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Product Description
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham 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.
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Batman: Arkham City is third-person Action-Adventure game that delivers an authentic Dark Knight experience rooted in an original and engrossing story as well as a combination of melee combat, stealth, investigative and speed-based challenge gameplay. A sequel to 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City features the full range of classic enemies seen in the previous game, in addition to Catwoman, who is a playable character and has her own storyline in the new release. Additional features include: a range of new gadgets, an increased number of possible melee opponents and a range of movement options for Batman that include leaping, sliding, gliding and the grapple hook.
The Ultimate Experience of the Dark Knight
Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. The game features an unique combination of melee combat, stealth, investigative and speed-based challenge gameplay. 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.
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Key Game Features
- Become the Dark Knight - Batman: Arkham City delivers a genuinely authentic Batman experience with advanced, compelling gameplay on every level: high-impact street brawls, nail-biting stealth, multifaceted forensic investigation, epic super-villain encounters and unexpected glimpses into Batman's tortured psychology.
- Play as Catwoman - Catwoman is a fully playable character in Batman: Arkham City who has her own storyline in the main game which is seamlessly interwoven with Batman's story arc. Her navigation skills, combat moves and gadgetry have been specifically designed to deliver a fully featured and unique experience.
- Advanced FreeFlow Combat - Batman faces highly coordinated, simultaneous attacks from every direction as Arkham's gangs bring heavy weapons and all-new AI to the fight, but Batman steps it up with twice the number of combat animations and double the range of attacks, counters and takedowns.
- New Gadgets - Batman has access to new gadgets such as the Cryptographic Sequencer V2 and Smoke Pellets, as well as new functionality for existing gadgets that expand the range of Batman's abilities without adding extra weight to his Utility Belt.
- New Story - Five-time Emmy-Award-winner Paul Dini returns to pen a brand-new story for Batman: Arkham City, taking gamers deep inside the diseased heart of Gotham.
- Arkham Has Moved - Following the closure of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate prison, Gotham's new mayor, Quincy Sharp ordered the relocation of all inmates to Arkham City - a sprawling new super-prison five times bigger than Arkham Island, enclosing a wide variety of industrial districts, iconic locations and Gotham landmarks.
- Huge Cast of Characters - Players encounter numerous characters from the Batman universe, including Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Hugo Strange, Victor Zsasz, Calendar Man, The Joker, The Riddler and other iconic characters yet to be revealed.
- Featured VO Talent - Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy reprise their roles as The Joker and Batman respectively.
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 New gadgets to utilize. View larger. |  A playable Catwoman character. View larger. |  Expanded melee combat play. View larger. |  Signature Batman stealth. View larger. |
- Follow-up to the award-winning hit Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Explore the sprawling new game world of Arkham City, which is five times larger than the first game
- Uncover a range of new and enhanced gameplay features
- Interact with and battle against an all-star cast of classic Batman characters, vicious villains and despicable deviants
- Become immersed in the all-new engaging storyline
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City Reviews
| 31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:  Disappointing - Rocksteady did not finish testing, By = Fun:  This review is from: Batman: Arkham City (Video Game) Please allow me to start by saying I typically feel bad for software vendors that produce PC games. There are so many different configurations that need to be tested and supported!However, after having pushed my way thru hours of playing this game and seeing all the issues on the batmanarkhamcity.com forums, I can say this game was not properly tested by the software developer (Rocksteady) and is failing miserably. Numerous people are having major issues getting the game to play. It simply keeps crashing! This comes as no surprise, as they delayed the PC release within 2 weeks of its delivery date. Having been part of software development, I can tell you delaying this close to delivery is not a good sign, and frankly, I expected there to be issues. However, the sheer volume of issues for numerous people is inexcusable. For those of you with the latest and greatest PC configurations - you very well may experience issues, as are others who have... Read more 32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:  Unacceptable QA on release, = Fun: This review is from: Batman: Arkham City (Video Game) If you're one of the people that waited an extra month for the PC release, you probably did so for the enhanced graphics, textures, DX11, and physX. Unfortunately Rocksteady clearly did not test this product before release. Running it in DX11 (necessary for all those enjoyable enhanced graphics) renders it completely unplayable. Your frame rates will jump from 1-60 and back again without reason or warning. The size or power of your machine won't help here. It's got nothing to do with the system. Rocksteady has acknowledged the error. But the real problem here is not the DX11 issue. It's that it's still here after a month delay. The time was supposed to be used to improve the PC port. That is obviously not what happened. Even simple testing would reveal this problem, and Rocksteady's solution (telling players to run in DX9) shows a callous disregard for users. Was Rocksteady simply sitting on the PC release to boost console sales? Is this an obvious method to delay users so... Read more 20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:  Love the Game, Disappointed by the PC Release, By = Fun:  Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Batman: Arkham City (Video Game) I held off purchasing this game for PlayStation 3 so that I could enjoy the benefits of the PC version, which were quite numerous when Arkham Asylum was released. The gameplay is much smoother due to the higher framerates and it was the first PhysX game I was able to play, which definitely increased the immersion. I've started playing this title and to my dismay, all of the advanced features I had hoped for are broken. You cannot currently run this title with DirectX 11 features or PhysX enabled as of now, regardless of system setup. System specs below:i7-950 @ 3.2 GHz NVIDIA GTX 570 (Overclocked) 6GB DDR3 1600 MHz OCZ Vertex 2 80 GB SSD These problems affect both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs and so far as anyone can tell, these are not issues with the drivers but issues with the game itself. Hopefully these issues will be fixed soon in a title update, but seeing as the title was delayed an additional month and no extra work was done on it... all I can... Read more |
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