Arkham Asylum was helmed as one of the best games of 2009, and by most the best super-hero video game of all time, and with good reason: Batman's journey to the insane headquarters on the outskirts of Gotham plunged him into new depths of terror as the Joker conducted a plot of horrifying proportions, with the help of fan favourites Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy and the weirdly disturbing Scarecrow. Having traded it in for something that probably was nowhere near as good, and in the midst of the announcement that the sequel will be called Arkham City and released in October 2011, I thought now would be a good time to get the Game Of The Year Edition. The main addition here is that of 3-D, and sufficed to say I was startled at just how much depth it gave the characters on screen. Now, before you rush out and buy it alongside your copy of the original, know that the third dimension isn't as impressive (yet) as Toy Story 3 or Avatar, but it's a brilliant foundation to start on. We also get a handful of Challenge Maps which were either originally pre-order exclusives or free DLC, the best of which are the ones placed on Insane difficulty and tasking you with surviving for as long as possible in a map- an incredibly tense experience, I can assure you. The game itself remains intact and largely the same, but that's in no way a criticism: the story and game-play (and harrowing soundtrack) are completely what earn this title a 10. Sure, the final boss battle is an anti-climax (but I won't ruin it), and there is little replay value to the storyline once you know all of its secrets, but there's 20-30 hours of solid game time without the challenge maps, so this edition will keep you going for a while!
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