Batman himself would play this...

User Rating: 9.5 | Batman: Arkham Asylum X360
If you ever played a Batman video game in your life and remember being sadly disappointed, believe me you are not alone...I still recall the side scroller on my Super Nintendo 15 yrs ago, the robot-like movement, the impossible button smashing that rarely produced the move you wanted...the lost potential. For years I have wondered why with the new age graphics and game consoles now hasn't there been a new Batman game, seeing what they did with Spider-Man made me understand, then I saw Lego Batman and I was plain scared...but I can now truthfully and with all the joy of a kid who grew up with the caped crusader say the wait was worth it, yes more than a decade later, all that lost potential in all the other Batman games seem petty...

Arkham Asylum is a present day operating Alcatraz you could say, a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane, but what happens when the prisoners take over? You've just caught the Joker and are in the Batmobile heading towards the Arkham Asylum, but you can't help thinking that it was too easy this time...when you reach Arkham he wastes no time in setting his plan into motion, you've fallen right into his trap, the island is his now and he has no intentions of letting you leave alive. Now your trapped inside the most dangerous place in Gotham, with some of the most dangerous criminals, most of which blame you for their stay...

PROS***
-Fight your way through using a truly unique combat system that will make you think it was all choreographed...serious eye candy here.
-Attack from the shadows with a full arsenal of gadgets at your disposal.
-Voices by Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill & Arleen Sorkin, the original voices for Batman, The Joker, & Harley Quinn of the 1992 "Batman" series, WHAT OTHER GAME CAN SAY THAT?
-Fight legendary villains like Bane, The Croc & Scarecrow (instant classic)
-Truly immerse yourself into the world of a super-hero like never before.

CONS***
-few minor glitches during the combat, nothing you'll notice
-too short : (

This is more than a game, Batman Arkham Asylum plays homage to every gamer that was ever let down by the dark knight, but most importantly to the dark knight himself. Thank you Rocksteady for doing right what so many kids in the 90's had one day envisioned...