However, upon handing the Joker over to the orderlies, Batman grows suspicious as he feels the Joker went down too easily and thus goes with the orderlies to ensure the Joker is locked away – because when you’re Batman, you can do that. The game opens with Batman having just captured the Joker after an attempt on the mayor’s life and personally bringing him to Arkham Asylum, the home of several Batman villains. In fact, to help make it easier, I will mark the story section in bold text. Just a fair warning, I will be spoiling this story rotten, and when it comes to the Arkham series, story is a big part of the experience, so if you haven’t played this game yet and plan to play it in the future, skip past this section. If you prefer the Xbox 360 over the PS3, I hold nothing against you.) Take that Xbox owners! (Please note that this insult was meant as a joke. Plus, as an added bonus, the PS3 version of the game let’s you play as the Joker in certain challenge maps. Also, for this review, I’ll be looking at the “Game of the Year” version on the PS3, which is essentially the same game, but with 3-D support (if you have the right TV, which I don’t). I’ll try my best to keep it from dragging on, but you might be here a while. But is it really worth your time? Let’s find out! A bit of warning though, this might be a long read. As such, this game is targeted not just to fans of the character, but to any gamer. In fact, when production started and a story began being written, the developers actually wrote the story around the gameplay, changing or outright removing aspects so that it would all fit the tone. This is where this game comes in.ĭeveloped by Rocksteady Studios and released in 2009 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, Batman Arkham Asylum was made not just to try and create a successful super hero game, but just a good video game in general. Over the years, Batman has had numerous comics, shows, movies and even video games made about him, however most of the games have had a reputation of being either mediocre to alright. Emotionally scarred by the tragedy, the young Bruce made a pledge to exact vengeance on the criminal element that took his parents, and so when he got older, he trained himself to his physical and mental peak and became Batman, protector of Gotham City. When he was a kid, billionaire Bruce Wayne and his parents went to see a movie, but on their way home they were attacked by a mugger and Bruce’s parents were gunned down in front of him. Now odds are you probably know who Batman is, but on the small chance you don’t, allow me to explain the long and short of him.
So, with all that said, let’s talk about Batman: Arkham Asylum. However, today we shall be discussing a game that managed to slip through the cracks and not only became a good licensed game, but also, in my opinion, one of the best games ever made. Now that’s not to say that all superhero games stink, it’s just that, like most licensed games, they’re put into the hands of people who seem more concerned with selling a product through brand recognition rather than making a good game. The only problem is that most of those games either stink or aren’t exactly up to snuff, with one of the biggest examples of this being Superman 64 (Titus Software, 1999).
To us, they are like modern myths as at their core, super hero stories are about people with extraordinary abilities using their gifts to protect life and inspire hope, and to me, there is no greater aspiration than that.Īs such, with such a popular medium, of course certain super heroes have had video games made about them. I love reading about them, I love watching them, I love collecting unnecessary crap about them, I just love everything about them.
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