Chaotyx Comic #3: Arkham A-Saw-lem City

I Swear I Saw This Scenario Before

 

So it's only a few weeks now until we get Arkham City in our grubby little hands. The game looks just flat out magnificent, but one thing had me lifting an eyebrow. While there will still be the trophy hunting we had in Arkham Asylum, there is also now elaborate deadly traps set up by The Riddler that The Dark Knight must traverse to save whatever poor individual is caught up in the meat grinder.

These areas are not a necessary part of the game, much like The Riddler's involvement in Arkham Asylum these rooms are there for people wanting a little sidequest action to flex their grey matter. There is one thing that crossed my mind when I saw the screenshot of Batman rescuing a civilian from one of The Riddler's death rooms, and that's that it looks like something out of the Saw Series... only greener.

Not that I find that to be a bad thing, I actually thought the Saw games were pretty cool (except I only played the demos and got fed up having to restart every time I slipped up and got eviscerated). I think this will be a really neat addition to Arkham City and will add an even darker side to the series, after all this is a little more gritty than Joker's laughing gas.