Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC Review

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First off, I would like to applaud Rocksteady Studious LTD for making such a gripping/compelling/overall bad ass game known Arkham City.  Those of you in the know, have heard my rantings on the overall greatness of this game The depth that the characters and story line go into, and just how fun it is to glide around Arkham City on a snowy white night has been something I have been enjoying since it's release.  The ending of this game, figuratively left me speechless in how daring the story line ended, and left me wanting anything that Rocksteady was willing to send my way with and Arkham City sticker.  Up to this date, the only DLC that I have not purchased associated with this game remains a challenge maps pack, and a skins pack.  I plan to purchase these in the future.  If you have played not Arkham Asylum, as a gamer, you owe it to yourself to play it BEFORE Arkham City.  I do not care if you are someone is the type of gamer who does not care about continuity, YOU MUST PLAY Arkham Asylum FIRST.  Rocksteady has even been so kind as to provide Game of the Year editions of their highly praised games at a reasonable price.  Besides, you as a gamer should be more than happy to support an independent company who puts out media gold, such as Rocksteady.

This brings me to the new Rocksteady downloadable content that I was all to eager to download on to my Playstation 3.  Even though I have been waiting all day for a short 2 hours of new Batman content, I enjoyed all it had to offer.  Only $10 and also available on XBL/PSN/PC, I would suggest that everyone who has played Arkham City to get on this DLC ASAP.


**Warning Spoilers (kind of...sort of...yea)**
Harley Quinn's Revenge picks up two weeks after the comic world shattering events at the end of Arkham City.  Batman has gone missing, and it is up to none other than Tim Drake himself to figure out what the hell is going on.  For the first time in the main story line, players are able to take control of "The Boy Wonder" as he retraces Batman's recent adventures.

Having dealt with The J man himself, Baine, Azreal, Deadshot, Hush, Penguin, Solomon Grundy, Dr. Freeze, Ras Al Ghul, Dr. Strange, and The Riddler,  Mr. Wayne finds out the emotionally unstable Harley Quinn has kidnapped some of Gotham's finest and held them hostage in the Arkham's Steel Mill.  Batman, feeling the guilt of the events of what has happened two weeks ago, feels compelled to stop Harley Quinn despite the advice of others.  Oracle and Robin have a dialogue on how The Bat has not been himself since "the event." **Side note**  "How do you tell when Batman is acting irrational??

Obviously Batman save the day, and leaves us with his trademark brooding and darkness to keeps the audience wondering.

**Review**
Harley Quinn's Revenge is, short.  Do not get me wrong though.  I love the direction that they are taking the story due to the how cryptic the ending of Arkham City was.  I also could not pass up another opportunity to play as "The Caped Crusader", let alone a chance to play Tim Drake himself.

Visually, not much has changed.  The art direction that is taken in Harley Quinn's Revenge feels like a natural revolution to how the character have evolved as well.  Harley herself looks angry and full of hate while still recovering from what happened in Arkham City.  Batman is also brought up to bat standard as the effects of Arkham City have been traded for a fresh clean suit filled with the same gadgets he has accumulated in Arkham City.  Robin however, take a more person in the background atmosphere, to say that he is not the most import person in this story, and has accepted that he is simply out to find The Bat.

Control wise not much has changed. It is the same Bat controls on the same Bat game that I have come to know and love (even if there might be a learning curve).  Rocksteady seems to have in mind that the people interested in this DLC are expecting it to be held up to a certain standard.

**Final Verdict**
I am not going to lie.  I am going to be bias because I loved Arkham City so much, I naturally think that this DLC is a must have.  If you are skeptic, you should buy it anyways and make a judgement based on the experience that you have while playing it.  If you are new to the series, go out and buy the Game of the year edition.  It will have all the Arkham City DLC along with one off the best games of 2011 this side of Skyrim.

-TE

Hello and such...

So, I feel compelled to write a little bit about myself, this being my first post.  This is mostly a courtesy to you (the reader), if you have yet to heard of me (I'm kind of a big deal).  For those that I have not met, I'm pretty much everything that people want to be (or at least I am everything that I want to be).  I am a recent college graduate (with a bachelor of arts), I hail from the Northeast (or that cold place in America for those of you who are unfamiliar with geography), and I have loads of time to dedicate to various devices.

I take it upon myself as a serious human being to start this blog due to the complete lack of "me" in it.  Without me, the "blogoshpere" seems empty, and rather boring   I think it is time that the internet begin to feel whole again, as I take this daring (but oh so necessary) step into making other aware of their need for me.

Now for those of you reading this that are finding my writing to be a little elitist or "cocky", I say to you that I have every credential to back up my claims.  However, I find that telling you were these credentials are from, would only further damage the establishments that they are from.  Rest assure that whatever issues that you may have with me personally, I have accepted your faults and take you for the person you are.  My opinion of you will never change, but I suspect that your evaluations of me will change.

What you can expect from this blog is insight, entertainment, and just overall awesomeness.  And while it might seem that I have forgotten to post in a while, rest assure that I have not forgotten you oh dear readers.  I am simply finding the right way to describe to you the musings that I have.  Ever searching for the best way to make you understand what comes oh so simply to me.

I hope that you will enjoy what I have to say.  Many people in the real world find my personality and comments  quite enjoyable to be around, and it is my hope that  I will share this experience with you in words.  It will not be the same.  Because.  You know.  You will be reading this and not sharing in the enlightening conversations that I have with others in reality.

Best,
-TE