PC Version Note

Batman: Arkham Aylum Guide

PC Version Note

If you are using the Xbox version of the game you should have no problems with patching but if you have the PC version, you may find that you do have trouble patching through the Live Service.  If you have problems – the patch does not apply and after twenty minutes you get a time-out error, you will need to download the patch from the web.

There are links on the official site that will take you to where you can download the patch, and once you actually download and apply the patch, everything will work much better.

If you are using the PC version of the game and your gamepad is not an Xbox 360 Controller for windows, your left joystick may be reversed – when you press forward Batman goes backwards and vice-versa.  To correct this, do the following:

Right click the file BMGame\Config\Defaultinput.ini and uncheck the Read-Only box.

Now edit the file and find the line that begins .Bindings=(Name=XboxTypeS_Lefty”

On that line there are two Speed settings that read “Speed=1.0” (ignore the quotes).  Change both of these lines to “Speed=-1.0” (again ignore the quotes).  By setting the speed to -1.0 you are reversing the axis, thus causing the left joystick to work the way it is supposed to work.

As you play the game in story mode you will encounter barriers like walls, glass, security forcefields and the like that you cannot get past.  You will have reasons to want to get past these – collectible trophies, objects or goals – and you will probably be wondering how you get past them.  The answer is that you do not – for now.  These obstacles require special gear that you will not get until later in the game, which means you will either backtrack to get them, or complete the game and then continue on in free-roam mode.

This walkthrough does not concentrate on getting all the collectibles or solving all of the riddles in the story mode – it assumes you will want to go back in free-roam and get them – rather it only includes the ones you can get as you play story mode the first time.  Each item is noted in each section of the walkthrough.