Here was, after twenty years, a Batman game that was not only fun, but actually understood exactly what made him an interesting character letting players experience every aspect of being an orphaned billionaire who spends his nights dislocating limbs while dressed as a blind flying mammal.īut that was then, and this is now.
That the game was good was as surprising as a batarang to the back of the head, but the fact that it was probably the best game of 2009 was a downright miracle. Especially since the game was coming from little known British developer with one obscure game to their name, Rocksteady Studios, and that inspired about as much confidence as letting Joel Shumacher direct the next film installment. So if you were one of the many folks who saw trailers for the upcoming Batman Arkham Asylum and decided that you weren’t going to get fooled again with the next cape and cowl criminal circus, you can be forgiven for abstaining.
For along with last century’s Red Sox, Batman games had been under a nasty curse: they were simply terrible, and had been like this, since, well, pretty much forever, and even had one exception (the first NES release) in order to prove this rule. Though Chris Nolan’s excellent films had done much to make the good name of Bruce Wayne once again relevant to the average American, the same couldn’t be said of the Dark Knight’s status in gaming. The Stars are Bright with this Dark Knight – BIF BAM BANG POW! – Deep in the Heart of Gotham!īack in 2009, gamers were worried. Release Date: October 18th / November 15th on PC, 2011