Batman - Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition (Europe)
Xbox 360
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Reviewed in 2012
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✪ Reviewed on September 7, 2023
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The Arkham City Game of the Year bundles the base game with Harley Quinn's Revenge, and it is the version to grab without hesitation. The package is generous, the story complete, and Gotham has never felt more alive under the snow.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player16+
Description
Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year edition by Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros, May 2012. Includes the full game with all DLC - Harley Quinn's Revenge, alternate skins and bonus missions - for the most complete Arkham City experience. Definitive version of Rocksteady's masterpiece.
Batman - Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
A nocturnal, gothic, rainy Gotham bathed in shadow and neon: the city becomes a character in its own right. The polished design of the enemies and the dark-comic atmosphere compose a striking visual identity. This art direction, dense and stylish, gave the superhero game its credentials.
Dark and cinematic, the music of Nick Arundel and Ron Fish wraps the prison-city in a gothic orchestra worthy of a great Batman film. Oppressive tension and heroic themes answer one another through the Gotham night. This sonic breadth, polished and immersive, plunges the player into the heart of the Dark Knight's universe.
Locked inside an open-air prison given over to chaos, Batman unravels a plot where his worst enemies intersect. Vaster and darker, the tale pushes the vigilante to his moral limits, up to a striking finale. Its assumed darkness and carefully drawn characters make it a peak of the superhero game.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
This expanded edition extends the Arkham City playground with its side content and challenges, without ever touching the brilliance of the core. Aerial traversal, fluid combat and predatory stealth still respond to the slightest input. The finest way to rediscover an adventure whose gameplay has lost none of its splendor.
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Chaining strikes in a fluid ballet of counters, then slipping into predator mode to pick off guards one by one from the gargoyles delivers a heady sense of mastery that calls for the next encounter. Riddler puzzles and gadgets to unlock keep the exploration alive. A little backtracking drags, but the flawless embodiment of the caped crusader grips you from start to finish.
European (PAL) edition of Batman Arkham City Game of the Year Edition, the version gathering Rocksteady's peak and all its additional content, forming the fullest form of this acclaimed entry. Still accessible on the European market, its desirability rests on this status as the definitive edition gathering all the material rather than scarcity. The reference pick for the best Arkham City on the console, sought in a complete box.
Is Batman - Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition still worth playing in 2026?
Released on Xbox 360, this Game of the Year Edition gathers Rocksteady's excellent Batman Arkham City with all its add on content, including the missions and playable characters such as Catwoman. The open district of Gotham handed to its criminals stays a superb action playground, where the flow combat and the grapple work wonders. The density of activities and the rogues gallery still impress. A few side quests feel diluted, but the whole has aged very well. For anyone wanting this superhero peak in its richest shape, this is the ideal version today.
