@@user-wc1cc1pu1jWell I understand why some people would do that, mainly because of gameplay, the lore in asylum is absolutely insane. Every little thing in asylum is too good.
Definitely. I grew up with these games. Got Arkham asylum back in 2008 after it had only been out for about a week. It’s my least favorite now. It’s the birth of everything we’ve come to love from this franchise, but damn, it really is the birth. The boss fights are god awful besides poison Ivy. Asylum’s atmosphere and charm don’t outshine the later more epic stories and plot lines the franchise gets into for me. And origins came out when I was tired of the Arkham series, needed a break, there weren’t any other games out at the time that I wanted so I got it. I was pleasantly surprised. It really piggy backed off of what came before, with origins open world easily being my least favorite to explore out of origins, city, and knight. But from an evolving the franchise standpoint, origins really focuses on the bosses and turns up the notch from city. Those boss fights are the best in the series, and they alone make the game much more enjoyable if you’re going to play through them all. The story is surprisingly epic as well, and with it also being the only game to show the actual bat cave, it’s a must to play along with the others. The voice actors not only did amazing as joker and Batman, but the fact that they changed the actors and that this is years before the other games make it work really well. Arkham Knight is the definitive Batman experience. In no other game will you have all the gadgets down the Batmobile. The graphics still look like a game that was made recently. The gameplay mechanics, from everything that returns from the previous games to the wide array of new additions, are refined to a level of quality beyond the other games. The boss fights unfortunately took a major hit, with some enemies being brought down in extremely anticlimactic ways. The whole namesake of the game was a red herring just to introduce a character that was already established, along with the lie that rocksteady said the character was completely original to the Arkhamverse. And then there’s City, which is absolutely perfect in every way. Batmobile won’t be shoved down your throat to where even the boss fights suffer. Here, there’s no Batmobile, and the map is perfectly sized for on foot, grappling, and gliding only. Everything from asylum comes back and is done bigger and better. Quick fire gadgets, riddler trophies actually lead to riddler side missions, a story that weaves its way around many villains, boss fights that are unique throughout, and the first game to introduce multiple side missions that could be tackled at any time. Side missions that culminated in Batman crossing path with another of his iconic rogues gallery. Arkham City was just absolute genius. Didn’t rely on the previous games like origins, took what asylum did and blew it out of the water, and managed to take all the right risks with that unlike Knight. My ranking is 4. Asylum 3. Origins 2. Knight 1. City
Arkham Asylum literally revolutionized combat in ALL third person action games, not just the superhero genre. If it weren’t for Rocksteady outdoing themselves (twice) I’m confident it would still be considered one of the best video games of all time
I really hate it when people dismiss games just because they're old. I've recently been playing through the Devil May Cry series for the first time. Some of those games are over 20 years old and, except for the second one, they're all fantastic.
Thankfully tons of folk still replay the classics and adore them. Though as far opinion’s go I’ll always have a hard time agreeing with TH-camr critics who claim Arkham Knight is a garbage video game Simply for some of its flaws
I think Arkham Knight is the most underrated because the open world is by far more amazing than anything we’ve seen before in the series, and is one of the best open worlds of all time, it is just perfect. And I know this is just based on when the games were released but the graphics are A LOT better than the other games. But also the nightwing suit probably balances out all of that with how bad it was so…🤷♂️
@Sabiq16 literally how lol, each island has its own distinct style and contains a bunch of detail, so much it wouldnt surprise me if there were things no one has noticed akin to seeing man-bat early in the story
@@Knighthawk_ I don't disagree with you about that. The map has a lot of detail and diveristy but I expected it too bee more like the background of arkham city if you remember. Please search on youtube "gotham city retrospective" if you want to see an analyzation of the map.
@@bullymaguire3385 I hope you mean REMASTER IT because remaking often includes changing all the cutscenes and the story and voice cast and I don’t want that for origins the cutscenes are what makes that game for me
I enjoyed playing all four of the games, but I've replayed Knight the most and consider it my favorite. I remember feeling genuinely upset that Barbara had died, and was replaying the scene in my head. Then it hit me that Joker moved the gun, and out loud I exclaimed "Joker moved the gun!" and confused my Mom who had no idea what I was talking about. also Knight turns 10 next year and that makes me feel old.
@@bullymaguire3385tbh Asylum is the only one that can be considered "clunky" City and Origins brought the combat up a few notches and Knight kept that ball rollin til the end
I think Batman Arkham Asylum isn’t given enough credit perhaps? It was an unbelievable foundation for The Arkham Series, and it was a brilliant game! Sure, it didn’t have the most advanced combat or mechanics like we now have in Batman Arkham Knight, but I think its atmosphere was unmatched. It also brings back so many memories, and so much nostalgia. And respectfully, nostalgia is a hard feeling to beat as it’s such an awesome feeling that is universal for all videogamers!
As a retrogamer, I'm kinda shocked Asylum is considered so outdated for "today standards". What would people think if they play PS1 or Nintendo 64's classics? 😧
The argument about City's story being nothing but a fetch quest is certainly a weak one. I'd like to give my reasons for it being my least favorite story in the franchise (despite still really enjoying it). Batman as a character is completely stagnant, undergoing no introspection or development, while also being far too emotionless. Batman should be stoic but it's far too much in City, especially compared to the others. In Asylum he has caring banter with Oracle and even chuckles occasionally and he shows genuine care for Gordon. In Knight he practically cries when he thinks Oracle dies, and the plot basically revolves around his fear of failing the people he loves. I think Origins doesn't even need to be mentioned it does this aspect so well. But in City he's basically a statue. His coldness towards Robin doesn't feel like protectiveness he just comes off as uncaring. He has a stronger reaction to Hugo Strange's death than Talia's. The plot of the cure isn't the best but the only thing about it that actually bother's me is that Hugo Strange is reduced to a complete non threat. Once Bruce is infected there is ZERO investigation of Protocol 10 until Sharp is arrested, when scaling Wonder Tower Strange doesn't do anything to make good on his threat at the beginning of "if you try to stop me, everyone will know your secret," and then he's just gone after being revealed to be a lacky for Ra's. It's not that I think the story is bad at all, I still greatly enjoy it, but I much prefer Bruce's characterization in every other game and I would've preferred more focus on the Protocol 10 mystery than just the cure. Man that was an essay, sorry lol.
I say strange got arrogant by the end everything of his went according to plan he's been manipulating everyone playing catwoman and two face against each other, ratting out Gordon's undercover team, giving freeze to penguin manipulating quincy sharp using Mad Hatter etc. He kept batman off his tail and from investigating protocol 10 until it was literally 20 minutes away and by then it was too late. In the opening he says "I assume you thought yourself untouchable well as you can see no one is untouchable" By the time you are about to apprehend him he ironically says "I am untouchable" all of his successes got to his head and it became his downfall. Even Ras Al Ghul calls him out on it. "you've proven that batman is better than you" batman never got arrogant
@@baki484 and like that's exactly what happened, but I feel like it kinda undermines his "cold and calculating" thing. And they could've just avoided it by making that final stealth section similar to the one in Asylum in the Botanical gardens where you need to sneak past everyone to get to the guy in the control room first. Strange assumes Batman fell off the tower once his people lost sight of him, which means until you take out the first guy in the top room he thinks you're no longer a threat. If you had to sneak past the guards, silent takedown Strange, and THEN the rest of them, that would have solved that issue in my eyes
@@jacobcenter7374 When he thinks batman has fallen of the tower is just a showing of the sheer arrogance going to his head even after taking out the guard and batman is literally standing right there without a door separating. Even as you unlock the door you realize he's nervous when you scan him. At that point hes trying to convince himself that his plan isn't unraveling. Riddler calls him out on his insecurities and how he feels unworthy. In a way his failure was foreshadowed. Then there he lunatics from arkham Asylum being his handy work on top of their disposal in wonder city. The reveal of batman's identity was something he planned to do after the work was done with batman beaten and broken. But I wish the final stealth room was us taking everyone out with him noticing And he didn't make good on "if you try to stop I guarantee everyone will know your secret".
Tbh i love Arkham knight the most out of all 4 games but definitely atmosphere at asylum and boss fights at origins have it's own thing that makes those games so good.
It honestly still amazes me to this day that rocksteady was able to not only perfect car traversal in their first attempt at a vehicle in a game, but they also were able to completely implement an entirely different version of the batmobile (combat mode).
Knight is overhated. It easily has the best combat and gameplay in the series. The story has some problems but it’s still good. People cried for the Batmobile and then get mad when it’s a key part of the game
I’ve never hated the Batmobile so I really never understood why people hated the sections so much is all seems well designed and fun to use so I don’t get bothered
I do actually agree with the criticisms of City's story after a recent playthrough... The story starts off extremely interesting with Protocol 10, but then is almost completely abandoned for chasing Joker's cure instead. It's a wild goose chase with not much character growth in it. It has a phenomenal ending, and still incredibly solid gameplay and graphics, but yeah the plot is barebones until Protocol 10 actually comes into effect towards the end. I've come around to Knight recently. It's my new favorite Arkham game despite its many flaws. The raw gameplay is just that insanely good and massively improved over the other 3. I only replayed the first 3 games once, but with Knight, I've beaten it on every save file.
Im sorry but I disagree with everything you said yes the story has it problems but u are giving knight too much credit knight has way more problems than city like deathstroke,hush,joker and joker blood plot,scarecrow getting shafed from more joker,boss battles and Jason todd
I like how he discredits The criticisms towards Arkham City by saying they're vague and are stupid. But then proceeds to not give any real reasons of why those criticisms can't be applied to the game.
No, he did. He literally explained how any piece of media can be boiled down to it's base core and then proceedingly called "Simple" but this completely ignores that games (And/or any other media) are obviously more complex than these very simplistic descriptions that make it sound negative.
damn... this video basically sumarized what i think about the whole underrated conversation to perfection. what an amazing video, keep up the good work man
Imo knight is the most underrated. People make it seem way worse than it is (main point being the Batmobile) when you don’t even use it as much as people drag it on to seem.
