Frank here to introduce yet another in our ever-growing family of writers. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing Joshua M. As you'll see here shortly, he's a bit of a Batman fan. For his first post, he decided to check out the newest DLC for Arkham City. Beware spoilers lurk beyond What did he think? Well... I'll turn you over to Josh for that.
Typically I'm not a big fan of DLC. But as you'll, come to
realize as I begin to post more things on here, I'm a huge fan of
Batman. So it's only normal for me to give in and get all the goodies
for Arkham City, and so far I think Rocksteady has delivered the goods
fairly well. The Robin and Nightwing packs were pretty awesome and did a
good job of showing how different the fighting styles between The
Batman Family are. So when I heard about Harley Quinn's Revenge and how
it's going to add more story to the campaign, I couldn't help but be
intrigued. And all in all, it delivers what it promised.
**Spoiler Alert**
Harley Quinn's Revenge takes place shortly after
the end of the main campaign. Assuming you've played and beat it by now
(and if you haven't I highly recommend it) you know that Joker died and
Harley didn't take it too well. Blaming Batman for her puddin's death,
she comes up with a scheme to trap and kill Batman. It's not a particularly good idea, and
after two days of a missing Bats, Oracle calls in Robin to investigate.
This is where the game begins. I must say it's a breath of fresh air to play as
someone other than Batman or Catwoman in a campaign mode. Robin's
stealth attacks and general fighting style are a ton of fun to watch,
just watch out for his ground finisher. It takes entirely too long to
do, and if you do it with more than one enemy still standing, chances
are you'll end up taking a punch (Side note: Robin's bo staff is on par
in awesomeness with Goku's power pole.)
It
switches back to Batman eventually in a
flashback to the night he went missing. Overall I thought it was a very
satisfying little addition to the story. My only complaints are that it
was a little buggy, but they've fixed that by now to my knowledge. Also, to the occasional gamer, it may take a few hours to complete, but
for someone like me who still plays Arkham City on an almost daily basis, I breezed through it in less than an hour. Plus it made me want a
sequel even more than before. But that's more of a personal problem.
Despite
the bugs, and short play time. Harley Quinn's Revenge is a very fun
addition to Arkham City's main story. And I hope they add to it again
soon (Nightwing anyone?) To the hardcore Batman fans like myself who
don't own the GOTY edition. It's worth the $9.99 price tag. To the
average gamer, if you don't own the GOTY edition, I really wish I could
say it's worth it, but it isn't. It's not
nearly long enough for an average gamer to justify paying ten dollars
for it, although i'm sure the price will go down soon, so wait until
then. From a gamer's perspective I give it a 7.5 out of 10. From a fans
perspective (speaking strictly of the story) I give it an 8.5/10.
Here's hoping for a sequel in the near future.
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