Batman Arkham City
 

Anyone else as pumped as this for me? I felt that Arkham Asylum was a great start, but this will likely be the "Uncharted 2" of the franchise, if you will.
Just thought I'd start this thread so we can discuss the game, seeing as it is less than a month away, and I will be playing the crap out of it until 2012.

Also: Is anyone willing to trade a "Dark Knight Returns" alternate costume code for a "Batman Animated series" one? Please Let me know!

I am also very excited about this. like you i loved asylum, but this one suposedly had like 80% more free roam areas. Plus you can friggin fly!
i cant wait, especially with all the skins on the way

I have a feeling this'll turn out better than Asylum. Asylum was good but flawed and I expect City to be great but flawed.

For one, Asylum got away with a ton of very VERY poor design, which everyone seemed to overlook, but I don't think people will be so kind to it this time around. The problem I see is that instead of improving on those drastic flaws and perfecting the semi-linear approach of the first game, they're focusing on opening the world up. While that sounds like a good idea and it's commendable that they're not playing it entirely safe, as most franchises are now want to do, it could also lead to some pitfalls. I'm not even saying they won't fix the problems the first game had, but that they'll probably run into a slew of new ones.

The first game showed that Rocksteady had neat ideas, but unfortunately those neat ideas were stretched far too thin in a lot of places. Hopefully they've spent more time adding worthwhile content to the package and we don't get absolute filler trash like the Asylum "boss" fights or Killer Croc.

I'm looking forward to it. I dunno when I'll get to play it but I am excited. And those BTAS designs look great and fit especially well with the voice acting and all. I've kept myself pretty much out of the loop as far as info on this game goes. I want to be surprised kind of how I was by Asylum. The first game did a great job of making you feel like Batman and I can only imagine this one will do it better.

I'm ridiculously anxious for this game. Will almost definitely my personal GOTY.

Everyone should note that the Batman Year One film also comes out that day.

Eh. Looks alright.

It's too bad that Arkham City has a lame collectors edition. I had the collectors edition pre-ordered until I realized it doesn't even come with a case for the game. You have to keep the disc in this little slide-peice of the statue. Ridiculous.

My ideal Arkham City collectors edition would have been...

- Arkham City game WITH case ( Perhaps a collectors edition case )
- Batman Arkham City Comics issues 1-5
- Batman Year one dvd/blu ray.
- Batman Arkham City Soundtrack ( Although, it doesn't interest me personally)
- Art book


Now that would have been a collectors edition worth dropping $120 for

oh wow, didn't know that about the game disc! oh well. i'm still getting the CE of it.

I'm not as psyched for this as I was AA. Might still give it a shot though.

Just get a power up rewards card at gamestop and preorder from there with it. Unless you already payed for your preorder, then I guess your out of luck.

Check for the code on eBay when the game comes out. It should probably be on there.

Thanks for the help, but I actually already have the Batman skin that gamespot is giving out with pre-order regular editions. The Dark Knight Returns skin, which is bundled with the collectors edition, is the one I am looking for.

Pre-ordered the Special Edition (middle edition) today! Really pumped for this game, loved Asylum so literally can't wait to play this. Looking forward to playing as Robin as well!

Gonna get asylum here n about a week, I plan on getting "City" in about a week.

Already pre-ordered Arkham City. I'm getting the Batman TAS skin and Robin. This game will be awesome. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Rocksteady should think about co-op for the next Batman game.

No one asked u Turo! Gosh who let the douchebag n here!!!:P

Whats the Batman TAS skin?

It's an alternate skin that look's exactly like Batman in the 90's Animated series.

Sounds interesting:o

It's especially neat for fans of the animated series, because the voice actor for these games was the voice of Batman in the animated series.

So, the game's getting scores into the upper 90s by some magazines, and even 10/10s from others.

So far, it's living up to the hype.

lol. Keep talking and lets see where that mouth of yours gets you young man.

Yeah, it looks strange because it doesn't fit with the rest of the world but it's still awesome nonetheless. I will use that skin in a second playthrough since I want to enjoy the game as it was meant to be enjoyed first.

[QUOTE=Turo602;881858]lol. Keep talking and lets see where that mouth of yours gets you young man.QUOTE]
Wow really? Im n college and a twelve year old is scolding me????Really???? :lol:

Good to see the Bat is finally getting some much deserved respect in the video game realm.

It actually makes me jealous I don't have a PS3 or 360. I guess there's always the possibility of waiting for the Wii U port too.

Still, I doubt anything can truly live up to this:

;)

Very cool, so seeing as I didnt ask before cause I forgot, how does one get this?

It is. I believe he's the only character to have a game called "one of the worst ever" as well as a game called "one of the best ever"

*cough cough* Superman

It doesn't look like one can get the TAS skin in Canada.

I'll throw my old pal Sonic the Hedgehog into the conversation as well, unless you were just talking about superheroes.

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*Double take*

Say, since when was Supes in a game hailed as "one of the best ever"?

Sunofabitch really? :tgrumble:


Well I guess I meant "one of the worst ever"

Was a sonic game ever called one of the worst games ever? Sonic 06 wasn't THAT bad.

A bit off subject, but...



Really looking forward to watching some Arkham youtube playthroughs!

We could be seeing platt doughs within hours. The game's been leaked already.

Ok, I know most of you couldn't care less about this, but humor me if you will...

I can't be the only person who thinks the default Arkham City costume is just plain dumb looking. Thank goodness for alternate costumes...

Now here's the problem. You've got to beat the campaign to use the alternate outfits. I'm trying to decide if I should...

A. Take my time, soak up the atmosphere and complete all quests, riddles and side-missions possible, and just wait until my next distant playthrough, to enjoy the alternate costumes, or

B. Rush through the campaign and forget about all the side missions, riddles, etc, so I can start a "new game plus" in a way better costume, and feel free to soak in the game from there on out, and be surprised by all the extra side missions on the way.

Basically I can't decide which would taint the experience more....Having already beaten the campaign by my second fully realized playthrough, or feeling like Bat-goon the entire 40 hour playthrough.

I know it's kind of a superficial problem, but when playing a Batman game, the style of the costume happens to be a big deal to me. Call me crazy, but opinions are more than welcome.

Have someone else play through the game for you first then. That way you'll "start" with the alternate costumes. :P

The more I read about this game the more excited about the game, but I still have to beat the first game :lol:

:lol: Believe it or not, I've actually considered this. My friend, Mikey, is too broke to buy it this year. Maybe I'll get my good deed in before December the new year hits.

i already got a call from EB reminding me of release Tuesday!

Alright, BIG ENDING SPOILER:

Aqua, from what I've read... weapons and upgrades carry over to your second playthrough, in that, you won't fully max out everything on your first run. I'd suggest playing through without the use of any guides or assistance and on your second play, complete any riddles or side-quests you missed the first time around. From what I've read, the game is rewarding in this respect, so I really hope that's true.

As for the default costume looking dumb... how so? Personally, I like it.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GlRkMikTJ_...city_skins.jpg

I would have to agree however, that they should have allowed the use of alternate costumes from the get go.