Batman Arkham Asylum > City = Knight > Origins
Any other list and you're just being contrarian
Way to go, Captain Obvious
I never understood the hate on /v/ for this game. Well, I did (primarily PC fanbase + HORRIBLE PC port = distaste) but I played it on PS4 while the whole PC shit was getting fixed and recently got it again on PC and it's just been a treat to play.
The story was fantastic if you're a true Batman fan, Jokers implementation was genius. Sure the Arkham Knight reveal was as obvious as Han Solos death but it still was pretty cool. The car segments however were way overdrawn and limiting DeathStroke to a fucking car boss fight was just disgusting.
Aside from that, this was a fantastic batman game and my personal favorite in the series. The story was some of the best story telling i've seen in comic book history, period. The gameplay is the best its been and the visuals/art style are literally the best i've seen in an open world game to date.
>>332250810
>captain obvious
City is widely acknowledged as the best Batman game
>>332251259
Only among plebs
>>332251686
Only among people who value gameplay
Asylum had good atmosphere, but the gameplay was limited as fuck compared to City.
I'm dying to play this series, but apparently my internet is too slow for fucking PSNow.
Remaster when
>>332250641
Knight was terrible in every way.
Origins was terrible in every way.
City>Origins>Asylum
Knight in literally unplayable tier
>>332252369
you have shit pc?
ok, then
>>332250973
>Jokers implementation was genius
The first time I saw him I would agree it was genius, but there was just too fucking much of him. It feels like they're actively trying to fatigue you of the character so they could make another story without him, which was what I already thought they did with City
>Still waiting patiently for Arkham Knight Complete Edition
>>332252673
>complete edition gets released
>its as buggy and broken as Arkham Knight was when first released
Could you imagine the shitstorm?
>>332252345
Best writing of the series.
>that feel when no Arkham Beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXjtvMAFlI
City > Asylum > Origins > Knight
Swap Asylum and City if you prefer atmosphere over gameplay.
I can agree with that. While Knight wasn't bad they almost made it an ubisoft open world game with all the stupid side missions in the game.
The city was too empty and not really intresting to explore at all. Driving the Batmobile was fun, but got old kind of fast. Game just felt like it had a lot of wasted potential.
>>332250641
>Asylum>>everything else
The thing is the series is just enjoyable, even Origins and Knight which is an achievement in modern vidya but none of them caught the tone as well as Asylum did. The other games were fanservice, Asylum was a love letter.
>>332253246
I didn't come here for depression anon. Then again if it was made they would probably use the faker.
>want to replay origins
>feel like I should replay Asylum and City first
>already played through both of those 3 times
>proceed to do nothing
Well at least there is a new episode of Gotham tomorrow
>>332250641
>Tim's shaved head
>>332250973
>The story was fantastic if you're a true Batman fan, Jokers implementation was genius. Sure the Arkham Knight reveal was as obvious as Han Solos death
Jesus Christ dude all these spoilers
>>332250973
If you were a true fan, you'd have been incredibly disappointed with that story. /v/'s fanfiction leak was vastly better.
>>332253714
>actually watching Gotham
Ew.
>>332250641
City was much better than Asylum because it actually had content after beating the game
Asylum > dogshit > rest of the series
Rocksteady confirmed for one trick pony
>>332253692
>Asylum was a love letter
>Killer Croc boss fight was garbage
>>332254301
>not wanting to see how much they can rape the lore by shoving every batman villain possible into Gotham City long before they where around
Its fun Anon
>>332254479
Disregard Croc, acquire fantastic Scarecrow moments.
>>332254479
The Titan Joker fight was even worse.
>>332254498
so how's the riddler? How do they solve his riddles without Batman?
Did you forget about the boss fights in asylum? City is the best of them all youre being a contrarian for grasping at stupid straws like muh atmosphere
City > Asylum > Knight > Origins
Fight me
>>332250641
>City = Knight
Most contrarian thing I've seen on this board ever.
Knight goes straight into trash Origins tier.
>>332254667
He only made one riddle and it was specifically tailored to Gordon so he would be able to solve it so Nigma could frame him.
He is definitely the best part of the show.
