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Navigate Batman: Arkham Asylum's menus, including Main Menu, Pause Menu, Options, and Map. Learn about difficulty settings and Waynetech upgrades.

Main Menu

After starting Batman: Arkham Asylum and creating a profile, you will access the early options screen to adjust Brightness and Subtitles. You then select your difficulty level before beginning the game. Difficulty affects enemy damage, your XP damage recovery (less on higher difficulties), and enemy awareness during predator sequences. On Hard difficulty, enemies will not have icons above their heads during attacks.

From the Main Menu, you can choose:

• Continue Story: Return to the game from your last checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).
• Challenge Mode: Access Combat and Predator challenges.
• Downloadable Content: Access extra Challenge Maps.
• Character Bios: View biographies of characters.
• Character Trophies: View 3D character models.
• Options: Access the Options Menu.

Pause Menu

Pressing Start during gameplay brings up the Pause Menu:

• Resume: Return to gameplay.
• Restart from Checkpoint: Load your last checkpoint.
• Restart Challenge: Begin the current Challenge again (only in Challenge Mode).
• Game Options/Audio Options/Controller Configuration: Access these settings.
• Quit: Return to the Main Menu. Game data is only saved from your last checkpoint.

Options Menu

Accessible from both the Main Menu and Pause Menu:

• Game Options:
  • Invert Look: Reverses the y-axis for camera movement.
  • Invert Rotation: Reverses the x-axis for camera movement.
  • Invert Flight: Reverses axes for gliding.
  • Camera Assist: Automatically adjusts the camera when Batman is walking or crouching.
  • Brightness: Adjusts screen brightness.
  • Motion Sensor Function: Enables SIXAXIS controls.
• Audio Options:
  • Subtitles: Turns on captions for spoken dialogue.
  • Volumes: Adjusts SFX, music, and dialogue volume.
• Controller Configuration: View current controls and cycle through two different configurations, primarily affecting L1/L2 and R1/R2 functions.

Map Menu

Pressing Select during gameplay opens the Map Menu. New sections are added as you progress.

• Map & Objectives: Use the left stick to navigate the map and L2/R2 to zoom. Press Square to center on Batman. While viewing grounds, press X to examine a building's map or Circle to return to the grounds view.
• Waynetech: This menu appears when you earn enough experience for an upgrade. You can spend experience points on improvements. Not all upgrades are available immediately; some require prerequisite upgrades or game progression.
• Riddler's Challenges: Opens after receiving the first call from the Riddler in Intensive Treatment. Displays a grid of challenges for each game area, which are ticked off as found.
• Character Bios: Similar to the Main Menu list. Unlocked bios can be viewed immediately after unlocking by pressing Select.