The most interesting are the larger indoor areas, those that have multiple levels and those weirdly out of place yet somehow appropriate gargoyles. The narrow corridors are not so well suited for grace, but the combat remains fluid and satisfying. The open areas of the Arkham Asylum complex are a perfect arena for the Bat to display his fighting skills and the game manages to clearly show the player how efficient, quick and soundless he can be. His grace remains fully in place as he runs around the scenery, grapples up to a ledge, sails down on his bat wings before landing right behind an unsuspecting enemy that he then silently chokes to move forward. It's a solid story-telling experience perfectly supporting the gameplay while not becoming the main reason to actually play the game.īatman seems to dance when knocking enemies off their feet, delivering crushing downward blows or jumping over them only to then take their legs out from under them. It manages to strike a balance normally hard to get: on the one hand, it makes it easy enough for those who only know Batman from the two recent movies to get deeper into his universe, on the other hand, it recreates content that true fans have known for some time in loving fashion and with some personal touches. There are clearly defined goals, well portrayed enemies and good use of the Batman mythology, from the villains presented as psychiatric patients in found interview tapes to the way the story of the place itself and its first warden is uncovered through mysterious symbols that are found throughout the game.
Rocksteady, the developer, managed not to overcomplicate the narrative. There are some interesting questions asked in the game, involving the nature of evil, how far someone can go to cure it and how capable society is of dealing with the issues presented by the existence of a generic Other, an embodiment of everything that normality is not. The final step is, as always, stopping him in his tracks and moving him into Arkham Asylum once turned to the medical authorities. The villain manages to escape, taking Commissioner Gordon with him as hostage, and Batman needs to wade through the ample grounds of the Asylum, gloomy and gothic, battling escaped convicts, taking on old foes like Killer Croc and Zsasz, following the trail of clues (he's a detective, remember?) and putting together the puzzle of what the Joker is trying to do. The Joker is again captured, a bit too easily, and Batman delivers him to Arkham for safe keeping. It's all pretty simple on the surface, very comic book like. Well, Batman: Arkham Asylum delivers on all these three fronts and manages to craft a single player experience that puts Batman, his enemies and the location of the Asylum itself front and center while introducing and building upon simple gameplay mechanics, but combining and evolving as the game progresses. But can a videogame, with all the restrictions that come with the genre, boil down the complexity of Batman to something accessible, engaging and true to the nature of the character? Thus, Batman is one of the best known comic heroes and enjoyed several successful big screen outings, with the most recent two movies, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cristian Bale, being some of the most popular in history. He was the conscience of a city embraced by crime. He was the only man who could take Superman on and win. He was a dark, torn apart man motivated by the death of his parents to eliminate crime. He was the human detective who hanged around with all those superheroes with the awesome powers.
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