How do you rank the Arkham trilogy?And yes, it’s a trilogy. We don’t talk about origins
>>732305562City>Asylum>Knight
Asylum > Origins > City > Knight
AA>AK>AC
>>732305621Correct
>>732305562City > Origins > Asylum = Knight
>>732305562Knight>City>Origins>Shadows>>>Asylum>muh batmobilegrow up
City > Asylum > KnightKnight could have been great but they shoved too many bullshit bat tank segments in there.
Everything City does well gets improved in Knight. It also has a slightly better story than City which is honestly just retarded. Asylum is the best overall package because exploring the island just feels great and the atmosphere is unparalleled.
>>732305928Knight, as other anon pointed out, has too many bullshit Batmobile segments. Also the Arkham Knight is a whiny bitch and not a good antagonist.
>>732305756Every problem Knight has, has already been present in City. It started the open world meme with repeating content, Knight just doubles down on it. But it still is much cooler to explore all of Gotham than just a shitty small part of it that has been turned into John Carpenter's Escape from Gotham City.
>>732306116Yeah it does have too many bat tank sections but you just power through it. Knight has MUCH higher highs than City. Don't get me started on the villains and story in City which are just all over the place. Hugo Strange is the mastermind of it all. No! Actually its R'as. But also Joker has infected you with his Joker blood. Just dumb shit.
knight=asylum>city
>>732305621>>732305678>>732305756Perfectly contrarian which means you get a (You)
>>732305562Origins was a great game.
>>732306429Go home, WB Montreal. You're drunk.
>>732305562Origins was easily the best story of all of them.
>>732306116Not that many, and they're not that bad. People just like to parrot the tank bad opinion. It's just a fun little mini-game, how are you people so mad about it
I blame the Nolan trilogy for the inclusion of the bat tank. All the other opportunities you get to use it are actually really cool and creative and expand the Batman gameplay loop in a meaningful way.
Knight > Origins > City > AsylumBasically they got better with every new game.
Arkham asylum is the best one.
>>732306560>bunch of assassins go after batman for big payday>guy who actually posted the bounty is dead>assassins still go after batman because... uh... then there would otherwise be no game, I guess?>streets of Gotham have no civilians and only baddies and corrupt cops because... uhhhh..... it's cold outsideThe entire fucking game is like this.
City > Asylum > Knight > Origins
>>732305562Knight > City > Asylum As all trilogies should be, it got better with each entry, and yes, I LOVE the Batmobile.As for Origins, I would rank it below City.>>732306116>Also the Arkham Knight is a whiny bitch and not a good antagonist.First off, that's just one scene of out many he hadSecondly, I have no issue him being whiny bscause any person who had endured that level of torture and betrayal would've acted the same.Him breaking down after revealing his identity during the fight is perfectly acceptable and does add tragedy to his character
>>732307305I like the arkham knight however I find his voice filter sounds like claws on a chalkboard.
For me it's fatman
>>732305621Pretty much>FPBP
>>732306674It's literally 50% of your overall play time
>>732307806>This ain't a mudhole>It's an operating table
>>732307806Achievable natty?
>>732306350I can't recall a single high from Knight even though I have like 60 hours of playtime. The city gets flooded with fear toxin I guess? What else?
Asylum is overrated
>>732308353honestly, the only true standout moment for me was the filler mission where you have to secure the clock tower's servers or some bullshit but as you're doing it Scarecrow is taunting his own men with the physical response to fear as you hunt them down, the music is great there too. That's the only time where I felt like I was playing a cool game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qvx4KFVS1Y
>>732308353There's no boss battles expect for the DLC.
>>732305562NOOOOOOOOOO I CANNOT KILL THE GUY THAT WANTED TO GAS THE CITY AND KILL 1000000 PERSONS!!!!!eh uhh... how is batman a hero exactly??
>>732307929>And i'm the surgeon
Asylum is the OG but City imporved every aspect, especially storyKnight is for casuals
>>732308652If you kill your enemies, they win.