The worst part is the perfect batman game is somewhere within the thr- within the four batmn arkham
>>332253178
If anything, it'll be a console exclusive like MK XL edition was and completely ignore the PC community
I remember how disappointed I was that the leaks weren't true.
Why did Knight have to be such trash?
>>332254915
>He only made one riddle and it was specifically tailored to Gordon so he would be able to solve it
ok makes sense
>He is definitely the best part of the show.
nice! might watch it then. Riddler is so underrated. he's an amazing villain, Was done really well in the Arkham games
I'm waiting for the next superhero to be thrown in the Arkham format. Widespread city, various gadets, numerous villians, intellectual skills and the combat system would all be fitting for Spiderman. That would be first that could handle a Rocksteady makeover
>>332250641
>Any other list and you're just being contrarian
>says the guy with the contrarian opinion
I know Rocksteady are done with Batman, but man.
I need a Beyond Arkham game.
Fuck, I wanna play as Terry.
>>332255558
Whoops, forgot muh image.
>>332255347
Did you play Spider-Man 2? It's got a lot of that stuff.
>>332252673
With the exception of the Batgirl episode the rest of the DLC is shit. I bought it and haven't even bothered to complete it.
>>332255347
Keep holding your breath, Rocksteady is owned by WB
>>332255347
It's gonna be superman, mark my words. Thugs in Knight talking about metropolis, superman, the voice-mail from Lex etc is all hinting at that, same as the arkham city map you can find in asylum
>>332254843
Did you forget about the boss fights in Spider-Man 2? all were shit but that game is usually lorded up as the best Spider-Man game because it got the core of Spider-Man perfect. Asylum was the same, shit bosses for the most part but everything else was fucking perfect.
>>332250641
>asylum better than city
>city equal to knight
terrible list
Asylum was on just the right scale to not outstay its welcome and wasn't such a goddamn slog to complete 100%.
Still really enjoyed City.
>>332256049
>>332250641
>City=Knight
>>332256180
>filename
What happens?
I don't get how anyone could prefer City to Knight. Knight literally did everything City brought forward, and did it even better.
>>332255558
pop in knight, and just enable the beyond skin lmao
>>332250641
Asylum had high highs and low lows.
Highs: focused level design, more interesting stealth rooms than City, Scarecrow sequences
Lows: Killer Croc sequence, DUDE FIVE BANES LMAO boss fights, basically any sequence where they throw fifty enemies at you. That shit's NOT FUN.
City didn't reach the heights of Asylum but wasn't as annoying at its worst either.
+++Increased speed of everything. Climbing ladders, shimmying on ledges, fighting, jumping, EVERYTHING feels more smooth and responsive. Feels like going from Ganondorf to Captain Falcon.
+The world is pretty neat and just the right size. For an open world game it's nice for things to still unlock steadily.
+Side missions are cool
-The story is retarded (but that's not why I play these games anyway so it's not a big deal)
>>332256180
I would like City a lot better than Asylum if it weren't for how much the plot shits the bed during the final parts of the game:
>Strange goes from genuine menace that knows Batman almost more than he knows himself into "Ra's-senpai, pls notice me
>Ra's dying immediately after the reveal that he was the mastermind without any kind of fight
>everything regarding the Joker and giving him a dramatic death just so Hamill can give a proper goodbye to the character only to end up replacing him later
I also regret installing the Catwoman stuff, she was a chore to use
Delete this entire thread!
>>332256658
Forgot to mention, the Mr. Freeze fight in City is god-tier and it's a shame he dies so easily. It's so great to have a boss fight that actually makes you use every tool in your belt and stealth to win. That's great game design. The other bosses, while not great, were not outright bad either.
Fuck Asylum's bosses though
>>332256658
>basically any sequence where they throw fifty enemies at you. That shit's NOT FUN.
>mfw the only fight modes I play in City and Knight are the infinite bad guys modes
Speak for yourself.
>>332250641
I think you mean
Arkham City > Asylum = Origins > Knight
>>332256930
idiot
What do you think the April 25th announcement will be?
