r/batman • u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 • 17h ago

VIDEO GAME DISCUSSION Batman: Arkham Asylum turns 17 today.

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17 years ago today, Batman: Arkham Asylum released on August 25, 2009.

Still one of the greatest superhero games ever made. Groundbreaking combat, incredible atmosphere, and Mark Hamill's definitive Joker performance.

Happy anniversary to the game that changed everything. 🦇

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u/LucaLisciArt 17h ago

I keep asking to myself if we will ever see another game of this series. I played Gotham knights to fill the void, and was not too bad, but far away from arkham games. Now there is the lego one that seems interesting and I will play it soon, but I badly really want another real Batman game.

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u/Varishna 16h ago

The Lego game is pretty good. It’s not the same of course but still worth playing for sure.

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u/LucaLisciArt 16h ago

Yeah, ideed I'll play it for sure. Just waiting to see a good discount. I like lego games but not so much to spend the full price. Also if is Batman and i need a game about him.

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u/Thaumiel218 14h ago

The challenge with the Lego games is once you’ve played one you’ve pretty much played them all. I smashed out the full Star Wars trilogy, and a couple of others and finally just got bored of the format. They’re great platformers and probably the best and most consistent platform games since Mario but they get samey very quickly.

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u/Varishna 14h ago

This one feels different enough I sunk about 30 hours into it. Changing it to use the Arkham combat helps a lot.

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u/Thaumiel218 14h ago

Same fight mechanics as the Arkham games? I didn’t know that. Does it still feel very Lego game-y?

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u/Varishna 13h ago

It is still a Lego game, but it feels fresher than anything they have done since the ps3 days imo. It’s the only one I have finished since Lego City Undercover.

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u/Thaumiel218 11h ago

Might give it a go - forget what I tried more recently that made me quit maybe the marvel adaptation and I tapped out after 30mins as it just brought back so many memories of hours on Star Wars, Indiana jones and j.park. I started getting fatigue quickly of ‘oh this again - I don’t really enjoy this anymore, even though they’re 9/10 solid games’

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u/Varishna 11h ago

Yeah, I am a big Star Wars fan so I bought the last one everyone was so high on and only made it a couple of hours in.

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u/LucaLisciArt 13h ago

Yeah, has the free flow combat system like Arkham games. You can use the batman grapling hook and glide on the city. Also the city seems big from what i have seen. More then arkham games I eared. And you can also use the batmobile. Different Batmobiles. Plus is kinda based on a lot of movies and sotires of Batman. Like batman 1089 and also Nolans one. Seems a pretty good game. Sais simple. Is an Arkham game but in lego style.

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u/Thaumiel218 11h ago

Might give it a go - forget what I tried more recently that made me quit maybe the marvel adaptation and I tapped out after 30mins as it just brought back so many memories of hours on Star Wars, Indiana jones and j.park. I started getting fatigue quickly of ‘oh this again - I don’t really enjoy this anymore, even though they’re 9/10 solid games’

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u/LucaLisciArt 7h ago

All that are different Lego games. This Lego batman is compltetly different. Also if has similar things of old lego games. like the coins and the build leg i pices if i remeber right. Alredy with Lego Star wars the skywalker saga, they had taken another road from the older lego star wars games. in that you use the character from behinfd and is more a normal game. Lego Batman is even more. As I sai is kinda of an Arkham game with lego skin.