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Going into this game I was skeptical. I've played many superhero games over the years and I struggle to think of one I would want to revisit. Hearing good things beforehand I wondered whether a Batman game could ever be anything better than OK. Yes. Yes it can. "...depositing the newly captured madman." The game begins with Batman , having apprehended his nemesis The Joker , driving to Arkham Asylum to deposit the…
How do you follow up the best superhero game of all time? This was the task that Rocksteady set themselves when going into creating a sequel to Arkham Asylum , one of the best games of 2009. Do you completely reinvent the genre once again, or try to create more of the same? Rocksteady chose the latter and it pays off, for the most part anyway. "this time the setting isn't just an island full of villains, but in fact…
The latest game in the open world crime genre sees Sleeping Dogs make its case for signalling a change of direction in a seemingly saturated market. Set in Hong Kong , the game follows in the footsteps of Saints Row: The Third by being a different alternative to juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto . Where Saints Row is all about being over the top and ridiculous, Sleeping Dogs tries to be different by being in a…