For those unknowing the "teaser" that's usually in Arkham games was in the DLC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iyR0hsRGc8
>>332256909
You don't actually use everyhing in the original version of the boss. In the New Game+ version you have to try literally everything to win, its great
>>332256752
>only to end up replacing him later
>
And then he comes back in Knight and is going to be voicing him in The Killing Joke and an upcoming cartoon
>>332256917
Asylum's combat was made much more smoother in later games. I played Asylum and City in succession and the one billion enemies thrown at you parts were far, far more bearable in City.
Actually, it's not even the enemies, it's only when the stun rod and Banes are in the fray. Fuck, if I ever think about replaying Asylum this is what'll make me think twice.
>>332250641
Man that Robin looks like a huge faggot.
>people say for over a year "yeah, it's just gonna be jason todd
>trust us guys, it's a new character donut steel and not jason todd!
>it's jason todd
I'd even be okay with it if it wasn't so poorly written.
am i the only one who'd want a Batman fighting game solely focused on having Batman characters and some other street level heroes?
like it could have Batfamily and Batman villains for starters, then drift into more lesser known Bat villains The Outsiders, and Batman Inc. members, and Street level heroes like Green Arrow while leveling out characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, basically anyone who can world break
>Asylumfags
Yeah, who cares that City has better:
>world
>riddler challenges
>Bosses
>combat
>gadgets
>replayability
Asylum has MUH ATMOSPHERE so it MUST be the best!
>>332255721
>tfw you have an unmasking fetish with Batgirl
should i kill myself /v/?
http://imgur.com/a/NBg0N
>>332250641
Are you stupid?
Arkham City > Asylum > Knight > Origins
>>332256930
>Origins > Knight
>>332257136
is that your final choice
>>332257167
>>332256752
>everything regarding the Joker and giving him a dramatic death just so Hamill can give a proper goodbye to the character only to end up replacing him later
Origins doesn't count, but he was probably the best part of Arkham Kanigget.
And a second Ra's boss fight wouldn't have worked anyway.
>>332250641
Knight ( console ) > Asylum > Origins > City > Knight( PC )
Origins only gets the hate it gets because it was too similar to city, but when comparing them Origins is better. Knight was great and only got a bad rep from PC players, though I got it around christmas and have been able to play just fine so they problems might have been fixed.
>>332257427
even knight on launch on pc > origins
>>332257167
>world is a generic urban span with nothing more than more travel distance
>400 Riddlershit to collect now
>only one boss was better the rest were all the same shit
>combat and gadgets are just more not better
>not more replayable
Fucking retards in here.
>>332257167
>world
I value Asylum and City equally, but Metroidvanias will always trump open worlds when it comes to level design.
>riddler challenges
The Riddler challenges were always shit, but at least the ones in Asylum didn't overstay their welcome. I got them all in City, but Knight and Origins can go fuck themselves.
>>332257353
The whole game I was so sick of Joker's jokes and random appearances.
I just wish he wasn't in the fucking game.
I get it, there's Joker in Batman, but fuck man.
>>332257646
This.
>>332257427
>Knight was great and only got a bad rep from PC players
I played on PS4 and you can rightly fuck off. Knight was easily the worst of the three main games.
>>332257847
No it wasn't.
>>332257669
City is still very Metroidvania though. You can't go everywhere at once, and parts of the game are unlocked as you acquire better gadgets.
>>332257268
It's not really the outfit, it's the shaved head and that mask although looking at that photo again Nightwing has the same damn face and emo hair. They both look like huge cockgobblers.
>>332257847
>sonyfag
Sorry it wasn't a over the shoulder shooter
>>332257847
It wasn't
>>332257737
I kind of wish Batman had just offed himself at the end. Having him overcome both the Fear toxin and the Joker crazies was all kinds of retarded.
People who think Knight is better than Asylum or City wouldn't know good game design if it kicked them in the face.
>>332257889
>>332257986
>>332257948
they stopped trying when it came to robin and nightwing
even the dlc outfits just have them sharing the same damn hair too
>>332257962
lmao
funny you mention that...
>>332258063
kys asap
>>332257962
What are you even on about?
>"beat" game
>fucking Deathstroke
>oh shit.jpeg
>find out online it's a fucking tank battle
Fuck you Rocksteady
>>332258063
>Someone doesn't agree with me!
