Batman. The Dark Knight. Comic hero 'movie hero - epic. After Rocksteady has already shown with Arkham Asylum in 2009, like a superhero game should look nowadays, they can venture out again to the matter and try even a shovel to put on it. Whether they succeeded her learn in my short test.
Evil convenes
Bruce Wayne. A man with two faces. On the day of the billionaire businessman and at night the Dark Knight. As the heart of Gotham City, a whole city district is cordoned off and the high-security prison Arkham City is made Bruce Wayne protested against this measure. That he is in the middle of his speech suddenly kidnapped and brought himself to Arkham City no one would have guessed. The game starts confronted with his second identity with an opulent cutscene in the Hugh Strange, the head of the institution, the shackled Bruce Wayne. A moment later he leaves the room and Bruce manages to free himself. After a short battle with a few bad contemporaries creates the billionaire it into the yard where expected him even more of the prisoners. Finally, he meets an old acquaintance. The penguin. To be finally rid of Bruce creates it his handcuffs and transported the villain and his henchmen into the realm of dreams. Then it is necessary to switch identities. But how to get the middle of a high-security prison on his equipment? No problem for Bruce Wayne! A quick call to Alfred and a few moments later, dropped the delivery on a nearby building. A short climbing action later you finally slips into the Batsuit and the game can begin.
Beautiful ugly city
Batman: Arkham City is an open world game where you can move at any time complete free. The city is indeed much smaller than about Liberty City, so it is the more detailed. On every street corner, in every street and on every roof and you realize how much love, the developers have put into the design. That the graphics and vision while you keep up with Red Dead Redemption is easy just impressive. One can always quite Arkham overlook and you can even see far to Gotham where to Wayne Tower can see for example the. Using its Unhangs and Batclaw explored the Dark Knight the environment. In the middle of the prison of the mighty Wonder Tower stands watching his institution in the sky in the Hugo Strange. Unfortunately you can not from the outset there, since this is set in a restricted zone. But it would also Batman no time. He has always something to do and a breather is the good Bats simply not granted.
Incredible diversity
In Arkham City is all sorts of scoundrels gathered and so you meet throughout the game next to the penguin even on prominences such as the Joker, Harvey Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, Ra's al Ghul and many more. The story is still much more profound and complex than is generally assumed first. Each character has his role and with each cutscene be more secrets revealed. All the more important villains where one does her whereabouts the main story strictly linear through missions for or against colleagues. The interior areas are impressive and you can always choose between several courses of action. Either one avoids his enemies. They switched unnoticed by hiding behind walls or under grids over enemies. Or you can choose to open battle. Here comes already from the previous known 'Freeflow' Battle System. Unlike in games a la God of War is not just hammering out to solve in different keys to combos, but does its enemies with timing and analysis. Depending on the type of enemy to get to their destination with various strategies. Time help well-timed blows. Time you have to disarm his fine first. First time confusing. One should always keep the combat situation in mind. Because the opponents are not squeamish and timely counter-attacking is the key to success. As a reward you get the one sooner or later bring a leveling for each vacant enemy and every puzzle solved some experience points. Then you can equip his suit with new abilities, or improve the armor values. The whole, however, acts not placed as in other games, but authentic and promotes once again the long-term motivation.
How to get here just now?
Often you come to a point in the game where you first does not know how. Here comes one of the most many gadgets to help. Here the developers have really come up with something. Man overcomes abysses with the line launcher. Conducted his raft through its Batclaw the one fixed at certain points in the wall. Or destroyed walls with the Explosivgel. To name just a few. Every now and then uses Batman also gadgets that are not accessible at all times. So you've view the coldest place in the city or use a Eisdichtemesser not in the ice to break a. Always helpful in such passages is the detective mode. In this particular view mode can be seen striking objects sighted enemies through walls and detect things like weapons or mental condition. Enemies who are scared are as careless and are often easier to do. Very special tactics you need in the boss battles. These hard chunks always ask an individual tactics and just slap often results after only a few seconds to Bildschirmtod. Followed by a nasty comment of villains whose henchmen have done a. Very cool!
Batman Arkham City lives, not least from its grandiose staging and of its opulent, reminiscent of Hans Zimmer soundtrack. The fantastic German dubbing and countless side missions sweeten a gaming experience. You do not feel like further driving the story - which really should not be the case - solves one of the Riddler puzzles, allied with Bane, trying to make the assassin Deadshot identify, or one follows the mysterious Victor Zsazs. Unlike Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption or Assassin's Creed one never has the feeling that one can ever leave time. It feels as if you were always right in the middle and every second one might hesitate to happen. The atmosphere is so dense as rare in an open-world game. Constantly snapped with your listening device calls from waking up, listening to the inmates talk about current events, or receives a more than entertaining, as well sarcastic call from Joker. After a few hours you are captured by the game and you really want to know what happens next. Every time you think you've seen it all and one would anticipate how the story goes on, you will be surprised by a turn and the developer delight a with a stroke of genius. If then runs after many entertaining hours of credits you wish for really only one. More! And that you get through the aforementioned side missions also sufficiently. Rocksteady has actually done it. You Arkham Asylum outbid again and thus provide one of the best video games of the current generation. Those looking for a game that captivates one and not as easy as about Assassin's Creed, which is at Batman: Arkham City right place!
Positives:
+ Believable world
+ Grandiose engineering
+ Fantastic gameplay
+ Successful German synchronization
+ Genius Soundtrack
+ Cinematic staging
+ Very large extent
+ More than exciting story
+ Complex combat system
+ Engrossing boss fights
+ Crisp but not too challenging Difficulty
+ Good enemy AI
+ Dense atmosphere
+ Catwoman sections
+ Level System
+ Side missions
Negatives:
- Synchronization not always lip-sync
- No Batmobile
Rating: 97%
Conclusion: Batman: Arkham City is not only a gift to all comic book fans, but a masterpiece in full-length and interesting is interested just kind of comic books, rich video games or entertainment to be for everyone. The developers have created with their work a landmark and one of the best video games of all time. In my opinion, Arkham City surpassed even the brilliant Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan. Even if one does not care for the Dark Knight - this one is for Batman fan! Thank Rocksteady! Also supplies in the years to come so great work!
