The latest issue of Game Informer, with the Batman/Catwoman cover, is out, and new Batman: Arkham City details have been revealed:
– Catwoman is the primary motivation for Batman in this game, as Two-Face is planning on publicly executing her in order to gain enough power among the inmates, so Batman has to rescue her.
– Batman’s secondary motivation is uncovering the full details of Hugo Strange’s secret past and bringing him down.
– The combat system is being expanded, with multiple simultaneous counters in addition to the earlier-mentioned projectile counters and full gadget usage.
– More enemies will be fought at once, with bigger crowds than in Arkham Asylum, and a mix of melee and projectile mooks will be more common. All in all, a greater emphasis on crowd control in combat.
-All of the supervillains are out for themselves, so Arkham City’s environment is an all-out turf war, with Batman smack in the middle. Details on how this will be utilized in-game are still unknown.
– For the Riddler’s challenges, the map system has been replaced with minion interrogation, and actually getting the trophies is going to be more challenging.
– Zsasz and a whole load of other characters are getting side-missions dedicated to them as you play through the main story.
– Story interaction will put more emphasis on Batman interacting with the villains, and not just beating the crap out of them.
– A new weak-wall mechanic allows Batman or anyone else to break through walls, either to provide a quick and messy finish to a fight, or to get the jump on somebody.
– A new gadget called the broadcast analyzer allows Batman to analyze different radio frequencies, either to advance the plot along or to uncover secret events and locations.
– Batman gets a new taunt button.
Batman: Arkham City sounds like it’ll improve the original Batman: Arkham Asylum by leaps and bounds. Especially if you can taunt as Batman. Let us know what you think.
Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games designed for Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Jonah provides his readers with reviews, previews and up to date gaming industry news and rumors.
