Developed by: Eidos
System: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC
The story involves Batman taking Joker to Arkham Asylum, only for Joker to escape in Arkham and quickly take it over. Batman soon discovers that Joker has a sinister plot, so he chases after Joker deep into Arkham.
The first thing I noticed when I started playing AA, were the graphics. This may be the most beautiful game I have ever played and I didn't even play it on an HDTV. I can only imagine that AA is much more prettier on a Hi-Def TV. In edition to the graphics, the design of all the characters were so cool. Batman with his five o'clock shadow, Scarecrow with his syringe fingers, and Harley Quinn with a skirt, I thought were some of the smallest details on the characters, but it made them look so good.
The voice acting was also very impressive. Mark Hamill (of Luke Skywalker fame) voices the Joker and is just spot on. I felt he gave the character of the Joker such life, I actually enjoyed hearing the joker when he would talk crap and make bad jokes. Some of the other stand out voice actors, I think, is the dude who played Commissioner Gordon, and the girl who played Harley Quinn. However, I have always had a bit of a problem with Kevin Conroy, the man who voices Batman. Conroy comes off as kind of cheesy to me. I have always felt this way, even when I saw Batman: Mask of the Phantasm forever ago.
The game play is great. One of the stand out features of AA, I thought was the ability to use all of Batman's devices and gadgets. I didn't feel like anything really lagged and the game play never really got repetitive. The combat system was awesome. It just felt so fluid and was so cool taking on like 10 goons at one time. The stealth missions were also really cool, but again, because of the cool things Batman can use and can do to incapacitate goons.
I really can't find any real flaw in this game. If I had to, it would be Kevin Conroy's voice acting, and thinking the story mode was a little short. It only took me about nine or ten hours to beat the story mode. However, there is still a ton I can do, such as solving all of The Riddler's riddles. The game says I have only beaten 65% of it!
I definitely recommend buying Batman: Arkham Asylum
9 out of 10
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