>>732308735but the madness will stop for a chance
>>732306164The open world is actually fun in City and Knight (especially Knight since you can damn near fly) it's the shitty story and overuse of batmobile that hold Knight back. Just imagine if they used it sparingly a few times throughout the game, you actually might look forward to it and not distracting to the core gameplay loop.
>>732308353For me the highs are>combat, predator and even traversal have been never more refined >new enemies that makes you use more of the game's mechanics >new combat and predator mechanics that spice up the gameplay even more>best adaptation of Scarecrow >Pyg's side mission and his theme as a whole https://youtu.be/dm3_BRtSQ8Q>Two-Face's monologue in his side mission and him recalling The Long Halloween events>Mr Freeze's and Mad Hatter's side missions>That entire scene of Batman and Catwoman after beating Riddler>the Knightfall Protocol after 100%ing the gameArkham Knight is such an amazing game and does so many things right, yet everyone is so focused on the batmobile
>>732305562Fuck you I liked Origins.
>>732305562Arkham Oranges
>>732306959Joker's the one that posted the bounty and he was still offering. The ones that really are in it purely for the money (i.e. Deathstroke) are taken out of action before the reveal, and people like Bane and Shiva are in it out of an ideological need to oppose Batman, whether to test him or themselves against him.
>>732309585The total lack of boss fights and the terrible Jason Todd twist is what really kills it for me
Should I buy into this Batman Series or Spiderman instead?
>We stop to use the Magical drug that make you grow into monsters... because we did ok??? stop asking
>>732310114Do you like Metroid-style upgrades and backtracking? That's the Arkham style. Spider-Man's more about the flow of traversal.
>>732310114>Should I buy into this Batman Series or Spiderman instead?
>>732305562Knight > City > AsylumToo much was improved in Knight for me to call it worse just for too much Batmobile.
>>732310114Bro Spiderman is absolutely woke and shitty.
>>732310114Batman
>>732305562Origins was a great Arkham game.
>>732310815People only count the Rocksteady games for some reason.
>>732311163Because Origins was dogshit and made by a B team, maybe
>>732310405What if I like making chuds seethe
Asylum is the best because it let you turn off counter prompts from the start.
>>732305562I played origins while I had no internet so I was never able to update it and have some broken quests fixed and it really annoys me that it is the only one they won't re-release so I can replay it but beat everything this time.
>>732306959Still way better than the atrocious story in Knight
>I am going to gas Gotham.>Oh damn they just evacuated millions of people in a single day on busses>Damn I guess I'll just gas an empty city full of scumbag criminals and somehow that will mean Batman failed >Oh shit I actually won somehow all I needed to do was make Batman unmask while I stream it
>>732306116I barely remember them being a big part of the game and honestly they were fun idc what the internet hivemind says
>>732312667>Batman, I am holding your friends hostage, you must surrender and allow me to strap you to a gurney and slowly wheel you in the room>Even though you can very easily just beat the shit out of me while we're alone together before I tie you up
>>732305562I was filtered by Batmobile in Knight. I'm going back to Origins.
Love the fact that they added this suit, this one is modded however, to make it a bit more darker
>>732313319Looks phenomenal during cutscenes and so does
>>732306560Origins doesn't exist.
>>732313382The Dark Knight (2008) suit
>>732313445Jack Ryder, get the hell out of the city
There's a PSN discount for Arkham Knight for $4.99 until midnight for EST.Perfect timing for the thread.
A modder released a texture pack, last year, that fixes/improves a lot of the janky looking textures, definitely worth installinghttps://www.nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamknight/mods/2671
Knights gameplay and voice acting was superb but the story is mostly dumb excluding the batgirl fake out death and the Jason reveal City and asylum literally feel like a btas/btnas series and city has the best boss fights while asylum has the best stealth sections Origins is Cringe and ezio sucks as batman.
>>732305562>We don’t talk about originsYou should because it's the best one
Atmosphere? Asylum all the wayPure gameplay? KnightI love throwing on DOOM music and doing endless in KnightStory? Also Asylum
>>732305562Why not? origins was cool.
