Batman: Arkham Shadow releases later this month and it seems fairly clear what players can expect from the Dark Knight’s latest prequel caper as they pursue the Rat King and potentially experience other super-criminals in the making.

Picking up a few years after the events of Arkham Origins, Batman has come into his own as the protector of Gotham but as a new Cult of the Rat King threatens to send the city into chaos with their ‘Day of Wrath’ the Dark Knight is on a race against the clock to thwart their scheme or risk losing his city.

Arkham Shadow’s long playtime did I feel like I had a billion dollars, and without that the simulation will never be complete. That said, it did do a remarkably good job of making me feel like I was playing an actual Arkham game by including all of the signature elements of Rocksteady’s legendary series: literally punchy combat,