Every now and then I go back through the Arkham games and I’m reminded of how well they were made.
Asylum and City were definitely my favourites, but Knight was really good too, and honestly even if you don’t count Origins, it’s still a really fun game regardless. Certainly not as good as the trilogy but it’s still fun to me, anyway.
City was my first, and I played a ton of it back in the day, so it holds a special place in my heart, but I think Asylum is probably my favourite if I remove the nostalgia goggles. It’s just so well made. I know a lot of people who have never played Asylum, and that’s a real shame.
Do you guys have any fond memories playing through any of the Arkham games? Which one is your favourite? Let me know, I’d love to discuss them.
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I enjoyed them all, but Asylum was my favorite by far. It struck a perfect balance between being a tight, contained experience, while giving you a great set of tools to deal with things as you saw fit. It was claustrophobic in a great way, and you felt like an apex predator when you figured out how to work within the constraints.
The rest of them feel excessive in comparison, both being too open and giving you too many tools to work with. I never felt like I could get into a “flow state” with them like I could with Asylum.
You hit the nail on the head with your first paragraph. I would occasionally agree on the second paragraph but I never felt too open, I more just saw it as space to go from one zone to another if that makes sense. All the points in the game still felt claustrophobic (in a good way) but now there was an open world to join them together. It gave me a bit of a break I guess. I do still think Asylum was the best of them all, though
I love the Arkham games. They were just so good. They really feel outside of their time to me. Truly classics.
They’ve ages incredibly well. The dark atmosphere still looks really good now, and the gameplay is still better than a ton of modern games imo. And that goes for all them
Brilliant series. I enjoyed the combat and storytelling in equal measure. One of the few single-player games where I’d actually play the challenge maps, just because it was so fun beating up on mobs!
Agreed, combat was so satisfying
Origin was one I played last after playing through all the rest, and I thought the boss fights were one of the best in the series. Bane and Deathstroke fights were my two favorites.
Deathstroke was fantastic. Might be my favourite aside from Mr Freeze from City
I bought 3 of them last year, I think. So far only completed Asylum, it was really good. Although I remember several times disliking the return to areas and having to traverse said area through a bunch of “upgrade” mobs. I’m looking forward to the other two, but it will probably be another couple years until I get to them.
I hope that whenever you get to them you enjoy them. Asylum was the only one with a more confined map, so you’d probably prefer the sequels anyway
Some of my all time favorites. If you enjoyed these, you will probably like the Spider-Man games, too.
I added them on my wishlist as soon as they came to steam, still haven’t bought them yet though. Maybe soon
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