Asylum > Knight > Origins > City
>>732313319>>732313382Is this Patman? I don't know why I don't like it, maybe because I havent seen the movie
>>732313319Worst movie Batsuit IMO
>>732314289Yeah>I don't know why I don't like itI don't mind, not a lof of people seem to, and that's fine> I havent seen the movieIt's a great movie, except for a single racist line by catwoman
>>732305562I liked Asylum the most.Also I hated how Knight ended. It left such a sour taste in my mouth that Batman was constantly a depressed faggot that wanted to give up on being batman and everyone called him old.
>>732315058uh that's not how Knight was, only Jason called him an old man, everyone else believed in him and my nigga fought to the end even after his identity was exposed
>>732315291>Nightwing: I forgot how well we work together>Batman: I don't, I only work with the bestBadass
>>732305562Shieet been a while since I played City but off the top of my headKnight > City > Asylum > > > OriginsBut as I've said, it's been a long while since I've last played City, Steam says 2016, might rank it higher if I replayed it now. I'm also one of those weirdos who didn't mind the Battank sections at all, so there's that.
>>732315291There were random goons that called batman an old man and there were other named characters that did it too. I don't remember the game well enough to give specific moments where it happened but pretty sure the Arkham Knight says it several times. In general the game was depressing to me.
>>732315517>depressedHe saved everyone and returned to fighting crime at the end anyway.
>>732315561Ivy has a random pointless death. The Ra'as mission is depressing no matter what choice you pick. Dr Freeze's mission has a depressing end. >returned to fighting crime at the end anyway.Maybe, but even then it's not portrayed as a valiant thing. Alfred almost looks like crying at the end.
>>732311163Okay if thats the case Suicide Squad is a part of the Arkham universe.
Knight > City > Asylum. Anyone saying otherwise is fooling themselves. Knight is the best, most refined version of the gameplay. >Muh BatmobileFirst, it's not that bad, it's actually polished in terms of the controls and gameplay, the issue is there is too much of it, too many minigames and side content in the city involving the bat tank and fighting the drones, but actually doing high scores with the bat tank was pretty hard, constantly avoiding damage and keeping the streak alive. As far as the actual combat goes, Knight has the best, most diverse combat system in all 3 games obviously, with the most enemy variety and the combat challenges are all not only challenging and rewarding when you beat them with perfect freeflowsI'm not a huge Batman nerd, and don't read comics or anything so the story was fine for me. I know most fans knew it was predictable and what story they were telling before the game even came out, but I still liked it.
>>732315714>Ivy has a random pointless death.Metahumans rarely die in the DC universe lol
>>732315775That's cause comics rehash the same stories ad infinitum. That's besides the point. Ivy is dead as long as you don't play the shitty suicide squad game.
>>732315714>Ivy has a random pointless deathShe does the first good deed in her entire life. >Ra'as mission is depressingHe started going insane in City, you're mercykilling him.>Dr. Freeze's mission has a depressing endHe's reunited with his wife, that's all he ever wanted. >but even then it's not portrayed as a valiant thing.Did you miss the badass scene of Feargas Batman at the end?
>>732314414This. Movie was fantastic and the fact that line bothers so many people to the point that no one saw it annoys me. The fact she says it to Batman of all people shows that she was talking out of her ass. People are too sensitive. Anyway watch The Batman and also watch The Penguin
>>732315929I didn't miss the premise of those scenes, that makes no difference. It is pathetic and sad that Dr Freeze spent his entire life to try and save his wife, she wakes up and immediately begs for death and then they both die alone in the middle of the ocean. Not even a grave to their name.
>>732315875>Ivy is dead as long as you don't play the shitty suicide squad game.No idea what you're talking about here
origins is literally my favourite though
>>732316123Ivy comes back in that game and it is canonically in the same timeline according to the devs.
>>732316050You'd rather have all these characters be stuck in a limbo like in the comics?
