Batman Arkham City/ Asylum

Despite intending to replay Uncharted 2, I've been playing Arkham Asylum recently. Played through a good amount my second or third time around (help other people with games so don't know exact counts). Noticing how while it does make you feel powerful, it doesn't make you feel like a super hero. It's just my opinion, but I would kinda like to be a super hero. Detective mode is the closest you get to a super power and it's useful to have on almost all the time. In combat you're a bit faster/stronger than your opponents which makes it feel believable. The thing to me is just missing the little touches that Batman has to be prepared for everything. When I'm sneaking around enemies trying not to get caught in the line of fire, I find myself thinking about how repelling down certain walls or throwing smoke bombs would be useful. Just my real complaint in one of my favorite games is that it doesn't quite capture Batman as the hero he can be. Just some thought and reflection. You may disagree or may not want to hear anything bad about this great game, but even this isn't necessarily a complaint about the game. The complaint is not being able to feel the superiority of Batman that I've come to know from other media not saying that the game isn't made as a great game, just saying that the Batman experience hasn't been fully captured. The boss fights, gang fights, clues, Riddler trophies, graphics, Easter eggs, and so on more than make up for my complaint that is only from the perspective of one who hasn't found much else to complain about.



Now to Arkham City. For those who don't know, here's some basic information/spoilers about Batman: Arkham City. Warden Quincy Sharp, the head of the Asylum, is a bit crazy and a vigilante who kills some of his patients. Quincy Sharp intends to become the mayor of Gotham and seems to have accomplished this by the sequel to Arkham Asylum. Warden Sharp also has moved Arkham to Gotham in a sectioned-off part of the city. There criminals are free to roam in there own gangs such as the Joker's or Two-Face's gangs. Order seems to be held by Hugo Strange (who knows Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne). Batman for some reason is within Arkham once again as is Catwoman, who you must save and then allies herself with you.

More info in E3. There's room for improvement in a lot of areas and it looks like they're doing it. You keep all your gadgets throughout the game and start with the main ones. Stay tuned for more about this game.