Posts Tagged 'Batman: Arkham City'
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY and the douchebag in all of us
It’s late in Arkham Asylum. Dawn will break soon and it seems like the nightmare Joker would unleash onto Gotham was averted. The game is about to end, but, before it does, a call about Two-Face is overheard on the radio. It seems Batman: Arkham Asylum is all but over for Commissioner Gordon, you and me. But not Batman. He flies off to handle another crisis in Gotham City. He must endure. The game offers us a taste of what it is like being Bats, but just a taste. What that ending says is that never truly became him. His martyrdom must continue after the credits rolls.
Sometime after the first game, mayor Quincy Sharp, former warden of Arkham, together with the help of Dr. Hugo Strange, reallocated all criminals to a closed-off area in Gotham City and named that new prison Arkham City. The developer’s goal in doing this is pretty straight forward: to finally get the full experience of being Batman, as he scours the city for criminal activity.
In doing so, what they have managed to do was to corrupt all that understanding of what it means to be Batman that was so well-crafted in the first game. Batman is no longer a hero. He is a “video game hero”, with all game manias that entails.
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY and the douchebag in all of us
It’s late in Arkham Asylum. Dawn will break soon and it seems like the nightmare Joker would unleash onto Gotham was averted. The game is about to end, but, before it does, a call about Two-Face is overheard on the radio. It seems Batman: Arkham Asylum is all but over for Commissioner Gordon, you and me. But not Batman. He flies off to handle another crisis in Gotham City. He must endure. The game offers us a taste of what it is like being Bats, but just a taste. What that ending says is that never truly became him. His martyrdom must continue after the credits rolls.
Sometime after the first game, mayor Quincy Sharp, former warden of Arkham, together with the help of Dr. Hugo Strange, reallocated all criminals to a closed-off area in Gotham City and named that new prison Arkham City. The developer’s goal in doing this is pretty straight forward: to finally get the full experience of being Batman, as he scours the city for criminal activity.
In doing so, what they have managed to do was to corrupt all that understanding of what it means to be Batman that was so well-crafted in the first game. Batman is no longer a hero. He is a “video game hero”, with all game manias that entails.
Rumor: Batman: Arkham World title teased [UPDATE]
There are two things we can expect from the Spike Video Game Awards. Suprising game announcements and another, harsh reminder that the video games industry still has some growing up to do. Thankfully today we’re talking about the former since
Rumor: Batman: Arkham World title teased [UPDATE]
There are two things we can expect from the Spike Video Game Awards. Suprising game announcements and another, harsh reminder that the video games industry still has some growing up to do. Thankfully today we’re talking about the former since
Reviewing Reviews
Review scores, and review readers, are fickle things. We’ve seen this in full recently: the Eurogamer Uncharted 3 review, the Batman: Arkham City 6/5 review from Yahoo, and the response every time Jim Sterling gives a famous game an 8/10.
Reviewing Reviews
Review scores, and review readers, are fickle things. We’ve seen this in full recently: the Eurogamer Uncharted 3 review, the Batman: Arkham City 6/5 review from Yahoo, and the response every time Jim Sterling gives a famous game an 8/10.
Donning the Cowl – Arkham City Impressions
Before I played this game, I felt that Rocksteady had managed to perfectly convey the concept of being the Dark Knight in Arkham Asylum. From beatdown badass to super sleuth genius, the player was able to be the goddamn Batman.
Donning the Cowl – Arkham City Impressions
Before I played this game, I felt that Rocksteady had managed to perfectly convey the concept of being the Dark Knight in Arkham Asylum. From beatdown badass to super sleuth genius, the player was able to be the goddamn Batman.
Gamestop Giving Arkham City Online Pass to Used Buyers
In a move that seems like one hell of a bitch-slap towards Warner Bros., Gamestop is apparently going to give out a code to unlock Catwoman’s levels in Arkham City. Normally Catwoman would only be unlocked by buyers of a
Gamestop Giving Arkham City Online Pass to Used Buyers
In a move that seems like one hell of a bitch-slap towards Warner Bros., Gamestop is apparently going to give out a code to unlock Catwoman’s levels in Arkham City. Normally Catwoman would only be unlocked by buyers of a