Batman: Arkham Asylum (Classics) reviews

The majority of the combat in this game is both fun and challenging. There is also a lot investigating and figuring out how to get inside buildings and around objects. One of the best things in this game for me is planning an attack in a room full of criminals and taking them out one-by-one without being detected!

I highly recommend you play this game! It also has a long story mode.

Very awesome game, true to Batman. Very good story length of about 12–15 hours and a nice change from the shooters I usually play 9/10

Okay, so the controls could be better and if you want to backtrack the game at a later stage to collect items that you couldn't at the beginning, then it's incredibly boring with no villains to fight. However when you take into consideration the voice acting and the fun story line, it's all worth while! Finally Batman fans get a game worth buying. If you like the super hero genre of gaming, this is definitely worth a shot!

Despite the game being unrelated to Christopher Nolan's “The Dark Knight” any fans of that brilliant film (which tends to be most of us) will find Arkham Asylum scratches the same itch that made the movies so satisfying. A dark and mature story and some quite frightening moments especially during the great Scarecrow sections which have Batman platforming through bizarre environments in his own mind.

The story is great, typical Batman, and presented prefectly. The island creates an atmosphere only matched in resent years by “Bioshock”.

There's some almost “Tomb Raider” style platorming, “God of War” calibre combat and stealth sections to rival “Metal Gear Solid”.

There is not an emourmous amount of new mechanics in Arkham Asylum, but the game borrows exactly the right amount from everywhere, polishes it until it gleams and makes it about Batman.

It's not only one of the best games of the year but it's easily the best comic book game of all time.

Not often i find myself actually wishing to play a game again and again but this is one of them. They really have brought out the little details for example as you take more and more of a beating you uniform starts showing cuts and tears on it. by the time i finished the games storyline i had a tear on my chest the end of my cape looked like it had been stood on and ripped and there were two big slices in it as well and the helm was starting to crack. you can also view things like the heart beat of emenys telling you if there alert to your pressence and if they are carrying a weapon. It also has a challenge mode where you get different objectives to complete and within certain limitations. the puzzles are challenging but not to the point of throwing your controller on the ground and listening to the NPCs and the jokers comentary as they wonder where your hiding is amazing. The story was also suprisingly long to took me rushing through it about 2 days and there are so many puzzles to solve over 400 i think. im sure there will be DLC to further increase this already great game.

Even if your not much of a batman fan this game is well worth trying at least once.

At first i wasn't too sure about this game but after playing the demo i was blown away and bought it off mighty ape straight after!

This game has awesome predator parts that are so immersive it makes you truly think and feel like batman (should i attack that guy, grapple to that gargoyle etc.) its great.

The combat parts are also very good. When you press the right buttons at the right time batman just jumps from foe to foe beating the %^&* out of them.

Add great voice acting and story and you've got one of the best games for 2009. i highly recommend.

The game really lives up to all its great reviews. Has a good storyline which makes it really addictive and hard to put down the controller. If you've every wanted to know what its like to be Batman, this is the game fore you!

This is a game you will play for the story line. The way they set up the game is to keep you guessing what Joker has up his sleeve next. It is well presented and all the favoured characters take on the original but fantastic cartoony forms but doesn't take away from the game. The only downside to the game is the repetitive thug bashing, all you want to do is take them out quickly and efficiently, so you can find more riddler clues and unlock new gadgets. Overall excellent game, just a little tedious at times.

This game has gameplay that I haven't encountered before. It is fun and the hand to hand combat is fluent and fun.

This game is sooo good, there is so much to do and you will never get bored with all the activity's to do. A GREAT game, I love it.

When I bought this game I was initially apprehensions about trying this game, due to my loyalty to the comics and not wanting to see such characters destroyed, I was, overall, extremely impressed with the game.

The fighting was great, the characters were awesome, the voice acting was brilliant and the game was extremely fun to play.

While I was a bit cautious as to how they would approach fighting- as you're Batman, the snecky, muscle-bound ninja who hides from no one- but I found the gameplay to be a good blend between outright brawls and sneakily taking down thugs. Seeing them panic and freak out after decimating their numbers one by one by snatching them off ledges and stringing them up by gargoyles was hilarious. But even in outright fighting the game didn't dissapoint. Even if it was overall a fairly simplistic button layout to the fighting, Batman would leap, jump and perform inceasingly complex attacks as the fighting esculated.

This was also one of the recent games I've played that doesn't involved the main character using guns of any sort; though I did find this fustrating in a few parts -mainly due to my own incompetence- it was a great deal of fun having to use my wits to overcome snipers and thugs armed with machine guns.

