In that moment the PlayStation 3 version jumped leagues ahead of the 360 – I could play as The Joker. I paused, saved, and went straight to the PlayStation Network store to download this free DLC. Guiding Batman through the halls and grounds of Arkham Asylum with the PlayStation Dual Shock 3 controller is just as intuitive and satisfying.īut then my girlfriend, who had been watching, held the box up and tapped at a little sticker “Play As The Joker”. Initially things were as I expected, the game plays pretty much exactly the same and is every bit as wonderful and engaging. So, ordered another copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum (Game of the Year Edition this time) I wasn’t expecting it to be different. Give or take a few exclusive games, the Xbox 360 and PS3 are extremely difficult to tell apart when compared side-by-side. Once bitten twice shy, so now I own a PlayStation 3. The Dark Knight took his cape and gadgets and went to live at someone else’s house. Three little red lights signaled that the party had come to a premature end.
I completed Arkham Asylum three times and still returned in the months that followed, after all there are still a few of The Riddler’s trophies that I had to find.īut then my Xbox 360 went the way of many before it. This third-person action-adventure belonged on my Xbox 360.įrom dropping the disc into the tray and hearing the tell-tale blings of unlocked achievements racking up as I played the game through this felt like an experience I could have on no other system. It was no different with Batman: Arkham Asylum and the 360. It’s a constant, and sometimes annoying, characteristic of my system centric leaning that when I play a new game on a specific system first, the two become synonymous. Clutching my HMV bag (ed: other retailers are available) on the bus-ride home as if it contained a Millennium Falcon, the whole experience awakened my inner eleven year old and the journey could not go quickly enough.
I usually do all my gaming shopping online but there was a deal not to be missed so I took advantage. Both console and game were purchased at the same time in a high street store. I had originally played Batman: Arkham Asylum on the Xbox 360 and it was the game that made my Xbox 360 experience. I’d played it for hours on the 360 but even my keen eye for system specifics I hadn’t seen this one coming.
Atman: Arkham Asylum was shockingly different on PlayStation 3.
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