The game takes place on the territory of a mental hospital called "Arkham", located on a separate island near Gotham City. From the introductory video, you can understand that the Joker is finally caught. Batman decides to take the inappropriate offender to a strict psychiatric hospital. Not that the main character liked this place, but at the moment he was forced to go there in his Batmobile with the Joker in the back seat. In the hospital, the opening game process begins, during which you can see the various rooms of the building and the pop-up names of the developers and authors of the game. Passing "Batman: Arkham Asilum" will repeatedly return the user to familiar places, but in an amount that does not cause annoyance. The whole island is divided into several parts, in each of which a certain villain dominates. Therefore, both the environment and the scenery will correspond to his lifestyle and behavior.
Unexpected turn
In the course of escorting the Joker to his new “apartment,” Batman meets his old friend, Detective Gordon. During the dialogue, the insidious villain manages to get out of the handcuffs and kill a couple of other guards, thereby discovering the path to freedom. In fact, it turns out that all this was a clearly planned operation, the purpose of which was to turn Arkham into a stronghold of crime. Batman begins a long and dangerous journey throughout the psychiatric hospital in search of the Joker. The player will meet other famous opponents of the Dark Knight: Bane, Edward Nigma, Killer Croc and so on. Passage "Batman: Arkham Asilum" is constructed in such a way that after a certain period of time, or rather, through several episodes of the main storyline, Batman will face up to one of those. For each boss, there is a certain approach that can be understood and mastered in just a few minutes.
Combat arsenal
Now let's talk about what combat potential exists in the game "Batman 1". Passing every now and then will throw up new gadgets to the user, with the help of which it becomes possible to go further in the story, use new tactics and just push your opponents to the floor. Batman is a melee master. His physical preparation and skills make it possible to deal immediately with entire crowds of enemies, effectively incapacitating them, but not killing them in any way.
Invisible predator
The passage of "Batman: Arkham Asilum" involves a harmonious combination of combat and stealth combat mode. After all, everyone knows that Batman is an unsurpassed specialist in extinction and inconspicuous movement. Taking advantage of this advantage, you can quietly eliminate enemies who have naively moved away from their partners. Attacks with planning, climbing up, a silent blow from behind, from a ledge - all this greatly decorates the game. Thus, the passage of “Batman: Arkham Asilum” is a multivariate and varied process that gives the user maximum pleasure from the game.
Choose what you like
Various puzzles from Enigma are scattered all over the map, having solved it, you can open blocks of information that describe particular characters, places and events. In addition to the main storyline, in “Batman: Arkham Asilum” there is the opportunity to pass the tests, for which the player will receive rewards. This and much more was carried over to the next part of the Dark Knight series. Passage of the game "Batman 2: Arkham City" you can find in the near future.