>>332258247
rs was never good at boss battles though friend
>>332258203
80% of Sony exclusives are over the shoulder shooters, so he's probably mad this game isn't
>Harley will never realize that all the things she thought the Joker embodied, the reasons she loved him, were all actually true for Batman
>Harley will never understand that Bruce is just a traumatized child at heart and fall for him like she did for Joker
>Harley will never change sides and join up with Bats
>Harley will never become a deranged Batgirl struggling between insanity and a desire to do right by the guy who saved her from a life of crime
>My OTP will never be realized
Fuck this gay earth desu senpai
>>332257646
>Just more not better
Being able to counter 3 guys at once, thus drastically increasing the size and speed of combat as well as quickdraw gadgets didn't improve the combat greatly?
Fuck off, Asylum is a snail's pace compared to City and you can't do anything other than punch, counter, and throw batarangs.
>>332258518
go make a fanfic on geocities, scrub
God damn was Knight a let down. It looks pretty but that's it. Bigger world but less to do, dumbed down combat, DUMBED DOWN stealth, simplified puzzles and shit car based gameplay
>>332258689
No, I want it to be official!
>>332258731
how can a new IP be this wrong
>>332258518
Bruce would be just as much of a shitty boyfriend minus the physical abuse, which she is probably into.
>>332258518
not even /co/ would think that shit is a good idea.
>>332258731
The additions to combat and stealth are great, I love the world (the map is huge but so well designed that it doesn't take long to get anywhere) but the batmobile has to justify its existence so more than half the game is the boring tank combat.
All we wanted to do was drive the batmobile. We didn't want to shoot shit or do puzzles with it.
>>332259026
Speak for yourself, the bomb defusal missions were pretty much the highlight of that game for me.
>>332259026
They really should have let you play the tank parts as stealth, going around and disabling tanks via stealth and gliding
>>332257889
>>332257986
>shittiest story
>fucking Batmobile vs drone sections were all terrible
>squandered all the good story roots that were planted during City (City of Evil, Azrael, Hush)
>tries to make Scarecrow into Hugo Strange 2.0 when he already went out like a bitch in the first game
>bloated cityscape
>no boss fights aside from chasing Jason and taking out Deathstroke in a tank
>quickfire gadgets and special takedowns sometimes don't target the correct enemies (this was NEVER a problem in AA and AC)
>OH NO, YOU'RE GOOD AT UNDERGROUND RACING! DAMN YOU, DETECTIVE YOU'RE NOT SMARTER THAN ME!
The game isn't fresh on my mind so I'm forgetting a lot of the complaints, but holy shit I seriously can't believe anyone would believe it wasn't the worst in the trilogy
>>332257962
Maybe I would've enjoyed it more if Batman was a 15 year old with big bouncing titties
>>332259026
>>332259114
wording these two
also riddler race tracks were fun, but all other uses of the batmobile (ie using the wench pretty much 99% of the time) was tedious as fuck
surprised at how mechanically well it moved though, getting in to the vehicle after dive bombing was always fantastic 2bh
>>332259282
>>OH NO, YOU'RE GOOD AT UNDERGROUND RACING! DAMN YOU, DETECTIVE YOU'RE NOT SMARTER THAN ME!
But you literally solve his other puzzles to do so, you don't exclusively race. Further, the races are death traps, which is obvious.
>no boss fights
that's a GOOD thing considering rocksteady hasn't gotten one single boss fight right
>bloated cityscape
lmao ok now you're just baiting I get it. No one actually thinks the game is bloated except false flagging retards who didn't actually play the game.
Arkham Knight is The Dark Knight Rises of the Arkham trilogy. It was acclaimed and had a very high budget, but it was a nonsensical piece of shit that poorly ties its ends together and is only defended by memers.
>>332259026
The additions to stealth were cool but they were never practical because of the dumbed down stealth sections. In older games each room was a tight puzzle and you had to figure out how to take down everyone and survive. In knight each "room" is a massive space where you could silent takedown everyone instantly and win. Even the stealth bosses were piss easy.
>>332256352
Autism happens. I just do it because of the music cues and because taking a couple of hits as Bruce Wayne feels like something Batman would do.
>>332259596
>Further, the races are death traps, which is obvious.
