Do you like to dress up like a bat and beat on people during the night? Do you have 100,000 gadgets installed into a mask? Then you will LOVE Batman: Arkham Asylum.
The game allows you to play as Batman, guardian of the violent Gotham City streets. After rescuing the city from the Joker, who surrendered to Batman after taking the mayor hostage, You (Batman) take him to Arkham to pay for his crimes. After being strapped down by the guards Joker takes the opportunity to escape and take over the Asylum. Surrounded by blood thirsty, psycho criminals that you probably put in there in the first place, you must beat in their skulls in to get to the Joker. Along the way you meet some of your old enemies such as Bane and Killer Croc.
Pros:
Graphics: Man this game looks amazing! Everything is detailed, down to Batman's 5 o'clock shadow resting over his manly chin. You can really tell that they made sure this game is not some crappy superhero game.
Plot: Finally, a superhero game thats not based on some film. The storyline feels like it could happen in the Batman universe, and not forced in vio has lently like other hero-based games.
Replay Value: After you are done with the game you can take the Challenges offered to you at the main menu. Here you can beat up more bad guys and aim for highscore against other fellow vigilantes of the night.
Cons:
Gameplay: Its basically run around and punch groups of people until they are knocked out, for the most part. Then its tied in with doing puzzles and finding alternate routes for everything that happens. Enemy AI is a bit stupid, they either stand around like zombies as you roundhouse kick them, or get confused when you use your grapling hook to escape them.
Dude, where's my exit: Everytime you need to progress more into the game, you are usually met with a blocked door of some sort. Considering Batman has about 100,000 gadgets in his belt, I want to assume he at least has one that can cut through a vine. This leaves me frantically searching for an exit (usually the ventilation system or some hidden cave).
I labeled this write-up "iBatman" because he has so many gadgets and plugins you would think he's a walking iPod. At one point he has his Batplane fly through a greenhouse, destroying it almost instantly, to deliver a zipline gun.
Anyways my overall rating is 8/10, but if you a die hard Batman fan you would really enjoy this game. Its on sale in the Steam store and the sequel is coming soon.
The game allows you to play as Batman, guardian of the violent Gotham City streets. After rescuing the city from the Joker, who surrendered to Batman after taking the mayor hostage, You (Batman) take him to Arkham to pay for his crimes. After being strapped down by the guards Joker takes the opportunity to escape and take over the Asylum. Surrounded by blood thirsty, psycho criminals that you probably put in there in the first place, you must beat in their skulls in to get to the Joker. Along the way you meet some of your old enemies such as Bane and Killer Croc.
Pros:
Graphics: Man this game looks amazing! Everything is detailed, down to Batman's 5 o'clock shadow resting over his manly chin. You can really tell that they made sure this game is not some crappy superhero game.
Plot: Finally, a superhero game thats not based on some film. The storyline feels like it could happen in the Batman universe, and not forced in vio has lently like other hero-based games.
Replay Value: After you are done with the game you can take the Challenges offered to you at the main menu. Here you can beat up more bad guys and aim for highscore against other fellow vigilantes of the night.
Cons:
Gameplay: Its basically run around and punch groups of people until they are knocked out, for the most part. Then its tied in with doing puzzles and finding alternate routes for everything that happens. Enemy AI is a bit stupid, they either stand around like zombies as you roundhouse kick them, or get confused when you use your grapling hook to escape them.
Dude, where's my exit: Everytime you need to progress more into the game, you are usually met with a blocked door of some sort. Considering Batman has about 100,000 gadgets in his belt, I want to assume he at least has one that can cut through a vine. This leaves me frantically searching for an exit (usually the ventilation system or some hidden cave).
I labeled this write-up "iBatman" because he has so many gadgets and plugins you would think he's a walking iPod. At one point he has his Batplane fly through a greenhouse, destroying it almost instantly, to deliver a zipline gun.
Anyways my overall rating is 8/10, but if you a die hard Batman fan you would really enjoy this game. Its on sale in the Steam store and the sequel is coming soon.
