Batman Arkham Asylum: Game of the Year

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• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches ; 4 ounces


• Media: Video Game


• Release Date: May 11, 2010
  

By : Square Enix
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Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
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Recognized as one of the preferred games of 2009, Batman: Arkham Asylum is a single player, third-person action/adventure in which the Dark Knight takes on his greatest challenge however when he is trapped by arch rival, the Joker, within Gotham City's facility for the criminally insane, Arkham Asylum. The unique Batman Arkham Asylum: Game of the Year Edition for PlayStation 3 ratchets the crime-fighting action up even additional with an innovative new technology which permits you to play and watch in 3D with two sets of TriOviz glasses compatible with all typical and high definition Tv sets. Also included are access to challenge maps that allow you to play as the Joker, and 4 extra typical challenge maps.

Kick it in combat gameplay..
And stealth action..
Match wits with and play as The Joker..
Make use of utility belt gadgets..
Take on risky bosses.. StoryBatman: Arkham Asylum attributes an original story penned exclusively for the game by popular Batman author and 5-time Emmy award winner, Paul Dini, whose credits consist of "Lost" season a single and "Batman: The Animated Series." As the game begins Batman is personally delivering his nemesis, The Joker, to the asylum at Arkham Island, but he is uneasy. Though the Arkham asylum is nicely fortified, he has a nagging feeling that all is not nicely, which proves to be the case when seconds just after turning The Joker more than to the guards, the master criminal breaks no cost of his captors. Even extra surprising than this rapid turn of events is the revelation that it was by no means The Joker's intent to escape the vault-like facility, but instead to trap Batman there. Surrounded by an asylum full of unsafe criminals, numerous of which he put there and all at the beck and call of the Joker, can Batman survive and uncover what is behind the Joker's intricate plot?
GameplayIn Batman: Arkham Asylum players strap on the gadget-heavy utility belt of the Caped Crusader. Gameplay right here is a mixture of both the knuckle crunching rush of hand to hand combat as you take on the hordes of thugs that infest Arkham Asylum, and stealth gameplay in which you must dispatch men and women from the shadows. Players can expect an engrossing single player campaign in which Batman continually moves forward to face the henchmen, bosses and traps that The Joker has set for him. With regards to opponents, in addition to The Joker who you will hear additional than you see, the dark walls of Arkham also hold familiar villains from the the Batman criminal universe which includes Harley Quinn, Victor Zsasz and Killer Croc, that you will have to deal with, but do not expect a a single-dimensional expertise. As players progress from atmosphere to atmosphere within Arkham they will have to use varying combinations of muscle, detective skills, gadgetry and a specific degree of light RPG-like leveling of Batman's skills, arsenal and physical characteristics to survive and uncover what The Joker's underlying scheme is.
In addition to the story-driven single player campaign Arkham Asylum also contains several extra play modes. These include an arcade styled combat mode exactly where players accumulate points by engaging hordes of thugs in a hand to hand slugfest across a series of maps, in which Batman's physical strength and agility play a key role. The important here is to chain together as many attacks as potential due to the fact that with each and every effective combo players improve the point multiplier associated with their actions. The game also functions a time-based stealth mode exactly where players should hone their ability to strike silently from the shadows. This gameplay, referred to as 'Invisible Predator' utilizes the Dark Knight's skill with gadgets like the grapple tool, batarang and explosives. These allow for vertical/horizontal mobility, the capability to swiftly strike from above and at a distance and to take out enemies and make distractions, even through walls. But remember that Batman functions solo and is not superhuman. Your enemies will congregate about difficulty regions and operate as a team against you, so you have to be silent, program your attacks wisely, strike immediately and discover the value of encouraging worry within enemies.
Key Characteristics

• Encounter the game in a whole new way with Game of the Year Edition extras which includes: Access to the playable Joker character (in the PS3 version only) and the Joker Challenge maps and four further typical challenge maps.
• Utilize the exclusive FreeFlow combat method to chain together unlimited combos seamlessly and battle with huge groups of The Joker's henchmen in brutal melee brawls.
• Investigate as Batman, the world's greatest detective, by solving intricate puzzles with the assist of cutting edge forensic tools which includes x-ray scanning, fingerprint scans, 'Amido Black' spray and a pheromone tracker.
• Face off against Gotham's greatest villains such as The Joker, Harley Quinn, Victor Zsasz and Killer Croc.
• Become the Invisible Predator with Batman's fear takedowns and distinctive vantage point system to move with out getting noticed and hunt enemies.
• Decide on many takedown strategies, including swooping from the sky and smashing through walls, and use the predator camera get a closer look at the action.
• Discover each inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island, presented for the initial time ever in its gritty and realistic entirety.
• Experience what it really is like to be Batman working with batarangs, explosive gel aerosol, the Batclaw, sonar resonator and the line launcher.
• Unlock way more secrets by completing hidden challenges in the globe and create and customize gear by earning encounter points.
• Get pleasure from full superhero freedom in the environment with the use of Batman's grapple to get to any spot you can see, jump from any height and glide in any direction.

