Nick Silversides from The Average Gamer plays Batman: Arkham City as if he'd just bought a pre-owned copy (i.e. without entering a Catwoman unlock code). Cue lots of annoyances....
GB: "With this feature, we take a look back at the incredible Batman: Arkham City with the aim of analyzing it from the perspective of a 2024 release."
Reviews are finally out for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and the game's Metacritic review score means Marvel still hasn't toppled DC.
The Arkham games are largely excellent, a shame they are being followed up by that god awful looking suicide squad game.
All 4 Arkham games are just amazing...
With the Gotham Knights turning out sub par, hope the Suicide Squad fails as well... So that both Rocksteady and WB Montreal goes back to creating good single player DC games ...
A batman beyond game maybe?
Having the game fail would make it harder for them to get funding for their next game, please don't wish this on them. They already delayed the game a whole year after backlash, so we still have to wait and see how it will turn out.
You can't expect a game to match 96-94 meta apple for apple. Different era and different gen. No need to diminish either game's achievement. Arkham City and Spiderman 2 are both amazing sequels that improved upon their already incredible first parts.
To back that up, there are major websites that adjusted their review scales.
IGN used to have a 100 point system; now it's a 10 point system. I remember GameSpot back in 2004 was razed for giving Halo 2 a 9.4 when IGN gave it like a 9.7 or 9.8
Arkham Asylum was great, but when City came out... wow what a total overhaul that was. Nothing has had that type of night/day difference in scope and scale since.
SM2 is looking to be a great game in itself. Definitely an upgrade over the previous entries. Just from the opening battle with sandman, it gives me god of war 2 vibes with how that one opened with the battle with colossus of rhodes. That is still one of my favorite sequels of all time.
And right on cue, here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece, not gonna work, this game is gonna be beast in success.
'' here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece''
You know that train is never late.
GF365: "These are our picks for the ten best games to complete 100%. This list includes good games that don't feel like chores to complete."
I got 80% trophy completion on Ragnarok but left a few of the battles. Will come back to it one day.
Dragon Quest XI was such an AMAZING game, I had a blast from the very beginning all the way to the very end, it actually got better the more you played, full of surprises as well.
Another game that I enjoyed from the very beginning all the way to the end of the 100% completion was Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Really, really, really fun game with a great heartfelt story.
Where is Horizon Zero Dawn?? where is Ghost of Tsushima?? I just got my Platinum on HZD and is now trying to finish the Frozen Wild expansion. so much care and love went into that game and it really shows. I especially adore the lore and have sunk many hours listening to the logs and reading journals. the back story is great and the gameplay is awesome. can't wait to replay on the hardest difficulty on NG+. next in my list would be to finish GoTsushima
Ghost was fantastic especially after Iki Island and the PS5 upgrade. 100%'d that, Horizon Forbidden West (not ZD), GoW (not yet Ragnarok), Spider-Man, and R&C: Rift Apart.
Each one absolutely worth it.
100% I would like to add to you list RDR2, amazing as well and the perks from getting the Legend Of The East outfit is awesome.
Sekiro as well, have to play twice to get it but it's worth it!
I agree I'm on my 2nd playthroughs of both horizon forbidden West(zero dawn I played also) ghost of Tsushima except I'm replaying it on PS5 this time, the iki island expansion is amazing
Yeah, GoT was already an AMAZING game on PS4, but playing it on PS5, along with that expansion, just even better.
Okay the title of article should be top 10 , 3rd person games to complete 100 percent. Nine 3rd person games and 1 racing game on this list .
If Batman Arkham City wasn't such an amazing game I must play, then I would have boycotted this game because of the online pass. Online passes are starting to get carried away now with every game I bought in the past few weeks having them: Resistance 3, Rage, Batman. But Batman is the worst because its part of the SP experience that represents 10% of the game. Other titles that uses Online Passes are just MP or insignificant bonuses you can ignore.
Next thing you know, you'll need online passes if you want to be able to save more than 3 times during the game or play the game again more than twice after finishing it. Its getting carried away. It must be stopped but how can we consumers stop it? Its easy to boycott a shitty game but Batman, Battlefield3, MW3, Uncharted3, Skyrim etc nobody is going to boycott those games if you're a fan.
I have NO sympathy for people who buy the game used. If you buy it used or rent it, you know exactly what you are doing to Rocksteady (i.e. not supporting them or pissing on them). Besides, I am nearly through Arkham City and Catwoman has been in 4% of the entire game.
I bought it for my son and I and I can't even use the damn cat woman dlc on my account as the vouchers are for single name on a single console.
I won't buy the extra code, it stinks.
Edit, also what about the poor people who have bought it and don't know about the voucher or catwoman and don't look behind the manual, log on and are asked if they would like to buy catwoman dlc?
Double stinks, I'm all for suoporting the devs but NOT in this way.
I'll buy it new...when it is a 20.00 GOTY edition with all the dlc. I do have to thank people like "the Matrix" who foolishly think that Rocksteady is some sort of starving artist enclave rather than super profitable Company (even with used sales) that will squeeze the customer in the most spiteful way they can.
What The Matrix and others of his ilk are saying is buying used is evil and you are scum, that you should support the 6 and 7 figure developers from going to the poor house by buying full price.
That is about as stupid as buying a new car for the full sticker price because you have some sort of "concern" that Ford's CEO will not afford to buy that 40 room estate in Maui.
I don't even like the Catwoman missions. They really get in the way of the story.