With the final chapter in the
trilogy of Christian Bale’s Batman – Dark Knight Rises – having launched
worldwide yesterday, the iOS title also made its way over to the App
Store to supplement its box office release. Now, casually late as usual,
the Android iteration is available to download over at the Google Play
Store at the cost of $6.99.
Although
I haven’t had a chance to try out the Android version, the iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch copy is enthralling, and if you like your cinematic
titles, this one is certainly for you. Made by Gameloft in collaboration
with DC Comics and Warner Bros., you can see the influences of each
throughout the title, and as a fan of the first two movies (and Batman
in general), I’m pleased the title does the character – and the series –
a great deal of justice.
As
far as mobile games go, it’s certainly one of the most expensive, but
this offers a little more than the usual run-of-the-mill, physics-based
puzzler. Visually, it’s a masterpiece, and although it’s no Infinity
Blade, it has to go up there as one of the most aesthetically-pleasing
mobile titles to date.
The
game is immersive, fun, addictive – everything a Batman fan could want
and more. From scaling buildings around Gotham, knocking foes down left
and right, or cruising along on the Batpod in the vigilante missions,
it’s difficult to get bored.
To
cap things off, the controls are also really easy to handle. With many
action titles – especially for mobile – the position and seamlessness of
the controls can literally be a deal make-or-breaker, but it does seem
as though – from my experience and the comments over at the Play Store –
that Gameloft is on the money.
The
only real downside is the game’s size. Weighing in at nearly 2GB (plus
an additional 1.8GB when you’ve downloaded), it will command quite a bit
of your spare space, as well as taking a while to download. This is
just a minor drawback, though, and should not come between you and your
purchase of The Dark Knight Rises.
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Download The Dark Knight Rises for Android [Google Play link]
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