Batman: Arkham Asylum

Finally, I could whisper 'I am the Batman' to myself, without having that moment of panic, fearing that someone might have heard me.

Established an awful precedent in gaming by having one of the worst combat systems ever that inspired many awful copycats due to the game's financial success. Otherwise, the plot is generic Batman schlock and the "puzzles" are laughably bad. Still, I don't wholly hate this game because it has some tolerable stealth sections that allow you to mess with the ai in creative ways. A shame this game didn't focus on this aspect and expanded on it, which isn't remedied by its crappier sequels.

There was almost a good solid 15+ years of no good Batman games so went into this with an attitude and HOLY GOOD GAME BATMAN. Beating the shit out of 8 guys like some graceful muscly ballet monster "MUAH"

An unexpected triumph. Nobody anticipated that Rocksteady would hit a home run with this effort that kickstarted arguably the most acclaimed action gaming trilogy of recent years. The Asylum setting does restrict the player to more linear progression unlike it's open world sequels, but the combat system was revolutionary, and the attention to detail and fan service is exceptional. Voice acting is top notch, with Mark Hamill providing another example of why he's one of the best Jokers ever

Seems to be well-made, but it's not my type of game.

There's no challenge, but getting to traipse around the Batman setting is nice for a while, I guess.

Feels like almost every action game to follow tried to rip off the combat system from Arkham Asylum and none managed to make it as satisfying.

good foundation for greatness

Part of me thinks this is the best game in the series. It's just knows exactly what it wants to do. There's no open world, or 20 hour story trying to be a cinematic masterpiece. It's just 8 non stop hours of fulfillng your childhood dream of being Batman. It's simple and not as grand as City or Knight, but that is It's greatest strength. The only thing stopping this from being a 10 is that on replays you wish there was a little more depth to the combat, and sometimes you can feel the jank.

Primer juego de batman arkham que jugue, me parecio como minimo interesante