Batman: Arkham City has some new moves
In this video-game image released by Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a scene is shown from "Batman: Arkham City." Credit: AP
Batman: Arkham City is bigger, bolder and crazier than its critically acclaimed predecessor.
Luckily, the gameplay in Arkham City is mostly the same as in the original, though Batman has added new moves and upgraded gadgets to his bone-crushing fighting skills and high-tech sleuthing abilities. The game begins with Bruce Wayne holding a news conference to denounce Arkham City, a makeshift prison that's been erected inside an abandoned, walled-off section of Gotham City. The defiant billionaire is then himself thrown inside the big house, where he dons his Dark Knight persona to deal with the supervillain population, which is much larger this time.
Early in the story, Batman is injected with a deadly virus. He must battle against and forge alliances with his greatest adversaries to track down a cure. The game's vivid urban terrain five times the size of Arkham Island means Batman has more area to cover, which he can now do more swiftly by diving and catapulting off buildings with his grappling hook.
Batfans will be pleased to find his wacky gallery of rogues spread all across Arkham City: Two-Face is holed up in an old courthouse, Penguin is nesting in a decrepit museum, the Joker is in a steel mill fun house and Mr. Freeze is chilling out inside a police forensics lab.
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY
RATING T for Teen
PLOT Batman gets thrown into the big house.
DETAILS Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $60
BOTTOM LINE Batfans will like it.
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