>>732315517>>732316050Well, it's the end of Batman and his world as it was, part of the reason capeshit gets so bad is because there's no ending, so they did the right thing and gave conclusions to most of the characters
>>732316234They're retarded for not continuing with a Batman Beyond game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCrYZYiwcwM
>>732316217No, I just didn't want the series to end on such a sour note. Another example I can give is the end of the riddler quest. I got all the trophies and riddles and did the big boss fight. I expected some cute scene where catwoman does her usual flirting and batman half-jokingly turns her down. But no, he immediately cuts her off and says how he'll be gone soon. Completely sour end of that whole quest. >>732316234I'm fine with there being an ending, I just didn't like these endings.
>>7323055621. Origins2. Shadow3. City4. Asylum5. Knight6. Origins Blackgate7. Arkham VR8. SSKTJL
>>732316362Well the Arkham games all in all are very dark and always have been, so I find these endings fitting, but I understand where you're coming form.
>>732315762Sadly it is, and I'm not joking.
>>732316165I was being facetious
>>732316473I strongly disagree. Asylum had plenty of dark moments. Like for example, walking past a few guards next to the ambulance at the start of the game. When you come through that area again, you can see them hanging from the ceiling.With that said, the game had an overall upbeat tone where batman was there to kick ass. It wasn't some self-flagellating thing constantly talking about how he wants to give up on that life and how it's too much for him and how he needs to hang up the cowl. The atmosphere in Asylum was completely different from Knight.
>>732316234And then we never got to see Batman Beyond, which they(Rocksteady) have been hinting at for a whileFuck WB Games
>>732312667the threat was a ploy to make a great chaos of everyone evacuating and the city inevitably going to shit with looters to keep the police busy, so that they didn't have time to actually search for the bomb. it was to be an explosion so huge that it would cover some gigantic area far beyond gotham. so not only did evacuating gotham accomplish nothing, it created chaos that stopped the police from being able to find the bomb. this was all explained plainly during the ace chemicals section at the start. batman was able to neutralise enough of the mixture so that it would only cover gotham after all, but had to stay behind in a building about to explode and expose himself to fear gas in order to do this, none of which scarecrow counted on even batman doing, though he does take advantage of knowing batman is now suffering from fear gas delusions later.
>>732305562Asylum = City >>>> KnightKnight just ruined the whole thing for me by making the map so large that it no longer was possible to design it carefully and cram it full of good content like they did in City. All the good things in Knight were things they copied from City and the bad parts were the parts where they tried to innovate.It also pisses me off that they never added the ninja Batgirl despite teasing her twice, and instead used the older Batgirl who's crippled during the game's time. That's just bullshit.
>>732316619>how he wants to give up on that life and how it's too much for him and how he needs to hang up the cowl.This never happens in Knight. He's almost entirely a brick (except when he thought Barbara died) until the totally shocking Jason reveal then he starts to emote more but never conveys any sense that he's seeking to abandon his duty
>>732316619Rocksteady struck gold with Asylum What an influential game it came out to be
>>732316803Off the top of my head I remember he specifically says it at least twice in the Azrael missions. >inb4 it was all a ploy and he didn't mean it Whatever. I stick by my point that the game felt depressing.
what was even the point of a 'who could it be??' plot if the person is going to be someone they introduce suddenly in the middle of the game just once in an extremely conspicuous scene? literally what was the point, what were they thinking?
Asylum felt like a metroidvania.City felt like an AssCreed game (it was good though)I didn't play Knight.
>>732317026There was never any ambiguity about who it was going to be but the writers were so stupid they thought someone wouldn't know.
city > asylum > knightorigins was finegot best suit in the entire seriestasteful amount of tech and hockey pads, none of that arkham knight's ironman shit
>>732317507The trailer for Origins is still one of the best
What about blackgate
>>732318452We will all beat and rape you if you mention that again.
>>732305562Asylum - 10/10City - 9.5/10Knight - 9/10
>>732305562Asylum > City > Knight
>>732305562City>Asylum>Knight=Origins
>>732317507I like Knight's suit because it fits the game. There's multiple times throughout the game where he would've died if not for his new armor.
>>732317507I like Knights the best. Origin's is my second favorite.