The potential is still wasted. The driving mechanics feel clunky, and all you really do with it is copy and paste tank battles that require no thought or strategy. Yeah, you don’t use the Batmobile a ton, but when the only times you do use it are boring, then people make a big deal out of it
@@TheManWhoErasedHisNane agreed, on hard difficulty and even new game+ the tank sections are actually pretty fun to me. I enjoy Arkham knight as a whole and it’s definitely my favorite. But the hate towards the Batmobile is unwarranted
My main problem is when you need to get into penguins fortress and you go in, fight two dudes, realize your wifi is down, exit the building, and go from here to here destroying all the signal jammers which you need to break three times btw, and then go back to the museum, do a puzzle and then you can enter the museum.
glad that someone finally came out and said that the batmobile was well designed and implemented into AK. The driving was incredibly smooth, the tank fights especially after full upgrades were so much fun, and the eject boost are so much fun to run at full speed with the nitro boost
I feel like I kept hearing “no one mentions this good thing” in the Arkham knight section. But I’ve heard a lot of people mention those good things. I definitely agree that Arkham knight’s bat mobile is over hated, but I feel like it does get a lot of the credit it deserves
I know Asylum is aged but I played it for the first time last year and I had such an amazing time and couldn’t wait to continue the series. I’ve played games where I didn’t play in its heyday and/or not on its original console so while I recognize the history, I can’t get into it like I wanted. But that wasn’t the case here, I was having so much fun with Asylum. Definitely a favorite now. That said, I went into Origins expecting the worst since I saw so many talk poorly of it. And instead I ended up absolutely loving it. It shows how important it is to play for yourself to find how a game impacts you or doesn’t. as I too played it for 1st time last year I never experienced the rough start and I didn’t have too many issues with glitching in general fortunately. The story and cutscenes had me hooked and now it’s one of my favorite games ever. I doubt it’ll ever be remastered but if it was I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
I'm sorry but I've never once heard any criticisms towards asylum for being outdated. Like did you see three comments on TH-cam and decide that's a common opinion?
@@Luke21-xk7uh i wouldnt, when i started playing these games i said that asylum was my favorite, until i played city and it took his place, however hes at my second place forever, knight and origins would never beat him ❤️
Origins is still the most underrated because I still see it get more hate than the other three games. Ive seen more people say origins sucks than any other arkham game🤦♂️ smh. Even though origins has the best cutscenes, best boss battles, and is just arguably the most enjoyable to play. Orgins will always be number one to me 🤷♂️
@@Bugplanet8840 ive honestly never seen city get hate. I'm not saying it doesn't happen btw. I'm saying that I've personally never seen it happen. The most I've seen is people say it's kinda overrated but I've def seen origins and Knight get spat on
Origins is getting overrated. I only see people saying it's the best gameplay wise, better than any of them etc. Going in blind, I think Asylum is the most underappreciated as of now.
Absolutely It’s just people that first Arkham game was Origins. Absolutely fucking no one that played Arkham Knight first would say Origins had the best gameplay. I’d say origins has the least balanced gameplay with close to zero improvements
Another great detail in knight is when Batman acknowledges the joker. On Stagg’s airship, after he’s hit with fear toxin, Batman takes a quick glance at joker, looking at him for the first time since Ace Chemicals. Little details in cutscenes are why I love this game
Knight was my favorite just the fact how the adventure went out and the nostalgia of the game and it just really feels good playing it and it’s scary like in killer crocs layer but that’s my favorite one
Jeez. If I was going to make a list of the things wrong with the Batman Arkam City storyline it wouldn't be ANY of those. If I had to make a complaint it'd be, 1) Arkham city is an extremely stupid idea. I know that mind control was involved, but no one would give up prime real estate in new york city to turn it into a prison. It had a museum and an active steel mill for pity sakes! 2) The idea that Hugo strange would as he said make more Arkham cities in "Keystone" and "bludhaven when it basically failed within like a month or however long it was operating for to the point they needed to introduce protocol 10. It felt like the most contrived possible way they could have made a game where batman runs around in town and there's no civilians to worry about. 3) I have mixed feelings about the joker actually dying. On the one hand it's nice that there actually was a death and someone didn't just come back from the dead as common in comic book stories, but the Joker? Especially when he died 3 feet from a Lazarus pit. Ultimately I love the series and it became a useful plot element in arkham knight, but it still felt like such a gut punch.
Gotham City does isn’t supposed to be part of New York, despite one of NYC’s nicknames being “Gotham”…if I remember correctly Gotham is supposed to be in New Jersey
Yea it makes no sense how Hugo thought he could open up other Arkham cities when the first one went terribly, literally no one would let him make another Arkham city
Slightly related since boss fights for brought up, but does anyone else wish there was a boss rush mode in the Arkham games where you could replay all the boss fights? I would love to fight, death stroke, and see how much I’ve improved as a player without having to create an entirely new saved file. Plus, I imagine it would be useful for the sake of recording gameplay.
Yes. My young son is into Slade so I fired up origins and we got to the fight and beat him and then he wanted to play the fight again. I don't know if I could back up the save file before the fight and overwrite it...
I can't stand people complaining how much batmobile is used in knight. Someone online calculated it to be 20% of the game which is a minimal ammount. It is insane to complain about it because as stated it isn't used that much and driving/fighting with the batmobile is amazing
It probably wouldn’t feel like that if they added more variety to the Batmobile. Most of the time, it’s either one of those boring tank battles that require no amount of skill, and are all copy pastes, or it’s a puzzle which can vary wildly in terms of fun.
Arkham City is easily the most overrated, Arkham Origins is easily the most underrated, Arkham Knight is easily the most overhated, and Arkham asylum is just Arkham asylum
Asylum 8/10 Pro: Best atmosphere Con: Worst graphics (it still looks pretty good. It’s just the newer ones look more better so not too big of a critique). City 10/10 Pro: Best Story Con: Worst intro (not the biggest fan of the beginning prison scene but it’s not too long so it can be easily brushed aside). Origins 9/10 Pro: Best Boss Fights (Deathstroke and 1st Bane boss were the best Fights in any Arkham game and I’ll stand by that). Con: worst runtime (feels very short compared to the other 3). Knight 8/10 Pro: Best Graphics/World design Con: Worst Boss fights (Deathstroke deserved the Origins treatment for him in this game not some Tank BS) Suicide Squad: KTJL 3/10 Pro: best looking Justice League team Con: Worst Story Ever! Arkham Shadow (to be determined) Pro: (to be determined) Con: it’s on freaking Meta Quest of all things!
It wasn't until I heard my friends suggesting new folk skip Asylum that I realised it was underrated. It's dated now - but I can still clear an entire room with a clean combo. And the Ultra-Batclaw never gets old, halving a predator room in one move. Stalking the halls in one of the buildings, discovering their secrets & trophies with a patient interview tapes in the behind to help deal with the defeaning silence. I honestly think it's my favourite. It's the one I'll always come back to.
In all honesty, my favorite of the entire series is Batman Arkham ORIGINS. That's right. Origins is my favorite, for 3 main reasons. 1) The best interpretation of Bane in any Medium. Bane is not just a physical powerhouse, he's also a cunning and disciplined mind. On top of that, not only is he a cunning brute, he is also a legitimate leader. Someone who both has the ability to lead but also the ability to inspire his men to be the best THEY can be. Top Notch. 2) Deathstroke. 3) IT has the best combat. Yeah, I mean it. It has the best combat of any of the games. It took what arkham city did and added to it. We got brutes and armored brutes, Venom users and best of all martial artists that were such an interesting change of pace for the fights. Arkham Knight removed the venom users, and the martial artists, and the their version of brutes was much worse. They also removed armored thugs entirely, which made both combat and predator challenges less challenging and fun, which is unforgivable. All they added in return was medics who could revive and add the electric shielding to certain enemies. Although I liked it, it really didn't change the way you fight in any meaningful way. You just have to use Batclaw a bit more often to stop the electricity, and it really doesn't take much effort to stop a guy from reviving another guy. A very marginal threat increase.
I agree with all your points. While some people hated the martial artists, I found them quite a fun add that made combat more involved for experienced players. Though, I believe Knight and Origins had different approaches towards gameplay. Origins clearly preferred difficulty while Knight prioritized being in a flow state and didn't push difficulty as much as Origins. While we could debate which is better, I believe both achieved what they wanted to do quite well.
So… 1) is doing one villain right 2) I really disagree, Deathstroke was a bitch in the game. Does nothing impressive and gets taken down by a rookie Batman in ONE fight, in one of the easiest fights in the Arkham series 3) this is so wrong. It has the most unbalanced combat. I’d added nothing that made the combat more fun. The new enemies are nothing special and The electric gloves is just a “win button” that removes any and all challenge from the game. In what universe does it have a better combat then Arkham Knigbt
@@agrainofrice2424 In what universe is Arkham Origins difficult? The shock gloves legit removes ALL challenge from the game. It’s by far the easiest Arkham gsme
The problem with Arkham city's story was never about it being a glorified fetch quest for me... I love the whole joker batman plot line! But the whole protocol ten story makes very little sens, but it's a comic book plot so who cares if it's unrealistic that a villain would manage to section off a whole district of Gotham with full authorisation from the government. What's more problematic is strange knowing batman's identity, (to my knowledge it's never explained how he finds that out), and never actually doing anything with that information... Hugo strange litteraly says "if you try and stop me, I guarantee everyone will know your secret" and then batman proceeds to try and stop him and... Nothing... strange doesn't reveal his identity... Like what was the point ?
Those reasons why i have problem with Arkham knight it never about batman Vs scarecrow it about batman Vs joker Arkham series can never live without joker that annoys me so much Origins black mask should of been the main villain knight it should be scarecrow and hush not joker I could argue that Hugo strange sent tiger guards to Wayne manor but nightwing fought them off
@@nathanadams7595 Arkham Shadow is just that, with RGC too! I know it's a VR exclusive but the devs care about the Arkhamverse WAYYYY more than rocksteady and they even have freeflow combat!
"Only You (And You Alone)", commonly shortened to simply "Only You", is a 1955 song recorded by the American vocal group The Platters. The song was later featured in the 2011 DC video game Batman: Arkham City, where it is sung by the Joker on an answering machine shortly before his death. The song plays over the game's end credits. The Batman: Arkham City version was performed by the Joker's voice actor Mark Hamill. The song later appeared in the 2018 video game Far Cry 5, as the theme for Jacob Seed's estate of Whitetail Mountains and on his music box. Lyrics: Only you can make this world seem right Only you can make the darkness bright Only you and you alone Can thrill me like you do And fill my heart with love for only you Only you can make all this change in me For it's true, you are my destiny When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do You're my dream come true My one and only you Only you can make this change in me For it's true, you are my destiny When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do You're my dream come true My one and only you
@@Bugplanet8840 origins copy pasted everything good from city. Deathstroke boss fight copied straight from city's Ra's al ghul. City has better boss fights with mr freeze, al ghul, mad hatter, and the jokers funhouse.