Batman: Arkham Asylum returns with a Game of the Year Edition on Xbox 360 and Playstation three that includes added content material and now, for the first time, Trioviz 3D vision on property consoles. Batman: Arkham Asylum launched to essential acclaim in summer 2009 and has normally been referred to as the 'best license game ever' and a 'must buy' on gaming web pages and magazines. It really is been praised for delivering a compelling mix of action, stealth and puzzle-solving game-play tied with a dark original storyline penned by five-time Emmy award winner Paul Dini and supported by a well-known cast of voice actors, such as Mark Hamill as The Joker and Kevin Conroy as Batman.

 

Batman Arkham Asylum: Game of the Year

 

Item Capabilities

• Come to be the Invisible Predator with Batman's worry takedowns and one of a kind vantage point technique to move devoid of becoming seen and hunt enemies


• Expertise a whole new to play with Game of the Year Edition


• Use the exceptional FreeFlow combat method to chain together unlimited combos seamlessly and battle with significant groups of The Joker's henchmen


• Investigate as Batman, the world's greatest detective, by solving intricate puzzles with the aid of cutting edge forensic tools


• Face off against Gotham's greatest villains including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Victor Zsasz and Killer Croc

Client Reviews

Batman: Arkham Asylum was a gaming masterpiece. There are in all probability not a whole lot of men and women out there that would argue that reality. Yet, there are most likely a superb deal of consumers out there wondering if they ought to get this if they already purchased AA. Simply place.......no.
In a nutshell, the plot is simply "Joker takes more than Arkham Asylum and releases all sorts of baddies. Batman tries to cease him." The game hasn't changed significantly because it very first came out and if you enjoyed AA pretty much a year ago, you can expect the precise identical game this time about. Nothing has actually been revamped, altered, or changed up. Even so, the largest surprise for me was how nicely done the three-D is. When the glasses are little additional than cardboard blue and reds from the past, somehow Darkworks/TrioViz managed to stay away from the tinting that those glasses put to use to give. It really is still there a tiny bit, but at least the image isn't in blues, reds, and purples the whole time. You can actually notice numerous shades. As soon as your eyes unwind, the image is clean and clear with particularly tiny in the realm of headaches or eyestrain. However, it does not hurt to pause or stop every single as soon as in a when, take off the glasses, and give your eyes a rest. Rather of becoming "popping" 3-D, it is even more of a "passive" 3-D effect. To clarify: In so various 3-D experiences the image comes out at you as if it may hit you, this 3-D impact is far more like the Television is simply a window and the depth starts from the screen's edge. Do not expect to try and dodge cheesy "in your face" moments. There is depth, but it far much more subtle. For the gamers out there who put on glasses, fear not. The three-D specs nevertheless fit more than glasses, even though I am sure it looks about as cool paisley polyester tracksuits. The passive 3-D has 1 large perk even though, your close friends can watch you play without having the glasses and the 3-D "double exposure" look is minimal to non-existant. Yet, for all its style, it nevertheless feels gimmicky. Sure, it's cool, but I almost certainly will not be playing by means of more than when with it turned on.
The additional challenge maps are nice, but since anyone can download them for an added 7 bucks... Nicely, it doesn't definitely justify the price for older owners. For those unfamiliar, the additional maps are "Dem Bones" (Scarecrow Challenge maps) and "Crime Alley" (um....do I honestly need to have to clarify that a single?). The "Play as the Joker" maps are there as nicely. Fairly much everything you could have added over the last couple of months is there on one particular disk.
If you have been a holdout for Batman: Arkham Asylum, then this is well worth the price for the added three-D and all challenge maps up to this point. You must be purchasing this quickly. For those consumers out there, this is a five star package. For any person who currently owns/owned Arkham Asylum, then this product should really almost certainly be passed up. Unless you feel like you Must have the 3-D, devote the added capital and buy "Dem Bones" and "Crime Alley" off the PSN/XBL and save the rest for Batman Arkham Asylum two.

