I think that this is a flaw of the game's design. I ended up with about half of the upgrades possible, and I assume that you are meant to have most or all of them by the time the story is done. Also, the storyline makes it seem like you're very short on time, so it is a little immersion breaking to go off on an adventure. Because of this, I did not do very many of the side objectives, even the ones that were a part of the story, because they just didn't seem as interesting as actually continuing the story. There is really no incentive to go anywhere but the main objective, and the theme of the game makes it feel as though the city isn't really somewhere you want to be exploring, but somewhere you should be skulking in the shadows, getting ready for your next move. The story of the game was very good and playing through it was very fun, but I was quite surprised when it came to an end when I only had about 30% completion. However, I did not find the open world elements of the game to be very well done, and a few things about the port could have been done better, namely a few of the menu controls and GFWL. The combat is good and the story is engrossing. However, I did not find the open world elements of I had a great time playing Arkham City. To me it is between this, battlefield 3 (the MP is sooooo solid), The Witcher 2 and Skyrim. I can't find any fault with this game other than the DX11 problem, and that will be fixed, so a solid 10/10 and this game leaves me wondering what will be GOTY. But most all of the voice acting done here is awesome. The sound is awesome, including the voice acting, The Joker is especially, like last game, really good. The graphics are gorgeous beyond belief, even in DX9 it looks good, I can also run at almost max with max PhysX on my GTX460, only thing I have turned down is AA at 16x. I have had no troubles whatsoever, and the troubles I did have came from me not being used to the combat system, not because it was bad. As stated earlier this games combat is awesome, and works even better on mouse and keyboard than its predecessor.
#PIXEL 3 BATMAN ARKHAM CITY PATCH#
Until that patch there are lots of goodies to play meanwhile, like Skyrim and Battlefield 3. So, if your that angered by it, wait before you buy it, or if you already bought it, don't play until the patch is out. The DX11 thing is something that they already are aware of, and they will fix it. Can't do much about GFWL and SecuRom, they don't make the game worse, they are just bad choiced to safeguard against people playing without paying. Still the story keeps me intrigued, the combat is insanely good, and the atmosphere is amazing. However, none of that really matters, a month later? Who fricking cares, yes I had some of it spoiled, but I should have kept away from the batman forums to be sure. Yes the game was a month late, yes DX11 features will slow down your game, when it should, in fact, speed it up, yes there is SecuRom, and yes its on GWFL. Yes the game was a month late, yes DX11 features will slow I can't believe people voting this a 0, but I guess there are haters everywhere. I can't believe people voting this a 0, but I guess there are haters everywhere.