The part about Batman Arkham city being a goose chase I somewhat agree with when doing the whole penguin part, go to this jammer then the next then the next then everything inside
I disagree about the story of City being unfairly criticized. I think there are some valid criticisms of City's story. Joker poisoning Batman being the catalyst to keep the story going is an underwhelming way to progress the plot. It makes it more about Batman's survival and less about the dynamic between Batman and Joker, not to mention sidelining the investigation of Protocol 10. Batman also is never really challenged much morally throughout the game even when faced with a big dilemma of either saving Talia or stopping Protocol 10, which he has to be persuaded by Alfred and Oracle to stop protocol 10 first. Sure, there are some good twists and an amazing ending, but the experience throughout is a huge step down from Asylum and the other games had much better stories. Also, minus the Catwoman parts, the story is pretty short, the shortest in the series.
@@Indigo_1001 nah origins is not the worst The story mode was great The combat & stealth was challenging which is what Batman games should be & the boss fights were hard I mean the electrocutioner boss fight took me about 4 days
Knight has always been my favorite Arkham game since day one, I never really understood all of the hate thrown against it. City is still fantastic, but imo Knight just took everything good about City and kicked it up much higher
Have never heard of asylums combat being outdated. The only praise I ever really hear is from people who love both city and asylum but have a problem with either origins or knight. I always hear Mr freeze or the ending in city. Or for asylum, how it revolutionised modern combat or how they remember when they thought their game "crashed". Final placement of asylum is crazy
Asylum, City, Origins and Knight are all fantastic games. I'm harsh on a lot of media. I'll be the first to absolutely shit on something if I don't like it or it's not up to my standards. But I absolutely love the Arkham games. They're all good. Some flaws yes, I'm not going to say anything is 100% perfect, but I absolutely adore the Arkham games. Even many years later they're all still fully fun and playable. I recently went through and played all 4 again but in chronological order and it was awesome.
I feel like people not fully understanding whats happening in Knight with the Titan isn't a valid criticism, its like skipping to season 3 of a show like Breaking Bad or the The Walking Dead with no knowledge of what happened before and complaining about being confused, you have to at least play through Asylum City and Knight to get the full story, Origins is more disconnected so you could skip it but its definitely worth playing too
First Arkham game I played was Origins and I loved it to pieces. Years and years later I got Knight and I also loved it to pieces. I'm revisiting all 4 now so I have the full picture and complete experience for the ones I haven't played, and revisit the other 2 that feel like good ol' friends. All are incredible, full stop. They just don't make rugged and simple games like that anymore. Everything needs a ton of side missions, tons of complex mechanics, complicated or braindead stories, realistic graphics that give you headaches... Arkham games and other PS3 era games were the peak of gaming. Made with love, care and simplicity.
This was a VERY interesting video, this had a lot of nuance and interesting perspectives I never considered, especially with the likes of Arkham Knight. I'm a big Sonic fan, so I'd be seriously tempted to try something like this with games people generally talk only negatively about. This seems like an extremely fun thought process and video subject, and I absolutely loved this video. Honestly, I was expecting Asylum to be listed as Most Underrated.
Glad someone pointed out how much the riddler actually kicks ass in arkham knight. I thoroughly enjoyed collecting a solid 99% of those puzzles and the stuff you DONT need to be a collector over, just the regular mission atuff with riddler is even MORE fun.
Arkham Knight. You summed it up perfectly. The weaknesses are more than made up for. The Batmobile IS overused... but it's fun once you learn the controls. There ARE terrible side missions like the Hush mission. But there are so many great side missions like Riddler and Professor Pyg.
I won't talk about Knight since I've never played it but a criticism I have for the other games' story is: Asylum - There was little attempt from the GCPD to infiltrate Arkham Island. I know Joker threatened to blow up parts of Gotham, but couldn't they have sent a small team specifically trained for these situations? And why didn't Batman alert everyone else that Joker was bluffing? City - Even though Hugo Strange is introduced as the main villain I felt he was overshadowed by Joker. He even threatened to expose Batman's secret identity if he tried to stop him, but never does. Origins - 2 of the 8 assassins, Deadshot and Shiva don't make it into the story which disappointed me as it could have led to more memorable bosses and given attention to lesser known villains. And while I personally don't think this, I could see someone else thinking it leaves the story unfinished or incomplete. That being said I still Greatly enjoyed all them. The Killer Croc section in Asylum was both fun and terrifying, Killing off Joker in City was a bold choice and I respect that choice, and Origins holds a special place in my heart since not only was it the first Arkham game I played but the first video game EVER I played.
Just looking at how much time Knight took compared to the rest kind of sells me on it being the most underrated. It's my personal favorite of the games but the fact that there was so much to talk about just kind of feels like it speaks for itself. Love this franchise
You explained the pros of knight very well it's the most refined in the series a technical Marvel that still holds up right but I only go back to it for the challenge maps the story has interesting missions like teaming up with Robin at the movie studios but city, Asylum and origins. But the arkham knight tie-in novel says batman was in denial about it being Jason Todd he knew (but it contradicts the game so it's not canon). Asylum is definitely still fun and is my second favorite in the series I like the simplicity of Asylum. Origins needs a remaster that's for sure. It has some of my favorite enemy types in the series like.
I came late to the Arkham party, playing the trilogy in order after the AK issues on PC had been ironed out. I played through Asylum and City and thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Then it came to play Arkham Knight - and let me tell you - the change in atmosphere, graphics and cinematics was incredibly jaw-dropping. I was completly immersed! I didn't even notice the "bad" parts of the game until I looked online.
arkham origins is the soul reason i play batman arkham games it what started the love i had for the games then comes asylum which had the most of the edge of the chair feel for me then city which gave the feeling of lost hope and the need for batman to save the city then comes arkham knight which i loved so much and still to this day go back too i don't know if u will agree but origins is a very underrated game just cuz there's glitches and kind of the same mechanics doesn't mean it has the same story and i think everyone should give it a try and i love all of the arkham games since to me the all have their own story feel and mechanics
Full 9 years passed despite being hated and underappreciated. Arkham Knight is still the most played in franchise and got a lot of praised by many as one of the best game to this day compare to many modern game. Nice video btw 🖤
Arkham Knight is I feel the most underrated and it’s my favorite due to people simply overlooking the fact that it’s one of the most well written endings for any game series, never have I’ve heard anyone say they were disappointed with how rocksteady ended the Arkham series (other than suicide squad) and I feel like for those who played through the entire franchise and experienced everything that Batman endured, The pain, the suffering, the losses and relationships, The way that Rocksteady tied up the series goes HEAVILY under appreciated
Origins is not just the most underrated Batman game, but it also arguably could be the best out of the 4 Arkham games. It balances all the best aspects of the main Arkham trilogy, its got the bigger open world aspect of Knight, it's got the atmosphere of City, and its got the more streamlined and focused narrative of Asylum. On top of all that, it easily has the best boss fights of all the Arkham games, where Batman goes toe to toe with foes who are his physical equals. It balances everything I love about the Arkham games, which is why I lean towards it being the best.
City was overrated to me. I replayed the trilogy n everything in city kind of blended in to me. Story was kind of all over the place as well. I liked asylum the best since it had that claustrophobic feel and a certain horror element. Knight was fun except for the Batmobile. I actually haven’t even finished knight because of it.
When Batman: Arkham Knight was released in 2015, the much-anticipated game introduced players to a new feature: the fully drivable Batmobile. This iconic vehicle had been missing in the previous entries of the series, but its arrival in Arkham Knight was met with mixed reactions. Some players loved the added dimension to gameplay, while others criticized it for overshadowing traditional mechanics. However, much of the criticism directed at the Batmobile was unfounded. The Batmobile not only enhanced the game's mechanics, but it also deepened the immersion of the player into the role of Batman. Here are the reasons why the Batmobile did not deserve the heavy criticism it received. 1. A True Batman Experience One of the core reasons the Batmobile was a welcome addition to Arkham Knight is its central role in the Batman mythos. The Batmobile is as iconic as the Batsuit or Gotham City itself, and it plays a huge part in the Dark Knight's crime-fighting arsenal. Including it in Arkham Knight gave players a more authentic Batman experience, allowing them to patrol the streets of Gotham as Batman would in the comics and films. This added a sense of scale and power to the game that previous titles lacked, making the player feel even more like the Caped Crusader. 2. Balanced Gameplay: On Foot vs. In Car Critics of the Batmobile often argued that the vehicle was overused in the game, at the expense of the on-foot mechanics that defined previous entries. However, when breaking down the gameplay, the Batmobile is not as overbearing as some suggest. In fact, players spend approximately 60% of the game on foot, while 40% of the game involves the Batmobile. The game's missions are divided in such a way that players still spend the majority of their time engaging in hand-to-hand combat, stealth takedowns, and using Batman’s gadgets in classic Arkham style. The Batmobile sections added a new layer of variety and allowed for different forms of problem-solving. Whether it's using the car to solve puzzles, chase enemies, or engage in vehicular combat, these sequences were designed to complement the on-foot sections, not replace them. 3. Vehicle Combat Enhances Gameplay Much of the Batmobile criticism centered on its tank-like combat mode, which some players felt was repetitive or out of place. However, this combat mode introduced a fresh element to the series: vehicular warfare. In many ways, the Batmobile's tank mode offered a strategic challenge that mirrored the hand-to-hand combat system the Arkham series is known for. The player had to dodge, counter, and time attacks carefully, similar to how they would in a fistfight with thugs. This added diversity to the game’s combat, keeping encounters from becoming monotonous. Moreover, Rocksteady Studios, the developers of Arkham Knight, provided players with the option to alternate between vehicular and on-foot combat during certain missions, adding flexibility and player choice. Instead of simply shoehorning the Batmobile into the game, Rocksteady ensured it was an integral part of the design. 4. Puzzles and Environmental Interactions The Batmobile wasn’t just a combat tool; it was also essential for solving puzzles and interacting with the environment. This was a crucial part of what made Arkham Knight feel expansive and innovative. The vehicle’s winch system allowed players to pull down walls, power up generators, and even navigate terrain that Batman couldn’t cross on foot. These features highlighted how the Batmobile could serve as a unique problem-solving tool, pushing the player to think creatively. In many ways, the Batmobile acted as an extension of Batman himself, allowing players to use it not only in action sequences but also in puzzle-solving and exploration. This made it more than just a gimmick but rather an essential part of the game’s world-building and narrative design. 5. Replayability and Variety With the introduction of the Batmobile, Rocksteady provided a wider variety of mission types. This included tank battles, races, and puzzle-solving challenges that would have been impossible on foot. These new mechanics increased the game's replayability, offering players different ways to approach the same mission, either by relying on the Batmobile or their traditional stealth and combat skills. Additionally, the Batmobile’s diverse upgrade system allowed players to tailor its capabilities to their playstyle. Whether focusing on increased firepower, armor, or speed, this customization made the Batmobile feel more personal and interactive, akin to how Batman’s gadgets evolved in previous Arkham games. Conclusion: A Necessary Evolution The Batmobile in Batman: Arkham Knight was a necessary evolution in the series, expanding the scope and variety of gameplay. While some players may have preferred more on-foot action, the balance between Batmobile sequences and traditional combat was not as skewed as critics suggest. With 60% of the game spent on foot and 40% involving the Batmobile, there was still a substantial focus on the hand-to-hand combat, stealth, and detective work that players loved from the previous games. The Batmobile added depth, variety, and a true sense of being Batman, making it an essential feature that helped define Arkham Knight. It didn’t deserve the level of criticism it received but instead should be appreciated for the innovation and immersive experience it brought to the table.
