When comparing Grand Theft Auto IV vs Batman: Arkham City, the Slant community recommends Batman: Arkham City for most people. In the question“What are the best story rich games on PC?” Batman: Arkham City is ranked 47th while Grand Theft Auto IV is ranked 60th. The most important reason people chose Batman: Arkham City is:
Due to detail-oriented environments, varied characters and great voice acting, the game can draw you in completely.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports arbitrary framerates
Framerates can even exceed 120 frames per second.
Pro Up to 4 player online co-op
There are multiplayer games built into GTA IV (not the story mode) that have up to 4 online co-op players such as Hangman's Noose or Bomb Da Base.
Pro Detailed story and world
Grand Theft Auto IV has an extremely detailed world as well as a intriguing and well written story.
Pro Cabs
For those that do not want to deal with the inconvenience or danger of driving across town there are now cabs that will take the player to certain waypoints on the map.
Pro Social commentary through exaggeration
GTA very smartly critiques many aspects of the modern world through exaggerated situations and plots.
Pro Immersive world
Due to detail-oriented environments, varied characters and great voice acting, the game can draw you in completely.
Pro Excellent free-flow combat system
This game's predecessor pioneered a new kind of free-flow combat system that's intuitive, highly responsive and supplemented with power-ups, combos and ability to use gadgets to add variety and depth.
Pro It's enjoyable just to traverse the city
The movement system feels fluid, free and exhilarating.
Pro Challenge maps and lots of side missions can be used to break up the gameplay
There are quite a lot of side missions players can play to break up the story segments of the game. Even better is that they are still accessible when the main story is completed.
Cons
Con Very poor performance
Con Frequent crashes
Playing the game can lead to crashes at any time, which can ruin the amount of content played if it was not saved as well as just cause a lot of headaches due to fear of being booted at any time.
Con Batman's movements feel stiff
Just as in the first game, Batman's movements when walking around feel very stiff and a bit jerky.