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    Batman: Arkham Asylum

    Game » consists of 28 releases. Released Aug 25, 2009

    Batman: Arkham Asylum puts you behind the cowl of the iconic Dark Knight, fighting his way through Arkham Asylum to stop the Joker from enacting a sinister plot that would have grave consequences for Gotham City.

    Why all the love?

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    TomA

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    #1  Edited By TomA

    Don't get me wrong. this game is really fun and interesting. But what makes it GOTY material, why is everyone in love with it so much? It's great, but i can't seem to pick out what makes it so great?

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    #2  Edited By CaptainObvious

    It has Batman. 

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    #3  Edited By OllyOxenFree

    It's the first Batman game in a long time to actually be good.  Plus it's just a really awesome game.

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    #4  Edited By jim_dandy

    RIGHT FROM CAPTAIN OBVIOUS.

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    #5  Edited By andrela

     
    @TomA said:

    "  this game is really fun and interesting.  "
    There you go.
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    #6  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    It was a superhero game that was actually quite good.
     
    Also any third person game with fighting brawling involved should follow the example Arkham Asylum set. It's damn near perfect.
     
    Plus it's The Goddamn Batman.

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    #7  Edited By Meowayne

    Interactive storytelling with a constant flow of neat ideas, put together in a very polished and very well paced way, good visuals, sound, excellent voice acting, tight gameplay, incredible combat mechanics, good length + challenge modes, fine achievement design, nice and refreshingly optional fanservice, lots of collectables and the magical ability to make players say "I'm Batman!".
     

     

     

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    #8  Edited By francesthemule
    @CaptainObvious:  the fact that your name is captain obvious, makes your answer even better.
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    #9  Edited By SethPhotopoulos

     
    Fighting mechanics were the best of it's kind and the stealth was cool.  Story was great and so was the voice acting.

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    #10  Edited By PerryVandell

    My reason is that ever since super hero games have been made, none have ever been truly great. Sure there are some decent ones like Spider-Man 2, but there's always something missing in those games. Batman: Arkham Asylum is the first super hero game I've played where I've felt like I was the hero. Most Batman games I've played have been nothing more than cheap, poorly-designed brawlers. But Arkham Asylum not only makes the combat incredibly fluid and fun, but it also is littered with puzzles that scratch that "World's Greatest Detective" itch. Basically, it's the first superhero game that people had high hopes for, and then exceeded those hopes immensely.

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    #11  Edited By CaptainCody
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    #12  Edited By Jack268

    It has Batman, a good fighting system, good storytelling, decent graphics, good controls, just overall brilliant gameplay. 
     
    It got a lot of praise because it was very polished and the first Batman game in a very long time to actually be good.

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    #13  Edited By HandsomeDead

    I agree. I enjoyed it but there was very little collusion between the different elements of the game and that left me finding the game getting tedious towards the end. If they could somehow wrap all the different elements together, it would be something amazing and it looks like they're doing that with Arkham City.

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    #14  Edited By falconer

    Lemme put it this way; if it had two more Batmans, it would be game of the decade.

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    #15  Edited By markini6

    I've never understood why people make threads like this. Are you expecting people to change your opinion of the game by explaining why they like it? If you didn't enjoy it, that's fine, there are plenty of other games that you might love. Sorry to sound like an ass :)

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    #16  Edited By HitmanAgent47

    It's batman and he rules

     
    it's 92% on gamerankings 
     
    it's like a stealth action game 
     
    getting all the riddlier's puzzle is fun 
     
    graphics are quite good 
     
    the combat system is deep 
     
    it's written by paul dini who wrote the animated series 
     
    it's voiced by mark hamill for the joker 
      

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    #17  Edited By mementomori

    perfect controls
    decent story
    large amount of collectibles which you actually WANT to get

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    #18  Edited By yakov456

    I wouldn't say GOTY material, but it's certainly not mediocre either.

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    #19  Edited By Spoonman671

    I didn't think it was quite up to GOTY standards, although I did think it was fantastic.  I don't know that many outlets that gave it GOTY, and that it was so close between it and Uncharted 2 at Giant Bomb is probably due to the fact that there are only four dudes deciding on it here.

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    #20  Edited By c1337us

    It was better then all the other games I played that year, therefore GOTY.

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    #21  Edited By Jimbo

    Combat felt similar to Assassin's Creed to me, and had the same problem: it's impossible to lose.  The combat mechanics were brilliant, but way better than the game ever required them to be.  A couple of the boss fights were kinda bad too.
     
    Overall, I'd put it in the same category as Bioshock:  Brilliant world design and atmosphere, with solid (but not amazing) gameplay.

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    @Andrela said:
    "  
    @TomA said:
    "  this game is really fun and interesting.  "
    There you go. "
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    #23  Edited By haggis
    @TomA:  I liked the game well enough, but tend to think it's vastly overrated. I know it's not a popular opinion, but there it is. I found the game a bit repetitive and tedious about halfway through and stopped playing. I never felt much incentive to keep going. A lot was done well in the game, but what I don't quite get is why everyone thinks the controls (especially in hand-to-hand combat) were all that great. I wasn't all that impressed with it. I thought I was missing something, so had a friend show me what I was doing wrong, and ... I wasn't. I just didn't like the feel.
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    Well i absolutely loved it, i could have gone without those stupid ScareScrow sequences though. They were so bad lol

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    #25  Edited By karneh

    It's so good, you have to buy 3 copies. 
     

