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Batman: Arkham Asylum Review

Game Review | August 22, 2009 3:15 pm



I remember being a child, and waking up every weekend, turning my TV to FOX, and watching the Batman Cartoon. The Dark Knight was always a favorite as he was the only Superhero, who used both his mind and real physical attributes to foil every criminals plan. Now you get the chance to do so by taking control of Batman, himself in Batman: Arkham Asylum!

The game begins with a very nice Intro Video, where Batman is transporting Joker to Arkham Asylum. Apparently There was a fire and many of Jokers Henchmen were captured and transferred to Arkham Asylum, as well as the Joker himself. You take control of batman, and are following A restrained Joker and guards. The voice overs are amazing from the get-go and Joker pulls you in with his humor and ferocious comments. Once you get to the lower level, all hell breaks loose!

The game plays VERY smoothly and has easy controls to go along with it. Although it seems a lot at first, everything is very simple to use and get used too. The Fighting Mechanics are also easy and can be threatening to Jokers Henchmen as it seems Batman, can just about get out of any perdicament while going hand to hand. If the baddies have guns, you better hide as you will be dead batmeat, fast! The only bad thing, is sometimes, you find yourself beating on buttons, and you can find yourself attacking the wrong way, so slow it down!

Graphically, this game pushes the Xbox 360 to the max, as the game is VERY polished and is very clean. I have yet to really see any kind of jagged edges, or areas that didn't look like they matched. Batman is very detailed as well as the gadgets he has available. When characters are speaking, there is no stuttering of the graphics or anything, the voices are perfectly matched with the character models. Even while in a combat situation, everything flows smoothly with both Batman and whatever opponent he maybe taking on.

The Sounds of Batman: Arkham Asylum, are damn near perfect with the cartoon show. The sounds of the batarang, the whooshing of the Cape, and the solid thud of punches are all very realistic. The Voice overs are the best thing to the game, as it features the original Voices from the FOX cartoon! This is a great thing, as now the characters won't seem fake or not up to their character, because it is the ORIGINALS! The music score is strong and brings you straight into the action, and really gets your mindset into the game and surroundings perfectly!

There are also many features to Batman:AA, as opposed to just playing Story mode. There is a challenge mode that allows you to do different tasks as Batman, which upon completion, will unlock more things for you to do! not to mention, you can change outfits and all once unlocked in Story mode! In Story mode, you can also collect what are known as Riddler Trophies which give you more clues and character bios. Now their maybe other things to do but I have yet to get that far into the game.

Achievement wise, the game is pretty steady and allows you to flow through them with ease. Some are challenging as they are collectible based achieves, but nothing to crazy.

All in all this game is a definate BUY and no one need to worry about this game being bad at all, as this game is damn near perfect. Sure every game has it's flaws, but this one has very, very little to complain about. I recommend you get off your butt come the 25th and go purchase this game as it is worth it. Here are the ratings I give!

Gameplay: 9.5
Graphics: 9.5
Sound: 10.0
Controls: 9.0
Replay Value: 9.5
Overall: 9.5

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to read, have a fun waffling!

Gabriel
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Thanks for telling me something I already knew. :D
No, but really good review can't wait to play this!
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Thanks can't wait to pick this up on the 5th.
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yeah one of the things I began experiencing that irked me a bit, was getting stuck on the walls! it sucks! lol.

One of the best boss fights of the game so far was against Scarecrow. Not tough at all, but damn the environment got scarier than shit. Had me trippin big time!

Bane is also a pain to fight on Hard.

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Good write up.
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I wanna see a non Batman fan write up a artical on this game because I thought the demo was crap.

I may get this game when its on sale but def not for 60 dollars.
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I pre-ordered the special edition. Its gonna be awesome. I gonna throw my batarang at my bosses face. Take that local grocery store manager.
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Are you a tester? This game isn't out yet.
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i liked the demo but i wasn't impressed..but i will prolly rent from gamefly
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For those of you that say the game was crap on the demo, you must not know what a good game is. This game has tons of different elements, and they all sync together very well. It isn't the easiest game, but it ain't the hardest.

Me Being a Batman fan or not, has not affected my judgment on this game at all. If it sucked badly, i would have said to avoid it at all costs. But that isn't the case here. Batman:AA is an awesome game and is very polished and refined considering all the features it has.

The only thing that bugs me, more and more is the controls. Sometimes everything goes your way and sometimes your sitting there pissing and moaning because you couldn't counter an attack and take damage (Especially in the Challenge Mode area) And Even though I am 44% through the game now, I STILL manage to get stuck on the walls or accidently jump off a catwalk, or find myself, having to press RB to escape from falling to my death.

All in all, everything is really well done. If you say the game is crap, then I would suggest you sell your Xbox, and go pick up a Wii or something, as something is very wrong with you. In fact, I would just stop posting on Forums altogether in your case...
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Nope, just have good friends, with certain hookups that I can take advantage of :D
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I've played a lot of crappy demos, Batman is not one of them. I'm not a bat fan, (you can tell by the old Capt. over there), but this was a pretty damn good demo and it probably used just a fraction of bat gagets in it.
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like I said, I am only 44% through and have acquired about 10 different gadgets, which you can upgrade too! The Demo, was a bit of a compilation between areas, just so you can get a feel for things. The game is damn big, and you have a lot of area to cover.

The Riddler, also has you finding his trophies and also solving riddles in certain area. You also have to find secret maps, and interview tapes. The game shows 240 Collectibles to find and I think 42 Bios to unlock. If you also dont find all the clues in the game, you wont be able to unlock all challenges either, so at that point you cant get the 100% completion achieve...

So you can see, there is a ton of things to do! I also recommend everyone starts on HARD difficulty, so that way you can wipe up all the difficulty achieves (yes they stack and are worth 50 points a pop)
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The game is really great. One of the best I have played so far this year. The only achievement for Hard is complete story mode on Hard. Its worth 50. All other achievements can be unlocked on any mode.

Im not a huge fan of batman but everyone should play this game.
I know I will be playing this one again once I finish it.



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