One button for attacks, one button for counters, and a small number of special moves attained through unlocked options. Taunting his own henchmen as Batman wipes them out is a particularly nice touch. Once in command of the island, Joker’s constant harassment via the island’s PA system adds more to the atmosphere than just about any other single element. Voice work is provided by many of the same actors who played these roles for Dini’s excellent animated Batman shows, including the fantastic pairing of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as the Joker.
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The full extent of Joker’s plans is unveiled through exploration and detective work, as you explore the island’s several facilities beating up thugs and rescuing stranded hospital and prison staff. The story, provided by legendary Batman writer Paul Dini, starts with Batman returning Joker to Arkham for incarceration, only to find himself locked inside as Joker seizes control and turns the inmates loose to run the asylum.
Along the way, you’ll square off against several other long-time adversaries of Batman, including the game’s most memorable (and disturbing) sequences against Scarecrow and Batman’s own darkest fears. The end result is a tense, atmospheric chess game between Bats and his most notorious foe, the Joker.
Using Epic’s Unreal Engine, the game’s designers deliver a less cartoonish caped crusader and a truly disturbing rogue’s gallery of classic villains, all through the twisted lens one would expect with the title’s invocation of Gotham’s disturbing sanitarium. They’re not worth whatever price is marked.įrom the first teaser images released by Eidos, Batman: Arkham Asylum was clearly in a different league. Attempts have been made to digitize the Dark Knight before, to be sure, and you might find a few copies still lurking in the discount shovelware bins at used game outlets. In those few bright spots, though, one hero has been consistently under-served: Batman. They range from the mediocre to the execrable, on the whole, with a tiny number of counter-examples scattered across the pages of game history. Rating: Teen (Alcohol Reference, Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Tobacco Reference, Violence)Ĭomic-related video games have a…storied history.