The characters themselves were awesome. The Joker was hilarious, creepy and vicious, just as he ought to be. His snarky banter made me giggle throughout the game as he spoke through the intercom and his apperance was unique but close enough to the original design without alienating it. Harley was also another character I liked; while in the comics she's fairly ditzy and slavish, in Arkham Asylum you could really see she had lost it and was a complete pyschopath dedicated to her darling Joker. While I was more fond of her original comic outfit, I liked the Easter Egg where you found her Harlequin headgear in her old office. Edward got quite a makeover and I loved it; his rage over you solving his riddles were hilarious (especially when he acused me of using the internet hohoho) as well as his obvious “I'm so much smarter than you HA” attitude. The character I loved the most though, was Dr Crane, aka Scarecrow. He's always been my favourite Rogues Gallery member and I was buzzed to see him in the game, sneaky around and generally being a psycho. The whole crazy, fear-gas tripping scenes were awesome and his entire design was great.

Only a few things let me down, namely the whole interaction with Killer Croc. I was freaked out when you first met him, this gigantic snarly, fanged thing, then when he tried to have a go at you later on, the whole venture into his lair left a lot to be desired, as you smacked him and knocked him back into the water, like whacking a disobident dog with a rolled up newspaper. The confined area of Arkham Asylum meant I wasn't able to glide all over the place and Batman's weird inablitiy to swim was kinda strange, but apart from that, this was an excellent game and throughly recommend.

One of the best games i've played. Good story and solving the riddles was awesome

This is quite possibly the best game I have played in a long time. Good, but rather creepy, story line, fun gameplay, lots to do, excellent graphics. Seriously, I can't wait for the sequel!

Fantastic game! this is a 10/10 game. Every aspect of this game is a win. You would have to be a fool not to get this game! and you're no fool are you-

This game is one of the best games I've played in a long time. Mixing in your face combo style fighting, with stealth assassinations, then a small amount of detective work on the side. Gives a good mix of game play for all players.

Even if you're not a Batman fan, this game is still awesome. Countering countless familiar foes of Batman is the fun part, with different Tactics with each foe. And after progressing through the story and getting collectables, unlocking new character bio's and other interesting goodies for you to go through.

After completing the main story line, still a large amount of fun to be had, planning out how to collect the remaining collectables and also completing challenges.

Give this game a 9/10

Arkham Asylum is a game that lets you be the Dark Knight, and actually feel like the Dark Knight. There's nothing quite like picking off guards one by one and watching the rest of them panic and panic until gripped by terror. The graphics are great, the story isn't at all bad and manages to work in a great number of villains for you to deal with – and with the sequel coming out soon, this game is a must play if you haven't got around to giving it a go yet!

Arkham Asylum is fantastic! I really cannot say how great because words are not enough. It won't be like any game you've played before so I cant even compare it to others. The combat is exciting and well choreographed and suits Batmans style, the story is a “just around the next corner and then I'll stop” story, and the voice acting phenomenal, especially Mark Hamill, who reprises his role as The Joker from the TV series. Seriously. Buy this game.

Very fun game, still yet to finish it but it's been awesome thus far.

This game is absolutely amazing, the voice acting is great, and the atmosphere is spot on, there is so much to do in this game and i cannot wait for Arkham City to be released!

I give this game a 9.5/10 easily!

This game is alot better then any other batman game in the history of batman. It has a great story great villians. Also the gameplay is superb gives you a great selection of fighting actions. You also unlock loads of things, This game is so good i have played the full story 7 times. 5 out of 5 what can i say its amazing. Cant wait for the sequal Arkham City

There is good batmanness to it but there needed to be more free roaming allowed to fly around with the cape and the grappling hook. Could have been allot better

this is a great game for you batman and hero fans out there. it has the best feeling of being a super hero. the story is how it should be with the 2 true rivals fight it off, joker and batman. it is a great game and the best hero game ever. 9.5/10

This is a great game, Unlike anything ive ever played. Amazing attention to detail. Huge insight into the batman universe with all the old villians making an apperance. This is by far one of the best 3rd person games ever. 9.5/10 AWESOME!.

For a gamer who typically hates comic games with a passion I was not expecting much from Batman. However this is now one of my favorite xbox 360 games. The gameplay mixed with the voice acting combines to bring one of the funniest games released in 2009.

The graphics are simply amazing and are one of the best i've seen in a 360 game.

The different ways to approach a situation mixed with the awesome collectibles and riddles will have you coming back for more.

Must have.

Not only the best Batman game, not only the best superhero game, but expect to see Arkham Asylum turn up on many a game of the year 2009 lists.

A near flawless masterpiece, it blends intuitive, bone-crushing fight mechanics, both classic and gadget-driven stealth gameplay, with the odd bit of exploration and platforming thrown in for good measure, all wrapped up in an entertaining, character-driven storyline. It looks gorgeous, plays fantastically (the combat is the first truly fluid and intuitive 3D combat system in gaming so far) and the performances lift this above the usual, crappy licenced game cash-in.

Not just for fans of Batman, but for fans of truly great, high quality games. Bring on the Bat sequel.

After staying up til midnight to get this game on my xbox, Batman had alot to live up to. It's not let me down in anyway: the puzzle are complex enough to satisfy, the characters had me dreading boss battles and the Jokers commentary really adds atmosphere. The colours are true to the comic and being a stickler for game accuracy I failed to spot any glaring flaws in the crossover from the comics. Also had lots left to do after beating the game (67% complete after final boss battle). Well worth buying