Though you're restricted to the area around the steel mill where Harley Quinn is apparently holding the police officers she's kidnapped, you get to enjoy the freedom of Batman's glide and the satisfaction of diving into enemies from high above. Soon, the game flashes back to two days prior and puts you in control of Batman, revealing the circumstances that led up to his disappearance. But there's little freedom here you use your shield when you need to and you fight enemies when you need to, as you're ushered down the narrow hallways and through the larger but still confined rooms of the shipyard. Arkham City's combat hasn't gotten any less hard-hitting and rewarding in the months since the game was released, and Robin's animations have him making graceful and brutal use of his metallic bo staff to hit and knock out enemies.
Harley is taking this opportunity to test out her interior decorating skills.īut for the most part, playing as Robin feels just like playing as Batman. On the other hand, he can't pull off all of the techniques that Batman can he lacks the ability to do an inverted takedown, for instance. Robin has a few unique gadgets, like the snap flash, which you can plant on unsuspecting baddies and then detonate to stun them and other nearby enemies, and a bullet shield that lets you withstand assaults from turrets for a limited time.
It serves no purpose here other than to plant a seed in your brain about what condition Batman might be in when a sequel rolls around within the context of this DLC, it just resonates with untapped potential.Īs Robin, you make your way through Harley's base searching for Batman, who disappeared a few days earlier while trying to rescue some police officers Harley had kidnapped. The concept of Batman coming a bit unhinged and struggling with his emotions is exciting, but Harley Quinn's Revenge never develops it. Chatter between Robin and Oracle establishes that in the two weeks that have passed since the events of Arkham City, Bruce Wayne has seemed depressed and unwilling to talk about the lives that were lost. You begin as Robin, who has ventured into a shipyard that has been taken over by Harley Quinn and her thugs. Like the original game, Harley Quinn's Revenge jumps between characters, but it adds a new narrative twist by jumping back and forth in time.
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