Something I'm noticing about the arkham knight part especially is that there's this very common thing I'm seeing with video game opinions online, where a lot of people simply regurgitate the opinion of someone else, instead of coming to their own conclusions. It happens constantly, ranging across all sorts of games and franchises, like Cyberpunk, Watch_Dogs, etc., where you'll just kinda have this general opinion become the "right" one despite it being relatively unfounded, since all the average person sees is people complaining about a game, instead of people talking about what they actually like about a game.
I like to think joker wasn’t literally taking over Batman’s mind the same way the other random people were and he was actually immune to the blood. He got a huge dose of fear toxin right at the start of the game Batman fears becoming the joker. His fears get worse as the night progresses giving joker more power over his mind. At the end of the game Batman over comes his fear last line “I’m not afraid” and the joker disappears. In my head canon I just completely ignore the 4 ppl infected with his blood it makes 0 sense.
Origins, my absolute favourite. Not in small parts thanks to its "New Game Plus Perma Death" mode. I don't think that gets enough love. Not nearly as much love as it deserves.
i love Arkham Knight because the batmobile And The bat suits you can wear i didn't forgot The batmobile skins so the story and the bosses And enemies and yes side missions is the cherry on the pie of this game.
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I think the reason people myself included says origins is underrated is because wb doesn't show the game any love leaving it out of every re-release/remaster
1:23 This is such a bizarre listing. I mean, usually, it's which is most top tier. Here it's which one got the littlest attention and praise. It's so bizarre that it feels like a sympathy voting list.
I agree 100% with your list. I think Origins and Asylum are undoubtedly the two most underrated. But because I’m a huge atmosphere guy, Asylum has always felt like the most authentic experience and it’s always been my favorite of the 4. It’s a genuine masterpiece imo and it’s one of the greatest games ever made. Personally, the gameplay has never felt dated or janky. I think the lack of options in combat and predator encounters enhances the claustrophobic feeling of the game. If the combat and stealth was as expansive as City or Knight, I don’t think the game would feel as eerie and dangerous as it does. Batman feels vulnerable. He feels like a guy trapped in a hostile environment. If you get caught by a group of armed henchmen, consider yourself dead. You can’t just fight Killer Croc like in Arkham Origins or Knight. You have to outsmart him and bide your time. As IGN would put it, the game makes you “feel like Batman”
To be fair, if we widen our horizons when it comes to looking at Arkham games, there’s also a fair share of mobile games and origins black gate that could potentially be the most underrated if the core four titles are seen as well praised enough
As someone who is finish all achievements in Arkham Knight I don't really get the hate,yes it has some low,but I think with every game they learn a lot and tried to improve,so I'm noticing how much love they put into AK thats why it's my favourite
Just because something is "outdated" doesnt mean its bad or underrated. IT WAS A MASTERPIECE IN ITS TIME AND STILL IS REGARDED as such. Ofc its outdated its from 2010! Yet I have heard no one talk bad about it. Additionally, it's still recommended to be played first than Origins and is literally featured more and played more than Origins. Origins is the most underrated even your subscribers say so. DO NOT LET BRO COOK
Asylum and City were extremely beloved, praised, and even received well. So it's not either one of those two, that leaves origins and knight. I feel like origins has been getting some love recently but so has knight. Why either one of these two games were received poorly is beyond my comprehention.
At the time Origins was released the criticism was about, The bugs, The game running horribly and The Joker being the main antagonist AGAIN. With Knight I think it was because of the Batmobile being overused and The Joker being the main antagonist AGAIN.
Arkham Origins, for sure. In my opinion, it fixes the issues City had, while also improved the formula in a few ways. The removal of titan henchmen for Bane thugs was a nice change. Titan henchmen were a nightmare for keeping your combo going in challenge maps. The remote claw is one of the best gadgets in the franchise. Adding a martial artist enemy type that needs to be countered twice threw me off hard at first. Fast travel to easily get around for collectible hunting. Shock gloves are crazy fun. Deathstroke as a playable character was awesome. Chris Redfield leaving the BSAA to become Batman is how you do character growth. Guess BOW's became too boring and he needed to fight a clown. The only stain on Origins was that godawful challenge track that had to be completed in order and at specific locations, and forcing armor upgrades before anything else, making the game too easy right at the beginning. You literally can't do no health upgrade challenges because of this. Annoying. I guess the needing to cross the bridge a bunch too? Didn't really bother me too much.
it doesnt mean if ppl dont understand the story because they didnt play the other parts of the franchise that its bad.lets take gow ragnarok for example a lot of stuf from previous games was in the story and not really explained and new players to the gow franchise didnt understand it. does it mean it was bad? no of course thats the reason why its a franchise and not just one game cuz it takes more time to show it and explain it.
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Where the hell is Blackgate for the 3DS! Easily the most underrated.
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I’d like to see that video on the ending of Knight
you forgot blackgate
@@Berciohmygod oh yeah
I think the fact that everyone thinks a different game is the best tells you a lot about the series
Agreed. I have a definitive ranking, but my highest rated game (City) is a 9/10, and my lowest rated (Knight) is an 8/10, so they're all great.
@crazydud3380 having knight as last is crazy, I would put asylum last
@@user-wc1cc1pu1jWell I understand why some people would do that, mainly because of gameplay, the lore in asylum is absolutely insane. Every little thing in asylum is too good.
@@user-wc1cc1pu1j without Asylum, Knight wouldn’t exist. It’s also way less bloated and respects your time.
Definitely. I grew up with these games. Got Arkham asylum back in 2008 after it had only been out for about a week. It’s my least favorite now. It’s the birth of everything we’ve come to love from this franchise, but damn, it really is the birth. The boss fights are god awful besides poison Ivy. Asylum’s atmosphere and charm don’t outshine the later more epic stories and plot lines the franchise gets into for me. And origins came out when I was tired of the Arkham series, needed a break, there weren’t any other games out at the time that I wanted so I got it. I was pleasantly surprised. It really piggy backed off of what came before, with origins open world easily being my least favorite to explore out of origins, city, and knight. But from an evolving the franchise standpoint, origins really focuses on the bosses and turns up the notch from city. Those boss fights are the best in the series, and they alone make the game much more enjoyable if you’re going to play through them all. The story is surprisingly epic as well, and with it also being the only game to show the actual bat cave, it’s a must to play along with the others. The voice actors not only did amazing as joker and Batman, but the fact that they changed the actors and that this is years before the other games make it work really well. Arkham Knight is the definitive Batman experience. In no other game will you have all the gadgets down the Batmobile. The graphics still look like a game that was made recently. The gameplay mechanics, from everything that returns from the previous games to the wide array of new additions, are refined to a level of quality beyond the other games. The boss fights unfortunately took a major hit, with some enemies being brought down in extremely anticlimactic ways. The whole namesake of the game was a red herring just to introduce a character that was already established, along with the lie that rocksteady said the character was completely original to the Arkhamverse. And then there’s City, which is absolutely perfect in every way. Batmobile won’t be shoved down your throat to where even the boss fights suffer. Here, there’s no Batmobile, and the map is perfectly sized for on foot, grappling, and gliding only. Everything from asylum comes back and is done bigger and better. Quick fire gadgets, riddler trophies actually lead to riddler side missions, a story that weaves its way around many villains, boss fights that are unique throughout, and the first game to introduce multiple side missions that could be tackled at any time. Side missions that culminated in Batman crossing path with another of his iconic rogues gallery. Arkham City was just absolute genius. Didn’t rely on the previous games like origins, took what asylum did and blew it out of the water, and managed to take all the right risks with that unlike Knight. My ranking is 4. Asylum 3. Origins 2. Knight 1. City
The one with Riddler in it is underrated
Nah the one with Batman in it is more underrated
@@Knerd-YTnah, it's the one with joker frfr
The one with killer croc frfr
The one with bone is underrated
@@cantsuggestareasonablename9101 So not AK then?
Arkham Asylum literally revolutionized combat in ALL third person action games, not just the superhero genre. If it weren’t for Rocksteady outdoing themselves (twice) I’m confident it would still be considered one of the best video games of all time
They did create a new genre
That’s a reach, grow up
@@grph1t3z geez someone woke up on the wrong side of bed.
@@itzjakedawgttvyt3749 nope, Arkham games are good, but not that good
@@grph1t3z wrong
I really hate it when people dismiss games just because they're old. I've recently been playing through the Devil May Cry series for the first time. Some of those games are over 20 years old and, except for the second one, they're all fantastic.
Thankfully tons of folk still replay the classics and adore them. Though as far opinion’s go I’ll always have a hard time agreeing with TH-camr critics who claim Arkham Knight is a garbage video game Simply for some of its flaws
You're all wrong, the most underrated is origins blackgate🙃🙃🙃
1000 percent
No, the most underrated Arkham Underworld
@@Merikq hey look we have to call a game underrated that people know of, not many people know about Arkham underworld or Arkham city lockdown
Facts
Absolute peak game
I think Arkham Knight is the most underrated because the open world is by far more amazing than anything we’ve seen before in the series, and is one of the best open worlds of all time, it is just perfect. And I know this is just based on when the games were released but the graphics are A LOT better than the other games. But also the nightwing suit probably balances out all of that with how bad it was so…🤷♂️
Agreed
I agree
Gotham could've been better in Arkham Knight imo
@Sabiq16 literally how lol, each island has its own distinct style and contains a bunch of detail, so much it wouldnt surprise me if there were things no one has noticed akin to seeing man-bat early in the story
@@Knighthawk_ I don't disagree with you about that. The map has a lot of detail and diveristy but I expected it too bee more like the background of arkham city if you remember. Please search on youtube "gotham city retrospective" if you want to see an analyzation of the map.
