A Psychotic Little Christmas - Alec's Seasonal Shopping Guide - #11: Batman: Arkham City

It’s now December 13th. Today, we have a treat for you. A couple of jokes, you might say. Some riddling riddles for you, too. Some penguining penguins, too. Wait, what? Penguining isn’t even a word! Well, it should be. Any word I invent shall be added to the dictionary. PENGUINING - Verb. The act of acting like a penguin. ‘My best friend Mark went penguining today. He loves penguins!’

 

Anyway, from the title, you can probably see where I’m going with this. So let’s jump straight in now. Today I’m going to be talking about Batman: Arkham City! This game follows Batman...in a city...and the Joker...doing stuff...with Batarangs? Yeah...I honestly know hardly anything about this game offhand. I know that it’s a sequel to Arkham Asylum, which is excellent. I liked Arkham Asylum, it’s a really fun game. Now imagine this fun game, but instead of traversing a prison and the surrounding island, now you’re exploring the vast and expansive Arkham City, which is five times bigger than Arkham Asylum. Judging by how large the map was in Arkham City, this area is just gigantic.

So why am I recommending a game I’ve never played before? Simply because it’s friggin’ Batman! Ask Pssych if you doubt me, he owns the game. This game was the Game of the Year for a whole lot of people. If it’s not good, then darn it, why do you people buy bad games? Why else should you buy this game? Because if for some reason you don’t like Batman, there’s still a wonderful story, and a wonderful combat system packed into this game. Oh, and did I mention  that if you get the PS3 version you get to play as the Joker with added DLC? I would pay $60 just to play as the Joker!

 

Even though I don't know exactly what's going on here, I know it's amazing. Because it's Batman.

So I apologize for not knowing a whole lot about this game. I’m a big boy, I admit my mistakes. Never playing this game was a mistake. I would still like to pick it up in the future, so that’s how good it is, in my opinion. I can tell you now, this is the only game on my list I have never even watched somebody play. I know I did not do this game justice. I hardly scratched the surface about why this game is awesome, and I’m sorry. I know this game is amazing. Batman is amazing.

Even though I don’t know a ton about this game, I know that it is brilliant. I’ve sadly only played the first game, Arkham Asylum, so I’m missing out. But just because I’ve never played something, doesn’t mean I can’t recommend it, because I KNOW for a FACT it is amazing. If you want a good time, with beating up baddies, and solving Bat-puzzles, you need to pick up this game. Hell, I need to pick up this game.

tl;dr Batman. Buy this.

PS. Get your pickaxes ready for tomorrow’s blocky game!

Psychotic Informer - 7/17/11

 1. Is your internet so slow that you cannot download Steam games at a reasonable rate? Well, with a new Steam update, you can! The new Steam update will change the way files are transferred, now using an HTTP delivery system. You don’t have to know what that means, but it’s better than what is currently offered now. Also in the update will include a change to in-game updates. Before, Steam replaced most of the content files when it updated the game, but now they have found a way to only change the files they need to change, removing all the extra time it would take to replace an entire directory of files. I, for one am happy about this, because I like to play my games when I want to play my games, not clicking play then have to wait a minute to play while it updates. What do you think about this change? (For more information, read the full article)

2.  Batman fans, rejoice! With Batman: Arkham City releasing in October of this year, the Collector’s Edition news has come out in full detail. Priced at $99 (the Arkham Asylum CE was only $79), the pack will include a ‘premium statue’, an art book, animated material and you get to play the DLC early! How does this sound for a collector’s edition? Would you buy this collector’s edition for the $40 more it costs compared to the standalone game? Post your opinion in the comments! (For more information, read the full article)

3. Since I mention Theatrhythm Final Fantasy every other article it seems, it’s only fitting to tell more details that were just released about the game. The game will feature over 50 songs, including three from every Final Fantasy game from I-XIII. We loosely know about the story, now, though. It says that the force of rhythm is in trouble and only past members of Final Fantasy games can put it back in order. That’s all we know so far, but the story sounds kind of ridiculous from what we know now. What do you think about these new details? (For more information, read the full article)