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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Excellent Critical Reception
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Platform:
PC
Genre:
Action Adventure
Developer:
Rocksteady Studios
ESRB:
Teen
Release:
September 15, 2009
Publisher:
Eidos Interactive
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Critic Reviews
The following reviews are used to calculate the overall reception for this game. All applicable scores are converted to our simplified rating system based on the specifics offered by each publication or the tone of each review. You can read more about how we do this here.
August 24, 2009 - Excellent - [Arkham Asylum] is so good that we're declaring it an easy 'Best of' contender for 2009.
September 11, 2009 - Excellent - Regardless of whether you're getting sucked into the Story mode or competing for high scores in the Challenge mode, Batman: Arkham Asylum does an outstanding job of letting you be Batman.
September 18, 2009 - Excellent - If you're a Batman fan, this is the best treatment the World's Greatest Detective has ever received in videogame form -- and if you're not a Batman fan, Arkham Asylum will change that. This is how to make a licensed game.
September 15, 2009 - Excellent - Would Batman: Arkham Asylum have been as good if it was riding the back of a big movie license? We're not sure, but we're glad it isn't, because, freed from any restrictive release schedule, Rocksteady have been able to craft what is perhaps the greatest superhero game ever made.
September 24, 2009 - Excellent - Anyone with even a modicum of interest in playing an awesome Batman game should pick up Arkham Asylum, without any hesitation.
September 11, 2009 - Excellent - Batman: Arkham Asylum is the greatest comic book videogame of all time. This is an adult Dark Knight story that is well-told, packs some truly fun gameplay elements, has topnotch voice talent, and feels like it's part of Batman canon.
August 25, 2009 - Excellent - With writing and acting on par with or exceeding the best story-driven gaming has to offer, extensive extras including a robust Challenge Mode and a soundtrack that washes it all down true to dark form, you simply couldn't ask for a better Batman game, period.
September 15, 2009 - Excellent - We've said it once, we'll say it again - truly this is the Batman game that everyone has been waiting for. It's genius.
September 23, 2009 - Excellent - Whether you fancy skulking in the shadows, smashing slow motion fists in into a goon's skull, or simply using some cool gadgets, you can do no wrong with what is Eidos' best game in years.
September 3, 2009 - Good - While it isn't perfect, we'll render our final judgement in the style of the patron saints of comic book fan boys everywhere. Best. Comic. Book. Game. Ever.
September 15, 2009 - Good - Arkham Asylum is quite the triumph for the most part. It's Batman. It's really Batman, dramatically more real than any other game has ever made him, and to the point that he is a component part of why the game's so great, rather than the game being great but happening to have a Batman skin in it.
August 21, 2009 - Good - [Batman: Arkham Asylum] triumphs where most other superhero games and other types of licensed action games fail: it makes you feel like the lead character. It makes you feel like The Batman.
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