With exceptions to the Scarecrow fights, and to some extent Poison Ivy's fight as well, the boss fights in this game are really weak.The musical score by Ron Fish and Nick Arundel fits very well with the setting of Arkham Island.Freeze and The Penguin, and even less popular characters like Great White and Ratcatcher. The game is very respectful to the existing Batman universe, with Easter eggs, references to characters that are not in the game like Mr.The Riddles and Riddler trophies that The Riddler challenges you to solve works as collectibles in this game and completing certain challenges or finding certain trophies will unlock new challenges in Challenge mode or character trophies.These gadgets can be upgraded with the experience points you get whilst progressing through the game, and are used to either get past certain obstacles, find secrets, or to fight enemies. The gadgets in this game are fun to use and they have unlimited ammo.The challenge maps allow you to improve your combat and stealth skills and are a nice little distraction if you want something to do after you've beaten the game.While it is easy, the Killer Croc boss fight is the scariest part of the game as you have to sneak around on floating platforms to avoid making noise to avoid Croc who (every now and again) will pop out of the water.This also lead to a scene that cleverly breaks the fourth wall by making players think they're game was corrupted.Scarecrow and his behavior in this game could be favorably compared to Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid or Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, creating some of the most cerebral moments in the game, as well as neat subversions of the game's narrative and expectations.Whilst the large majority of the boss fights in the game are weak, the hallucination battles against Scarecrow make up for that, feeling trippy and scary, yet weird and awesome in a unique way.It's also really helpful during the Predator sections.This allows you to see enemies through walls, distinct between unarmed and armed enemies, find breakable walls, and to set up a crime scene to follow trails. This game introduces Detective mode, which is similar to the sonar that we see in The Dark Knight.The stealth (Predator sections) is great since requires you to stay out of sight and allows the player to take out enemies in any way they can, whether that'd be using a stealth takedown, blowing up a breakable wall, or pulling them over a rail.A great story that sees Batman trying to stop Joker from creating a Titan fueled army and taking back Arkham Asylum.After beating the game, you unlock armor mode, which gives Batman fully upgraded health when doing challenges.Great voice acting, with returning voice actors from the DC Animated Universe like Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill and Arleen Sorkin as Batman, The Joker and Harley Quinn respectively doing a great job.It further helped bring Metroidvanias into AAA gaming, since backtracking through a single, large and inter-connected map is prevalent, and with an IP like Batman to help boost the recognition, it can be said the game delivered in creating an excellent 3D Metroidvania.Great visuals for its time, capturing the look and feel of Arkham Asylum, from the drab yet effective usage of color to the different sections of the island all feeling unique.The combat takes on that of a beat 'em up with a combo system allowing the player to elegantly move from one enemy to another allowing them to rack up a combo to perform one of two special moves, which is to either throw an enemy or take them down by breaking an enemy's bone.Interactive Entertainment initially for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros. All of them!" - The Jokerīatman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure video game based on the DC Comics superhero Batman.