Solidsoul
Banned
So now that I have finished Arkham Knight I have been spending a lot of time thinking about what each game did right and wrong. Then ultimatley deciding which game is critcally the best.
The four games in question:
-Batman: Arkham Origins
-Batman: Arkham Asylum
-Batman: Arkham City
-Batman: Arkham Knight
My opinions (Knight is still fresh and this is subject to change) as of now:
- Arkham Knight
I feel like Arkham Knight deviated a lot from the previous entries. The combat flow doesn't feel near as good as it did in the other games, there are too many variables between the enemies that it seems not flow properly. Arkham Knight also featured much more batmobile eccentric missions and segments that were out-door and less metroidvania styled than previous games. Arkham Knight feels highly polished and the overworld is fantastic, it's also got a pretty good story, but the ending has me feeling conflicted. The Batmobile feels great and is an awesome addition to the game but it gets used far too much. The side missions, while awesome to have pretty much break down into a "Do the same thing 5 times and head to GCPD" repitition.
- Arkham City
This feels like the most complete and well rounded game of the franchise to me personally. It had a bigger world to play around in, still featured gliding from building to building and had extremley satisfying combat. Everything flowed perfectly and felt natural. The story was also pretty good except for maybe the fact that
- Arkham Origins
This game has a few red flags right from the beginning, the re-used and somewhat bland overworld, a tweaked combat system that throws off the balance a bit and a skill upgrade system that was a step backword. Other than that though it was a very fine made game, and while the combat was tweaked a little out of whack i still found the combat scenarios more enjoyable than the ones present in Arkham Knight. The story for this game is also surprisingly good, which is not something you'd expect just from hearing what the opening setting of the game is. In my opinion this game also has the best boss battles of the series. One after another, and very enjoyable.
- Arkham Asylum
The game that started it all. An amazing game in it's own right but kind of outclassed in many ways by the others. The combat system is much more basic and leaves a few things to be desired after playing the others. The story, while fine is basically super simple (
) and isn't as interesting as other entries. Theres not much gliding, and there is no batmobile. Traversal is mostly indoor hallways and climbing. With all that said i find it to be possibly the most cohesive of the entire series. I love this game.
Ultimatley as of now I'd probably rank the games:
Arkham City>Arkham Asylum>Arkham Knight>Arkham Origins
How would you rank the Arkham games, and what do you think each one did right and/or wrong?
The four games in question:
-Batman: Arkham Origins
-Batman: Arkham Asylum
-Batman: Arkham City
-Batman: Arkham Knight
My opinions (Knight is still fresh and this is subject to change) as of now:
- Arkham Knight
I feel like Arkham Knight deviated a lot from the previous entries. The combat flow doesn't feel near as good as it did in the other games, there are too many variables between the enemies that it seems not flow properly. Arkham Knight also featured much more batmobile eccentric missions and segments that were out-door and less metroidvania styled than previous games. Arkham Knight feels highly polished and the overworld is fantastic, it's also got a pretty good story, but the ending has me feeling conflicted. The Batmobile feels great and is an awesome addition to the game but it gets used far too much. The side missions, while awesome to have pretty much break down into a "Do the same thing 5 times and head to GCPD" repitition.
- Arkham City
This feels like the most complete and well rounded game of the franchise to me personally. It had a bigger world to play around in, still featured gliding from building to building and had extremley satisfying combat. Everything flowed perfectly and felt natural. The story was also pretty good except for maybe the fact that
Protocol 10 was just a term for "We're going to shoot everyone in Arkham City."
- Arkham Origins
This game has a few red flags right from the beginning, the re-used and somewhat bland overworld, a tweaked combat system that throws off the balance a bit and a skill upgrade system that was a step backword. Other than that though it was a very fine made game, and while the combat was tweaked a little out of whack i still found the combat scenarios more enjoyable than the ones present in Arkham Knight. The story for this game is also surprisingly good, which is not something you'd expect just from hearing what the opening setting of the game is. In my opinion this game also has the best boss battles of the series. One after another, and very enjoyable.
- Arkham Asylum
The game that started it all. An amazing game in it's own right but kind of outclassed in many ways by the others. The combat system is much more basic and leaves a few things to be desired after playing the others. The story, while fine is basically super simple (
Joker takes over the Asylum and tries to use a chemical called Titan to unleash mutant thugs on Gotham, you stop him and game over
Ultimatley as of now I'd probably rank the games:
Arkham City>Arkham Asylum>Arkham Knight>Arkham Origins
How would you rank the Arkham games, and what do you think each one did right and/or wrong?