>>732306350They both have bullshit wild moments, but City succeeds because those moments are about Batman characters, not the games edgelord OC and his SWAT patrol
>Knight>City>Asylum>OriginsOnly real flaw with Knight was the same thing everybody said which is excess batmobile.Overall though the gap in quality between all of them is pretty slim, probably the most solid vidya series ever.
>>732317507>bearded batmanThis is a sin
>>732310269Spiderman went to shit with the second one. Become woke uggo female dual protag sloppa. Batman quadrology remains solid and came out before the wokesters starting fucking every ip raw doggystyle. Its no contest really.
>>732319834>Overall though the gap in quality between all of them is pretty slim, probably the most solid vidya series ever.Couldn't agree more
>>732316471What the fuck is SSKTJL?
>>732319834>probably the most solid vidya series ever.Honestly? I agree. I dislike Origins a lot but only in comparison. On its own it's very solid.
>>732318784Yall are way the fuck overblowing asylum, it was a great game, better than city? Absolutely fuck no
>>732320197Suicide Squad
Im a weirdo that likes knight above all of them. Gonna miss Kevin conroy
>>732318784>Asylum >10/10>the game with the worst lineup of bosses and the most disappointing final fight
>>732320265It depends on how much you value the story. City's story was way worse than Asylum's but it had better gameplay.
>CityPerfected the formula, had the best boss fight of the entire series(Mr. Freeze)>OriginsBit rough around the edges, but it every bossfight was a banger(fucking Deathstroke) and snowy Gotham cannot be beat into terms of atmosphere.>AsylumIts the first one, I'm not gonna go to hard on it>KnightCouldn't stand the sheer amount of batmobile sections, and it turned the Deathstroke into a fucking stealth segment IN THE FUCKING CAR.None of them are bad though.
>>732320973>worst lineup of bossesThat would be Knight. The Deathstroke boss alone is unforgivable.
I have a question for you: before my arrival, this city was drowning under a tide of filth. Have you ever considered that this is all your fault? Your presence creates these animals. Like germs, they spread. You created the environment that allowed the germ to mutate, to become stronger. Look at the Joker. Would he even exist if not for you? It must be depressing. All your sacrifices and yet, you are the one to blame. Oh, this is beautiful... We have at long last defeated the great Batman!
>>732321480>his master plan is...>to just blow everything upThis was pretty weak honestly.
>>732321545desu I would have done the same thing
>>732305562Knight > Origins > Asylum > CityCity is the definition of 'fuck you' to gamers. Story falls apart an hgour in, way, way too much same bloat of 'le 404 trophies lolz', mr freeze felt more like a fucking soulslop[ boss 'bro just like use Batman's abilities and gadgets BUT just wait for mr freeze to be in the area to do them,. kino as fuck'. The only good fucking thing it did was make combat slightly more fun
>>732305562>knight best freeflow combat>asylum best atmosphere and plot>city best music
Replayed city recently I found it kinda boring. Its kinda just the middle child between asylum and knight
>>732321545if you put it like that yeah, but there was a huge setup for it. getting permission to create arkham city, getting every prison and asylum inmate there, getting permission to essentially declare war on them if things get out of hand, secretly making things get out of hand on purpose, and finally blowing up the whole thing but legally
>>732305562Arkham Asylum is just Origins but better. 10/10Arkham City is just Asylum but better. 10/10Arkham Knight's batmobile is hit or miss. I love the Riddler challenges with it but that last boss fight with Slade is fucking godawful. Hiding the full game behind Riddler trophies is bullshit. Everything else and the DLC is amazing.8/10
>>732321291mah nigga
>>732305621FPBP
>>732305562Gameplay wise Arkham Knight is the best.Story wise it's City.But overall the better game is Asylum, because it is pretty much the last comic book video game until the MCUfication hit the industry.
>>732305621Was going to post this, all great games though, just because Knight is the worst of the three doesn't make it bad.Asylum set the standard but felt too limited, City greatly expanded the scope, Knight is beautiful even to this day and... umm had the bat mobile... and ummm... well its just more of what City offered just prettier.
