Monday, December 05, 2011

I'm Batman. Again.

Alright, so I started Arkham City just now, and played about 30 minutes of it.  (I tend to do that with new games -- a short playtime the first night, and then  delve more into it from that point forward.  It's my thing.)  Basically, I did one mission. 

Things look really good from this little bit of exposure.  Graphics are in the same noir-y style of the first game, but you can certainly see the improvements.  Also, the city is...well, daunting!  Right after I got my suit and got my first mission, I just sort of looked around going, "Ummm...WTF am I doing?"  I had no idea where to go, what to do, or anything.  Then I was like, "I'm Batman.  I can do whatever the hell I want!"  And then I started jumping from building to building.  It was glorious.

Well, if there's any sort of video that I should show you regarding my short playtime this evening, it should probably be putting on the suit.  I would like you to pay very particular attention to the MUSIC in this short clip.  Because it is very good.  Allow me to set this up for you:  Batman had a plan regarding Arkham City, but it went a little...Strange.  (OH I'M SO PUNNY.)  Anyway, Bruce Wayne was arrested and thrown into Arkham City, so you spend the first 15 or so minutes as the billionaire playboy.  This video is where he gets his suit on.



Here's a short amount of screenshots as well.

This first one is my first view of Arkham City itself.  (You can see that I'm still Bruce at this point.  I had just won a little brawl with the Penguin's goons.  Ol' Cobblepot isn't happy with me.)



Here's Harvey Dent (or Two-Face if you prefer).  It looks like they took the design choices from The Dark Knight film when they designed him, and I think he looks fantastic.  His voice is very similar to how Aaron Eckhart did it in the movie, too.  Very good choice there.



And here's Batman and Catwoman having a little chat.  Interesting enough, the first time you're in control of the game itself, you play Catwoman for a little scene.  She steals some kind of location data chip from Two-Face, which sets up him capturing her (from the screen above).


I feel quite overwhelmed by this game.  I'm not sure yet if it's a good thing or not -- we'll see.  However, I have a feeling that once I get my bearing in this game, it's going to become fantastic.  Stay tuned.

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