Batman: Arkham City

 Xbox 360
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8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1926 Ratings

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  1. Butinho
    Feb 23, 2016
    10
    Batman Arkham Asylum set the bar very high .Suprisingly this installment clears it . The new moves in the combat system such as stunning an enemy first and then unleashing a lethal combo was a nice addition . The bigger open word map and the plot is great . This is one of the best games for 2011 and one of the best for the generation . Well done Rocksteady
  2. Shadow1
    May 23, 2016
    10
    Batman Arkham City is the best Batman Game and one of the best game of 2011 and one of the best game on Xbox 360 . In this game amazing storyline and good graphics . In this game cool combat system and nice gameplay . this game one of the best game about superheroes . Very good game . This game even better than The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim . Amazing and Awesome Game .
  3. Jimi360
    Mar 24, 2016
    10
    I don't like giving anything a 10/10 unless I'm sure of it, and I am sure that Batman: Arkham City is one of the greatest games ever made. From it's extraordinary combat system and beautiful open world, to superb voice acting and a fantastic plot, Arkham City has absolutely everything. That's it. Play it.
  4. missael
    Jul 27, 2016
    10
    Por mucho el mejor juego de superheroes de la historia, el mejor sistema de combate, una ciudad para explorar a tu libre albedrío, gráficamente de lo mejor que he visto, una buena historia y sobre todo la pelea con Mr. Freeze de los mejores jefes a los que me he enfrentado quisiera que todos los desarrolladores lo hicieran tan bien como Rocksteady.
  5. closecomabt44
    Nov 11, 2016
    10
    easily one of the greatest games of all time and the best of the batman arkham series. it has twists and turns that makes you keep guessing. 10/10 it was easily game of the year
  6. BSchwarz95
    Jul 9, 2018
    10
    Everything that Arkham Asylum amazed with, this game perfects. In my Top Five of All Time, Arkham City takes the open-world aspect and multiplies it by five. While it doesn't fill it with as many important events (Asylum used every area to it's full potential, City touches on each of them maybe once or twice max), it provides so many areas to roam, explore, and clear of hostiles. EndlesslyEverything that Arkham Asylum amazed with, this game perfects. In my Top Five of All Time, Arkham City takes the open-world aspect and multiplies it by five. While it doesn't fill it with as many important events (Asylum used every area to it's full potential, City touches on each of them maybe once or twice max), it provides so many areas to roam, explore, and clear of hostiles. Endlessly impressive and entertaining, City prides itself on it's large map, unpredictable story, and perfect gameplay. Customization is limited but with a character you don't want to alter, the lack of options is in no way a detraction. You still get new weapons, abilities, and tech to ease combat and make the game more fun. You truly feel like a superhero when playing this game which makes the game fairly easy to beat, but it's even easier to spend more time than necessary beating the story. The gameplay is more fluid than any other game I've played even after nearly 7 more years of game releases. I tried to beat everything in this game, extras and all; it's difficult. There are puzzles, challenges, and feats to overcome which all prove to be challenging. Without a doubt, what all this game offers is much more than 95% of other games you could spend your time with. Arkham City is well worth every second.… Expand
  7. B4tm4n39
    Nov 14, 2017
    10
    This game is one of the biggest reasons I am a gamer. It's also the reason I'm glad I grew up playing this instead of Batman Dark Tomorrow. This game pretty much perfectly blends Batman's unique gallery of villains from the Joker, Penguin,Two Face and many more. The combat in this game is the best in the Arkham trilogy. Even though they have pretty much have the same combat system thisThis game is one of the biggest reasons I am a gamer. It's also the reason I'm glad I grew up playing this instead of Batman Dark Tomorrow. This game pretty much perfectly blends Batman's unique gallery of villains from the Joker, Penguin,Two Face and many more. The combat in this game is the best in the Arkham trilogy. Even though they have pretty much have the same combat system this game seems to do it the most justice though. Then we get to Batman, the man the game is based on. He is done perfectly from the voice of the fantastic Kevin Conroy who never misses a beat. He is wonderful, he's menacing and threatening when he needs the great thing about Conroy. Is that he doesn't sound like he wants to break everybody's bones 24/7 he just did a fantastic job all around. The Riddler's challenges are very plentiful and although they do get pretty annoying sometimes I still liked them. I always loved it when I solved one that was hard to me and feeling a sense of accomplishment. The side missions are very well done as well, from the mission where you are tracking down the sniper to hunting down the identity thief. This game just was all around amazing, it's easily the best superhero I've ever played and also might be the best video game I've ever played… Expand
  8. AlexvaderII
    Aug 26, 2020
    10
    Pensaba que Batman Arkham Asylum era un juego que no se podía mejorar pero esto es un abuso, este juego es mejor en todos los aspectos, peleas mas fluidas, acertijos inteligentes, una ciudad mas grande que explorar y mas jefes finales, si te gusto el juego anterior de Batman este te volara la mente. Simplemente a mi criterio es "EL MEJOR VIDEO JUEGO DE SUPER HEROES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS".
  9. JeanCarloLR
    May 25, 2018
    10
    Here's an awesome game for every fan of Batman. Has awesome graphics that request all the potential from the console without falling into a bad optimization or a FPS fall. This game has a great attention to the details, counting with secondary missions that make you feel as a real hero. The combat system is perfect, a defiant AI who doesn't skimp on punishing the player if you commit aHere's an awesome game for every fan of Batman. Has awesome graphics that request all the potential from the console without falling into a bad optimization or a FPS fall. This game has a great attention to the details, counting with secondary missions that make you feel as a real hero. The combat system is perfect, a defiant AI who doesn't skimp on punishing the player if you commit a fail.
    All the game is a masterpiece, that deserves the glory and attention. A great game with a great development team behind. You will need all you intellect to make strategies for this game.
