Batman: Arkham City

Gamez Mentor

August 30th, 2011 at 11:29 am -

Batman: Arkham city is the sequel to action-adventure stealth video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, based on DC Comics’ Batman, for Onlive, 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.

Release date(s)

North America October 18, 2011

Australia October 19, 2011

Europe October 21, 2011

Gameplay

Arkham city, like its predecessor Arkham Asylum, is an open world action video game that incorporates elements of stealth and predator tactics. All of the gadgets previously obtained in the first game will be present at the start of Arkham city, (although you will have the regular Batclaw instead of the Ultra Batclaw) most of them will be possessing improved or new capabilities; for example, the Cryptographic sequencer can also track signals, the line launcher now has a feature that allows Batman to flip over and launch another zipline in the opposite horizontal direction, the remote control Batarang now has a built in brake and boost, and the grappling gun can now be used while gliding to boost you further up into the air. An additional gadget has been revealed: smoke bombs to confuse enemies. The game incorporates more puzzle elements; the use of Batman‘s “Detective Mode”, which highlights elements such as enemy skeletons and clues on-screen, is used to perform forensic activities such as tracing the origin of a sniper round.

The player also has access to a criminal database that tracks the major villains across the city and the forensic puzzles much like the first game. However, Rocksteady’s art director David Hego described the new detective mode as an “augmented reality mode”, and game director Sefton Hill has also stated that although enemies and evidence can be seen more clearly, the navigational part is toned down and you can’t see the world as well, as they found that some players completed Arkham Asylum using detective mode almost throughout the entire game. Optional challenges from the Riddler to collect hidden trophies placed around the city will also be present, but it will require additional effort to locate these, such as interrogation of men loyal to the Riddler, and the use of nearly all of Batman‘s gadgets to disable “traps” and barriers placed around them. After a certain amount of trophies are found, you must go rescue a hostage that the Riddler has captured, which will require you to disable death traps he has set for you.