That's why they're all fairly easy and tailor-made for the Batmobile to easily course through... and why you can fall off and explode and then respawn 5 feet from where you fell
>that's a GOOD thing considering rocksteady hasn't gotten one single boss fight right
You can rightly fuck off. And even though Asylum didn't have any good fights and the ones in City weren't great, they were at least still mostly functional and did justice to the characters.
> No one actually thinks the game is bloated except false flagging retards who didn't actually play the game
These are all my screenshots here >>332259282 >>332257847 >>332257669 >>332257353, personally taken from my Sony™ Playstation™ 4®. I was referring to the world design, which is indeed bloated with buildings while also having underground passages. It's great for traversal, especially when you fully upgrade your grapnel and Batmobile eject, but when you actually start tracking objectives and going into the little areas it's a layered mess of a map.
>>332256658
I remember City's stealth rooms more fondly than Asylum's. That might just be due to City's greater variety of gameplay like jammers.
Also, while I dread Asylum's Killer Croc sequence, I do appreciate it. It kept you in check.
Sure you can seamlessly destroy a ridiculous supply of grunts attacking you like the goddamn Batman should, but damn if you still aren't a human going up against a fucking crocodile mutant in his territory.
>>332258247
Felt that pang of lost potential afterwards. They could have followed up the tank fight with a duel at the least, especially when it felt like it was hyping up to a showdown.
>>332260493
>but damn if you still aren't a human going up against a fucking crocodile mutant in his territory.
Except while they clearly tried to go for a spooky horror theme for that where he could pop out of nowhere, the scenario was made laughable by the fact that you just throw a batarang on his face and he plops back down. It's just tedious to walk and not run to all those different spores only to toss your batarang out every few seconds.
City>Knight>Asylum>Origins
>>332260942
Yeah I can see where you're coming from. I've played through Asylum twice.
First time that sequence was amazing and I fully bought into it. Second time around wasn't buying into it as much. I could see it as a chore when you know what to expect.
>>332250641
Asylum > Knight > City > Origins
>>332257032
Oh damn. I haven't gotten around to a City new game+ playthrough so that sounds fucking sweet. I'm keen to start up City again already.
>>332251259
>muh open world
>>332257427
Marginal improvements in some areas still doesn't stop Origins from being completely forgettable.
Asylum = Knight > Origins > City
Knight is the perfect Batman game gameplay wise outside of them shoving the Batmobile down your throat. The story overall is a flop and there is some cringe-inducing dialogue between the characters, but it has some memorable scenes and the hallucinations are great. Mark Hamill deserves an award for that performance, I would go as far to say it's his best performance as the Joker so far unless Killing Joke tops it. Him and John Noble were so good they kept me interested all the way to the end.
Asylum was consistently great outside the boss fights. The only good boss fight in the series was Mr. Freeze so I might as well not even take them into consideration when judging the series as a whole.
Origins might have been the best in the series had they polished it more, made it take place earlier than 5 years before Asylum, and actually had Black Mask as the main villain. They could have reduced Joker's appearance to a side mission with you tracking down the Red Hood and it ends with you knocking him into the vat at Ace Chemicals.
It's a shame none of them were perfect, but they all had something going for them and that's more than I could say about other franchises
city>asylum>origins=knight
>>332250641
>Any other list and you're just being contrarian
City is definitely the normie favourite. I really loved all three of them and don't know which I would pick.
>>332255347
It'll beCaptain Falcon
>>332255347
They tried that with the Amazing Spider Man games, it was shit.
>>332257646
The art direction in City (and subsequently Knight) was off the fucking chain, f.am. Asylum looks positively cartoonish by comparison.
>>332263765
Really liked that the suit in Knight wasn't so much a full body leotard, but a hardcase stealth suit made to withstand combat.
Its probably cause its more in the style of the dark knight in terms if functionality and I liked BatBale
>>332263765
Because Asylum was based on the fucking comic style. And it worked for it. Infact I always said I loved the feeling of Asylum better because it felt more compact and true to the comics. City was just too "Open World" for me. And after the botched PC release I haven't even tried Knight.
>>332259627
The Nolan trilogy is one of the few things in this world that are close to perfection, fuck off.
>>332264495
Why would you do that? post bait in a dead thread?
