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2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum had no expectations to live up to. The track record of the Dark Knight in video games is spotty. For every good game, there are about 10 mediocre ones, and for the longest time Batman fans clung to the NES game as the only claim to greatness. Arkham Asylum changed all that, and exepectations for Arkham City couldn't be higher. It doesn't dissapoint. You actually start off the game as…
This is the best Batman game ever made. This is perhaps the best comic-based game ever made. It's probably also the best stealth-action game this year. So, what makes this such a great game? It makes you think like Batman. It's that simple. You have to think like Batman in order to survive. There are three aspects to Batman: Arkham Asylum. The brawler, where you're dropped into a room of unarmed goons and have to…
Street Fighter IV is awesome. I'd like to address the graphics first. This is the best looking game so far this year. I'm talking from a purely artistic perspective of course, but it looks good from a technical standpoint too. Each of the characters are rendered in a cartoony style, all in 3D. Kinda like a cross between the old Street Fighter 2 sprites and the somewhat newer EX models. The game looks fantastic,…
Yes, that's a Star Wars reference. If you buy the game, expect to see more. The Star Wars character promoted above the title on the box is in the opening FMV, in the concept art and comes with another Star Wars character, who in turn comes with a promotional video for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. But do they really impact the game? No. The only way you'll fight Yoda in single player is if you fight with the…
