Picked up my copy of Batman: Arkham City last night. Haven't been able to spend a lot of time with it yet. So far I've only clocked about a little over an hour. But I've already gotten the bronze trophy: I'm Batman. Of course, it's a story trophy so all I had to do was basically get through the prologue... but who's checking those sorts of thing anyway really. :D

I'll definitely be posting a review sometime in the next week or so. I generally like to finish my first play through before commenting on a game. At the very least logging a good 10 to 20 hours before offering my opinion. So far though my initial thoughts would have to be Batman: Arkham Asylum 2.0. This game feels like you just picked up right where the last left off and it delivers more of the same, with a few tweaks and some new gadgets. Which in the case of this game is a good thing. Arkham Asylum had a good formula so why deviate too far from that. As Rocksteady has said in numerous interviews, fans have asked for more of the same. And it looks like they have delivered.

Much like the original this game doesn't take long to put you into the action. It doesn't really bother with tutorials either. It's going to take me a while to get re-accustomed to the controls. It's been several months since I last picked up Arkham Asylum and I've been playing Resistance 3 and a little too much Uncharted 3 early release multiplayer in the interim. From what I've played so far the controls are pretty much the same. You actually start out with access to several of the gadgets that you had to find as you progressed through the original, albeit in their non-upgraded forms. The Riddler trophies seem a bit more devious this time around. Often set out in plain site, it doesn't mean they are easy to get.

Thedetective vision seems tweaked to better encourage you to use it when you need to butgenerally leave it off so as to see the game as it was intended. Playing as Catwoman adds a bit of a pace change, which isn't a bad thing. The world seems spacious and well populated. And if you're paying attention you'll hear Nolan North doing some of the voice work. Too much Uncharted just has me attuned to that guy's voice so I can pick him up in a second when I hear it. But hey, I love his work so no complaints from me about that. Anyway... more on Batman: Arkham City to come.