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Although no one has pointed out, despite being a great game, Batman: Arkham City lacks a touch of eccentric originality that could make it a masterpiece forever. Mind you, the effort is unmatched by Rocksteady: technically flawless and very rich in terms of play, this production feels only the gap in one author's note that rises above the rest. While achieving excellence in terms of video game craft, art does not reach the status. Not bad, it's still a game, and the important thing is to continue to enjoy and entertain. And if you are among those that have appreciated beyond measure this interactive version of the business man bat, you'll probably be eager to return as soon as possible in Arkham City in the guise of a new character. The latest DLC dedicated to the shoulder of Batman does just that, leads you to assume the role of Robin - woven into three different polygonal shapes - and extends (so to speak) the experience with two new maps of Riddler challenges.

Let's start with the end: Catwoman is the best DLC so far produced, it is perfectly integrated with the main story and offers a radically different character from the protagonist. Especially, if you bought a new copy of the game is free. With Nightwing , Rocksteady has been able to cool tempers, blatantly missing the opportunity to offer substantive reasons to return to Arkham City after passing the beat. Robin is also bundled with this worse. In fact, the DLC could be sold as additional skins for the main character, since in terms of gadgets and "performance" of the two masked vigilantes are more or less consistent, where there was batrang, here are the shuriken , and the main difference is the fact that the stick he uses Robin to lead the criminals can open like a fan, offering temporary shelter from frontal assaults with firearms (at one point, in fact, closes and you have to reload ). Even at the level of animations of attack and counterattack the new character seems rather vague and do not ever run the risk of being open-mouthed admiring a finishing move. In all three proposals skin, the best is Tim Drake (Robin today, according to the continuity) who wears the pants instead of shorts and when divided by the bright colors is damped by black cape with a hood. Completely out of context rather than publishing cartoons and anonymous the uniform of the Red Robin. At least three models are already unlocked in the gallery.

As for the Riddler maps, one should be the hideout of Black Mask, but completely lacking in inspiration, while the second proposes an "Escape from the train" that slides sideways like a fighter of the 80s - an insert but fun short-lived. What I regret most is that it lacks a real integration with the main story, and it's a real shame because, although marginally, however, Robin makes his appearances in Arkham City, just to feel grumble man bat. In wanting to tell the whole, the fundamental problem is this: since there is no integration with the events of Batman, Robin stops the figure to have interest. The character works because it shines with reflected light. So instead, just hard to get noticed. Here in the land of polygons, it is better if Bruce Wayne remains to be paired with Selina Kyle, joined with pupils rather than masked. In light of these considerations, the purchase is recommended only for "completists" who have elected to Arkham City game of the year. For investigators speech may be postponed to a promotional offer (2.99 euros would be the right price at launch) and, for those who still had no way to get your hands on this major blockbuster, the advice is to wait Game of the Year edition has everything. Given the caliber of the original game, these are rather disappointing DLC. Who knows, by dint of repeating the message does not arrive