Batman: Arkham Asylum Review

00:00:27.590the first few times I saw Batman Arkham

00:00:30.029Asylum I didn't know what to make of it

00:00:31.470games based on comic characters

00:00:32.820generally suck so I was careful not to

00:00:34.410get too excited about anything I saw the

00:00:36.330fighting much fierce and hanging dudes

00:00:37.739from gargoyles is definitely cool but

00:00:39.629the Dark Knight's extremely large

00:00:40.800forearms and stiff walk led me to a

00:00:42.420wait-and-see attitude now that I've

00:00:44.100beaten Arkham Asylum and I'm standing

00:00:45.449here telling you about it

00:00:46.739it's hard to put into words how

00:00:47.640completely off my first impressions were

00:00:49.080Batman Arkham Asylum is not only an

00:00:50.970incredible game it's the best comic book

00:00:52.650game of all time if you missed the idols

00:00:55.140of coverage we've had an eye Jane about

00:00:56.370this title the story is a brand new tale

00:00:58.110that's meant to be the longest night of

00:00:59.460Batman's life so you start by actually

00:01:01.260returning the jumper to the nuthouse but

00:01:02.729he soon flips the script and takes the

00:01:04.080place over thanks to Harley Quinn and a

00:01:05.489couple hundred of his goons soon

00:01:06.990Commissioner Gordon's kidnapped the bad

00:01:08.460guys have the warden and the Caped

00:01:09.750Crusader's got to play The Joker's game

00:01:11.100if he wants to save Gotham from another

00:01:12.600kill everyone in town scenario since

00:01:15.180Howard Ennis I'll give you this one for

00:01:18.420free not me I dare you end this pull the

00:01:23.070blood stop me once and for all when it

00:01:25.830comes to presentation Batman Arkham

00:01:27.270Asylum is a love letter to anyone who

00:01:28.979knows anything about Batman Arkham is a

00:01:31.050cavernous dark place with massive

00:01:32.700gargoyles for Batman to attack from it's

00:01:34.950filled with guards The Joker's men took

00:01:36.390out filthy hallways I mean it's visually

00:01:38.250clear this building has been through

00:01:39.450hell and it looks great there's some

00:01:40.920screen tearing here a texture pop in

00:01:42.570there and the in-game cutscenes feature

00:01:44.100bug eyes and poor lip-syncing oh I

00:01:46.290thought we were both gonna die in there

00:01:48.210but it's offset by cool character design

00:01:50.160and poison ivy Skippy undies

00:01:51.810there's a dark adult story featuring

00:01:53.550murders liberal use of the word [ __ ]

00:01:55.320hostage situations and plenty of

00:01:57.060fighting on top of that the main voices

00:01:58.740from Batman the Animated Series Kevin

00:02:00.570Conroy Batman Mark Hamill's Joker etc

00:02:02.730are here to reprise their roles there's

00:02:04.230no escape Joker

00:02:05.640I will find you I'm counting on it just

00:02:09.420not yes and tape recordings of therapy

00:02:11.459sessions with IV killer croc and more

00:02:13.200inmates really flesh out these

00:02:14.250personalities in a way that will have

00:02:15.510you taking to get to the next story bit

00:02:24.379Arkham Asylum makes you feel like you're

00:02:26.459Batman

00:02:26.970gameplay is broken up into three main

00:02:28.530portions hand-to-hand combat attacking

00:02:30.510from the shadows and exploration there

00:02:32.189will be times when Batman's literally

00:02:33.540dropped into a room with a dozen guys

00:02:34.950and has to take them all out with his

00:02:36.209bare hands

00:02:37.400doing this breaks down is simple to use

00:02:39.510difficult to master combat system that's

00:02:41.400just four buttons strike reverse jump

00:02:43.379and stun you can toss in a Batarang or

00:02:45.120grappling hook with the shoulder buttons

00:02:46.439but basically there's wailing away on

00:02:47.760the bad guys and turning their own

00:02:48.810attacks against them if you can keep

00:02:50.099your punches and kicks on the money

00:02:51.329you'll rack up combos and be able to

00:02:52.590pull off special throws and takedowns

00:02:54.030you've unlocked other sections we'll

00:02:57.150have Batman walk into a room and find a

00:02:58.590handful of the Joker's men patrolling

00:03:00.120this is your chance to try out the

00:03:01.470invisible predator mode grapple up to

00:03:03.329the gargoyles in the room kick on your

00:03:04.739detective vision and then start picking

00:03:06.510them off one by one you can glide kick

00:03:08.189in and knock them out hang them from the

00:03:09.540ceiling it's so much more this is one

00:03:11.250your best chances to try out Batman's

00:03:12.659gadgets throw an exploding Batarang blow

00:03:14.639up a section of the wall or just grab a

00:03:16.290second floor enemy with the grappling

00:03:17.549hook and drag them over the railing all

00:03:19.769these attacks both the straight combat

00:03:21.480ones and the shadow stuff is filling

00:03:23.250your XP meter when you get it filled you

00:03:24.750can unlock an upgrade to the dark knight

00:03:25.949suit weapons or moves it's fun stuff and

00:03:28.109being able to remotely control a

00:03:29.220Batarang is rad on top of that Arkham is

00:03:31.230a museum in terms of bat trivia the

00:03:32.879Riddler's hitting 240 trophies

00:03:34.530challenges and patient interviews around

00:03:36.030the island it's your job to find all of

00:03:37.829them like I said earlier the interviews

00:03:39.720are awesome but it's also cool finding

00:03:41.549little subtle nods to villains such as

00:03:42.930Prometheus Ra's al Ghul and more outside

00:03:45.359of the story there are sixteen fist

00:03:46.739fighting and invisible predator

00:03:48.030challenges for you to tackle and try to

00:03:49.859post the high score on the leaderboard

00:03:51.090whereas the brawls just give you scores

00:03:52.560for combos and perfect run the invisible

00:03:54.419predator ones actually give you these

00:03:55.500little challenges like taking out three

00:03:56.940guys with three explosions at the same

00:03:58.650time

00:04:08.470you owe it to yourself to read my

00:04:10.400written review the game is great and

00:04:11.900I've only scratched the surface on Wyatt

00:04:13.250rocks in this video I didn't tell you

00:04:14.720about the mind-numbingly awesome

00:04:15.920scarecrow parts the fact that you can

00:04:17.630throw three batarangs at once or that

00:04:19.280Batman's costume and face take damage as

00:04:21.320the story progresses so that the big guy

00:04:22.790looks like hell by the end of the game

00:04:25.090Batman Arkham Asylum nails this

00:04:27.020character delivers an engaging Batman

00:04:28.790story and is a blast to experience

00:04:30.620simply put you need to play this boy

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