I'm not doing a very good job of clearing my backlog. This is now the third new game I've played since Christmas. On the other hand, I haven't spent any real money on any games yet, as this one was borrowed from a friend.
So once again I find myself in the role of Batman. I played and reviewed the previous game in this series, Arkam Asylum - finding it extremely enjoyable. As Arkham City's name suggests, the game is set in a much larger environment than the first game, as the prisoners have been moved from the Asylum to a walled-in portion of a whole city. Making this an open world/sandbox game.
I usually stink at these types of games, and generally don't enjoy playing them at all. I never got into the Grand Theft Auto series, find myself overwhelmed by things like Elder Scrolls and Fallout 3, and I had that same initial feeling of overwhelminess when booted up Arkham City for the first time.
You're essentially dropped in the middle of the city and told to go to one specific place - but you don't have to...the entire city is literally open to be explored as soon as you begin. I don't know why that makes me nervous, but when I first start playing a game, I get that naggy sensation that I'm missing everything if there's more than one path to explore.
And every two minutes you get a popup that says you have a new side mission, or a new Riddler trophy or a new upgrade. It's a hell of a lot to swallow all at once. Eventually I got a handle on where stuff is, what I should pursue and what I can ignore and what's not worth my time at all.
I can't even imagine the commitment it would take to 100% this game. So I'm not even going to attempt it. I'm gonna do the story, complete the side quests that interest me, collect the Riddler Trophies that I happen to see, and just enjoy myself.
Then I really need to get back to my backlog, cuz I'm netting zero games completed for the past four months!
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