In Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Dark Knight takes on his greatest challenge yet when he becomes trapped with all of his most dangerous villains inside the insane asylum of GOTHAM CITY - ARKHAM ASYLUM! Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the depths of Arkham Asylum, Gotham's psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. Gamers will move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst their enemies and confront The Joker and Gotham City's most notorious villains who have taken over the asylum. Using a wide range of Batman's gadgets and abilities, players will become the invisible predator and attempt to foil The Joker's demented scheme. Batman: Arkham Asylum features an original story penned exclusively for the game by famous Batman author and five-time Emmy award winner, Paul Dini, whose credits include Lost season one and Batman: The Animated Series. With amazing graphics and a moody, immersive setting, Batman: Arkham Asylum offers diverse gameplay options that push the envelope for all action, adventure and superhero games.
This game offers the best experience of being batman; while there are games like prototype that offer more things to do, you cannot beat Batman for the whole environment it creates. In game mechanics it is mainly a game of combat, stealth elements, and exploring/platforming but none of which are too challenging on their own. And quite honestly the boss battles are a let down but what the games lacks in challenge it makes up for in sanctification. For the non-fans 8/10. For fans 10/10.
A good looking game, that doesn't dissappoint on the graphics. The story-line was fairly well written, and was entertaining. However, the level design, and over-all layout I found to be a bit lacking. Got boring after a while.
Fantastic game! interesting story with mystery and lots of action, lots of stuff to do trying to solve all the riddler challenges and stuff, online was ok nothing to brag about though but an overall great game, can't wait to try Arkham City!
This takes the dark side of the Batman comics (as well as Christopher Nolan's interpretation) and mixes it with a simpler Splinter Cell type game. Really gives you the feel of being Batman. Many cool gadgets which are not difficult to use and the fighting is almost worthy of Neo's fight scene in the Matrix 2. If you're a fan of Batman... YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! And if you're not a fan... You will be.
My personnal game of the year in 2009... Simply Perfect! The action feels like Assassin's Creed... Great riddles! Great Vilains! Great graphics! Great "batagadgets".. Batman's a badass in this one!
This is a excellent game. It's by far the best comic-book hero videogame of all time, and is one of the better games of 2009. The fighting system is super-simple yet deep, the gadgets and the detective investigations are cool , and the voice acting is top-notch. Joker especially shines here (Mark Hamill). There is also tons of variety, this game never gets boring and ends after about 9hrs of play. There are a bunch of challenges to do after you complete this short but excellent game. 9/10
This game does a great job of making you feel like you're Batman. The combat is simple enough to be accessible, but deep enough to be engaging. The stealth elements work well and are satisfying, and the platforming works due to the tight controls. It all adds up to one of the best action/adventure games I have ever played. It's all here. A+
I really enjoyed this title, and I'm not a huge batman fan. The combat is really simple but it has depth to it, every move you complete is different. I played on the hardest difficulty and it took me about a week to play through it. You'll love the game all the way to the end, perfect rental. Great story. A+
i u ever liked batman, and lets say some metal gear solid, with a fun and easy combat system then u must play this, the acting set the mood so well u feel like your watching an episode of a cartoon or movie, i was really impressed, i looks nice but since u have to use detective mood alot u miss all the really nice graphics.
9/10
In my opinion, this is the best batman game. It's a little short, but so much re-playability. No lag at all at any time. It plays kinda like LoZ:OoT. 9/10
one very very very fun game. youll be hooked from start till end just waiting to figure out how you will dispatch your next group of enemies. only bad thing is the fun doesent last forever but there is an array of challanges to beat
I bought the game after Walmart offered the game for only 40.00 for a limited time.
This Batman game is the best and I love the storyline, characters, environments, and graphics. I have played for about three hours and have only completed 9 percent of the game. GameInformer magazine gave the game 9.5 out of 10, I would say that they were correct in their review. They call it this year's Bioshock. Hopefully they can make more games like this one, it was worth the purchase.
