WeView: Batman: Arkham Asylum

People often pester me when I’m writing these WeViews to pick a game that’s topical or relevant. Well this week I’m at least sort of trying. See tomorrow night I’m off to “That London” (or The Big Smoke) to attend the Eurogamer Expo, and one of the games I’m exceptionally excited about playing is Batman: Arkham City. Arkham Asylum was an absolute stand out game for me, and still easily sits atop the superhero genre; how could I not be excited about playing the sequel? Of course we can’t really talk about the follow up just yet, so lets stick to the original.

I absolutely loved the game myself, and Peter was pretty keen about it as well. He scored it at 9/10 in our review and had this to say about it:

All in all Batman: Arkham Asylum is a fantastic video game, worthy of all the praise it receives. Although there are a couple of minor flaws in its execution (lack of sound-awareness in the poor AI and a relatively cheap final boss stand out) there really isn’t a lot that you could fault with this game. It is certainly one of the best releases this year. Whilst there is still a long way to go and a great deal of titles still to come, Batman: Arkham Asylum will, we feel, ultimately be considered amongst the best video games of this generation.

I’d have to agree with the flaws he found, in particular the final boss. Given how interesting the other boss fights were, and how freakishly hard I found Poison Ivy, Joker just felt so utterly trivial. However, my thoughts on its successes and failings aren’t what’s important here, it’s what you think that matters.

If you feel like taking part and sharing your thoughts just head over to the forums and leave us your thoughts on the game. Whilst I’m not going to discount longer reviews, please remember that the aim is for short, snappy opinions. More than that I simply don’t have the time to wade through longer reviews, so if you want to have your opinion included in the verdict post try to keep it short.

Once you’ve written your review make sure you give it a score on the Buy It, Bargain Bin It, Rent It, Avoid It scale. Remember, if you want your score and opinion included in Monday’s verdict post you need to have it done by Sunday afternoon, otherwise I’ll have written it and you’ll be left out in the cold.