Mundane Patrol Encounters and Old-School Detective-Style Mysteries We got combat-only team-ups in Arkham Knight, and they were AMAZING, but it seems like the Batman franchise only trickles a little bit at a time each game, slowly working its way towards our greatest wants as fans and players.ĥ. This may be my hundredth time mentioning this, but we need that big Gotham City environment to play in! Would there be anything better than having Nightwing or Catwoman jump into the fray while free-roaming with Batman?! My favorite example of this in a superhero game was how Wolverine (and others) fought side-by-side with you as you played Spidey in “Spider-Man: Web of Shadows” (if it had been co-op, I’d never have left my house). Free-Roam Arkham Knight/Web of Shadows-Style Team-Ups and Crossovers I’m hoping for different-but-canonically-familiar for the next free-roam game.Ĥ. The recent Batman games from the now-defunct Telltale Games are a great example of this, but they were also some of the strangest takes on Batman canon I have ever witnessed. And though I have great fondness and nostalgia from that era, I think the new Batman games would benefit from an altogether different take on the Bat while maintaining the love and dedication of the Arkham teams. The Arkham games flourished partially because of the great team of alums from the old animated series. Move Away From Arkham and Animated Series Influences Regardless, it seems like a ripe playing field to be revolutionized, maybe the future Batman games can give us something fresh and new that we didn’t even know we wanted.ģ. I am very interested in what various future franchises in gaming choose to do regarding their stealth designs, hopefully future devs will take inspiration from other games that do stealth better.
In general, stealth room design seems pretty tricky to pull off well in video games, so full props should go to the Arkham games for beginning and maintaining greatness in this area of gameplay. That said, if Batman has time to do something, he should be able to do it, whether it’s taping a thug’s mouth shut, knocking him tfo or hiding their body. But usually Marvel and DC try not to directly copy each other, so I’m hoping that the success of the Spider-Man game will make DC give us the Gotham we desperately need.įor god’s sake BATMAN, pick up and hide that unconscious thug! Shove his ass in that oversized vent that you just came through! Arkham’s Batman could have done better when it came to keeping his presence a secret, however once a player gets used to the intricacies of stealth rooms it hardly hurt the Arkham gameplay, in my opinion.
Then again, Marvel’s Spider-Man for PS4 did a fantastic job with Manhattan. A fully functioning Gotham City would be amazing, and probably incredibly difficult to pull off.
Though I love the Batman Arkham games, The Dark Knight deserves an environment that isn’t like a gigantic movie set designed to be cannibalized in one night. A Real-Feeling Gotham Similar to Manhattan From “Marvel’s Spider-Man” Game
However, over time, all the kinks of Arkham Knight on this platform have been ironed out, and fans can now enjoy the game with the following mods to play the most optimal and personalized version of this title.By Derbs on OctoWith “Marvel’s Spider-Man” eating up PS4 owner’s spare time, it seems reasonable and feasible for a true free-roaming experience in a real-feeling Gotham to be in the works in the near future.
even though its release on the PC was marred by controversy. While some people had mixed opinions on the Batmobile, there's no denying the fact that Arkham Knight was a great title.
Related: Things That The Next Arkham Game Should Carry Over From The Previous Entries (& Other Things It Should Forget About)īatman: Arkham Knight ended up blowing everyone away with its crisp visuals, excellent combat, amazing story, and gameplay mechanics that tied into the overall theme of the game brilliantly. This, coupled with the increased focus on the Batmobile, made the prospect of playing the final game in this trilogy a rather titillating one indeed. After all, Rocksteady had proved to everyone that their expertise when it came to developing Batman titles was second to none.
The final chapter of the Arkham series was something that fans were eagerly anticipating for the longest time.