Origins is just straight up not included in Arkham bundles like wtf
They need to remake it instead of doing that stupid VR game
@@bullymaguire3385I have this crazy conspiracy, a bundle for the release of Arkham shadow included with a remastered version of origins
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I hope you mean REMASTER IT because remaking often includes changing all the cutscenes and the story and voice cast and I don’t want that for origins the cutscenes are what makes that game for me
The only ppl who hate that game r the creators
it's bc of it's reputation that wb doesnt want to bother with getting through the legal hoops to remaster it
I enjoyed playing all four of the games, but I've replayed Knight the most and consider it my favorite. I remember feeling genuinely upset that Barbara had died, and was replaying the scene in my head.
Then it hit me that Joker moved the gun, and out loud I exclaimed "Joker moved the gun!" and confused my Mom who had no idea what I was talking about. also Knight turns 10 next year and that makes me feel old.
Bro screaming at the joker is crazy, you definitely were one of the infected fellas
I think people play Arkham Knight more cuz it’s not as clunky as the other games
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I play it more because I can see different suits in cutscenes
@@bullymaguire3385tbh Asylum is the only one that can be considered "clunky"
City and Origins brought the combat up a few notches and Knight kept that ball rollin til the end
@@Mohamad-m7mdpretty sure City also did that
Ahhh memories. When Origins came out, is when I began my modding TH-cam channel.
I bought it on release but never really appreciated it until recent 😭 regret not giving the game a chance all these years
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I think Batman Arkham Asylum isn’t given enough credit perhaps? It was an unbelievable foundation for The Arkham Series, and it was a brilliant game! Sure, it didn’t have the most advanced combat or mechanics like we now have in Batman Arkham Knight, but I think its atmosphere was unmatched. It also brings back so many memories, and so much nostalgia. And respectfully, nostalgia is a hard feeling to beat as it’s such an awesome feeling that is universal for all videogamers!
As a retrogamer, I'm kinda shocked Asylum is considered so outdated for "today standards". What would people think if they play PS1 or Nintendo 64's classics? 😧
The bomb’s payload is exposed. I can use the power winch to trigger a controlled explosion.
Nah that side mission made me go INSANE like it got WAY to boring
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The argument about City's story being nothing but a fetch quest is certainly a weak one. I'd like to give my reasons for it being my least favorite story in the franchise (despite still really enjoying it). Batman as a character is completely stagnant, undergoing no introspection or development, while also being far too emotionless. Batman should be stoic but it's far too much in City, especially compared to the others. In Asylum he has caring banter with Oracle and even chuckles occasionally and he shows genuine care for Gordon. In Knight he practically cries when he thinks Oracle dies, and the plot basically revolves around his fear of failing the people he loves. I think Origins doesn't even need to be mentioned it does this aspect so well. But in City he's basically a statue. His coldness towards Robin doesn't feel like protectiveness he just comes off as uncaring. He has a stronger reaction to Hugo Strange's death than Talia's. The plot of the cure isn't the best but the only thing about it that actually bother's me is that Hugo Strange is reduced to a complete non threat. Once Bruce is infected there is ZERO investigation of Protocol 10 until Sharp is arrested, when scaling Wonder Tower Strange doesn't do anything to make good on his threat at the beginning of "if you try to stop me, everyone will know your secret," and then he's just gone after being revealed to be a lacky for Ra's. It's not that I think the story is bad at all, I still greatly enjoy it, but I much prefer Bruce's characterization in every other game and I would've preferred more focus on the Protocol 10 mystery than just the cure. Man that was an essay, sorry lol.
I say strange got arrogant by the end everything of his went according to plan he's been manipulating everyone playing catwoman and two face against each other, ratting out Gordon's undercover team, giving freeze to penguin manipulating quincy sharp using Mad Hatter etc. He kept batman off his tail and from investigating protocol 10 until it was literally 20 minutes away and by then it was too late.
In the opening he says "I assume you thought yourself untouchable well as you can see no one is untouchable"
By the time you are about to apprehend him he ironically says "I am untouchable" all of his successes got to his head and it became his downfall. Even Ras Al Ghul calls him out on it. "you've proven that batman is better than you" batman never got arrogant
@@baki484 and like that's exactly what happened, but I feel like it kinda undermines his "cold and calculating" thing. And they could've just avoided it by making that final stealth section similar to the one in Asylum in the Botanical gardens where you need to sneak past everyone to get to the guy in the control room first. Strange assumes Batman fell off the tower once his people lost sight of him, which means until you take out the first guy in the top room he thinks you're no longer a threat. If you had to sneak past the guards, silent takedown Strange, and THEN the rest of them, that would have solved that issue in my eyes
@@jacobcenter7374 the story has problems it no near knight story
@@jacobcenter7374 When he thinks batman has fallen of the tower is just a showing of the sheer arrogance going to his head even after taking out the guard and batman is literally standing right there without a door separating. Even as you unlock the door you realize he's nervous when you scan him. At that point hes trying to convince himself that his plan isn't unraveling.
Riddler calls him out on his insecurities and how he feels unworthy. In a way his failure was foreshadowed. Then there he lunatics from arkham Asylum being his handy work on top of their disposal in wonder city.
The reveal of batman's identity was something he planned to do after the work was done with batman beaten and broken. But I wish the final stealth room was us taking everyone out with him noticing
And he didn't make good on "if you try to stop I guarantee everyone will know your secret".
Arkham City is pretty overrated imo
The batmobile segments were some of my favorites
Hell yeah! people complain too much
@@Giuseppe_Camole_4073 On gosh, they make it sound like hell 💀
@@Wizofmincraft Because it is. I wanted to be batman, not the batmobile.
@@noodle5021 Batmobile is apart of batman’s arsenal though, adding more bat related stuff to use makes you more batman if anything
@Wizofmincraft yeah but I don't play Batman to be driving around constantly. If it was used sparingly then I wouldn't have a problem with it
Arkham Origins can't even get a remaster. It's definitely the most underated.
dude. no.
@@spideyfan1024 literally
it deserves a Remaster. Fuck WB
Well, it's backward compatible on xbone and series x though.
@@lolmetaknight yeah leave out PlayStation and the DLC’s being pc exclusive now. This is why a remaster version is needed
kinda unpopular opinion but Origins and Asylum are my favorite games in the series
Tbh i love Arkham knight the most out of all 4 games but definitely atmosphere at asylum and boss fights at origins have it's own thing that makes those games so good.
I prefer Origins to Knight. Asylum is my second favorite on the series, while City is in the first place
It honestly still amazes me to this day that rocksteady was able to not only perfect car traversal in their first attempt at a vehicle in a game, but they also were able to completely implement an entirely different version of the batmobile (combat mode).
Origns is my favorite Arkham game
Same. Especially because of the setting being winter and because I enjoy early Batman stories where he is just angry all the time
Let's be real...Suicide Squad is not Arkham Cannon
Not canon at all
Agreed it never happened
The hell is SSKTJL?
@@Black_Knight_-BK- Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League
@@Hallowpool193 What the hell even is that?
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I think all the Arkham games suffer from the fetch quest problem to an extent. But it's most heavily present in Arkham City and Arkham origins.
Hot take I don't have a favorite Arkham game I love them all equally.
Goated opinion
@@datdankdj8264knight clears all of asylum city and origins
@@crazygamingyt7245 irrelevant
@@crazygamingyt7245Yeah, maybe, but I'm still prefer the other ones
Knight is overhated. It easily has the best combat and gameplay in the series. The story has some problems but it’s still good. People cried for the Batmobile and then get mad when it’s a key part of the game
I’ve never hated the Batmobile so I really never understood why people hated the sections so much is all seems well designed and fun to use so I don’t get bothered
I do actually agree with the criticisms of City's story after a recent playthrough... The story starts off extremely interesting with Protocol 10, but then is almost completely abandoned for chasing Joker's cure instead. It's a wild goose chase with not much character growth in it. It has a phenomenal ending, and still incredibly solid gameplay and graphics, but yeah the plot is barebones until Protocol 10 actually comes into effect towards the end.
I've come around to Knight recently. It's my new favorite Arkham game despite its many flaws. The raw gameplay is just that insanely good and massively improved over the other 3. I only replayed the first 3 games once, but with Knight, I've beaten it on every save file.
Knight story is way worse
yeah I 100% agree. City’s story is complete trash compared to Origins and Knight
@@ironbat5481 no it isn’t
@@Bugplanet8840 it is
Im sorry but I disagree with everything you said yes the story has it problems but u are giving knight too much credit knight has way more problems than city like deathstroke,hush,joker and joker blood plot,scarecrow getting shafed from more joker,boss battles and Jason todd
I like how he discredits The criticisms towards Arkham City by saying they're vague and are stupid. But then proceeds to not give any real reasons of why those criticisms can't be applied to the game.
Arkham city stans what do you expect from them felt like a was watching under the mayo for a second
No, he did. He literally explained how any piece of media can be boiled down to it's base core and then proceedingly called "Simple" but this completely ignores that games (And/or any other media) are obviously more complex than these very simplistic descriptions that make it sound negative.
@@ZombossLordOfDoom Yeah that's true. Honestly the Arkham game that I feel get's the most hate nowadays is probably Knight
damn... this video basically sumarized what i think about the whole underrated conversation to perfection.
what an amazing video, keep up the good work man
Imo knight is the most underrated. People make it seem way worse than it is (main point being the Batmobile) when you don’t even use it as much as people drag it on to seem.
The potential is still wasted. The driving mechanics feel clunky, and all you really do with it is copy and paste tank battles that require no thought or strategy.
Yeah, you don’t use the Batmobile a ton, but when the only times you do use it are boring, then people make a big deal out of it
@christiancorley4309 I think the combat sections are better on hard.
@@TheManWhoErasedHisNane agreed, on hard difficulty and even new game+ the tank sections are actually pretty fun to me. I enjoy Arkham knight as a whole and it’s definitely my favorite. But the hate towards the Batmobile is unwarranted
My main problem is when you need to get into penguins fortress and you go in, fight two dudes, realize your wifi is down, exit the building, and go from here to here destroying all the signal jammers which you need to break three times btw, and then go back to the museum, do a puzzle and then you can enter the museum.
