A legendary game. While "City" refined it a bit, there's a lot of charm and interesting choices in the first game which make it just a fantastic bit of fun.

The biggest downside with this game (all the Arkham games and their derivatives really, but some are better and some are worse) is what I call "derp mode" where you go from being given the controls of a legendary fighter to having a button labeled "get punched in the face". It happens and it's frustrating when it happens because frequently the game thinks its your responsibility to learn its idiosyncrasies (like exactly how many degrees the range is for picking targets or exactly how long a distance animations will take you). But eventually you do learn to avoid Batman's derp disability for the most part and everything is good.

A legendary game. While "City" refined it a bit, there's a lot of charm and interesting choices in the first game which make it just a fantastic bit of fun. The biggest downside with this game (all the Arkham games and their derivatives really, but some are better and some are worse) is what I call "derp mode" where you go from being given the controls of a legendary fighter to having a button labeled "get punched in the face". It happens and it's frustrating when it happens because frequently the game thinks its your responsibility to learn its idiosyncrasies (like exactly how many degrees the range is for picking targets or exactly how long a distance animations will take you). But eventually you do learn to avoid Batman's derp disability for the most part and everything is good.