A Single Geographical Change to Gotham Turned Arkham Asylum Into an S-Tier Freakshow

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A Single Geographical Change to Gotham Turned Arkham Asylum Into an S-Tier Freakshow

Imagine taking in the best experience of being the Dark Knight himself, where you fight crime, solve mysteries, and bring justice to Gotham City. Well, you don’t have to imagine that anymore because Rocksteady games have curated that experience for you in the form of the Batman: Arkham franchise.

While the whole franchise is a masterpiece of its own, Batman: Arkham Asylum made one change in its map, which made the game a monument in the entire industry. Of course, we are talking about how the developers changed the Arkham Asylum from the comics into a full-fledged island in the game. Let’s delve deeper into this.

Batman: Arkham Asylum features a semi-open world map

The Batman: Arkham series is considered one of the greatest video game franchises in the history of gaming. With breathtaking visuals and a ruthless combat system, it literally makes you feel like the Caped Crusader himself. The franchise’s first installment is Batman: Arkham Asylum, which came out back in August 2009 and had sold more than 2.5 million units by the end of September of that year.

Unlike the other games in the series that have a huge open map of the city for Batman to explore, Arkham Asylum featured this semi-open island with interconnected pathways and distinct levels. This big island, instead of a small institution, was introduced for a greater variety of environments in a cohesive narration. All the buildings on the island possessed unique visual identities that prevented the game from feeling monotonous.

The layout of the island also played a part in giving the player a sort of free feeling of their own. Even though it is a semi-open world map, it provided the players with a degree of non-linearity and it also encouraged exploration all within a dedicated space.

The island also enforced the role of a predator for Batman, referencing the whole island as his hunting ground, and from the building ledges to the hidden shafts, it became like a natural habitat to the Dark Knight. This game and level design gave players the freedom to choose their own approach in the location and encouraged the players to think like Batman himself.

Rocksteady made sure that players get enough space to feel like The Batman

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The decision to set Arkham Asylum on a big, sizable island, rather than a single building, made the game feel much ******* than it actually is. It also gave the developers a richer canvas to craft diverse gameplay scenarios that enhance the environment of the entire game.

The island gave players enough room to truly embody the persona of Batman and provided the developers with a choice to switch from a simple facility to a fully realized island. This change was not about depth, rather, it was a storytelling choice to make the players feel more like the Caped Crusader.

In the end, the game did not just provide us with a place to fight thugs and track villains, but gave us a world that feels alive and breathing, and this heavily animated setting is what makes the Arkham games truly stand out from the rest.

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