![]() ![]() Players move Batman with a virtual left thumbstick, and perform all other actions with a set of uncustomizable right-hand buttons. All of these movement and control frustrations are exacerbated by Gameloft’s stubborn insistence on using cumbersome and unimaginative virtual buttons. It pinballs off the city’s cardboard buildings, breaking any semblance of realism. The vehicle segments feel equally unnatural. ![]() But around half the time Batman would latch onto a ledge I didn’t intend, sending him soaring in the wrong direction. There are moments of fluid fun gliding from building to building, using the dark knight’s grapnel gun to gain height. A small ledge can turn into your biggest foe, as you awkwardly get stuck on even the smallest piece of level geometry. The rest of Batman’s controls feel stiff and unnatural. A counter button has potential to mix up combat, but all counter-attacks are also performed automatically. Just mash attack and watch Batman pummel his foes with a variety of canned animations. Hand-to-hand combat is handled with a single attack button. Unfortunately TDKR’s gameplay can’t match this level of ambition. I was blown away doing the same thing high above the skyline in the jet-like Bat. I was impressed cruising through Gotham at high speeds on the Batpod. On a technical level what Gameloft is accomplishing is a generation ahead of nearly the entire industry. It’s incredible that Gameloft’s vision for an open-world Gotham can even exist on mobile devices. Did we like it?The Dark Knight Rises is a perfect example of both the best and the worst that mobile gaming has to offer. Players will dispatch hundreds of thugs, sometimes 50+ in a single mission, all with a simplistic one-button combat system. But at its heart the title is an action brawler. Some missions require silently taking out patrolling guards from behind. Taking inspiration from Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum & Arkham City, The Dark Knight Rises does contain a modest amount of Batman’s trademark stealth and detective work. ![]()
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