As Batman interacts with the world, the aging asylum creates a more immersive, believable world which really draws the player in.” In the words of Sefton Hill, game director at Rocksteady Studios: “supporting Nvidia PhysX technology has allowed us to add that little bit extra to the PC version of the game. With SPH, volumetric smoke and fog realistically swirl around characters as they pass through, creating a more dynamic game experience. Due to the complexity of this algorithm, high quality SPH simulations can only be performed in real-time on a PhysX capable GPU. The PC version of the gram features realistic, volumetric fog using a physical simulation technique called smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH). Newspapers float and shuffle underneath your feet and cobwebs tear apart as you walk though them. When PhysX is enabled in Batman: Arkham Asylum, litter collides and crashes around the environment while wall tiles crack and crumble on impact during battle. 3D Vision support was also added to provide a deeply immersive experience.
Not content with simply porting over the console version, the team at Rocksteady added PhysX to the game for realistic destruction, fog, and cloth. The PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum is truly a unique experience.