    The only thing that i found "bad" on this game is that maybe, just maybe, it will be kind of frustrating, each death comes with a little anger made by the current villain; this makes you want to play more but if you die many times in a row well... could make you hate the game. And also it has many collectibles, so many, maybe if there were a few less collectibles, the game will make the trophy hunters come to it to give some fight.    … Expand
  10. xXClutchDutchXx
    Jan 2, 2020
    10
    Just when you think the gameplay can't get any better it does. Everything right about the first game has been amped up here. The look, combat, character arks, and even riddles, it all improves here and that's saying a lot after playing the first one.
  11. PixelKing370
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
    This made me feel like a Batman the combat and equipment to were amazing at least in my opinion. It is breath Taking.
  12. Pardoow
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    What an awesome game. Best one in the franchise by far. Great combat, repetitive but never boring. Also the best story out of any batman game
  13. Rubiales
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Wow! Perfection, that is the word that describes this game, one of the best videogames of the past generation so far, and for me probably even the best. An astonishing and incredible masterpiece in which every character is perfectly implemented and the story is gorgeous, how can we forgot that epic ending??. EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME IS PERFECT.
  14. C_Evans6710
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    A game even better than it's already great predecessor. The returning voices of Conroy and Hamill and a great story with some cool boss fights.
  15. Arya977
    Jan 10, 2021
    10
    Gameplay..............Amazing
    Graphics................Amazing
    Story.......................Amazing
    Score.....................Great
  16. mathbidao05
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    Batman Arkham City é uma obra prima. Simplesmente um dos melhores jogos já feitos.
  17. zacc7play
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    De los mejores juegos de superheroes que han hecho ES UNA OBRA MAESTRA LA FRANQUICIA ARKHAM
  18. SupahGualtah
    Jun 4, 2020
    10
    finished this one before finishing AA and loved both but i like this one more cause it lets you loose in no time and you are free to kick ass. cant wait to get the goty edi for pc and try to complete it this one might be worth it
  19. aeroaviation
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Yes it does in fact, make you feel like Batman. My favorite open world game of the xbox 360/ps3 era.
  20. SWFan523
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    The perfect comic book game. It doesn't get better than this. Excellent performances and a powerful ending.
  21. MANXMAN76
    Sep 15, 2021
    10
    By far one of my favourite batman games with so many improvements from Arkham Asylum with gliding and stealth as well as combat this is up there as one of the greatest superhero games to date.
  22. GhostKill
    Nov 27, 2022
    10
    Perfect! Only a few games have ever gotten a 10 from me and this is one of them. Arkham City is a great follow up to Arkham Asylum in every way. The world is bigger and the combat is finally perfected. This game is one of the best in my books. Long live the Bat!
  23. Mirowave
    Jul 14, 2020
    10
    BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY and BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM are the two best Batman Games of all Time. Great Graphics and Sound, great Story and Fun. Masterpiece!
  24. RoyTheDog
    Aug 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This wasn’t just the best Batman game of all time, it’s one of the best superhero pieces of media of all time. I really enjoy Rocksteady’s darker more psychological take on Batman. As he and Catwoman fight their personal demons and the rouges gallery of villains. I really enjoyed how Rocksteady choose to portray the villains especially. Mark Hamill gave one of the best performances of his career as the joker and cemented his place as the definitive animated joker. The ending of this game is hands down the greatest video game ending of all time in my opinion. It’s a dark sad and gritty game. I definitely recommend.… Expand
  25. pxouria
    May 7, 2023
    10
    A masterpiece that offers everything a game should.
    I wasn't even into Batman and I still loved every second of plating the game.
    Both combat and stealth are fun. The story is engaging and nail-biting.
    OST is god-tier especially the main theme.
    What else would you want?
  26. wiredspore44
    May 22, 2021
    10
    Damn this was good. I think I've finally found a game to take away Halo CE's title as my favourite game of all time. It keeps everything that made Arkham Asylum so good and expands upon it so much. The bosses are all unique and incredibly fun to interact with, the open world Arkham City is so fun to grapple around in and there's so much to do! I don't usually do many side quests after IDamn this was good. I think I've finally found a game to take away Halo CE's title as my favourite game of all time. It keeps everything that made Arkham Asylum so good and expands upon it so much. The bosses are all unique and incredibly fun to interact with, the open world Arkham City is so fun to grapple around in and there's so much to do! I don't usually do many side quests after I beat a game but Batman Arkham City is just so compelling and entertaining with all it's secrets and side stories. The story is also way more expansive than Arkham Asylum and is just incredible. From start to finish you'll be completely hooked. Usually I play a game like maybe an hour every day or two but this game was just too fun to turn off. Can't wait to finish off the trilogy with Arkham Knight.… Expand
  27. zachym11
    Mar 12, 2021
    10
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  28. Cyborg_TDRK
    Feb 15, 2021
    10
    Esse jogo foi o primeiro jogo que me tirou do mais "bobinho" e me trouxe um jogo de ação de verdade, eu tenho um carinho muito grande por ele. Eu ganhei ele de um amigo de minha irmã quando eu tinha 7 anos e eu joguei e zerei ele e cara... eu adorei. Eu rejoguei o jogo 3 vezes, inclusive uma semana atrás e ele sempre vai ser tão bom quanto da primeira vez, melhora tudo que o Asylum trouxeEsse jogo foi o primeiro jogo que me tirou do mais "bobinho" e me trouxe um jogo de ação de verdade, eu tenho um carinho muito grande por ele. Eu ganhei ele de um amigo de minha irmã quando eu tinha 7 anos e eu joguei e zerei ele e cara... eu adorei. Eu rejoguei o jogo 3 vezes, inclusive uma semana atrás e ele sempre vai ser tão bom quanto da primeira vez, melhora tudo que o Asylum trouxe em 100% e traz um plot twist muito bom, sempre foi e sempre será o meu jogo do Batman e provavelmente de super-heróis existente… Expand
  29. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    The best "beat 'em up" game I have ever played.

