http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1110583p1.htmlBatman: Arkham Asylum was a lot of fun. That's more than what I can say for about 90% of the other Batman games. The only downer to the game was that the boss battles were all way too similar.
Details are minimal thus far on Arkham City, but the name calls one thing to mind: Grand Theft Batman. Is this going to be like the Spider-Man games, where you can explore all of Gotham City? The idea of it is somehow both thrilling and disappointing.
It's thrilling because we've never gotten to explore Gotham in such detail. Think of the potential of having all of Gotham, every nook and cranny, available to you. As long as they keep all the things that made Arkham Asylum kick ass, they shouldn't have any problem with the sequel.
But it's also disappointing because this seems to be the answer for far too many games. Let's just rip off GTA and Driver. Some take every little piece from GTA, some just take the city exploration aspect. Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Hulk, Jak, The Godfather, Scarface... Let's also not forget the slew of non-license derivatives like Saints Row (which is pretty awesome, btw), True Crime, The Getaway, Crackdown... We've been there, done that. Throwing Batman into the mix can make it interesting, just as long as they
don't put any street races in it, for the love of Cthulhu. I've been brewing a good rant for the horrible street races in the first Saints Row, so I'm still bitter about street races in general.