Briefly Back to Arkham
I finished the main story line for both of these several years ago, but after playing the hot mess that was Batman: Arkham Knight last year, I got to yearning for a simpler and better game in the series. It was then that I realized I had skipped the Harley Quinn’s Revenge and Cold, Cold Heart DLCs for these titles. The latter one is the best of the two, and I personally love Mr. Freeze in these games.
Boy, it brought back good memories. I got the platinum trophy for AC on my PS3, having done all the original challenge maps. Not my intention to repeat that here as it would take a lot of practice to get good again. But I still managed to throw in a few combat challenges here and there.
Playing also got me in the frame of mind to try to pick off some of the left over achievements that were within reach without an entire play-through. It was during this I realized that Origins was a much better game that I remembered. Yeah it’s a little flaky around the edges, but in retrospect it’s a solid Arkham experience, great boss fights, and a superior story to Knight. Not to mention the blessed absence of the Batmobile. It’s a shame it got so much flack. One thing it probably could have done without is the online multi-player. I never heard much good about it and the servers shut down a few years ago.
Eventually I want to go back to Arkham Knight and play its DLC too.
Nice, fellow Batman fan here! Though sadly I’ve yet to get & play the rest of the series past the first two games. Finished Asylum & City on the Xbox 360 years ago, and really enjoyed Arkham City the most. Very fun game! These games have a lot of achievements, and honestly I don’t think I’m up for completing them, so great job to you!
Now, I think we’re all just waiting for a new Batman game… 👀
Love the Arkham series and been meaning to give them a play through again. As a comic book nerd, I remember being really excited when Asylum came out, it was the first great game for one of my favourite superheroes.
Agree with the poor implementation of the Batmobile. It needed to be introduced, the vehicle is as iconic to the character as the bat signal and the batarang, but the whole notion of Batman not killing was literally obliterated as players plowed through scores of thugs.