>>332257162
So basically you want another injustice with more batman Characters?
>>332250973
I agree. The gameplay/side missions on arkham knight were so fucking satisfying too
>>332255347
Nah, I'd rather have an Iron Man gave with the same kind of attention to detail and comic accuracy as the Arkham games.
Just give it Macross Triangle Frontier's mechanics and you have a phenomenal iron man game.
>>332250641
Is the Arkham Knight Season Pass worth it?
Seems fucking expensive for what you get.
>>332265159
No.
If you HAVE to get any dlc just get Season of Infamy and the challenge map packs, that should run you about $15 bucks. The rest of the dlc is hot garbage, Batmobile skins can't even be used during the main story.
>>332265159
No. 90% of all the DLC is just cosmetic shit and racing maps. Just buy the Season of Infamy and challenge map packs. Don't buy Batgirl either, unless you NEED her for the challenge maps. She plays just like Batman and her story sequence is inconsequential, boring and only lasts about 40 minutes. Honestly you'd be better off not getting any of it.
>>332250641
Haven't played Knight or Origins but City is definitely better than Asylum
>>332264718
Fuck off, Nolan flicks were probably the only ones to truly humanize Batman, even if he lacked in detective skills by the time the third movie came around.
>Your parents' death was not your fault. It was your father's.
Fuckin Liam Neeson pulled Ra's off perfectly.
>>332265321
>>332265525
Damn, that fucking sucks, I don't really give a damn about cosmetic skins, or Batmobile shit.
I fucking hope if they do continue the series, they'll fuck off with the Batmobile.
>>332265635
>Fuck off, Nolan flicks were probably the only ones to truly humanize Batman
>Batman
>human
Like Nolan, you don't know shit about Batman.
>>332265096
>there will never be an Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. game with mother-base iDroid style management of resources and personel and a helicarrier/Triskelion hub between missions.
>>332265654
I think they will. I don't recall a single major review site or community that loved the Batmobile. The most it got out of anyone seemed to be toleration at best, hatred at worst. I just want a Batman Beyond Rocksteady game.
>>332265746
Explain masterb8r
>>332265790
>Not wanting to play as based Captain America
He's the only hero that's acutally interesting or cool, all the others are lame as all fuck. At the very least it'd be a better game than Menu Man.
>>332265954
Batman doesn't even see himself as Bruce Wayne. Like Superman the everyday guy is a mask and that's why they're paralleled so often. Not to say he's completely emotionless, even Batman isn't capable of that, but humanizing him? it's straight up wrong. Batman has been called a demon for a reason.
>>332265954
Bruce Wayne is the mask, etc. etc.
>>332265956
He's already gotten a half decent game, though.
Iron Man hasn't gotten a decent game...ever. Which is a fucking shame, because an Iron Man simulator where you fly missions, direct S.H.I.E.L.D., participate in operations against threats both terrorism related and superhuman, and customize armor Armored Core-style would be far more interesting than another Bamham clone starring Cap this time.
>>332266235
That's where you don't understand Nolan then. Batman is a symbol and Bruce understands that he must become more than a man in order to fight the higher ups in the criminal underworld, but at the end of it all he's still a man in a suit and mask. He still feels pain and loss but he understands what's truly at stake so he sacrifices himself time and time again, making his actions that much more admirable.
Only in the end, when he could kill his Batman persona could the city heal and others take his ideals.
Nolan made a more relatable Batman and comicfags can't deal with it.
>>332266626
No he made Batman weak and turned him into a completely different person. The comics built him up as a man that never quits, that always has a plan, Nolan Batman? ran off the first second shit got too hot for him. I'm not surprised you have an issue though, only super casuals like Nolan so I'm not even going to bother with you further. Might blog about it on tumblr if I do.
>Scarecrow being Hugo Strange 2.0 with no Asylum like sequences
>Time Drake Robin and Batgirl shipping
>More Joker than ever before
>shit story with predictable twists
>Tankmobile
>ambiguous ending
>no Ventriloquist or Gentlemen Ghost
>Deathstroke tank battle
How did they fuck up Arkham Knight that badly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJyp2LFHgk&feature=youtu.be
Get ready for the best Batman film of all time.
