Batman: Arkham City [PS3/360/PC]

**Haribo** · 05-08-2010, 21:24

http://www.batmanarkhamcity.com/

No information at the moment, apart from the above and the trailer that was released a while back.

Not due for release until Autumn next year, but you know, wanted to get the thread in early.

***Phatmann*** · 05-08-2010, 21:32

Wait, so this is "Arkham Asylum 2" I'm guessing? Amazon had it down as being released in September this year for quite a while but I'm pleased they're not just gonna fast-track a Batman game in a year after Arkham Asylum. I'm intrigued as to what they'll have in the City though. Perhaps they'll have Miskatonic University and Dr. West.

**Haribo** · 18-08-2010, 13:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phatmann

Wait, so this is "Arkham Asylum 2" I'm guessing?

Yes.

Scans from Game Informer:

http://www.xboxic.com/news/6476

Quote:

* Sharp took credit for getting the Joker situation of the first game under control. He then used that incident to help win the Mayoral election. After winning, he declares Blackgate and Arkham unfit, and buys off a portion of the slums of Gotham. Walling off the area and calling it “Arkham City”, he contracts a mercenary group called Tyger into defending the walls. The prisoners are only given one rule: “Don’t try to escape”, with the penalty for doing so being death. Beyond that, they can do whatever they want within.
* Hugo Strange heads the new Arkham, though it seems like this fact is cloaked in mystery to the outside world. Those who look into him disappear.
* It’s been a year. Two face is admitted into Arkham City and he realizes he has to make a move to assert himself in the new prison lest he be eaten alive (not literally, of course). He captures Catwoman, figuring a public execution should do the trick.
* The team is aiming for a highly detailed city, on the level of what they did in the first game with Arkham itself.
* Gadgets can now be used during fights - the article mentions Batman putting explosive gel on the back of one of his opponents during a brawl.
* You can now pull off multiple counterattacks at the same time.
* Many of the super villains have formed gangs, and taken control of different portions of the city.
* The team wants to push the “forensics” angle of the first game more, incorporating puzzles in them that will become more complex as the game goes on.
* Most of the key gadgets that were unlocked late in the first game are available by default (Beyond the explosive gel, the article also mentions the line launcher).
* Interrogations replace the Riddler maps of the first game.
* Batman can now taunt his enemies via a button press.
* Certain characters have optional sidestories within Arkham city (the article mentions Zsasz), that you can dig into.
* Harley has a new costume. From the article: “Instead of a nurse outfit, Harley now wears red and black pants, and a matching midriff-baring top. Her face paint has been scaled back to a much more subtle degree, and she now has a Joker tatoo on one of her hips peeking out over her waistband.”
* Batman’s been given a new gadget called the “broadcast analyzer”. The article mentions several broadcasts Bats can listen in on, like the GCPD dispatch and Gotham FM. The main usage here has Batman tuning in to listen to a message left for him by the Joker.
* Oracle is missing, so Alfred is the one in Bruce’s ear (at least at the beginning of the game).
* Rocksteady wouldn’t detail their multiplayer plans.

**Dragonfly** · 18-08-2010, 13:29

Looks promising. Hopefully it's at least as fun Asylum.

Top Gun · 18-08-2010, 13:50

Loved the original. Hopefully the core gameplay doesn't change too much, a few tweaks here and there would suffice. A multiplayer would be interesting, I'm guessing they would go down the Splinter Cell route?....

**Cookie** · 18-08-2010, 13:58

The first was great, and it'll be interesting to see how they will incorporate the city environment. I just want to grapple to the top of the highest building and glide over the entire city.

**Sho** · 18-08-2010, 15:24

Sounds great.

**Sho** · 01-09-2010, 17:42

Screens

http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php...cle_id=1247024

**Miggy** · 01-09-2010, 17:52

Just complete Asylum. Awesome game and cannot wait for the next.

Anything interesting happen if I get all the Riddler puzzles?

**Sho** · 01-09-2010, 18:55

It counts towards 100% completion and unlocks trophies.

**Miggy** · 01-09-2010, 19:34

But no Riddler battle?

**Sho** · 01-09-2010, 20:37

Yup, no Riddler batles.

**Dan** · 01-09-2010, 21:28

Still not liking some of the boss designs. Harley looks like too much of a sket and Two-Face could do with some work. He looks like a burns victim, which I guess technically he kinda is, but I prefer it when his design is kept simple, half a face scarred, then the classic Two-Face suit. Where as there it looks like one half of his entire body is scarred looks a bit rubbish in my book.

Catwoman looks great though. As does everything else I've seen of the game so far.

**Haribo** · 12-12-2010, 11:36

***Hunter*** · 12-12-2010, 12:19

Looks alright but it's hard to say much else when it's a cutscene video and not really much of a gameplay video.

Still, the environment looks interesting and the story seems like it has potential.

I didn't complete Arkham Asylum, I just halfway through and then other newer releases distracted me. I'll probably look into getting this one though once the price drops again.