No Batmobile, no Batcave... no Killer Kroc fight and no scarecrow!

User Rating: 7.5 | Batman: Arkham City PS3
In my opinion Clay Face could have been more involved in the game and so could some other characters, including "Tyger Guards" ahem I thought they were trying to take Batman down! This is what the trailer showed when it tried to hype fans up for the next game, but some how it wasn't a plot point... Hugo Strange did nothing more then die. No back up for the man that figured out Batman is Bruce Wayne, I'm sorry he's smarter then that... he has back up plans for well his... back up plans. No computer that's programmed to think like strange... nothing, but for a game with just one climactic ending plus Harley Quins "Revenge" I still enjoyed it.

Plot sink holes and all... even side missions when played along side the game are a nice touch, but it didn't keep me up a night... that's the problem. Asylum delivered with Scarecrow nightmare levels and Killer Kroc, I'm sorry, but walking on ice... I'm Canadian... you equal out your weight lay down especially on "thin ice!" Tiny the shark pops up maybe twice... your almost never on guard and ever have to be, Rock Steady made one heck of a good game... just no where near Asylum and the affect it had on my sleep. I also waited for the Game Of The Year edition (GOTY for short) and can say it earned the score I gave it, but some of the game mechanics and Batmans Rouge Gallery could have been improved upon.

Taking out Tyger Cameras only draws the chopper to you, it doesn't set off any kind of confrontation as you never fight these guards in story mode. They are never on the streets keeping the criminals of Gotham under control, no that is all left up to you! An Emergency Batcave would have been ideal... he is paranoid and well prepared, look at Asylum... you visited the Batcave more then once in that game. I just felt denied and character switch only between Catwoman and Batman, what I can't try Nightwing? or Robin in open world... Challenge maps along with Quins Revenge are not the same thing. Nightwing wasn't even used in Quins Revenge... I was hoping to choose between at least the two, but I still came away from this game deeply enthused.

Character skins are a nice touch... I would have altered the Beyond suit game play, just enough for it to feel like the Batman Beyond. No not constant flight... just replace the grapple with a boost from the boosters to reach high up places, perhaps do the same for Sinestro Corp Batman... yes I know I ask a lot from game developers. Catwomans whip seemed inconsistant at times... jumps she really couldn't have made, I mean it was Spider-man of her to pull off some things. That and once your finished the catwoman missions... aside from collect trophies she has nothing left to do!