So since yesterday, Arkham Asylum has officialy turned 10 years!
I just wanted to make this thread to let you talk about your experiences and memories of the game that is considered by many to be the quintessential Batman game
Does it still hold up for you?
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>10 years
Christ.
I like the game enough. But I dislike the effect it has had on combat design in action games. It's basically the combat system for people who don't like combat systems but want to feel like they're doing more than button mashing in an old beat-em-up.
It's a great game and excellent example of why limiting your scope can be a good thing compared to its open world sequels.
The game is god tier. Excellent atmosphere, good story, good combat system. But it does kinda pale in gameplay when compared to the sequels. Arkham Knight was the first Arkham I played, when I got Asylum and City I just couldnt get properly into them. The combat system just feels too restrictive in both games especially when compared to knight where batman is very flexible and theres a lot of things and cool moves that you can do. I still beat City and Asylum and had tons of fun doing so, but it was kinda hard. Its a good game for its time and still does hold up on its own, just dont play the sequels until you complete it and its all good.
Had one of the best Riddle voice actors
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The opening is so god damn great!
>It's a great game and excellent example of why limiting your scope can be a good thing compared to its open world sequels.
Eh, honestly, there is nothing that wrong with the open world of the sequels.
The main problems these games have is repetitiveness and pretty meh stories.
I can't believe it's been a decade. But Batman Begins is the best Batman game
>can measure the fear and heart beats of enemies
>can destroy things around the map to increase fear
>different take downs based on how afraid they are
>can make a grand entrance and fight the remaining goons
>Alfred and Lucious in your ear
I think it's the best of the Arkham games personally. I like how it's concise. Doesn't feel overblown or overstuffed. Just one crazy night for Batman in the Asylum.
The sequels progressively got worse and just thought they were trying to put too much.
Knight destroyed any good will the series had with me. Now I just wait for Arkham Beyond.
>Arkham Beyond.
what?
I replayed it and City around a year or so ago. City had better gameplay, Asylum better everything else. I really loved the Metroidvania style in Asylum over the quasi-open world of City and Knight even though gliding and shit was fun.
I imagine if they ever make another Arkham game it would be set in Beyond. I mean, best way to continue and not be stupid
Good game, shitty bosses though. Story turns real dumb near the end though
>10 years
Holy shit, I remember being in high school and REALLY wanting to play this game back when it came out. I don't think I played it until almost a year after it'd been out or so.
I still think the Metroidvania aspects were really well-done and I wish more 3D games did that sort of thing. Shame about the godawful boss fights though. And Arkham combat still isn't great but it's at its most basic here.
This game gave Scarecrow the recognition he deserved
There were was a dump of art for a cancelled Arkham game set 10 years later from Knight. It had a new Black Mask and Gorilla Grodd designed.
Eh, I like the Batman Begins game, but no way is it better than Arkham.
The entire fun of stealth games is getting to use your creativity to problem-solve. But every stealth encounter in Begins has exactly ONE way to do it correctly. No room for lateral thinking, going outside the box, anything. It's like a version of Splinter Cell where the player dies unless they do exactly what the dev team wanted them to. Even late-'90s stealth games, though maybe having one path through levels, still give you options on how to go through that path.
New Rockesteady game when!
No
It has one of the best jumpscares that I've ever seen.