20th November 2011, 8:55 PM
There are a LOT of good games coming out right now, so I understand that. However when you get some free time get this game if you can. The special edition controller has the benefit of being an actual USEFUL bonus item.
Incidentally, Arkham City is amazing too. The Riddler's riddles are much better this time around. There's death trap rooms he thinks are impossible to solve, as well as riddles you solve with your words instead of photos (though there are still photo riddles). The showcase though are the giant warehouses rigged with deadly puzzles you need to solve to work your way to save some poor victim. I loved those things. The boss battles are much more varied this time around, as opposed to the "here's yet another giant guy" boss battles in the first game. Too many use a different gimic this time (here's wave after wave of men for you to beat up), but all in all each fight actually has some clever mechanics and puzzles to solve this time around. They're tightening up their boss design to the point that I really have high expectations for the next game, and oh yes, there will be a next game (the in game clues dropped are that Scarecrow will return, joining Hush, Azreal, and Calendar Man (this guy's changed into a Hannibal type figure by the way, he's the only person in Arkham City who's actually in a jail cell)). I recommend playing the game on hard. The challenge of the brawls on that level aren't just for the sake of being a challenge. They make you feel much more Batty.
So yes, I've been pretty into that game myself, but now that I've beaten it I'm diving right into Skyward Sword.
Incidentally, Arkham City is amazing too. The Riddler's riddles are much better this time around. There's death trap rooms he thinks are impossible to solve, as well as riddles you solve with your words instead of photos (though there are still photo riddles). The showcase though are the giant warehouses rigged with deadly puzzles you need to solve to work your way to save some poor victim. I loved those things. The boss battles are much more varied this time around, as opposed to the "here's yet another giant guy" boss battles in the first game. Too many use a different gimic this time (here's wave after wave of men for you to beat up), but all in all each fight actually has some clever mechanics and puzzles to solve this time around. They're tightening up their boss design to the point that I really have high expectations for the next game, and oh yes, there will be a next game (the in game clues dropped are that Scarecrow will return, joining Hush, Azreal, and Calendar Man (this guy's changed into a Hannibal type figure by the way, he's the only person in Arkham City who's actually in a jail cell)). I recommend playing the game on hard. The challenge of the brawls on that level aren't just for the sake of being a challenge. They make you feel much more Batty.
So yes, I've been pretty into that game myself, but now that I've beaten it I'm diving right into Skyward Sword.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)