>>732305562Ever since they put the beyond suit in City I've been dreaming of what it'd be like to have an Arkham Batman Beyond game. How come they never made it bros?I can't be the only one feeling blue balled over never getting a Beyond game.
>>732326172I don't trust modern rocksteady to make a good beyond game.
>>732326172The majority of the fan base feels that way myself included.
The problem with Knight isn't the Batmobile, it's the lack of any goddamn boss fights.
asylum=knight>city=originsasylum for all its faults was incredibly ambitious so even if it fell flat with its writing and story its still a solid game. both have great atmosphere and knight feels like they literally hired an urban planner to design gotham. unfortunately it got wasted on repetitive filler side missions. city just irks me for some reason. it improves on asylum in every way possible but somehow just feels generic.
>>732305562Origins >>>>>>>>>>>>> asylumDidnt play the other two, no need, asylum was clunky garbage with a shit story, a fag joker, and a series of hallways attached to a central room that has no reason to exist, so no wonder /v/ likes it.
>>732305621The only right answer
>>732305621LOL
>>732312667>Gases a bunch of criminals>This lasts like maybe an hour before everything goes back to normalSay what you want about City's plot, but at least there was a threat with everybody getting massacred. Scarecrow's queef gas comes and goes faster than you can blink.
>>732327242Riddler is the only one that feels like a true boss fight. Still piss easy, but at least it isn't Deathstroke in a tank.
>>732326172WB told them not to
Knight is the best one. The use of batmobile is slightly excessive.also THE WB SUITS ARE THE DUMBEST NIGGERMONKEYS OF ALL TIME
Asylum is a great halloween season game. i guess all are kidna, but that one moreso. that one is the best one if played during october. city is a great sequel. knight is just okay, some of the battank segments just annoy the fuck out of due to the sheer amount of clutter on the screen, like a lot of modern games do. i cant see shit happening at all
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>>732305621this.knight is a great game but the other 2 are more fun
it still pains me we never got an arkaham style game with bruce timms batman and batman from the future.Now both the og voice voice of batman and harley quinn are fucking dead and the opportunity is gone.
>>732312157Then you should kill yourself
>>732336801also capped crusader fucking sucks and they are taking too long to make the second batman movie with the twilight guy
>>732336801Batman Beyond was the most logical way forward following Knight. I have no idea why they spent 10 years fucking up and then releasing the biggest flop ever
>>732336836The Batman Part II is schedule to be released next year.>>732336838i played Suicide squad recently and i guarantee that shit has executive meddling all over. what an awful fucking game.
>>732336836I hate that it now takes around 2 years for a new season for a TV show and 4 for a movie sequel. What the fuck has happened? Gaming is the same with production times bloated to fucking shit>>732336885Pooicide Squad evidently did have executive meddling. No serious dev wants to make a GAAS.
>>732305621/thread
>>732305562Origins definitely had a shit launch and was basically just a glorified mod/dlc since it reused so much.However, i think it was still a good game. Had boss fights unlike Knight (no sweetie, car fights don't count). And i think the scenes with alfred were some of the best emotional payoffs in the series.
>>732305562Asylum > the rest, but I'm biased because I don't like open-worlds.
Do you think it's possible to create a Batman game that surpasses the Arkham series? I feel like these games portrayed the character well in terms of gameplay. I would criticize their approach to his detective side, but I realize it's difficult to adapt that to a video game.
>>732305562Knight > City > Asylum
>>732337418>Had boss fights unlike Knight (no sweetie, car fights don't count)Why not?
>>732305562Knight mogs City and Asylum and it's not even debatable imo>kino story>kino visuals>kino gameplay>kino open world>but le batmobi-Was fun, shut the fuck up you fucking faggot
>>732338219You're entitled to your incorrect opinion.
>>732305562Played them all again recently. They're all about as boring as each other but at least City and Knight don't have the stiff as balls camera and combat that Asylum does
>>732337867No. Arkham is the gold standard that all capeshit games are held to.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
>>732305634based
>>732307305You sound just as whiny as he did
