Becoming Batman

Lately there have been a couple of games where you play as a super hero, and for the most part they've been pretty successful. Infamous, Prototype, even Wolverine were all pretty fun games that expanded the super hero game genre. But there are the big superheroes that everybody wants to be like Superman, or in this case Batman. The last Batman video game that made an impression in my mind was the Batman Returns for the Super Nintendo. That's a long time, I'm sure there have been a lot of Batman games between then and now, let us not forget Lego Batman ( I have a special place in my heart for the Lego games). But never have I felt like I have become Batman more than in Arkham Asylum. I sneak through the darkness and pick villains off with gadgets, i swoop down on people from a perch above, and i'm a master of the sleeper hold. And when i have to go head to head with a group of bad guys, man do I kick ass. Never before have I felt so in control of Batman and his abilities. The gadgets are plentiful and actually very useful. The story is amazing, The Joker takes control of Arkham Asylum and releases all the inmates, and strings Batman along his masterful plan. Of course things don't go as planned for the Joker as he would have like, but hey I'm Batman. Arkham is like a living entity, it's humongous. There is life everywhere, rats run beneath you, bats fly above you, it's so great. They give you tons of back story through secrets found throughout the game, that are organized and hidden by the Riddler. The graphics are beautiful. The fighting in the game is simple button mashing, but it works beautifully with one button for attack and one for counterattack. You feel like you're actually pulling off the amazing moves. Anyone that has ever loved video games, and comic books, this is a game that can not be missed. And I mean Can Not, drop what your playing now, go pick up Batman and play it.