City is the happy middle ground between evolving on asylum without the content bloat of Knight
rocksteady should make more games. Just my opinion sorry
rocksteady should make more games. Just my opinion sorry
Best Batman Arkham video game?
- Thread starter Bor Gullet
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City is my favorite open world game of all time. The sidequests actually had story and each one explored a villain of the batman universe. I love that approach and it fits a superhero game perfectly. I wish Spiderman did that instead of making catch pigeons 10 times.
Knight is an awesome game. The went a bit overboard with the vehicle but it controlled wonderfully. There was just too much of it.
Asylum is a fun game but not as good as City or Knight. The final boss alone brings down the game. Such a bad decision.
Origin was a mess. A buggy game that had lacked the polish of the Rocksteady entries. I could not 100% it because some sidequests were bugging. I also never could understand the praise for the bosses. Their were just average.
Bor Gullet you forgot Blackgate. It was a decent metroidvania, obviously design for handhelds. I had fun with it.
so:
City > Knight > Asylum > Blackgate > Origin
Knight is an awesome game. The went a bit overboard with the vehicle but it controlled wonderfully. There was just too much of it.
Asylum is a fun game but not as good as City or Knight. The final boss alone brings down the game. Such a bad decision.
Origin was a mess. A buggy game that had lacked the polish of the Rocksteady entries. I could not 100% it because some sidequests were bugging. I also never could understand the praise for the bosses. Their were just average.
Bor Gullet you forgot Blackgate. It was a decent metroidvania, obviously design for handhelds. I had fun with it.
so:
City > Knight > Asylum > Blackgate > Origin
Asylum for me, the other games have a toy playset kind of vibe to them that's always put me off, they never quite got Gotham right. The first game has a Dredd or the Raid flavor to it with Batman being locked in one confined space that I've always been really fond of.
The combat improvements to City were great, plus I think it captured the unique feels to playing as Catwoman and Nightwing (also, Robin) the best.
Knight was quite a letdown in the Batmobile combat, boss fight, and narrative departments. I think it also took the worst from Ubisoft's visible checklist of side content actions.
Knight was quite a letdown in the Batmobile combat, boss fight, and narrative departments. I think it also took the worst from Ubisoft's visible checklist of side content actions.
it's knight. I've realized having played these games very recently that some people hate the batmobile so much it doesn't make up for the mechanical improvements in Knight.
I don't understand liking City. I think it's a mediocre game, I think Knight does everything that game did but better. Except maybe the story? I don't know since I didn't really care about the story in any of them.
My rating:
Knight > Asylum > Origins > City
Note: I didn't actually enjoy any of them that much.
I don't understand liking City. I think it's a mediocre game, I think Knight does everything that game did but better. Except maybe the story? I don't know since I didn't really care about the story in any of them.
My rating:
Knight > Asylum > Origins > City
Note: I didn't actually enjoy any of them that much.
You and I know they're all the same game, the reason I voted Arkham city was because of the open world.
I'm still torn between Asylum and City. I can never really choose. Asylum is more focused, great atmosphere and simplicity. City makes everything bigger and refines the gameplay really well.
Origins has garbage gameplay so it's automatically the worst and Knight also has weaker combat, plus weaker side content and the Batmobile focus.
Origins has garbage gameplay so it's automatically the worst and Knight also has weaker combat, plus weaker side content and the Batmobile focus.
My favorite is Arkham Asylum but I think the best Arkham game is Arkham Origins because it has the best story. But they all have great qualities.
Arkham Asylum changed superhero games and is the original.
Arkham City is the perfect sequel showing how to balance innovation with old stuff.
Arkham Origins has the best Batman feel of the games with the best story and writing.
Arkham Knight has amazing graphics and gameplay but everything else is flawed.
Where's my Origins gang at?
Yes they're all in fact games based on Batman.
Arkham Asylum changed superhero games and is the original.
Arkham City is the perfect sequel showing how to balance innovation with old stuff.
Arkham Origins has the best Batman feel of the games with the best story and writing.
Arkham Knight has amazing graphics and gameplay but everything else is flawed.
Where's my Origins gang at?
Yes they're all in fact games based on Batman.
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City > origins > Knight > asylum.
I always flip flop origins and city. I loved both from start to finish. Knight was cool but Bruce/batman fell flat for me. Asylum is whatever.
I always flip flop origins and city. I loved both from start to finish. Knight was cool but Bruce/batman fell flat for me. Asylum is whatever.
I liked Knight the best. It did some really cool stuff with one of the best storylines out there. I've beaten it like 3x
You should try Origins soon. It's the perfect time because the developer(WB Montreal) is getting ready to announce the next Batman game in a few months. It's also a good game.
Yeah but I'm not too happy about buying the last gen version. I was just expecting them to eventually port it over to the current gen like the return to arkham release but it doesn't look like that'll be happening so I might just bite the bullet and grab it on the PS3.
