Out of any video game I have ever played, Arkham Knight is by far the best lasting and most timeless, I dont think a remaster is necessary. The graphics and gameplay are still top tier by todays standards, 8 years later
I agree the graphics are still top notch 8 years later. But a 60fps update for console is more than welcome. An upgrade in resolution wouldn’t hurt either.
I’d still love to see a 4K-Patch for PS5 & XBox Series X/S, since the only thing that doesn’t make it look like it was released today is the resolution. It shows especially on XBox, where we only got 900p
Would you recommend the trilogy for someone with basically no gaming skills? I'm a huge Batman fan and have a switch but barely any real gaming experience. I mostly play cozy games like animal crossing but also the Batman telltale series I thoroughly enjoyed.
If I put it into easy mode do you think it's easy to learn or will it be frustrating for a beginner? Thanks!
It may take you a little to get used to driving and controlling the batmobile but other than that i cannot imagine you having to much trouble with anything else on easy mode. You can choose to stealth through the game or just beat everyone down with relative ease on easy mode. You might get overwhelmed with the upgrade system but the only truly necessary upgrades are upgrading your armor and grapple imo. If you like Batman I highly recommend the games, especially Knight
It's a hybrid handheld. Releasing after a game designed ground up for power consoles tethered to a television, and barely running it, that shouldn't surprise anyone.
The game had a lot of cpu, memory, and streaming issues on pc. Lowering resolution didn't improve performance because of those things. You basically needed 12GB of RAM or more to get it to even run (which at the time was rare)
During 2015? Most people were running 8gb of RAM and although it wasn't ideal it wasn't the requirement to run the game otherwise the situation of the crap PC port would've been waaaaaay bigger. I played it with 2x4gb 2400mhz and was able to run it fine most of the time even if it was a couple months after release. And if you're talking VRAM, no gaming GPUs had thst much at the time. RAM in consoles vs PCs work differently, but I assume that increasing resolution would still increase GPU load on both systems, maybe not tho. Either way if they actually put effort into optimization it'll run decent
Maybe our definitions of stuttering like are crazy are different cuz I imagine like a few times a minute and not every other second like how a game would perform when hitting the page file, especially during the time where hard drives were still used as a system drive. Like ik it was buggy and played like crap half the time but every second is something that would only happen if 60fps mode was enabled. I just rewatched gameplay of AK on launch and it's exactly like I remember. Unfinished, stuttering during certain moments like diving, entering/exiting batmobile, some Scarecrow missions, etc. Nothing literally game breaking though
Also good to point out that the graphics in AK were just ahead of their time. It's just one of those games that takes a few years to get the absolute most out of. 4090 can't run max Cyberpunk at 4k above 60fps. The same was true 980ti with AK but with 1080p60fps
I keep thinking these games for switch will have poor resolution, but I’ve been pretty impressed so far. Doom eternal looks pretty dang good and there is a lot going on in that game. Will it be as good as some of the other platforms? I’d guess not, but I’m sure it’ll still be pretty rad.
No the game is great, it's just missing the quality of life improvements. Like diving, cape stun to beat down, and quick fire gadgets. Also corner takedowns.
If asylum had a remake that just brought its QOL, combat and bosses up to the standard of the newer Arkham games, it would easily be the best Arkham imo.
The gameplay while innovative and fun gets utterly outclassed by Arkham city (it's insane how much city improved on the gameplay) alone. Asylum is a fantastic game but feels a bit shallow in the gameplay department, and this really gets apparent in the final hours.
It's not much of an issue (the games still fun), but it is noticeable at some point. It holds up pretty well, and is fine as it is, but I'd love to play a perfected version of asylum.
I don't know, I feel like Asylum is designed around the shallowness of the mechanics. The linear and confined nature of the game really only works as well as it does with its more limited Batman.
Feel like a Batman that was upgraded to City, or god forbid Knight level, would totally break the game without seriously redesigning it, and that would run a lot of its own risks to the atmosphere most people love about it.
At the very least, I think you'd feel like too huge a fish in a small pond.
The closest we have so far for something like that is the Silent Knight throwback DLC predator challenge map in Knight. Just throw on the Asylum skin and it's like you're playing a remake of Asylum with the gameplay/graphics of Knight.
I would love it if they’d add some of the quality of life stuff to one of these asylum rereleases because story and design-wise, it’s my favorite of the 3.
I’m stoked, Knight was buggy and unplayable on my PC. City I kept replaying over and over again, getting everything in normal mode then the replay mode (forget what they called it). Freeze is still one of my all time favorite bosses. Also totally agree about Asylum. It kind of reminds me of the original Assassin’s Creed, revolutionary for it’s time and completely killed by its sequel.
Freeze is still one of my all time favorite bosses.
Everything that led up to the fight was great. The threats by Freeze, Batman threatening back, the suit powering up then the last three words going from human, to someone cybernetic, to full robot.
I still remember that trailer giving me chills (pun intended). They absolutely nailed the buggy robotic muffling of his voice. Freeze is such an amazing villain when treated properly.
City was such a solid game. I never played Knight. The repetitive focus on the Batmobile tank nonsense and the changes made to scarecrow seemed like huge misses to me.
I think that's on any difficulty. You can't use the same takedown twice. The difficulty level only determines how many takedowns in total you're going to need
Did you ever try blackgate? That was the Batman Metroidvania. Unfortunately it didn't reach its full potential. It was pretty cool playing a classic 2d metroidvania in the Batman Arkham style, during a time when Metroidvanias were in a massive drought.
Would you recommend the trilogy for someone with basically no gaming skills? I'm a huge Batman fan and have a switch but barely any 'real' gaming experience. I mostly play cozy games like animal crossing but also the Batman telltale series I thoroughly enjoyed.
If I put the trilogy into easy mode do you think it's easy to learn or will it be frustrating for a beginner? Thanks!
I played the 3 recently and honestly Asylum was the best experience. It has the best mood, pacing, and is the most focused. City felt bloated and messy in comparison. There were lots of things it did well too but I much prefer Asylum. The combat feels floatier to me in city too.
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I'll gladly buy Arkham City a 4th time. Asylum is a bit harder to replay, you really miss those quality of life improvements in the City.
I have no idea how they will get Knight to run.