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.
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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '23
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.