Well there's a slight possibility that they'll remaster it with the new game. It's on Xbox One though. BC.
Batman is his villains and the only game that had great battles with them was Origins. Origins also had the best story and the best narrative justification for there being no civilians on the streets.
Arkham City has a good justification. It's a literal super prison.
I dislike Knight too but if a game has great gameplay, graphics and detail, can we really call it trash?
Asylum is the best and most focused game. I found City's open world lame. Knight's open world was pretty awesome minus the tank battles. Have yet to play Origins.
I don't think it has great gameplay. The combat is less crisp than City to me and the tank stuff is complete shit. And two major conflicts, including one that's the culmination of a multi-game arc, are played out using that shitty tank combat instead of a real fight between two actual characters. It's awful, and the design of the entire game suffers as a result. It is definitely a very pretty game and a fine technical achievement in terms of presentation but I am very comfortable calling the game part of Arkham Knight trash.
Asylum is a perfect video game. It's simple, its focused, and its paced brilliantly. It broke the framing that superhero games could only be "mediocre to decent". It's only flaw is it's boss fights.
City just adds too much, and it ends up feeling bloated. It improves the boss fights, but the narrative, pacing, etc feel like they falter. Also Riddler trophies became fucking annoying in this series after City.
City just adds too much, and it ends up feeling bloated. It improves the boss fights, but the narrative, pacing, etc feel like they falter. Also Riddler trophies became fucking annoying in this series after City.
Hands down Arkham Knight. Unfortunately it suffers from the "not cools" so people don't give it the respect it's due. Best combat in the series. Most gadgets. Best predator sections. Batmobile is fun as hell and makes running around on foot/gliding in the previous games feel slow as hell. It's overflowing with high quality side content. It has the best representation of all of Batman's rogue's gallery as far as the Arkham games go. It has the best story of the three. It does suffer from a bit too much Battank stuff, but I even love that because we find out the reason Batman is driving a tank to begin with is actually because the Joker is riding shotgun in Bruce's brain. It top notch comic book affair for sure and a satisfying end to the story. There was also someone who did a video on length between moments of interest and AK in general moved faster than AA as far as pacing goes. So yeah, so much for AA feeling "tight". You are confusing tight with simple and that's what AA is.
This is exactly how I feel.
I felt like a little kid playing this game. Everything looked and felt great.
City is the best. It's the best blend of gameplay improvements, story, and good character interactions. And despite being open world, it has a cohesive world where everything in it matters unlike Knight's.
Except the world, story, and villains.
I actually went back and replayed City after I finished Knight. Even the gameplay in Knight isn't really that much better than City's. Yeah there are definitely refinements, but still City plays absolutely great.
Except the world, story, and villains.
I actually went back and replayed City after I finished Knight. Even the gameplay in Knight isn't really that much better than City's. Yeah there are definitely refinements, but still City plays absolutely great.
Don't forget the Deathstroke tank fight... which was a carbon copy of the Arkham Knight fight.
Who thought that was a good idea?
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What? How? You think normal people are gonna live in a super prison made for criminals?
I'm with the Arkham Knight crew, and I'm even a batmobile apologist. The batmobile is just a slick, awesome way to include even more gadgets and upgrades, which are always the best aspect of these games. It definitely wasn't my primary method of traversal, but I always enjoyed using it. Also, while Arkham Knight's story certainly wasn't the best (Origins remains the peak) and was super predictable, I felt that it had the best storytelling of the series.
You think they're gonna make a super prison for super criminals inside a historical section of one of the most important cities in America?
City as an overall package is the GOAT, a truly special and unbelievable game. One of the rare sequels that went open-world and didn't fuck it up.
Asylum is the second best - what it lacks in game mechanics it makes up for with its rich atmosphere and love for the source material.
Origins is third. They brought some original ideas to the table but unfortunately the game was rushed out for the holidays and many bugs were never addressed.
Knight is fourth. This game made the mistakes City narrowly avoided, adding feature bloat at the cost of the story and atmosphere. Things like Batman failing to figure out who Red Hood is or slamming into thugs at 80 mph and pretending like they're unconscious. And everyone knows the Batmobile segments are simply a chore. There's a massive disconnect between the gameplay and story beats to the point where you cheer when the Batmobile gets crushed.
Asylum is the second best - what it lacks in game mechanics it makes up for with its rich atmosphere and love for the source material.
Origins is third. They brought some original ideas to the table but unfortunately the game was rushed out for the holidays and many bugs were never addressed.
Knight is fourth. This game made the mistakes City narrowly avoided, adding feature bloat at the cost of the story and atmosphere. Things like Batman failing to figure out who Red Hood is or slamming into thugs at 80 mph and pretending like they're unconscious. And everyone knows the Batmobile segments are simply a chore. There's a massive disconnect between the gameplay and story beats to the point where you cheer when the Batmobile gets crushed.