Graphically the game looks great throughout – the cut scenes are the best, but to be honest the rest of the game matches it. However, the story itself is what I was here for and it did deliver and it gave me a good chunk of time all of which i enjoyed. The various extra modes are OK but they get samey after a while – I like to pick them up for a minute but again I was happy not to bother too. Perhaps felt this way because my previous game was Skyrim (where I don't think the quests ever stop) but with Batman I started collecting Riddler trophies and solving the really easy puzzles before asking myself why I was doing it – I wasn't really enjoying it, it was just something to do – and sadly this is a lot of the story mode once the story is finished. When i did get distracted by side-quests, I was a little disappointed by what I found because there are few that play as part of the game but mostly the 'life' in the game is busy-work. The story has plenty of action, plenty of dramatic twists and turns and generally I liked how very cinematic and engaging it was. The cut-scenes frame it all well and are very well done – merging with the game play well and being of good length so that they feel like part of the game, rather than something one has to sit through before continuing the game. That said I still found that it had a good flow to it and I enjoyed following the story so much that I focused on it rather than getting distracted by side missions etc. The story this time round is a bit more expansive but it is still reasonably episodic as one would expect. Escaping the Penguin, Wayne calls in his equipment and, as Batman, sets out to get to the bottom of what is really going on inside Arkham City – a task not made easy by the sheer number of those who would do him harm! Having really enjoyed Arkham Asylum I (like everyone) was looking forward to this game and I picked it up a few months after release and got back into the world without a hitch. Bruce Wayne is speaking outside of the walls when he is grabbed and taken hostage in the city. With Arkham Island shut down, something needs to be done with Gotham's deadly and dangerous so part of the city is sealed off and given over to Hugo Strange to turn it into a prison city.

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