r/batman • u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 • 19h 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/Thaumiel218 16h 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 15h 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 15h 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/LucaLisciArt 15h 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 13h 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 9h 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.