When comparing Batman: Arkham City vs Watch Dogs, the Slant community recommends Batman: Arkham City for most people. In the question“What are the best open world games on Steam?” Batman: Arkham City is ranked 17th while Watch Dogs is ranked 20th. 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.
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Pros
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.
Pro Interactive, hackable city
Throughout the game players can use their in game phone to hack items in the city such as red lights or draw bridges.
Pro Fun multiplayer
The multiplayer is a bit like Dark Souls where other players can invade the players world with a twist of them hiding in plain sight while trying to hack the player.
Pro Limited co-op play
There is co-op offered in Watch Dogs but it is limited to specific points in the game where players can work cooperatively or competitively to complete a task.
Cons
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.
Con Character is boring and gloomy
The character played in the game has a boring and uninteresting story as well is normally gloomy and downtrodden making it somewhat of a chore playing as such an uninteresting character.