Whether its thanks to well developed characters or stylish gameplay executions, you cant deny it being a masterpiece!
Batman tries to stop protocol 10, and get his one person he loves and people he cares about to safety. He tries so badly to fight against crime and evil within Arkham city which makes later one even harder to purify of worlds worst scumbags. His fight against dark powers including joker, this all act of Batman feeds those evil villans even more. But Batman stays naive and non harm wanting protagonist to the end of the game which sadly pays back to him. Very well made story, dark,surreal, it drags you in and doesnt let you go until superb culmination has taken place, the conclusion is just fantastic. Well polished and with many surprising story twists which make your jaws drop, giving to you blockbuster movie like experience.
Characters voice acting is just brilliant, music fits the surrounding and during boss fights fasters your pulse. If theres on thing to rant about considering audio, then its random people conversation on steets which starts to repeate and eventually will get on your nervs, especially if your stuck solving something and have to listen one line many times in a row. Still this aside otherwise i have no complains about audio and the work done with it.
Animation also keeps you fantasising what else your playable character can do. Although i must admit playing with controller is much easier and smoother, because as you progress through story, combat tricks get quite complex to handle with keyboard and mouse. Gameplay and how you beat your foes whether in boss fights or during random foe encounter (on streets of Arkham) really is something special.
My favourite character isnt Batman, but Catwoman, shes lighter, has more awesome combat fighing system, beats foes with playful kicking ass style, can climb ceilings etc. Her animation has movie like quality, smooth climbing jumping, the way she uses her whip or anything else she does is spectacular and graceful.
To sum it up, gameplay, is the main shining point of Arkham City, thanks to not only its improvements but one of the best gameplay mechanics to date, it fluently and stylishly helps you throughout the game. I could go on and endlessly talk about Arkham City and its wonders. Lets just say it belongs to my top3 favourite games of all time!!
Whether its thanks to well developed characters or stylish gameplay executions or thrilling storyline, you cant deny this is a masterpiece!
Must buy and Game Of the Year worthy.