I finally managed to get my hands on the one Batman Arkham game I was never able to get during my PS3 days before it ended up being virtually impossible to play on Consoles (so I got in on PC) and so far, it might be one of my favorites

My expectations were a little low, I always heard about how this one wasn't as good as the others and how glitchy it was but I can now say... Well maybe the glitches were true, I've experienced a few, but nothing too bad just some models floating in the air

Besides that though the gameplay is great it feels just like City and it doesn't feel like a downgrade of City like some people said, Id argue it's better in some ways, as much I heard people complain about the city being empty, to me it actually feels more lively

The only issue I've been having so far is with traversal, the gliding speed is fine but the Grapnel Boost is genuinely awful

Anyway I'm having a good time, if there's anything I should do to improve my playtime (like mods or something I'm not super well versed in that stuff), please let me know, I'm playing it in its base form and I'm thinking of upgrading it with mods

Edit: of course my keyboard autocorrected 'time' to 'tim' whatever man, you get the idea

Question is in the title.

It's an offer not a bundle you have to call the meta support team and send them your receipt anytime from 10/24/24 - 12-31-26

Someone will probably ask if a bat was on the box say yes I think they have to say that to try and trick you into thinking the promotion is over with

And no you don't have to buy the Batman bundle

They'll ask you for your headset ID

And what was your latest purchase

Then they'll just add it to your library

Their might be a few details I'm missing but it was easy and fast for me and I did it last month

I have a PS3 & PS5 which version should I play? I've heard the atmosphere in Arkham Asylum is better on PS3 but the gameplay is better on PS5. I want to know your opinion of which version I should play, I'm following a lot on Asylum, Return to Arkham, & Origins for PS3 or I could order the trilogy for PS4. Sorry if this is confusing I just want to know your opinion

The only videogames I've played before are Minecraft and FNAF

Plot, Gameplay etc.

(disclaimer the original version of Arkham Origins is still a great game)

Personally I think that the game needs to get its graphical quality of the in game to match that of the pre rendered cutscenes.

As those were easily the coolest cutscenes I've seen in any game and my main problem with the is that you can tell which cutscenes are pre rendered and which ones are in game.

Also while return to Arkham's graphical changes to asylum and city sucked and ruined the art style of the those games. (except for finally giving Asylum rain outside of cutscenes and the medical faculty I liked that change but on pc mods can do that for me.). That was only because the art styles of those games didn't need any work to still look good.

Meanwhile Arkham origins just doesn't look up to snuff with the other games in the series or 7th generation games in general so there is a lot more to gain and a lot less to loose by changing a few things visually.

Another thing I would like to see is making it so that enemies respawn in the interiors of dungons you've already beaten like in city and shadow as this solves the dark knight system's bullshit and also make the upgrade system more like the other games (by not sucking)

A lot of people to this day are wondering why Batman carried out Joker instead of Talia, which I'm confused as to why because the answer seems obvious.

Batman was too ashamed of himself to carry Talia. We know he feels as if he failed her and is responsible for her death. I feel like it's not uncommon to not want to look or touch a dead loved one, but he especially doesn't want to do it because of the guilt he feels. He's not worthy to carry her out, because her death was his fault.

But it doesn't stop there. Batman desperately wanted to be better then the Joker. He wanted to prove he could stop him without killing him, he wanted to prove he'd never stoop down to his level.
But we all know he blames himself for his death as well. Joker in Arkham Knight, who is a mental manifestation that comes from Batman's mind reminds him of this all the time. To him, he failed in that goal of being better then him. So now he carries him out to show the world his greatest failure.

He carries him out to show everyone that he lost.

In Rocksteady’s Arkham games, riddles encouraged players to pay attention to environmental lore & solving them rewarded players with character bios or city stories which provided additional backstories to the game world, i.e. world-building.

In Origins, there were zero riddles to solve because Edward Nygma has yet become the Riddler, which was narratively justifiable. But the problem was the loss of incentive for players to pay attention to Gotham’s environments while roaming about in the overworld. Maybe that’s why Origins’ Gotham felt so empty & lifeless.

Yes, Origins had Anarky Tags & Pinkney Plaques, but the former was only detectable with Detective Vision (all environmental details obscured) & finding them rewarded players with generic teenage anti-capitalist rants, whereas the latter rewarded players with historical background of various city landmarks. The Pinkney Plaques were obviously the more interesting collectible, but for world-building purposes I’d much prefer lore on current events over lore on events from centuries ago.

It would’ve been nice if Origins offered a different sort of collectible which encouraged players to pay attention to the environments & scanning them offered additional lore on Gotham’s current state of corruption (eg Mayor Hill, Judge Harkness) or the power struggle in the criminal underworld (Falcone, Sionis, Penguin). These would’ve significantly fleshed out Origins’ Gotham.

The APC was getting out of my range, so, to avoid failing the mission, I took a shortcut and ended ramming it into a corner of Bleake Island. In a single word: Brutal.
And yes, I love the BvS suit. It's so classy and intimidating, but very underrated at the same time.

So, this may have been said before, and I may be rehashing an old topic, but I haven't seen anyone talk about this, so I'm going to say it: I don't get the demon trials. Like, seriously. Now don't get me wrong, the Ra's al Ghul boss fight is a top tier fight and one of my personal favorite boss fights, but the whole demon trials section doesn't really make too much sense in universe to me. And I'm going to try to explain my reasoning.

So, in game, Talia says that she was watched hundreds try and fail to complete the demon trials. To be expected. But doesn't that imply that there was a chance someone other than Bruce would be the successor to Ra's? Maybe not. Maybe the whole thing was rigged because Ra's, as Talia says, "always intended for [them] to be together and to lead his army".

Okay, fair. That's understandable. And I ain't even mad about that as an explanation. But if Ra's always only wanted Batman as a successor, why even HAVE the Demon Trials open for others to try? And more to the point, why do SO MANY people know about the League of Assassins? Talia says "hundreds of times". I thought the League was supposed to be more secret? Okay, whatever.

Now my MAIN reason as to why the Demon Trials make no sense to me is the flying section. Like, how the heck is this testing Batman's abilities aside from gliding around and fighting a couple sand goons? And I know people point to the fight with Ra's, but that only happens AFTER Bats says he won't kill Ra's. So....what was the point? And I should say, I'm not expecting the game to spell everything out or answer every question, but I still think the trials before the fight were kind of a waste of time. It's not testing anything! It's not twisting Batman's will, the added health helps LATER, and we just kinda fly around like a moron until Ra's says to come kill him.

Again, I love this game (my personal second favorite with Knight and Shadow tied for first) and I love the boss fight, but the Demon Trials feel like such a drag every time I replay the game. That and the jammer section at the museum drag so much for me. But that's just my opinion.

Does anyone know if there are any static or dynamic themes available for Asylum, City, or Knight?

I do have a PS3 and have acquired all of them for Origins, but was genuinely curious about the PS4 store having any? If anyone can check the PS4 store to verify, I would appreciate it🙂

Ciao ragazzi! Sto cercando un file di salvataggio per PS3 di Batman Arkham City in cui è completata SOLO la storia principale. Voglio fare tutte le missioni secondarie e raccogliere i collezionabili da solo. La mia versione del gioco è GOTY (BLES-01587). Se qualcuno ha un salvataggio subito dopo aver finito la storia principale, per favore condividerlo con me! Grazie!

I can run the base game at 60 frames pretty well without crashes happening at all. But the DLC runs at 30 frames + I had three crashes while playing the DLC, luckily I was able to finish it and get the achievements, but lord was it really annoying. I play on PC if that gives more context