It is during this campaigning that he is arrested and brought into the facility, and, being Batman, proceeds to go to work as only he can from within the heart of the evil.

Bruce Wayne surprises everyone by throwing his money-and personal influence-into the political arena to crusade against Arkham City and have it shut down. The former deluded head of the asylum, Quincy Sharp, has gone on to become Mayor of Gotham, with his first act to close down both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary and create a cordoned off super-prison in Gotham’s slum area known as Arkham City. Gotham’s Time Has Comeīatman: Arkham City takes place one year after the original. Now, two years later, Batman: Arkham City has, in some ways, even more going against it incredibly high expectations, and the dangers inherent in any sequel following up a big success without falling into repetition. The naysayers and doubters-myself among them-were all proven tremendously wrong from start to finish, as the game showed itself to be not just a top quality game, but a loving, accurate rendition of the Dark Knight that just felt right to both hardcore fans, and casual acquaintances of the Batman property. Rocksteady was a largely unproven developer, and there was a long legacy of terrible games based on comic properties, with Batman himself being one of the more visible examples. When Batman: Arkham Asylum first released in the summer of 2009, it had a lot going against it.

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