Well on PS3 it is anyway sat at a whopping 97 and 95 on the 360 which is level with the sublime Portal 2.
I knew this was going to be a solid game, but I never envisaged it to challenge for the highest rated game coming out in 2011.
Click read more for a selection of the reviews at Metacritic
Oct 14, 2011
100
Stands head and shoulders over its previous efforts. Despite facing stiffer competition than its predecessor, Batman: Arkham City is easily the best Batman video game of all time.
Oct 14, 2011
100
It might not rewrite the book on Batman video games, but when you’re building off of such a strong position–and you’re only shipping the second game with such similarities, rather than a third or fourth–it’s hard to bicker too much about what changes the developers did or didn’t make.
Oct 14, 2011
100
Controlling Batman as he completely terrorizes his victims, whether via the invisible predator gameplay or the brutal combat, is an experience rivaled by few others. From its memorable Bourne Identity-esque opening to its shocking ending, Batman: Arkham City secures its place as my favorite superhero game since Freedom Force.
Oct 14, 2011
95
Batman: Arkham City isn’t just better than Batman: Arkham Asylum, it’s better than most games on the market.
Oct 14, 2011
90
So if Arkham Asylum was defined by its limits, Arkham City is a careful, considered exercise in stripping those limits away. Its open city lets players be a different kind of Batman to the stealthy predator of Asylum – this is the Batman of dropped smoke pellets and theatrical getaways, the Batman with an ear to the ground for the strong picking on the weak, and the Batman who floats above the city with a gothic majesty.
Oct 14, 2011
90
It’s a role-playing game in the most literal sense of the phrase, a game in which you’re encouraged to give in to the fantasy, and to see what life is like when it’s composed of rooftop brawls and zip-line getaways. Animations, traversal mechanics, takedowns: they’re all building towards the same thing. In Arkham City, you become Batman.
Oct 14, 2011
85
It doesn’t quite reach the highs of its predecessor, but Arkham City rarely sinks low. When it’s all said and done, you’ll be begging for more, but not because there wasn’t enough. It is just too damn fun to be The Bat.
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strange the impression i am getting is that it is incrementally better than the original but the reviews are much higher. Was the original a slow build? Was it under reviewed? Is the marketing budget greasing more palms than it predecessor? Stay tuned to find out. Same bat time. Same bat channel.
is it just me or is anyone else not interested cause its almost like its sold out. I know Batman cant exactly ‘sell out’ considering how main stream it is, but its like this game has just got too blown up by its own hype because of the first one. I loved that the first one was an unexpected great game, but this feels…. forced.
Sorry if its just me. I think its the hipster, indie, gamer thats grown inside me the last couple of years.
Doesn’t really surprise me. As I said in the Arkham City thread, no doubt Rocksteady will knock it out of the park. They nailed Arkham Asylum and it was high on many people’s GOTY lists. 2011 has been a great year for games but building on the original for a bigger, bolder, better Batman was always going to a strong contender.