Second Runoff Round 2009, Game of the Year

[HoloDust]

SvennoJ said:

Nah it's Indiana Jones vs Batman, when Indiana Jones was still good.
It's also gun play vs beat em up, bright lighthearted humor vs darker edgier world, linear journey with open set pieces vs a more open city to explore.

Arkham Asylum is essentially 3D Metroidvania - one of the reasons I liked it more than its open world sequels is exactly because of that design, plus it had really great gameplay - and of course Mark Hamill as Joker is spectacular.