How do you rank the Batman games?
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Asylum
Knight
City
Haven't played origins.
Knight
City
Haven't played origins.
I dont think I have ever seen someone have Asylum last. Reasoning behind that?
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I don't even consider Origins part of the series. Made by different people, different actors and was decidedly average.
Asylum > *
Asylum > *
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The only problem I had with origins was the combat, it felt clunky compared to the rocksteady trilogy which was fluid. Otherwise it had a solid story and the best boss fights in the series, it's just more of the same as arkham city which is a good thing. Very underrated game.
Knight is the most overrated for mine, still a fun game but the batmobile and tank battles did nothing for me, and that was basically what half the game was. I prefer to be controlling the batman like in the first three games, not the batmobile.
Knight is the most overrated for mine, still a fun game but the batmobile and tank battles did nothing for me, and that was basically what half the game was. I prefer to be controlling the batman like in the first three games, not the batmobile.
Only 1 playable character and not as many moves in combat.
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To answer the thread title I'd type them up in a list format with the top being your favourite and bottom being your least favourite. 
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Asylum
City
Knight
Origins
City
Knight
Origins
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City
Knight
Asylum
Origins
And I really, really like Origins. It's just how strong the series is.
Knight
Asylum
Origins
And I really, really like Origins. It's just how strong the series is.
Arkham Knight with the boss fights from Arkham City
Asylum
City
Knight
Origins
I'm actually surprised by the number of people who put Asylum at the top, I thought it would be much less.
City
Knight
Origins
I'm actually surprised by the number of people who put Asylum at the top, I thought it would be much less.
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Asylum was definitely the best. City was pretty good.
Knight was Assassins Creed levels of sequel blandness, and Origins was very ordinary.
Knight was Assassins Creed levels of sequel blandness, and Origins was very ordinary.
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Batman Returns on SNES still kicks arse. One of the best beat 'em up games ever.
After playing through Knight I replayed the three earlier games. Asylum is still a good game but hasn't aged that well. Both City and Origins are superior to Knight with regards to both story and total gameplay.
I'd rate the series
City = Origins
Asylum
Knight
I'd rate the series
City = Origins
Asylum
Knight
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City was a significant gameplay evolution from Asylum, which was very linear, but the other two sort of just phone it in.
Still think Asylum has by far the best story. Really well paced, too - I think sandbox games have an inherent problem with that.
The story in Origins was rubbish, very disjointed.
Still think Asylum has by far the best story. Really well paced, too - I think sandbox games have an inherent problem with that.
The story in Origins was rubbish, very disjointed.
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This is the one series where I preferred a linear story.
Love Asylum but never finished City because I just didn't like the open world.
Love Asylum but never finished City because I just didn't like the open world.
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I'd go City -> Asylum -> Knight. Never played Origins.
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Daylight
More Daylight
Even More Daylight
Origins
City
Knight
Daylight
More Daylight
Even More Daylight
Origins
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Thinking about it, it's interesting how the Arkham games (the trilogy, not Origins) ended up mirroring the Nolan films:
Asylum/Begins - Unexpected reinvention of Batman, character wise and tonally. Relatively self contained story. Got it bang on.
City/Knight - Took what made the previous one good and ramped it up whilst still changing it up. "Darker" but not over the top like other things fall into the trap of. Much more expansive story, fully utilising the world Batman inhabits. Note perfect.
Knight/Rises - Ramped it up again, some argue too far. Batman's biggest challenge, the entire city is at stake and at war. A sense that Batman really might not be able to win this time. A story that not everyone thought was at the same level as the previous two, but most definitely a conclusion to the trilogy.
Maybe I think about it too much.
Asylum/Begins - Unexpected reinvention of Batman, character wise and tonally. Relatively self contained story. Got it bang on.
City/Knight - Took what made the previous one good and ramped it up whilst still changing it up. "Darker" but not over the top like other things fall into the trap of. Much more expansive story, fully utilising the world Batman inhabits. Note perfect.
Knight/Rises - Ramped it up again, some argue too far. Batman's biggest challenge, the entire city is at stake and at war. A sense that Batman really might not be able to win this time. A story that not everyone thought was at the same level as the previous two, but most definitely a conclusion to the trilogy.
Maybe I think about it too much.
