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Battle of the Supes: Batman: Arkham Asylum VS Spiderman PS4
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As much as I liked Spider-Man PS4, I prefer batman: Arkham Asylum because the world feels so alive and the villains are so damn good.
Arkham Asylum is way better than Spider-Man. better atmosphere, better environment, better story.
Asylum is also the best Arkham game.
Asylum is also the best Arkham game.
Spidey's stylish Focus attacks/takedowns are like Yakuza's Heat actions but more seamless with no camera cuts.
I love that.
I love that.
AA had more of an elegant simplicity I feel. Spiderman tried to do too many things too quickly imo. The former was a lot more impressive in '09 than the latter was in '18.
That's really tough. It's Spiderman.
I thought AA was really good at the time but stealth is so lame outside of hitman and dishonored. The movement is really stiff but the combat is really loose and lacks impact. It's a product of being on the 360 so it's been awhile.
I thought AA was really good at the time but stealth is so lame outside of hitman and dishonored. The movement is really stiff but the combat is really loose and lacks impact. It's a product of being on the 360 so it's been awhile.
Arkham Asylum had a better debut, it was basically a Marvel that it was as good as it was and it was awesome that it turned out to be a 3D Metroidvania, something we didn't get much of at all when it released.
I prefer Spidey though, I think the more fun movement, snappier combat and story edge it out over Asylum's level design. I had a lot of trouble really enjoying Asylum again when returning to it in the last year and that's mostly just down to the fact that the moment-to-moment gameplay wasn't doing a lot for me.
I prefer Spidey though, I think the more fun movement, snappier combat and story edge it out over Asylum's level design. I had a lot of trouble really enjoying Asylum again when returning to it in the last year and that's mostly just down to the fact that the moment-to-moment gameplay wasn't doing a lot for me.
Spider-Man combat felt like an awkward halfway between a normal combat system and Arkham's rhythmic and simplistic combat. Did not care for it at all, they should have gone one way or the other with it.
Spider-Man.
Sure, Batman laid the foundation, but even in terms of using what they have and the story, Spider-Man does it better.
Especially since combo chains don't result in one hit knockdowns, which makes combos and mixing up tactics mid combo more fun.
Sure, Batman laid the foundation, but even in terms of using what they have and the story, Spider-Man does it better.
Especially since combo chains don't result in one hit knockdowns, which makes combos and mixing up tactics mid combo more fun.
I had a much more positive reaction to the quality of Batman Arkham Asylum at its launch in 2008 than I did for Spider-Man in 2018 but I think I like Spider-Man more, and I think that's largely because I enjoy Spider-Man as a character more. They both have tremendous hits at representing qualities of the characters that I enjoy, but also both have weird new quirks. In Spidey's game, working with a direct communication channel to police was weird; in Batman, the last boss was super weird story-wise.
To elaborate a bit, in 2008 I didn't expect a great, polished take on Batman from a licensed game. In 2018 since Spider-Man was being developed by Insomniac, I had high expectations before, so the gap to be covered between expectations and reality was a lot less than Batman had in 2008. I had never heard of Rocksteady before in 2008, and admittedly I wasn't a fan of the gritty "Unreal Engine 3" esque visuals of Batman prior to playing it, but felt that it worked well once I actually did play it.
I voted Batman based on the question in the OP, though... Once again I did not read the poll question/the poll question did not line up with OP.
To elaborate a bit, in 2008 I didn't expect a great, polished take on Batman from a licensed game. In 2018 since Spider-Man was being developed by Insomniac, I had high expectations before, so the gap to be covered between expectations and reality was a lot less than Batman had in 2008. I had never heard of Rocksteady before in 2008, and admittedly I wasn't a fan of the gritty "Unreal Engine 3" esque visuals of Batman prior to playing it, but felt that it worked well once I actually did play it.
I voted Batman based on the question in the OP, though... Once again I did not read the poll question/the poll question did not line up with OP.
I like spidey fine enough but there isn't anything that Arkham doesn't do much better than it. Even it's graphical fidelity is let down by a lesser art direction.
