Batman: Arkham Asylum (Platinum) previews

Going by the recent demo on the PSN Store and all the footage of this game out on the net, this one's looking to be a solid, thorough, all-in-all fantastic game. Finally a superhero game this isn't a brain-dead beat-‘em-up or featuring a severely-overpowered main character. This game is gritty, dark and realistic – keeping true to Batman's rough combat style as well as the predatory aspects; stalking and surprising enemies. The 'Detective Mode’ gameplay is great also, as that's such an important element of the character and will do well to break up the combat sections. Eidos have ticked all the right boxes with this one.

This game is a definite day one purchase for me.

The trailer looks immaculate but if you had the chance of seeing the extended gameplay footage from GDC 09, you will be impressed with the amount of detail and gameplay tricks you can do.

Do no be fooled, this is not your average superhero beat-em-up game that we've all become so tiresomely used to. Batman: Arkham Asylum is how Batman should be: ruthless, predatory, intelligent, powerful.

My suggest for any gamers out there is to watch the gameplay footage then pre-order this, only bad thing is we have to wait 2 more months for it.

I just downloaded the demo off the Playstation Store. It's even better than I imagined. I'm definitely buying this! Stunning graphics, awesome gameplay. The fighting dynamics are unreal. Makes you want to slowly deal with the enemy rather than button mash and end it quickly. The counter attacks are awesome. Buy it!

Previous commenter, the voices aren't from the Nolan movies, the game is not based on the Nolan movies, these are guys who have been doing the voices for a long time, just look at their IMDb profiles, so I'm glad they chose them, specially Mark Hamill, he does a great Joker.

Game looks great, also glad they are making Joker available, but love the “sense of humour” making it only available for PS3, which I chose but was starting to wonder if it was a good purchase as the support was kinda slack PSN-wise etc.

Just Finished Playing The Demo It Was Insane The Graphics Wore Amazing And The Fighting Was Awsome The Characters Lookd Great It Actually Felt Like You Wore Batman A Must Buy For Everyone The Demo Is Available On PSN For PS3 Owners Not Sure About 360 Or PC And Also The PC Version Will Be Delayed Til The 15th Of September

well as well all know movies/comics don't turn into games great and vis versa i mean look at the iron man game… but after playing it i mean OMG!! the voice acting is probably the best i have ever seen in a video game amazing graphics!! batman i love you!! :P was originally thinking the gameplay would be a but repetitive but was very mistaken! worth getting 9/10 for me

The trailer does look stunning, with all the amazing graphics and stuff you see?? But the voices of both Batman and The Joker are wrong. I mean, I know you cant hire Heath Ledger, but they COULD have got a sound alike. Apart from those small mishaps the game looks very exciting and I cant wait till June