Batman: Arkham City Retrospective - Bigger, better, bloated

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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cNHNpycly8


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Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Duration: 7:38
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My feelings on Batman: Return to Arkham City was more mixed than I anticipated. It takes every element of Batman: Arkham Asylum – the narrative stakes, the core gameplay loop, the boss fights, and the environment – and ramps up their scale and complexity. It’s the better the game in an objective sense, but that increased scope brings with it intrusive open-world busywork and potential pacing issues for a narrative designed around a single chaotic night.

0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Another rogues’ gallery for casual fans
2:22 - Fly like a bat
3:09 - More glorious, gratuitous, (supposedly) non-lethal violence
4:14 - The highs and lows of big city life
5:30 - Restraint is a virtue
6:44 - Bigger, better, bloated

Written retrospective: https://gameblur.net/editorial/batman-arkham-city-retrospective/

Batman: Arkham Asylum retrospective: https://gameblur.net/editorial/batman-arkham-asylum-retrospective/

Batman: Arkham Asylum retrospective video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3KkDGuvtUc

Batman: Arkham City is available on PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series (or the Xbox 360 and PS3 if you want the original experience).

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