Now to the part that me concerned about how it would transfer to VR… the combat. I am so pleased to say Camoflaj have captured the essence of the Arkham combat perfectly in Virtual Reality. This means if you are looking for a full on physics based combat system, you are not going to get this – but, that would not suit the Arkham series.

Instead in the face-on fighting it plays more like a beat-em up in VR, which allows them to capture that fluid nature of the combat perfectly. With a great use of punching motions to lunge towards enemy to start a beat-down on them, which will then give you prompts to follow from hooks, jabs, uppercuts and slamming your fists down on the enemies. With the counter system being handled with punching motions as well, when you see that indicator of an incoming attack punch in that direction to counter or block that attack. This makes the combat feel very fluid and really feels like you are fighting just like Batman.

The combat is mixed up by the game introducing new enemy types as your progress, which all need approaching a little differently. With enemies with electric batons needing to be jumped over and attacked from behind, an armored enemy you need stun by grabbing your cape and hitting them with it, a shielded enemy that is a mix of both. Then you will get enemies wielding knives, if you initiate a counter on these you will need to dodge their attacks before you can attack them. You will also get some with guns that you might want to aim to take down first, although you can use evade to dodge the incoming fire. At the point of the game when all these enemy types have been introduced, the combat becomes a lot more intense and difficult. But, if you get that combo going, you do get the full immersive of feeling like Batman, feeling bad-ass and the Arkham series.

Of course it would not be an Arkham game if they had not included the predator elements as well, with set rooms allowing you survey the room and enemy movements from up high, while moving between a number of vantage points with your grapnel gun, dropping down into vents, destroying walls and sneaking up on them to take them out. Again every element of these sections is covered, from dropping down from your vantage point to grab them and hang them from the vantage point, flying down to kick them, coming up out of vents to choke them out, dropping/throwing smoke bombs to give you cover as you take them out or knocking them out with your Batarang. With the game also offering a decent progression system to update your Batsuit, tools and stealth skills. With updating the tools being very useful for combat – like updating your Batclaw so you can disarm enemies.