As usual, the storyline is solid. The Arkham games in general have been some of the best adaptations of Batman from the comics ever. And Batman rarely translates well from the comics.
After Scarecrow got his face chewed off by Killer Croc in Arkham City, he's come back for revenge on Batman, and this time he's brought along a new player, the Arkham Knight. The Arkham Knight is someone we haven't seen in the Arkham series before, but if you're familiar with the comics, you'll have fun trying to figure out who it is behind the mask, and why they're hell bent on destroying Batman.
As with every other game, Riddler's been leaving trophies and graffiti around town, but this time he's got a hostage, you have to complete various challenge levels with Catwoman to help her defuse an explosive collar, and you're able to switch between the two in real-time to help them work together more efficiently. This feature is also present whenever you're fighting alongside Robin.
There are more toys, this time around. The Batarangs, Batclaw, Line Launcher and Explosive Gel are still there, but this time you also get a voice synthesizer to command henchmen around for Predator challenges (until they inevitably catch on to the deception), a disruptor (which I think may have also been in Arkham City, I'm not sure), the Remote Hacking Device has more utility this time around and you can even call in the Batmobile to whereever you are in the city, even if you left it way on the other end of the map, it seems to always conveniently be just around the corner. But I won't complain.
There are street battles against the Arkham Knight's tanks, there's environment takedowns during fight sequences, there are car chases, there's an even wider variety of takedown methods...there's just so much more to the (presumably) final installation of the Arkham series...so if you liked the previous games but are worried it's just more of the same, worry not. It's totally worth it. And if you're apprehensive because of how buggy everyone said it was at launch, don't worry, it's fine now. I only had one issue my entire time playing it, and I'd practically beaten the game by the time it happened, I started clipping through buildings. Just reloading from a previous save fixed it, I only lost a couple minutes of gliding through the city, no big deal.
I give it an 8.5/10, I really liked this damn game.
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