    Pros: - Ability to play as Catwoman(DLC), Robin(DLC) and Batman. Both have their unique styles of combat and methods of movement through Arkham City. - Graphics are gorgeous. - Arsenal of side quests, which add to the story. Riddler's trophies are back again, and this time, they are a bit more of a challenge to obtain. - Arkham    The best "beat 'em up" game I have ever played.

    Pros:

    - Ability to play as Catwoman(DLC), Robin(DLC) and Batman. Both have their unique styles of combat and methods of movement through Arkham City.

    - Graphics are gorgeous.

    - Arsenal of side quests, which add to the story. Riddler's trophies are back again, and this time, they are a bit more of a challenge to obtain.

    - Arkham City is a great sandbox. The cleverly placed grapple points and environment will have you swinging, climbing, and gliding with satisfaction.

    - You get a chance to work in the same interests as some villains, which is a nice twist compared to Arkham Asylum.

    - Gadgets are unique and their applications are very cool. Every playable characters have their own unique upgrades also.

    - Conversations throughout Arkham City between the inmates give more information about the plot as it is updated through Batman's actions.

    - The cries of the political prisoners are gruelling enough to make you want to save them.

    - Combat has improved from Arkham Asylum. There are more variety of skills you can learn to handle enemies with new equipment.

    - Many villains are featured. In the main quest, without DLCs, most only appear for a short duration. With DLCs, they will appear again for the side quests.

    - The precision in selecting the gadgets, located on the diagonals of the d-pad, have been improved from Arkham Asylum.

    Cons:

    None (nothing major), in my opinion.    … Expand
  30. Nebraska619
    Feb 27, 2021
    10
    This game is one of the best i have ever played. The combat is awesome with the many combo attacks and the freeflow challenges and all the gadgets make the game so fun to mess around with. The story kept me glued for hours as i played trying to get all the side missions and riddler challenges and tried to get 100% on it. The voice acting is great and the story is fun to play and it's oneThis game is one of the best i have ever played. The combat is awesome with the many combo attacks and the freeflow challenges and all the gadgets make the game so fun to mess around with. The story kept me glued for hours as i played trying to get all the side missions and riddler challenges and tried to get 100% on it. The voice acting is great and the story is fun to play and it's one of the few games that i can replay 100's of times and never get bored. Getting the riddler trophies was a challenge but it was fun and i could collect most of them along the way so by the time i got finished with everything else there was only a few trophies and riddles left. I'm glad that i bought the game when i did because this was one of the best there is. It's a gift from the video game gods that brought us this creation. I cannot complain much about the game except for the fact there are so many riddler trophies (its not enough to knock it down to 9) but other than that i love this game and it'll forever be in my heart.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#6 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#6 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2011

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Universal acclaim - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. Planet Xbox 360
    Dec 22, 2011
    95
    Improved gameplay, new mechanics, and an even stronger story denote whether you care about Batman or not, it's still a game worthy of your time. With some easter eggs possibly hinting at plots for a third game, let's hope Rocksteady isn't quite done with the Dark Knight.
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  2. games(TM)
    Dec 1, 2011
    90
    Arkham City handles its side-stories gloriously. [Christmas 2011, p.102]
  3. Gamer Limit
    Nov 29, 2011
    95
    All in all, outside of a few minor issues, I couldn't ask for a better Batman experience. If Arkham City was a graphic novel, it would be considered a classic.
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