Spider-Man is one of the best games of the past generation and infinitely replayable for me. I gotta be in the mood for Bats.
EDIT: I did NOT read that OP, and it definitely changes the dynamic. Batman had a crazy debut and really shook up the gaming landscape, but I feel like Spider-Man had this hype from beginning to end and it still wins, but by a smaller margin. Helps it's also the better selling game of the two.
EDIT: I did NOT read that OP, and it definitely changes the dynamic. Batman had a crazy debut and really shook up the gaming landscape, but I feel like Spider-Man had this hype from beginning to end and it still wins, but by a smaller margin. Helps it's also the better selling game of the two.
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I prefer spiderman but the game owes everything outside of the movement to Asylum. Not that it doesn't excel everywhere AA did too.
This will be a lot of which hero either prefer. City is probably the better comparison but for debut AA is the bigger deal, sales aside
This will be a lot of which hero either prefer. City is probably the better comparison but for debut AA is the bigger deal, sales aside
That's a tough one,
Arkham AA slight > Spider-Man > City > Knight
If Knight didn't have the tank sections it would probably tie with Niche-Man.
Arkham AA slight > Spider-Man > City > Knight
If Knight didn't have the tank sections it would probably tie with Niche-Man.
I mean, without having played Spider-Man I can still say Arkham Asylum with some confidence just because it is not open world. I'm still sad City went in such a different direction. Huge step down.
I can also make an educated guess and say that I would like SMs story more, just because that was a bit of a mess in AA
I can also make an educated guess and say that I would like SMs story more, just because that was a bit of a mess in AA
Spider-man easily. I felt little connection with any of the characters in the Batman games, the stories were more garbled and rather forgetable, and while Spider-man obviously took inspiration from the combat in those games, it was more fun.
Between these two? Spider-Man, hands down, no contest.
Now if it were Arkham Knight we were dealing with it would be a much closer match-up. Heck, even City or Origins could potentially give Spidey a run for his money, although he would still edge them out.
But Asylum? It's good but overshadowed by its successors. Successors which Sider-Man had the benefit of building on.
Now if it were Arkham Knight we were dealing with it would be a much closer match-up. Heck, even City or Origins could potentially give Spidey a run for his money, although he would still edge them out.
But Asylum? It's good but overshadowed by its successors. Successors which Sider-Man had the benefit of building on.
Batman AA easily.
It created the blueprint for good superhero games. The same blueprint that Insomniac used for Spider-Man.
It created the blueprint for good superhero games. The same blueprint that Insomniac used for Spider-Man.
Arkham Asylum, easily. Spider-Man is nine years older and still has worse side content than Asylum.
Arkham Asylum is a tighter experience thanks to the metroidvania level design. They made better use of the villains that they had available to them and honestly, everything about that game came together extremely well. The only issue that I had with Asylum was the wonky ending/final boss battle. I'm a huge Batman fan but Spider-Man is my favorite superhero. So with that in mind... I still prefered playing as Spider-Man even if the game wasn't quite as solid. The traversal and the combat in Spider-Man were just more fun for me. Better than Batman? Not necessarily. But swinging around New York as Spider-Man is always going to be more enjoyable than gliding around as Batman for me.
Asylum absolutely nailed the stealth/detective aspect of that character but the combat was more varied and enjoyable in Spider-Man. Perhaps most importantly... the story in Spider-Man hit me way harder. I'm so much more emotionally invested in that universe and those characters than I was in the Arkham universe. I think, judging purely from a game design perspective, Arkham Asylum was a stronger first outing. But it's not like Spider-Man isn't an excellent game in its own right. And so the Spider-Man fan in me tips the scales in his favor.
Asylum absolutely nailed the stealth/detective aspect of that character but the combat was more varied and enjoyable in Spider-Man. Perhaps most importantly... the story in Spider-Man hit me way harder. I'm so much more emotionally invested in that universe and those characters than I was in the Arkham universe. I think, judging purely from a game design perspective, Arkham Asylum was a stronger first outing. But it's not like Spider-Man isn't an excellent game in its own right. And so the Spider-Man fan in me tips the scales in his favor.
