![]() ![]() Arkham Island is a great setting for the game. This includes explosive gel to blow out walls, a batlclaw to yank enemies off ledges, a line launcher to zip across gaps, and many other gadgets that will allow you to reach previously inaccessible areas. ![]() All you start out with is batarangs, but then you'll slowly unlock new gadgets and technology that can be used at Batman's disposal. ![]() Though the genres of Arkham Asylum and the 2D Metroid and Castlevania's are very fundamentally different, the pacing of the two are very similar. maybe he threatens to give all of his henchman "Titan", a chemical that will basically turn the recipient into a giant beast. Maybe he's taken a few doctors hostage, maybe he's captures Commissior Gordon or Quincy Sharp, or maybe he threatens to blow up Gotham. Everytime Batman turns around The Joker has done something. Even though the game is rated "T" it still has a very dark, violent, and adult story. It gets old saying this, but the last boss fight will dissapoint you. One fault of the game would be that the boss fights of those villians are weak and repetitive. It's up to Batman to get The Joker and the rest of the prisoners that have gotten loose, including Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, and other notable Batman villians. Once Joker being escorted to his cell, he fights off the guards and manages to escape. Batman spells something funny, and he is right. Joker is being brought into Arkham by Batman at the beginning of the game. So, the main focus of the game is no other than The Joker, along with all of his criminal thugs from Blackgate prison. It wouldn't be a Batman game without The Joker, right? Right. It's its own very unique storyline, a great storyline at that. The Joker The storyline of Arkham Asylum is thankfully not based off a movie, a cartoon, or anything in the Batman universe. Fortunately, now that Batman: Arkham Asylum has been released you can add another game to that very short "good licenses game" list. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) but it isn't something you see every day. ![]() Occasionally you will get a really good licened game (i.e. It has been true since the NES days that licened/movie games just don't hold up to their unlicenesed counterparts. "More times than not, when a company doesn't have a movie tie-in, or some famous license to follow they can create more inventive and all around better things than if they did have some license to follow." That was the first line in my inFamous review. This Review May Contain Spoilers (such as the names of villians). ![]()
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