Batman Arkham Asylum Review.

Batman Arkham Asylum is the first of the Batman series of games to be released and received a 5 star rating. It is an action packed game that requires some aspects of observation to over come challenges and obstacles. The game has a few aspirations from it such as Sherlock Holmes as he is constantly challenged by puzzles and Batman is as well with Riddler having to use his high-tech equipment to acquire 'Riddler Trophies which inside contain a riddle. Furthermore another aspiration is from Leonardo da Vinci as one of his spectacular inventions was a sketch of a bat-wing flying machine.

The story line of this particular game begins with Batman escorting Joker to Arkham Asylum as Joker 'handed himself in' to Batman. On arrival at the Asylum joker breaks out of his restraining of the officers and is able to release himself from his handcuffs then the terror begins... Joker sets out consecutive challenges for Batman during his search and find of Jokers location such as releasing Bane onto him and making him perform rescue mission of officers and Jim Gordon (Head of the GCPD).

During on a embarking hunt for the Joker various sounds of the game are portrayed such as voices of characters like Batman, Joker, Killer Croc, Scarecorw, Bane and Harley Quinn and songs that may be played in the background all from the artist Nick Arundel who appears to make all the songs in all Batman games such as 'Venom Factory'

Comparing this to Batman Arkham City, the fighting style from the character is very similar to Arkham Asylum as it is very fluent and powerful. A very nice special effect incorporated in to the fighting is that the final blow in the fight is slowed down to show emphasis in Batman's strike and to show the gamer where Batman is pinpointing his devastating blow. Moreover, there is various comparisons such as the main enemy being Joker again but this time its in the city of Arkham, this gives the game more of a adventure aspect as Batman is able to glide from building to building and use his zipline. On the negative side this enhances Joker to reek even more terror than he previously did in the Asylum.

The director for both of these games is called Sefton Hill. Sefton Hill is an English video game developer, director and writer and with Jamie Walker, the co-founder of Rocksteady Studios.

Batman Arkham Asylum mostly appeals to a masculine audience in my opinion as the main character is male plus there is a lot of violence included in the game, to support this in almost all the Batman games women characters that are playable come as a downloadable content, i see this as women in the game are a second priority as they are not originally included the main game story and they are more of a 'side mission'. Also Batman Arkham Asylum appeals to superhero lovers as batman is included in his very own comic books, films and games, but also he is part of the Justice League which is known to be the most powerful united group of individuals in the DC comics.