5:00 i use that announcement bell as notification sound, got quite confused for a second lol
Origins is the obvious choice. However I personally think Arkham Knight is the most underrated and City is the most overrated
City isn't that overrated and knight isn't underrated that title goes to asylum
City being overrated is a legitimately psychotic take. your Arkham Ball knowledge is nonexistent.
Yeah I agree, City is incredibly overrated plus it’s story sucks
@@Bugplanet8840 city story was great
@@Bugplanet8840 ball knowledge = 0
glad that someone finally came out and said that the batmobile was well designed and implemented into AK. The driving was incredibly smooth, the tank fights especially after full upgrades were so much fun, and the eject boost are so much fun to run at full speed with the nitro boost
What’s your ranking of every Arkham game worst to best?
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4th asylum
3rd city
2nd origins
1st knight
im big on gameplay and have a very personal soft spot for origins multiplayer
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I feel like I kept hearing “no one mentions this good thing” in the Arkham knight section. But I’ve heard a lot of people mention those good things. I definitely agree that Arkham knight’s bat mobile is over hated, but I feel like it does get a lot of the credit it deserves
I know Asylum is aged but I played it for the first time last year and I had such an amazing time and couldn’t wait to continue the series. I’ve played games where I didn’t play in its heyday and/or not on its original console so while I recognize the history, I can’t get into it like I wanted. But that wasn’t the case here, I was having so much fun with Asylum. Definitely a favorite now.
That said, I went into Origins expecting the worst since I saw so many talk poorly of it. And instead I ended up absolutely loving it. It shows how important it is to play for yourself to find how a game impacts you or doesn’t. as I too played it for 1st time last year I never experienced the rough start and I didn’t have too many issues with glitching in general fortunately. The story and cutscenes had me hooked and now it’s one of my favorite games ever. I doubt it’ll ever be remastered but if it was I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
I'm sorry but I've never once heard any criticisms towards asylum for being outdated. Like did you see three comments on TH-cam and decide that's a common opinion?
I agree, however it always gets in the shadow of the other games, and i saw many tierlist of the games and asylum was always at 3 or 4 spot.
@@Crcustrip2 I personally put it over City.
@@Luke21-xk7uh i wouldnt, when i started playing these games i said that asylum was my favorite, until i played city and it took his place, however hes at my second place forever, knight and origins would never beat him ❤️
Origins is still the most underrated because I still see it get more hate than the other three games. Ive seen more people say origins sucks than any other arkham game🤦♂️ smh. Even though origins has the best cutscenes, best boss battles, and is just arguably the most enjoyable to play. Orgins will always be number one to me 🤷♂️
I definitely agree
City gets more hate because the nostalgia goggles are off for most people now including me
@@Bugplanet8840 ive honestly never seen city get hate. I'm not saying it doesn't happen btw. I'm saying that I've personally never seen it happen. The most I've seen is people say it's kinda overrated but I've def seen origins and Knight get spat on
@@christaylor7916 well people are seeing the truth now since all the games have been out 10+ years. Personally city is my least favorite
@@christaylor7916 ignore him only some people hate it most people enjoy it
Origins is getting overrated. I only see people saying it's the best gameplay wise, better than any of them etc. Going in blind, I think Asylum is the most underappreciated as of now.
Asylum is a banger
The gameplay was primitive but still a W
The atmosphere and acting was awesome
@@TheWaffleEdits One of the best, if they remade the combat to be on the level of city or knight it'd easily be the best game.
Absolutely
It’s just people that first Arkham game was Origins.
Absolutely fucking no one that played Arkham Knight first would say Origins had the best gameplay. I’d say origins has the least balanced gameplay with close to zero improvements
Arkham origins probably has the worst gameplay .
@@Indigo_1001 Somehow they exist. People attribute nostalgia and their personal favs into what is actually the best game.
Another great detail in knight is when Batman acknowledges the joker. On Stagg’s airship, after he’s hit with fear toxin, Batman takes a quick glance at joker, looking at him for the first time since Ace Chemicals. Little details in cutscenes are why I love this game
Some people might hate me but in my opinion Arkham knight is the most underrated I don’t know why people hate it.
Knight was my favorite just the fact how the adventure went out and the nostalgia of the game and it just really feels good playing it and it’s scary like in killer crocs layer but that’s my favorite one
Jeez. If I was going to make a list of the things wrong with the Batman Arkam City storyline it wouldn't be ANY of those. If I had to make a complaint it'd be, 1) Arkham city is an extremely stupid idea. I know that mind control was involved, but no one would give up prime real estate in new york city to turn it into a prison. It had a museum and an active steel mill for pity sakes! 2) The idea that Hugo strange would as he said make more Arkham cities in "Keystone" and "bludhaven when it basically failed within like a month or however long it was operating for to the point they needed to introduce protocol 10. It felt like the most contrived possible way they could have made a game where batman runs around in town and there's no civilians to worry about.
3) I have mixed feelings about the joker actually dying. On the one hand it's nice that there actually was a death and someone didn't just come back from the dead as common in comic book stories, but the Joker? Especially when he died 3 feet from a Lazarus pit. Ultimately I love the series and it became a useful plot element in arkham knight, but it still felt like such a gut punch.
Gotham City does isn’t supposed to be part of New York, despite one of NYC’s nicknames being “Gotham”…if I remember correctly Gotham is supposed to be in New Jersey
@@datdankdj8264 I know, I was using New York as an example.
@@keegobricks9734 oh nvm then lol
Yea it makes no sense how Hugo thought he could open up other Arkham cities when the first one went terribly, literally no one would let him make another Arkham city
I think it's OK for Joker to die in this universe. In fact, if anything, I felt he was a bit overused (and has been in other Batman media too).
Slightly related since boss fights for brought up, but does anyone else wish there was a boss rush mode in the Arkham games where you could replay all the boss fights? I would love to fight, death stroke, and see how much I’ve improved as a player without having to create an entirely new saved file. Plus, I imagine it would be useful for the sake of recording gameplay.
Yes. My young son is into Slade so I fired up origins and we got to the fight and beat him and then he wanted to play the fight again. I don't know if I could back up the save file before the fight and overwrite it...
Origins had its time in the sun as underrated. I think it’s fair to say they are all perfectly rated.
Not by WB
I can't stand people complaining how much batmobile is used in knight. Someone online calculated it to be 20% of the game which is a minimal ammount. It is insane to complain about it because as stated it isn't used that much and driving/fighting with the batmobile is amazing
A better argument would be that those segments are forcefully put in the story.
@@misaeltoral508 that is a better argument for sure. There are a few parts where it feels like "why am I doing this with the batmobile"
It probably wouldn’t feel like that if they added more variety to the Batmobile.
Most of the time, it’s either one of those boring tank battles that require no amount of skill, and are all copy pastes, or it’s a puzzle which can vary wildly in terms of fun.
Arkham City is easily the most overrated, Arkham Origins is easily the most underrated, Arkham Knight is easily the most overhated, and Arkham asylum is just Arkham asylum
Asylum 8/10
Pro: Best atmosphere
Con: Worst graphics (it still looks pretty good. It’s just the newer ones look more better so not too big of a critique).
City 10/10
Pro: Best Story
Con: Worst intro (not the biggest fan of the beginning prison scene but it’s not too long so it can be easily brushed aside).
Origins 9/10
Pro: Best Boss Fights (Deathstroke and 1st Bane boss were the best Fights in any Arkham game and I’ll stand by that).
Con: worst runtime (feels very short compared to the other 3).
Knight 8/10
Pro: Best Graphics/World design
Con: Worst Boss fights (Deathstroke deserved the Origins treatment for him in this game not some Tank BS)
Suicide Squad: KTJL 3/10
Pro: best looking Justice League team
Con: Worst Story Ever!
Arkham Shadow (to be determined)
Pro: (to be determined)
Con: it’s on freaking Meta Quest of all things!
Every game was underrated because we now know what came after.
3:40 You're not dumbing down "No way home", that's actually what the movie is
It's between Origins and Asylum
It wasn't until I heard my friends suggesting new folk skip Asylum that I realised it was underrated.
It's dated now - but I can still clear an entire room with a clean combo. And the Ultra-Batclaw never gets old, halving a predator room in one move.
Stalking the halls in one of the buildings, discovering their secrets & trophies with a patient interview tapes in the behind to help deal with the defeaning silence.
I honestly think it's my favourite. It's the one I'll always come back to.
In all honesty, my favorite of the entire series is Batman Arkham ORIGINS. That's right. Origins is my favorite, for 3 main reasons.
1) The best interpretation of Bane in any Medium. Bane is not just a physical powerhouse, he's also a cunning and disciplined mind. On top of that, not only is he a cunning brute, he is also a legitimate leader. Someone who both has the ability to lead but also the ability to inspire his men to be the best THEY can be. Top Notch.
2) Deathstroke.
3) IT has the best combat. Yeah, I mean it. It has the best combat of any of the games. It took what arkham city did and added to it. We got brutes and armored brutes, Venom users and best of all martial artists that were such an interesting change of pace for the fights. Arkham Knight removed the venom users, and the martial artists, and the their version of brutes was much worse. They also removed armored thugs entirely, which made both combat and predator challenges less challenging and fun, which is unforgivable. All they added in return was medics who could revive and add the electric shielding to certain enemies. Although I liked it, it really didn't change the way you fight in any meaningful way. You just have to use Batclaw a bit more often to stop the electricity, and it really doesn't take much effort to stop a guy from reviving another guy. A very marginal threat increase.
I agree with all your points. While some people hated the martial artists, I found them quite a fun add that made combat more involved for experienced players.
Though, I believe Knight and Origins had different approaches towards gameplay. Origins clearly preferred difficulty while Knight prioritized being in a flow state and didn't push difficulty as much as Origins.
While we could debate which is better, I believe both achieved what they wanted to do quite well.
Can't forget the amazing Batman theme as well. I prefer it over the trilogy's.
So…
1) is doing one villain right
2) I really disagree, Deathstroke was a bitch in the game. Does nothing impressive and gets taken down by a rookie Batman in ONE fight, in one of the easiest fights in the Arkham series
3) this is so wrong. It has the most unbalanced combat. I’d added nothing that made the combat more fun. The new enemies are nothing special and The electric gloves is just a “win button” that removes any and all challenge from the game. In what universe does it have a better combat then Arkham Knigbt
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In what universe is Arkham Origins difficult? The shock gloves legit removes ALL challenge from the game. It’s by far the easiest Arkham gsme
@@Indigo_1001 Death stroke and Vigilante Bruce wayne don't have them, also turn off "hints' and they don't have the counter attack warnings.
