Batman: Arkham City

I'm not really sure how I feel about it yet. I loved AA, but this one kinda left me with mixed feelings. The gameplay, voice acting, graphics, music, etc. were all amazing, but the story just never won me over as a whole.

There were great parts, of course, but the premise itself never convinced me. I still don't really understand the point of AC, or at least how the hell it was passed. Was Mayor Sharp a straight monarch with absolute power? It's just a terrible idea, and seemed like an excuse to get a bunch of villains crammed together like in AA.

And I think that was the major flaw; too many major characters. AA had Joker, with Ivy and and Croc supporting. AC had Strange, Ras al Ghul, Joker, Mr. Freeze, Penguin, Two-face (though minor), as well as Catwoman, Talia, and Robin for whatever reason.

I would have dropped the whole Ras/Wonder City/Talia thing. I get that he wants to purge Gotham of crime, but the whole concept of creating Arkham City seems unnecessary. Why not just bomb AA while all the supervillains are inside, if that's what he was trying to accomplish.

I think they could have approached it differently. Let Strange be the mastermind, with Joker playing a secondary role. For the end they could have traded out Talia (who looked/acted like some guidette from Jersey Shore IMO) for Catwoman.

And what's up with "killing" Joker and Strange? This kind of forces the Arkham series to be in its own little universe, which I'm not really a fan of. Sure they may have a way to bring Joker back or show it was a trick, but c'mon. Strange's death was pretty disappointing for me.

I am however curious as to what's going to happen to Clay Face after he was pushed into the Lazarus pit...
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This whole topic is just full of fail.
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Ok
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I get what you're saying I wish certain villains would have played bigger roles or not been there at all...I don't think you're missing anything, but I would say if you go through again don't let their sense of urgency push you through the story. the side missions 'feel' better if you pick them up as you move through the city towards main objectives
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"you mean he a was a tranny?" He was more than that "What a big fat tranny?"--Tim from Spaced

Guys this already happened in real life, there is a documentary about in the early 80's called "Escape from New York"


/sarcasm
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