously, but deftly handles some of the villains that I suspect a film version wouldn't touch. Their take on Penguin in Arkham City is genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CylonKing Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Got a PS3 for my Birthday with Arkham City. First thing I did was rush out and buy Arkham Asylum as I wanted to experience them in order. Have just finished AA and am looking forward to playing AC soon, not just yet. Want to savour it. Did try it out to make sure it worked though and it looked fantastic. Cannot wait to actually play it properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Got a PS3 for my Birthday with Arkham City. First thing I did was rush out and buy Arkham Asylum as I wanted to experience them in order. Have just finished AA and am looking forward to playing AC soon, not just yet. Want to savour it. Did try it out to make sure it worked though and it looked fantastic. Cannot wait to actually play it properly. You will not be disapointed. Ive completed it twice, done all side missions and have to do the riddler challenges now. A truely brilliant game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampersound Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Fired it up for the first time last night and tried it in 3D (proper 3D not the red/green mode) and was blown away. It completely overloaded my senses and I had to switch back to 2D after 30 mins. Great opening to the game and I can't wait to get my teeth properly sunk into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 1 August, 2012 Share Posted 1 August, 2012 wurt. How did you play it in 3D? :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampersound Posted 3 August, 2012 Share Posted 3 August, 2012 PS3 version has a 3d mode (not sure on the other platforms) and a 3d telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 17 December, 2014 Share Posted 17 December, 2014 Giving this one a hell of a bump, it's only 2+ years old... Bought this for a few quid as it was on sale. My God it was dull. If mashing buttons is your idea of fun then it's definitely for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 17 December, 2014 Share Posted 17 December, 2014 Giving this one a hell of a bump, it's only 2+ years old... Bought this for a few quid as it was on sale. My God it was dull. If mashing buttons is your idea of fun then it's definitely for you. You're playing it incorrectly. The combat is not about button mashing. It's the opposite. One hit per person usually, keeping an eye out for counters. Slap them once, then move in the direction of someone else. I know they don't go down in one hit, but they get knocked back, and you are usually pretty powerful by time you cycle back to them. Made the same mistake myself throughout most of the first game. When I sussed the one hit thing near the end, the difference was so pronounced I immediately replayed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 17 December, 2014 Share Posted 17 December, 2014 You're playing it incorrectly. The combat is not about button mashing. It's the opposite. One hit per person usually, keeping an eye out for counters. Slap them once, then move in the direction of someone else. I know they don't go down in one hit, but they get knocked back, and you are usually pretty powerful by time you cycle back to them. Made the same mistake myself throughout most of the first game. When I sussed the one hit thing near the end, the difference was so pronounced I immediately replayed it. Well, I do hit one, move on to the others, but I'm not putting an awful lot of effort into it. I've certainly no desire to play it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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