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    #26  Edited By LiquidPrince

    It's amazingly fun and well polished.

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    #27  Edited By LaszloKovacs

    I didn't "get it" until I got to this part ( huge spoiler).
      
    It's just a really well-made, creative, and fun game. My mind wasn't blown in quite the way I expected after hearing about it so much, but on reflection it's definitely one of the better games I've played this generation.

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    #28  Edited By ajamafalous

    I played this game over Spring Break this year. It's been my favorite game I've played all year and the best game I've played since Bioshock. Enjoyed it way more than Mass Effect 2.

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    #29  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    The atmosphere is really good. While I didn't think the combat was all that great (especially all the surprisingly lame boss fights), the amount of Batman-esque things you do along with that makes it one of the better games of last year. GOTY? Nope. I didn't think so.

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    #30  Edited By MetalGearGeorge

    Having read a huge number of Batman comics i can honestly say that this is the first time a game conveys almost the same feelings with some of the best  comics that include batman. Apart from that the fluent combat, the great voice acting and the incredible atmosphere make it a great game for gamers and batman fanboys alike and that makes it GOTY material.

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    No Caption Provided
     
    Straight from the man himself 
     
    (EDIT: Seriously, All-Star Batman's dialogue is atrocious)
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    #32  Edited By angelkanarias

    played the demo, didn't find it that impressive.

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    #33  Edited By Glak

    The atmosphere of the game is amazing and the combat is really enjoyable
    You feel like the Batman, and the collectibles are fun to get because they unlock a lot of interesting things
    Also I love Batman and the Batman universe

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    #34  Edited By Getz
    @CaptainObvious said:
    " It has Batman.  "
    Your name and that comment are perfect for eachother.
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    #35  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Both great-looking and great-feeling combat, effectively atmospheric environments, plenty of Batman fanservice, very good voice acting and some very good stealth action.

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    #36  Edited By hockeymask27
    @Andrela said:
    "  
    @TomA said:
    "  this game is really fun and interesting.  "
    There you go. "

    was about to say. What makes you think its not? What game would you have chosen.

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    #37  Edited By HellBrendy

    Only problem I had with the game was the boss-battles and the ending of the story, wich includes the last boss.  
     
    Everything else: Fucking excellent. 

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    #38  Edited By The_Philosopher
    @TomA: 
    My reasons are: 
    1. I love the Die Hard feel the story has. How it's all happening in one crazy night. I love how Batman gets all haggered with cuts, rips and 5'oclock shadow.
    2. Great style, I love the dark twisted look everything has. Also detective vision is awesome.
    3. Collectables! All the riddler puzzles and patient tapes are amazing. There has never ever been a game that did collectables this well, ever! 
    4. The gameplay is amazing, the free flow punching guys combat is easy to learn but takes a while to master. Sneaking around is really fun too. All the extra area levels are really fun too. 
    5. Batman, Batman, Batman. This game is mad Batman.... and it's really good. That's a first! 
     
    By the way Batman: AA wasn't even my game of the year, but I still love it to death.
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    #39  Edited By Jazz

    I don't understand it either actually 
    It's a pretty good metroid clone that has an awful storyline, repeated scarecrow sections (ergh) and dodgy stealth sections. Gargoyles inside Arkham..really?
    I did however like the riddler challenges and that they tried to include the 'detective' part of Batman that people tend to completely ignore. 
    Also the nods to the villains and the voice work were superb, but otherwise it was just a solid game. 
    Nowhere near as good as AC2, but thats just one man's opinion.

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    #40  Edited By RobotHamster

    BATMAN
     
    BATMAN
     
    BATMAN

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    #41  Edited By Quacktastic

    Fun encounter designs
    Fun collectibles
    Simple to use but difficult to master and addictive combat (challenge room leaderboards) 
    Perfect pacing

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    If it wasn't for that stupid elevator shaft … I don't know how many times I went up and down there to get 100%.

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    #44  Edited By TheGreatGuero
    @ShaggyChu said:
    " Lemme put it this way; if it had two more Batmans, it would be game of the decade. "
    Amen.
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    #46  Edited By DrivingBj
    @JJOR64:  That spoiler comes with a growling voice right?
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    #47  Edited By JJOR64
    @DrivingBj:   Yep.
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    #48  Edited By slax
    @HitmanAgent47 said:
    "

    It's batman and he rules

     
    it's 92% on gamerankings 
     
    it's like a stealth action game 
     
    getting all the riddlier's puzzle is fun 
     
    graphics are quite good 
     
    the combat system is deep 
     
    it's written by paul dini who wrote the animated series 
     
    it's voiced by mark hamill for the joker 
      

    "
    This all of these. See this list, it's right!
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    #49  Edited By ryanwho

    Its thoroughly competent in every respect, which is sadly a rare thing.

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    #50  Edited By Icemael

    It looks and sounds fantastic, successfully portrays Batman in all his disturbed, violent glory, and is chock full of fan-service. 
     
    I do think it's overrated, though. It could have been Game of the Year material if the beat 'em up parts were better (or nonexistent), the stealth segments were more numerous and challenging and the story was good, but as it is, it kind of falls short. It's good -- but not that good.

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