Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham City Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to action-adventure stealth video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, based on DC Comics' Batman, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows. It is being developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game was officially announced during the beginning of the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards and is scheduled to be released worldwide the week of October 18, 2011. But pre order now and make sure you get one!
Whilst movie games seemed doomed to an eternal fate in the bargain bin, games such as Batman: Arkham Asylum and Spider-Man 2 have shown us superhero games can be fun and enjoyable, and in Batman's case amazing.
Superhero games usually tend to fail because little care is taken from the developers to actually make you feel like the character you're playing as. For example take SEGA's Iron Man video game in 2008, which is one of the worst critiqued superhero video games in existence. And why? Because rather than make you feel as if you're actually playing as Tony Stark in a one man army suit, you feel as if you're playing a really poor arcade game with ridiculous difficulty and rubbish design. The developers seem to make a poor attempt at creating the hero's powers, whilst putting no creative effort into making the personality of the character. For instance as I mentioned with Iron Man, the main protagonist Tony Stark was portrayed as a dislikeable, arrogant egomaniac. There was no insight into his self-destructive traits (alcohol, depression etc) and unlike the fantastic portrayal of Stark in the 2008 film; this Iron Man had no substance.
That's where games such as Batman: Arkham Asykham have flourished. Arkham's developers RockSteady took the time to explore the man behind the mask. For instance in one scene, Batman is hallucinating that he is reliving the death of his parents again. Or in another, you witness the guilt Batman has after he fails to save Commissioner Gordon's life. It's these moments along with awesome action orientated game play that makes you feel like you are actually the character you're playing as.
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