The problem with Arkham city's story was never about it being a glorified fetch quest for me... I love the whole joker batman plot line! But the whole protocol ten story makes very little sens, but it's a comic book plot so who cares if it's unrealistic that a villain would manage to section off a whole district of Gotham with full authorisation from the government. What's more problematic is strange knowing batman's identity, (to my knowledge it's never explained how he finds that out), and never actually doing anything with that information... Hugo strange litteraly says "if you try and stop me, I guarantee everyone will know your secret" and then batman proceeds to try and stop him and... Nothing... strange doesn't reveal his identity... Like what was the point ?
Those reasons why i have problem with Arkham knight it never about batman Vs scarecrow it about batman Vs joker Arkham series can never live without joker that annoys me so much Origins black mask should of been the main villain knight it should be scarecrow and hush not joker I could argue that Hugo strange sent tiger guards to Wayne manor but nightwing fought them off
We need a arkham orgins remaster
Or just an Arkham Origins 2
@@nathanadams7595 Arkham Shadow is just that, with RGC too! I know it's a VR exclusive but the devs care about the Arkhamverse WAYYYY more than rocksteady and they even have freeflow combat!
"Only You (And You Alone)", commonly shortened to simply "Only You", is a 1955 song recorded by the American vocal group The Platters.
The song was later featured in the 2011 DC video game Batman: Arkham City, where it is sung by the Joker on an answering machine shortly before his death. The song plays over the game's end credits. The Batman: Arkham City version was performed by the Joker's voice actor Mark Hamill.
The song later appeared in the 2018 video game Far Cry 5, as the theme for Jacob Seed's estate of Whitetail Mountains and on his music box.
Lyrics:
Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand
I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you
Only you can make this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand
I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you
Citys story is fantastic and emotional
@Schnirt When batman sees his parents. Bruce wayne is ready to die, but batman clings on to life.
@Schnirt when Taila died, the way joker died, when protocol ten was happening and all the deaths
city’s story is shit. Origins and knight are objectively better
@@tyleroutland435 yeah no emotion at all, in Origins Batman has true emotion
@@Bugplanet8840 origins copy pasted everything good from city. Deathstroke boss fight copied straight from city's Ra's al ghul. City has better boss fights with mr freeze, al ghul, mad hatter, and the jokers funhouse.
The part about Batman Arkham city being a goose chase I somewhat agree with when doing the whole penguin part, go to this jammer then the next then the next then everything inside
At least the goose chase is entertaining
For Arkham Knight I wish the city was bigger. I wish we had access to Wayne Manor, the Bat Cave, Arkham City, and Arkham Asylum
Arkham city is my least favorite out of them all.
I disagree about the story of City being unfairly criticized. I think there are some valid criticisms of City's story. Joker poisoning Batman being the catalyst to keep the story going is an underwhelming way to progress the plot. It makes it more about Batman's survival and less about the dynamic between Batman and Joker, not to mention sidelining the investigation of Protocol 10. Batman also is never really challenged much morally throughout the game even when faced with a big dilemma of either saving Talia or stopping Protocol 10, which he has to be persuaded by Alfred and Oracle to stop protocol 10 first. Sure, there are some good twists and an amazing ending, but the experience throughout is a huge step down from Asylum and the other games had much better stories. Also, minus the Catwoman parts, the story is pretty short, the shortest in the series.
Arkham origins>>
Agreed. It is criminally underrated & should’ve been included in the remastered trilogy, despite not being made by Rocksteady Studios
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It’s a spinoff that barely is part of the main trilogy story.
It’s extremely overrated and it’s easily the worst of the trilogy
@@Indigo_1001 nah origins is not the worst
The story mode was great
The combat & stealth was challenging which is what Batman games should be
& the boss fights were hard
I mean the electrocutioner boss fight took me about 4 days
@@exwa1300 origins is not underated at all anymore, this take of it being underrated has been said so much. it is not underrated anymore at all.
@@Sewergoose okay thanks for telling me
Knight has always been my favorite Arkham game since day one, I never really understood all of the hate thrown against it. City is still fantastic, but imo Knight just took everything good about City and kicked it up much higher
Arkham knight i the fucking best in sereis handsdown. Dont kill me its my opinion.
Yeah I agree the gameplay is so good but the story no
Yeah I agree second best in the series behind Origins.
@@ironbat5481the story is good, Origins does have a better story though
I agree but the story was terrible
@@superironman8324 not in the slightest
Have never heard of asylums combat being outdated. The only praise I ever really hear is from people who love both city and asylum but have a problem with either origins or knight.
I always hear Mr freeze or the ending in city. Or for asylum, how it revolutionised modern combat or how they remember when they thought their game "crashed".
Final placement of asylum is crazy
Arkham Origins is by far the most underrated; It has the best story and the best boss fights... and that's definitely not a small thing.
Origins has received its flowers so asylum and knight are currently the most underrated and they are my personal favorites to come back to each time
Asylum, City, Origins and Knight are all fantastic games. I'm harsh on a lot of media. I'll be the first to absolutely shit on something if I don't like it or it's not up to my standards. But I absolutely love the Arkham games. They're all good. Some flaws yes, I'm not going to say anything is 100% perfect, but I absolutely adore the Arkham games. Even many years later they're all still fully fun and playable. I recently went through and played all 4 again but in chronological order and it was awesome.
I feel like people not fully understanding whats happening in Knight with the Titan isn't a valid criticism, its like skipping to season 3 of a show like Breaking Bad or the The Walking Dead with no knowledge of what happened before and complaining about being confused, you have to at least play through Asylum City and Knight to get the full story, Origins is more disconnected so you could skip it but its definitely worth playing too
First Arkham game I played was Origins and I loved it to pieces. Years and years later I got Knight and I also loved it to pieces. I'm revisiting all 4 now so I have the full picture and complete experience for the ones I haven't played, and revisit the other 2 that feel like good ol' friends.
All are incredible, full stop. They just don't make rugged and simple games like that anymore. Everything needs a ton of side missions, tons of complex mechanics, complicated or braindead stories, realistic graphics that give you headaches...
Arkham games and other PS3 era games were the peak of gaming. Made with love, care and simplicity.
This was a VERY interesting video, this had a lot of nuance and interesting perspectives I never considered, especially with the likes of Arkham Knight.
I'm a big Sonic fan, so I'd be seriously tempted to try something like this with games people generally talk only negatively about. This seems like an extremely fun thought process and video subject, and I absolutely loved this video. Honestly, I was expecting Asylum to be listed as Most Underrated.
Glad someone pointed out how much the riddler actually kicks ass in arkham knight. I thoroughly enjoyed collecting a solid 99% of those puzzles and the stuff you DONT need to be a collector over, just the regular mission atuff with riddler is even MORE fun.
Arkham Knight.
You summed it up perfectly. The weaknesses are more than made up for.
The Batmobile IS overused... but it's fun once you learn the controls.
There ARE terrible side missions like the Hush mission. But there are so many great side missions like Riddler and Professor Pyg.
I won't talk about Knight since I've never played it but a criticism I have for the other games' story is:
Asylum - There was little attempt from the GCPD to infiltrate Arkham Island. I know Joker threatened to blow up parts of Gotham, but couldn't they have sent a small team specifically trained for these situations? And why didn't Batman alert everyone else that Joker was bluffing?
City - Even though Hugo Strange is introduced as the main villain I felt he was overshadowed by Joker. He even threatened to expose Batman's secret identity if he tried to stop him, but never does.
Origins - 2 of the 8 assassins, Deadshot and Shiva don't make it into the story which disappointed me as it could have led to more memorable bosses and given attention to lesser known villains. And while I personally don't think this, I could see someone else thinking it leaves the story unfinished or incomplete.
That being said I still Greatly enjoyed all them. The Killer Croc section in Asylum was both fun and terrifying, Killing off Joker in City was a bold choice and I respect that choice, and Origins holds a special place in my heart since not only was it the first Arkham game I played but the first video game EVER I played.
Just looking at how much time Knight took compared to the rest kind of sells me on it being the most underrated. It's my personal favorite of the games but the fact that there was so much to talk about just kind of feels like it speaks for itself. Love this franchise
You explained the pros of knight very well it's the most refined in the series a technical Marvel that still holds up right but I only go back to it for the challenge maps the story has interesting missions like teaming up with Robin at the movie studios but city, Asylum and origins. But the arkham knight tie-in novel says batman was in denial about it being Jason Todd he knew (but it contradicts the game so it's not canon).
Asylum is definitely still fun and is my second favorite in the series I like the simplicity of Asylum.
Origins needs a remaster that's for sure. It has some of my favorite enemy types in the series like.
I came late to the Arkham party, playing the trilogy in order after the AK issues on PC had been ironed out. I played through Asylum and City and thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Then it came to play Arkham Knight - and let me tell you - the change in atmosphere, graphics and cinematics was incredibly jaw-dropping. I was completly immersed! I didn't even notice the "bad" parts of the game until I looked online.
Batman DOES NOT KILL
Batman: 8:21 crucifies a guy with a fence
arkham origins is the soul reason i play batman arkham games it what started the love i had for the games then comes asylum which had the most of the edge of the chair feel for me then city which gave the feeling of lost hope and the need for batman to save the city then comes arkham knight which i loved so much and still to this day go back too i don't know if u will agree but origins is a very underrated game just cuz there's glitches and kind of the same mechanics doesn't mean it has the same story and i think everyone should give it a try and i love all of the arkham games since to me the all have their own story feel and mechanics
Full 9 years passed despite being hated and underappreciated. Arkham Knight is still the most played in franchise and got a lot of praised by many as one of the best game to this day compare to many modern game. Nice video btw 🖤
Arkham Knight is I feel the most underrated and it’s my favorite due to people simply overlooking the fact that it’s one of the most well written endings for any game series, never have I’ve heard anyone say they were disappointed with how rocksteady ended the Arkham series (other than suicide squad) and I feel like for those who played through the entire franchise and experienced everything that Batman endured, The pain, the suffering, the losses and relationships, The way that Rocksteady tied up the series goes HEAVILY under appreciated
Origins always be my favorite, I still have dreams of having a remaster version for next gen
Origins is not just the most underrated Batman game, but it also arguably could be the best out of the 4 Arkham games. It balances all the best aspects of the main Arkham trilogy, its got the bigger open world aspect of Knight, it's got the atmosphere of City, and its got the more streamlined and focused narrative of Asylum. On top of all that, it easily has the best boss fights of all the Arkham games, where Batman goes toe to toe with foes who are his physical equals. It balances everything I love about the Arkham games, which is why I lean towards it being the best.
