Can i play arkham city first

Game mechanics-wise not even talking about story here , Knight starts you off more or less where City left off, and it's a hell of a lot to catch up on. I mean, it's hard to argue with the value, so go for it if you want, but each game builds on each other mechanically in a way that I think you'd be missing out on. Personally I find Knight is the second best in the series. I replayed them all recently, while Asylum is in its own league ahead of the rest, I get the same out of each open-world game.

The biggest difference to me is just how they refined each over the years, and Knight comes out on top. You're not wrong that the games build on each other mechanically but it's not like Knight is a particularly hard game, and every single mechanic from Arkham Asylum and City has been ripped off by literally dozens of games since those titles came out. Batman combat is a cliche at this point. The stealth has been copied by a ton of games. I can't imagine anyone who has played even a few open world games with stealth or melee combat not being able to easily pick up Knight.

Honestly the hardest parts in Knight happen when you're in the tank, and those don't build off of anything in the prior games. All the combos and gadgets and stuff you built up in City are just there, and then they throw more on top of it. It wouldn't be a miserable experience, but it's much better having at least played City first, IMO. The story can be easily summized on wikis--you aren't missing much--but as someone who's always been in the Asylum for life camp, it's a cool game that's hard to go back to after playing it's more advanced children.

I'd just play Knight if it's most convenient. Hope you have fun! The story's actually quite good and the batmobile stuff is pretty cool if not overdone. There are little references and nods to the previous games, but there's very little big, overarching stuff that'll leave you confused if you haven't played the other two. You're almost always going to get more out of a game if you've played the previous games in the series, but it's only necessary if the plot is going to be incomprehensible or if the game mechanics would be confusing to anyone who hadn't played the prior games.

Neither is the case here. If all you've got is Knight and you don't care about the best possible experience or you just don't want to go back and play older games then just playing Knight is fine. You could skip Asylum and go to City. If you were to skip the first two and jump into Knight, you would be missing out on some key story beats, but you will probably figure out what happened through context.

That said, Asylum and City are better than Knight. Those two games are old so they may not hold up as well anymore graphically, but Knight was bogged down by a couple of different things like the Batmobile. I just want to jump back in and say after 30 hours launching out of and into the Batmobile never once got old. It always felt cool and the thing always felt great to drive.

The only thing I remember being a little put off by were the number of times you needed to switch into siege mode and how it suffered a bit from that weird thing some sequels have where suddenly it seems like a world you already felt like you knew pretty well is entirely designed around your one new toy. I see you, too, are a man of taste and refinement!

I would add that the Batmobile really opened up the puzzle elements in a cool and interesting way. I kind of wish they were making a sequel just because I feel like they could do even more with that. The puzzles in the first two games felt like an afterthought much of the time, but some of the Batmobile puzzles were actually kind of interesting.

I would also say that the flying in general in Knight is very liberating and fun. Asylum had some gliding, and City expanded that, but Knight really puts an emphasis on soaring above the city and gives you a lot of tools to get vertical quickly. There aren't a lot of open world games that let you just fly around so freely and the ability to fly around, call the Batmobile and drop into it, and then launch back into flight made traversal a ton of fun.

Siege mode wasn't so bad but was overdone. And they really didn't need Siege mode boss battles. Or some of the later wave based battles. At time it felt like you were playing a Battlezone remake instead of Batman! You can, but the first game, Asylum, is by far the best of the series.

That game really lost something when it left that confined space. Yes but Asylum, City and Origins are better. Although I might be saying that because Knight really burned me out. Story-wise, you will not miss a lot. One of the first comments already has a spoiler section when it lists all you need to know, so it can be enjoyed pretty much blank.

I would recommend playing Asylum first. Even though it's older, it's still a very good game. And the stories are related. Doesn't really matter because very little Story-wise has been taken from Arkham Asylum to Arkham City. However if you play it in order, you might enjoy it more but there isn't much of continuation in story. Jeccius View Profile View Posts. Personally Asylum, then City, then Origins. Asylum is a great great game in it's own right and by the time you finish that and thenmove on to City you'll appreciate the updated engine and story alot more.

Plus there are a few nice touches and references to what happened in the Asylum which continue on in Cty Joker and Bane to name but two. Ciy repeatedly references events in Asylum, but I do not think it will have a significant negative impact on your experience if you play Asylum first. For someone at square one with a choice of which to play first, I'd say Asylum, no question, followed by City.

Origin comes last - they will factor in the fact that it was released after the other two, it's not like they'll design it so your experience will be spoiled if you play the other two games first as they will expect. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 17 Oct, pm. Posts: Discussions Rules and Guidelines. Better still, why not revisit them in order - not as per their release dates, but by following the story timeline? Here we've put the Arkham games in order of what to play first if you want to follow the story so far Originally released after Arkham City, Origins puts you in the Bat boots of a young Bruce Wayne as he battles numerous assassins out to kill him, plus Black Mask who serves as the main villain in the game.

Oh, and it also features this universe's Batman meeting the mysterious Joker for the first time. However, it still presents a decent adventure and is a great place to start.

The mobile version of Arkham Origins effectively follows the plot of the main game, but essentially ditches the story elements and focuses on fights between Batman and some of the main foes.

A series of swipes and taps help you through the battles and, er, that's about it. You can no longer download it these days, anyway. Blackgate was originally designed for handheld platforms - Vita and 3DS - so switched the gameplay to a 2.

This is the game that effectively started the whole shebang. Based entirely within the walls of Arkham Asylum, after most prisoners have escaped their cells and taken over, the game was and still is an ideal antidote to all the brightly-coloured superhero adventures that came before. What stands out most, apart from the excellent, free-flowing combat system, is that every nook and cranny is filled with collectables and secrets - ensuring play lasts longer than just the story.

It's now part of a Return to Arkham pack - remastered and tweaked for the current generation consoles.