If you’re hanging from a balcony you can pull the adversary over it or you can simply silently sneak behind them to dispatch them, making sure you leave quickly before the other foes find the unconscious body (Batman characteristically does not set out to kill in the game).
You can grapple between gargoyles, sneak through floor venting, duck round corners and hang from balconies to approach your victims and once close enough, and provided they have not been alerted to your presence, you get the option to silently take them down. Using both the environment and Batman’s enviable gadgets, you have to sneak your way to the enemy and silently take them down without alerting their comrades. Rush in with fists flying against a couple of gun toting henchmen and the chances are you’ll end up becoming a permanent addition to Arkham Asylum.Īgainst armed enemies you’ll need to be stealthy, and these stealth combat sections are arguably the best part of the game. It’s extremely simple and so intuitive that you’ll be unleashing combos and taking down multiple enemies confidently within a minute.Įnemies armed with firearms require different tactics however Batman is after all not super-human and this frailty is realised brilliantly in the game. Rather self explanatory, attack starts Batman attacking his foes (multiple presses unleashes a fury of different attacks), counter is used for when an enemy attacks (highlighted by a symbol above their head), and stun is used against armed (non-firearm) enemies to give Bats an opening to take them down. Your first introduced to Batman’s combat system a simple system involving 3 primary buttons: attack, counter and stun. Arkham has its own hybrid style of play which despite the obvious influences feels perfectly adapted to the world Rocksteady have fashioned for the Dark Knight’s adventures. These elements are fused together remarkably well, and you certainly will not feel as though you are playing a copy of any of the aforementioned games. The game takes the form of a 3D action adventure (think Tomb Raider) and clearly cleverly draws its game play elements from many classic titles such as Metal Gear (stealth), Metroid (exploration/upgrades) and Bionic Commando (grappling hook). Its then up to Bats to track the Joker down and restore control. The Dark Knight is deeply suspicious of the Joker due to the ease with which he captured his old adversary and these suspicions prove well founded as the Joker promptly escapes and takes over the majority of the Arkham Island complex. The game starts off with a short intro depicting Batman escorting a captured Joker to Arkham Asylum. Literally every publication has for the last week or so raved on about how amazing this game is, it’s been compared to modern classics such as Bioshock and as I mentioned above put up numerous times as a game of the year contender yet if I’m honest I don’t entirely agree. If I’m being totally honest I’ve deliberately held out on writing this review.
Game of the Year is continuously being touted and amazingly the Guinness Book of Records (Gamers Edition) has recently announced in a press release that Batman: Arkham Asylum has been given the award for “ Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever" based on its average Metacritic score. It’s topped the charts in my homeland UK and virtually every publication this side of Heat magazine is heaping praise upon this latest attempt to bring the Dark Knight to the gaming masses. However the latest Batman game from Eidos has hit with quite a bang (sorry I guess that should read Kapow!) and it’s certainly causing quite a stir within the gaming community.
BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM PS3 VIDEO MOVIE
Second only to movie tie-in’s, games based on comic book characters are always on my ‘it’s bound to be crap, best avoid’ list. Generally I don’t spend too much time with many licensed video games these days.
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