Trailers: Batman: Arkham City: Gameplay

[shadowmagus]

October is becoming way to bloated with good games. My wallet can't handle this.

 

[SoopaSte123]

Seeing the Catwoman cutscenes first hand is enough to convince me to NOT pre-order this...

Playing as the Joker in Arkham Asylum was pretty disappointing because the combat was near identical as it was for Batman. Granted, it was a small extra and I wouldn't expect them to change the whole combat system around for it, but Catwoman is going to be a part of the main storyline! By the looks of it, her combat is going to feel the same as Batman only with less toys, plus her dialog is annoying.

If you want to have her as an important part of the story, fine, but why make us play as her? In the scene we just watched, why not just have you play as Batman and save Catwoman without having to play the scene with her breaking into the safe? It wouldn't take anything away from the plot at all. I guess it could just be in there to artificially add length to the game.

The only other sensible reason I can think of for having her around is for sex appeal, but her costume isn't that sexy compared to, say, Ivy in Arkham Asylum. Plus she can add sex appeal without being playable.

Part of what made Arkham Asylum so great was feeling like you're Batman. I'm really afraid that forcing me to swap characters will take me out of that. If I wanted to play as Catwoman I'd go play Lego Batman... that way I wouldn't have to listen to her awful puns.

On the plus side, I'm really liking how the sections of Batman gliding and grappling around the city look. Hopefully the Catwoman sections will be minimal and everything from the first game will be even better, but I'm going to wait for the reviews before giving up my $60.

 

[Fox242]

I just have to say that I love what I've seen here. I also love Catwoman's outfit. It's defenitley risque and plays off her sexuality, but it is a practical outfit. It's certainly better than the costume in the Catwoman movie.

 

[Avatar Roku]

And once again the Batman is the blandest character in his own game. Such a shame. And he can be so awesome you know, just read The Dark Knight Returns. He can be as mad as the rest of them, instead of a stoic martial arts robot.

Isn't he like, 55 in the Dark Knight Returns?

Besides, I thought the point of Batman is that he's the only sane man in a world of psychopaths. Which is ironic for a dude in a bat costume. But in any case it wouldn't be Batman if he wasn't grim and straight-laced.

Yeah, he's pretty old in that. But Bats doesn't have to be old to have the personality he has in The Dark Knight Returns. But I actually liked the point of TDKR; you have to be just as crazy as the crazies to stop them.

I don't think that's the first comic to have that theme either, and I much prefer it over the Arkham Asylum (that is the game, the comic is soooo different) robo-Batman. It's nice if he, y'know, has an actual personality.

But I suppose that if they can use the stoicness to make him a more interesting character, like Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, I'd be satisfied as well. As long as he isn't just plain boring and overshadowed by everyone else.

Being fair, in most iterations, the Rogues Gallery was always more interesting than the Batman himself. Frankly, I feel that dynamic works. A straight man makes a crazy guy seem crazier, after all. If Batman was getting angry and losing his cool, I feel the entire cast would suffer.

 

[Debatra]

How did she not foresee that guy of all people having two of something???

"Two guns, *****!"

That was pretty awesome (the trailer, and that line), but I think I'm going to get a bit tired of Catwoman's constant puns.

I just watched it again, and I counted two puns in the entire video.

And once again the Batman is the blandest character in his own game. Such a shame. And he can be so awesome you know, just read The Dark Knight Returns. He can be as mad as the rest of them, instead of a stoic martial arts robot.

To everyone complaining about this and bad dialogue in general: keep in mind this is 12 minutes of an advertised 25-hour campaign. This happens to be exactly 0.8% (or 1/125 if you prefer) of the story mode alone. Nothing can be said about a whole work based on such a small sample, save for "Okay, so the player can do X at some point in the game".

2)When Batman takes out the ONE guy with the gun 50 people get frightend and run away like wusses not realizing that Batman only stands a chance against 10 guys at once.

I take it you didn't play the first game? They give you a room of 20 mooks, and it's easy enough to not so much as take a hit.

One of the (non-DLC IIRC) bonuses puts you in a room slightly smaller than that courthouse, and sends wave after wave of enemies at you (not really divided into waves really, as they constantly spawn more) until you die. Keeping that in mind, all those guys would be cake.

And the ones that ran probably knew that.

Son of a ***** Steven Blum.

Why does he show up in EVERYTHING?

He gains the powers of all the characters he voices.

So how many times will he have to gain the power of getting his ass kicked before they need to hire a second voice actor?

 

[Cowabungaa]

To everyone complaining about this and bad dialogue in general: keep in mind this is 12 minutes of an advertised 25-hour campaign. This happens to be exactly 0.8% (or 1/125 if you prefer) of the story mode alone. Nothing can be said about a whole work based on such a small sample, save for "Okay, so the player can do X at some point in the game".

It wasn't so much his dialogue, it was just his stone-faced, almost zombie-like demeanor. I honestly doubt that'll change that much from Arkham Asylum. I hope to be proven wrong of course, but I doubt we'll see my favourite kind of Batman; the Dark Knight Returns sort of Batman.

Which reminds me, only in The Dark Knight Returns did the Batarangs do what I always thought them to do; act as shurikens.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Oh it warms my little black heart watching this video // The combat is seamless and there is so much of the city to explore!

-M