Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

2012

Audio: Italian, Spanish · Subtitles: Polish, Portuguese

hack and slash/beat 'em up
adventure
action
stealth
open world
single player

The story

Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition includes the following DLC: Catwoman Pack Nightwing Bundle Pack Robin Bundle Pack Harley Quinn’s Revenge Challenge Map Pack Arkham City Skins Pack Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition packages new gameplay content, seven maps, three playable characters, and 12 skins beyond the original retail release: Maps: Wayne Manor, Main Hall, Freight Train, Black Mask, The Joker's Carnival, Iceberg Long, and Batcave Playable Characters: Catwoman, Robin and Nightwing Skins: 1970s Batsuit, Year One Batman, The Dark Knight Returns, Earth One Batman, Batman Beyond Batman, Animated Batman, Sinestro Corps Batman, Long Halloween Catwoman, Animated Catwoman, Animated Robin, Red Robin and Animated Nightwing

What it’s like

Night-slick rooftops under a sickly green haze, sodium-orange streetlamps pooling across frozen stone, and the cold blue glow of Arkham's walled-off city turning every gargoyle and cathedral spire into a silhouette. The palette leans on bruised teal, rust and smoky violet, with cinematic camera swoops that glide over the open city and tighten into close, fast-cut brawls where the screen shakes with every impact. The sound is a heavy orchestral score that drops into tense, sparse strings during stealth stretches, while Mark Hamill's Joker and Kevin Conroy's Batman trade barbs over crackling radio chatter. Its vibe is brooding, kinetic and pulpy, a gritty comic-book noir built for long evenings with the controller. Violence is frequent and stylised: rhythmic, cartoonish beatdowns with plenty of punches and gadget takedowns, plus some grisly villain deaths and a few tense, shadowy scares, but no gore for its own sake. Pacing alternates between patient gliding and stalking and explosive combat, with a steady escalation of stakes. The DLC adds a pared-down, playful register through Catwoman's sleeker acrobatics and Robin and Nightwing's bright, faster combat. It suits fans of superhero stories, players who want a big, moody sandbox, and anyone who loves a showy, rhythmic action rhythm.

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