City was overrated to me. I replayed the trilogy n everything in city kind of blended in to me. Story was kind of all over the place as well. I liked asylum the best since it had that claustrophobic feel and a certain horror element. Knight was fun except for the Batmobile. I actually haven’t even finished knight because of it.
When Batman: Arkham Knight was released in 2015, the much-anticipated game introduced players to a new feature: the fully drivable Batmobile. This iconic vehicle had been missing in the previous entries of the series, but its arrival in Arkham Knight was met with mixed reactions. Some players loved the added dimension to gameplay, while others criticized it for overshadowing traditional mechanics. However, much of the criticism directed at the Batmobile was unfounded. The Batmobile not only enhanced the game's mechanics, but it also deepened the immersion of the player into the role of Batman. Here are the reasons why the Batmobile did not deserve the heavy criticism it received.
1. A True Batman Experience
One of the core reasons the Batmobile was a welcome addition to Arkham Knight is its central role in the Batman mythos. The Batmobile is as iconic as the Batsuit or Gotham City itself, and it plays a huge part in the Dark Knight's crime-fighting arsenal. Including it in Arkham Knight gave players a more authentic Batman experience, allowing them to patrol the streets of Gotham as Batman would in the comics and films. This added a sense of scale and power to the game that previous titles lacked, making the player feel even more like the Caped Crusader.
2. Balanced Gameplay: On Foot vs. In Car
Critics of the Batmobile often argued that the vehicle was overused in the game, at the expense of the on-foot mechanics that defined previous entries. However, when breaking down the gameplay, the Batmobile is not as overbearing as some suggest. In fact, players spend approximately 60% of the game on foot, while 40% of the game involves the Batmobile. The game's missions are divided in such a way that players still spend the majority of their time engaging in hand-to-hand combat, stealth takedowns, and using Batman’s gadgets in classic Arkham style.
The Batmobile sections added a new layer of variety and allowed for different forms of problem-solving. Whether it's using the car to solve puzzles, chase enemies, or engage in vehicular combat, these sequences were designed to complement the on-foot sections, not replace them.
3. Vehicle Combat Enhances Gameplay
Much of the Batmobile criticism centered on its tank-like combat mode, which some players felt was repetitive or out of place. However, this combat mode introduced a fresh element to the series: vehicular warfare. In many ways, the Batmobile's tank mode offered a strategic challenge that mirrored the hand-to-hand combat system the Arkham series is known for. The player had to dodge, counter, and time attacks carefully, similar to how they would in a fistfight with thugs. This added diversity to the game’s combat, keeping encounters from becoming monotonous.
Moreover, Rocksteady Studios, the developers of Arkham Knight, provided players with the option to alternate between vehicular and on-foot combat during certain missions, adding flexibility and player choice. Instead of simply shoehorning the Batmobile into the game, Rocksteady ensured it was an integral part of the design.
4. Puzzles and Environmental Interactions
The Batmobile wasn’t just a combat tool; it was also essential for solving puzzles and interacting with the environment. This was a crucial part of what made Arkham Knight feel expansive and innovative. The vehicle’s winch system allowed players to pull down walls, power up generators, and even navigate terrain that Batman couldn’t cross on foot. These features highlighted how the Batmobile could serve as a unique problem-solving tool, pushing the player to think creatively.
In many ways, the Batmobile acted as an extension of Batman himself, allowing players to use it not only in action sequences but also in puzzle-solving and exploration. This made it more than just a gimmick but rather an essential part of the game’s world-building and narrative design.
5. Replayability and Variety
With the introduction of the Batmobile, Rocksteady provided a wider variety of mission types. This included tank battles, races, and puzzle-solving challenges that would have been impossible on foot. These new mechanics increased the game's replayability, offering players different ways to approach the same mission, either by relying on the Batmobile or their traditional stealth and combat skills.
Additionally, the Batmobile’s diverse upgrade system allowed players to tailor its capabilities to their playstyle. Whether focusing on increased firepower, armor, or speed, this customization made the Batmobile feel more personal and interactive, akin to how Batman’s gadgets evolved in previous Arkham games.
Conclusion: A Necessary Evolution
The Batmobile in Batman: Arkham Knight was a necessary evolution in the series, expanding the scope and variety of gameplay. While some players may have preferred more on-foot action, the balance between Batmobile sequences and traditional combat was not as skewed as critics suggest. With 60% of the game spent on foot and 40% involving the Batmobile, there was still a substantial focus on the hand-to-hand combat, stealth, and detective work that players loved from the previous games.
The Batmobile added depth, variety, and a true sense of being Batman, making it an essential feature that helped define Arkham Knight. It didn’t deserve the level of criticism it received but instead should be appreciated for the innovation and immersive experience it brought to the table.
I liked origins since it came out and I didn't even know it was hated for a long time. I liked the story and the online mode was fun
Something I'm noticing about the arkham knight part especially is that there's this very common thing I'm seeing with video game opinions online, where a lot of people simply regurgitate the opinion of someone else, instead of coming to their own conclusions.
It happens constantly, ranging across all sorts of games and franchises, like Cyberpunk, Watch_Dogs, etc., where you'll just kinda have this general opinion become the "right" one despite it being relatively unfounded, since all the average person sees is people complaining about a game, instead of people talking about what they actually like about a game.
I like to think joker wasn’t literally taking over Batman’s mind the same way the other random people were and he was actually immune to the blood. He got a huge dose of fear toxin right at the start of the game Batman fears becoming the joker. His fears get worse as the night progresses giving joker more power over his mind. At the end of the game Batman over comes his fear last line “I’m not afraid” and the joker disappears. In my head canon I just completely ignore the 4 ppl infected with his blood it makes 0 sense.
My top of Arkham games
1. Origins/Knight
2. City
3. Asylum
Switch City & asylum and the list would be perfect
@@Bugplanet8840 N-ah
City is better than asylum
But Origins is better that City
@@Лави-н1б agree to disagree
Origins, my absolute favourite. Not in small parts thanks to its "New Game Plus Perma Death" mode. I don't think that gets enough love. Not nearly as much love as it deserves.
i love Arkham Knight because the batmobile And The bat suits you can wear i didn't forgot The batmobile skins so the story and the bosses And enemies and yes side missions is the cherry on the pie of this game.
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Batman Arkham Legacy Update
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Batman Arkham Legacy (2027) Update
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I think the reason people myself included says origins is underrated is because wb doesn't show the game any love leaving it out of every re-release/remaster
1:23 This is such a bizarre listing. I mean, usually, it's which is most top tier. Here it's which one got the littlest attention and praise. It's so bizarre that it feels like a sympathy voting list.
You don't understand what the word "underrated" means do you? I pity your lack of English knowledge.
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Finally someone defending the best Arkham game. You earned that like
I agree 100% with your list. I think Origins and Asylum are undoubtedly the two most underrated. But because I’m a huge atmosphere guy, Asylum has always felt like the most authentic experience and it’s always been my favorite of the 4. It’s a genuine masterpiece imo and it’s one of the greatest games ever made. Personally, the gameplay has never felt dated or janky. I think the lack of options in combat and predator encounters enhances the claustrophobic feeling of the game. If the combat and stealth was as expansive as City or Knight, I don’t think the game would feel as eerie and dangerous as it does. Batman feels vulnerable. He feels like a guy trapped in a hostile environment. If you get caught by a group of armed henchmen, consider yourself dead. You can’t just fight Killer Croc like in Arkham Origins or Knight. You have to outsmart him and bide your time. As IGN would put it, the game makes you “feel like Batman”
To be fair, if we widen our horizons when it comes to looking at Arkham games, there’s also a fair share of mobile games and origins black gate that could potentially be the most underrated if the core four titles are seen as well praised enough
Bruh the overuse of the batmobile doesnt make any sense its like saying kratos hammer is overused in gow
As someone who is finish all achievements in Arkham Knight I don't really get the hate,yes it has some low,but I think with every game they learn a lot and tried to improve,so I'm noticing how much love they put into AK thats why it's my favourite
Just because something is "outdated" doesnt mean its bad or underrated. IT WAS A MASTERPIECE IN ITS TIME AND STILL IS REGARDED as such. Ofc its outdated its from 2010! Yet I have heard no one talk bad about it. Additionally, it's still recommended to be played first than Origins and is literally featured more and played more than Origins. Origins is the most underrated even your subscribers say so.
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Asylum and City were extremely beloved, praised, and even received well. So it's not either one of those two, that leaves origins and knight. I feel like origins has been getting some love recently but so has knight. Why either one of these two games were received poorly is beyond my comprehention.
At the time Origins was released the criticism was about, The bugs, The game running horribly and The Joker being the main antagonist AGAIN. With Knight I think it was because of the Batmobile being overused and The Joker being the main antagonist AGAIN.
I’d say currently, asylum is the most underrated, no one really talks about it now and people consistently rank it last
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@@Idk98268 This is true.
Arkham Origins, for sure. In my opinion, it fixes the issues City had, while also improved the formula in a few ways.
The removal of titan henchmen for Bane thugs was a nice change. Titan henchmen were a nightmare for keeping your combo going in challenge maps.
The remote claw is one of the best gadgets in the franchise.
Adding a martial artist enemy type that needs to be countered twice threw me off hard at first.
Fast travel to easily get around for collectible hunting.
Shock gloves are crazy fun.
Deathstroke as a playable character was awesome.
Chris Redfield leaving the BSAA to become Batman is how you do character growth. Guess BOW's became too boring and he needed to fight a clown.
The only stain on Origins was that godawful challenge track that had to be completed in order and at specific locations, and forcing armor upgrades before anything else, making the game too easy right at the beginning. You literally can't do no health upgrade challenges because of this. Annoying. I guess the needing to cross the bridge a bunch too? Didn't really bother me too much.
it doesnt mean if ppl dont understand the story because they didnt play the other parts of the franchise that its bad.lets take gow ragnarok for example a lot of stuf from previous games was in the story and not really explained and new players to the gow franchise didnt understand it. does it mean it was bad? no of course thats the reason why its a franchise and not just one game cuz it takes more time to show it and explain it.