A snow-covered Gotham, a younger Batman, and one night set to forge him before the saga's classics.

The profile rests on very few votes, so it's all to confirm, but the picture leans the same way everywhere. Desert island, attachment, fun, sound, all sit in the bottom third or thereabouts. Only rediscovery climbs a little, toward the middle, the urge to come back as on that first night. Nothing really pulls upward, on these early duels. It's a solid Batman that struggles, for now, to stand apart from its illustrious elders in the community's heart.

Against the Arkham Asylum and Arkham City around it, this prequel suffers from the comparison. Same formula, same Gotham, but a different studio and a share of memory that seems to flow back to the founding entries.

So, for who? For you if you love the Arkham world and want to explore its every corner, young Batman included. Much less if you're after the one in the saga people remember and name first.