On the few occasions Batman has had his own videogame, it is been a tough run for our hero. He doesn't have super-powers. It's challenging to translate his detective skills into anything that doesn't a) require the player to have the genius of Sherlock Holmes or b) boil down to grabbing colored tokens and calling that "investigating". And of course the other obstacle Batman has to surmount is that balance in between "Batman punches negative guy" and "Batman makes use of gadget on bad guy": you want very good fight mechanics and helpful gadgets that serve a objective.
"Arkham Asylum" is the fantastic marriage of the finest things about Batman. It is also the perfect videogame for virtually any audience. The fight mechanics make sense: they seldom leave you worrying far more about being able to see than whether or not you're hitting the bad guy. There is a gameplay balance among the "quiet stealth" mechanic of a Splinter Cell or a Hitman game, versus the "weapons free" tactical assualt of a Rainbow Six. And ideal of all, every scenario can be handled a lot more than a single way: you can choose to sneak by a clump of henchmen, you can leap into the fray, or you can swing about Spider-Man style and torment them as you slowly take them down one particular by 1. The only choke points in Arkham Asylum seem to be the boss battles, where you generally want to do one or much more incredibly specifc items in order to win. If you like RPGs, you'll be pleased to know that you can collect "encounter" as you go and then invest it to get new upgrades to your armor, abilities, and gadgets.
Arkham Asylum is about as best as a game can get: it makes a complex hero like Batman very straightforward to handle. It doesn't require rapid-twitch expertise, and yet there is a lot of action to be had. The controls are particularly fluid and in spite of lacking a platform-style "jump" mechanic, you are extremly agile and can easily chain combinations of moves together. For example, let's say you happen to be on a ledge. You'd like to glide down, kick a poor guy, then grapple up to a gargoyle and swing across the space prior to he knows what hit him. You could do this by tapping square, then R1, then R1 once more. If you knock somebody down and you'd like to finish them off, just hold R2 and press the triangle button: Batman will pounce on them, grapple, and subdue them with a knock-out punch and he'll even do it from some distance away so you don't have to sprint across the area ahead of the poor guy gets to his feet.
Arkham Asylum also boasts a storyline written by Paul Dini, who is nicely known for the lion's share of the Batman Animated Series. Characters are voiced by the same people today from the series, such as Mark Hamill as the Joker. There are all sorts of hidden goodies to get in every level, and every can unlock either the ongoing saga of Dr. Arkham or detailed specifics on the several DC characters that make up Batman's universe. Half of the entertaining is in listening to "patient interview tapes", reading origin stories and "initial look" details, and exploring the "Behind the scenes" video content on the disc. You do not have to locate almost everything that is hidden in this game, but the payoff tends to make you want to. Greatest of all, rather than worrying that you may well miss out on a hidden secret, you are fairly clearly shown that some factors won't be accessible until you come back later. Batman's gadgets come to him more than the course of the game, and sometimes you will require one particular that you are going to be obtaining later in order to get into a secret area...you can constantly come back one more time.
If games like this are normally hard for you, Straightforward difficulty does make it a cakewalk. Typical difficulty nevertheless provides you a lot of helping hands, even though: if you get into a fatal scenario such as falling off a ledge, the game will tell you 'tap R1 to escape' and give you a opportunity to steer clear of death. If you do die, you are going to get a tip on the loading screen specific to what you were trying to get by way of. And if you're getting trouble acquiring all the goodies, each and every section has a map that you can come across that will light them up for you.
Still not impressed? Nicely, the Game of the Year Edition presents you the ability to play in "3D". This is not the polarized "Avatar movie" style 3D, sadly: it is the traditional "red-blue glasses" 3D and comes with two pairs of folding paper 3D glasses. It works, it just doesn't bring a lot to the table. In levels with specific color balances such as the Arboretum (which has a lot of blues and greens), the colors tend to bleed out since you are seeking by means of tinted lenses, so most of the time I leave this off. The Game of the Year Edition also adds 4 far more maps, and the capacity to "Play as the Joker". These extras seriously increase up the replayable appeal of Arkham Asylum. No matter what you are looking for in this game, you're going to uncover your self coming back for even more. You do not need to have to be a comic-book cognoscenti, but if you are you will not be disappointed.

 

Batman Arkham Asylum: Game of the Year

 

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