Thursday, September 10, 2009

My dive into Arkham Asylum


Game:Batman: Arkham Asylum
Company:Microsoft
Published by: Eidos Interactive
Developed by:Rocksteady Studios
Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Genre: Action


Batman Arkham Asylum
Premise: The premise is that you play as Batman as he tries to regain order in Arkham Asylum after the prison takeover by the Joker himself.
Story: Batman Arkahm Asylum takes an even darker twist on the Batman universe than its groundbreaking film "The Dark Knight". It features a simple and satisfying combat system along with enough stealth elements to rival games such as "Splinter Cell". When the game starts out you see "Batman" returning "Joker" to the hospital for the criminally insane formally know as "Arkham Asylum" after "Artimus Arkham". As the introduction progresses you are introduced to more of Batman’s most infamous villians such as "Killer Croc" and "Harley Quinn". Soon Joker springs his trap which consisted of the take over of Arkham Island, along with the invasion of the villains and Criminals that inhabit it on the inhabitants of Gotham. It’s up to you (Batman) to stop the prison break and restore order to the war torn facility. The voice acting is done by the actors of the original cartoon series and Jokers voice acting is done by none other than "Mark Hamil".
Player: The player plays as the Dark Knight himself throughout the course of the game with the option to play as the "Joker" in challenge maps.
Challenge: Throughout the game you are given different objectives that require you to use your arsenal of gadgets ranging from the "Batarang" all the way to gadgets such as the "Bat Claw". Throughout the game you face bosses such as Poison Ivy along with the hordes of criminals at Jokers command. The Game worked well with the combat truly making you feel like the Ninja that Batman is as you fly from man to man taking them down in a satisfying flow.
Play: The Games pacing ranges from you fighting through hordes of enemies all the way to stealthily taking down a few of heavily armed lunatics that want you dead (I found these instances to be very challenging due to the amount of strategy and depth that is required to complete them.) . The Game encourages backtracking along with loads of unlockables that encourage another play through.
Engagement: The game immerses players into the comic world of Batman bringing them to make the hard choices that he has to make on his war on crime. The games environment is roughly based on the "eastern state penitentiary" showing you the darkest parts of the asylum that have players thinking if the place is humane. In the end the objective is simple, stop Joker at all cost, yet theirs always the number one rule to follow.

4 comments:

  1. Foster there are some gramtic errors..... re-read and edit this

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  2. Pretty good for a first blog. When someone points out errors, you really should fix them!

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  3. lol thank you mrs. piermann ill try harder next time and i musta missed a few

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