Should I play Arkham Asylum first before playing this?

[softpuppy]

Are the stories related? Should I play Arkham Asylum first?

[softpuppy]

I also have the Arkham Origins game. What order should I play these Batman games?

[Z16]

Asylum then City.

Origins is a prequel, but you could play it before or after the other two as theres no story link to asylum/city.

[Wingdgundam]

You can honestly play them in any order. Plots dont seem to be too connected. But if you want. Play asylum, then city then by that time you should be done right before origins comes out

[Z16]

Well there are Joker elements that continue in City that happened in Asylum.

[Wingdgundam]

yeah, but they dont spoil anything that has happened or will happen. but for a full experience asylum then city

[Wingdgundam]

each game takes about10 to 20 hrs. Give or take difficulty and side quests

[softpuppy]

Thank you both for your answers! I'm going to buy Asylum.

[Umi Nova]

and dont forget allllll those collectables :O

[Paulogbfs]

Asylum is not a masterpiece as arkham city, but nevertheless an EXCELLENT game.

[Toxic]

I think you should play it in order.Not really because of the story, because they are both selfcontain but because of the evolution of gameplay from asylum to AC(combat, takedowns,gagets,gliding). Also Asylum has a ton of info easter eggs on the batman universe that will help you see the same thing in AC

[Allan Red]

I never played Arkham Asylum but I picked up on the story prety quick so if you want you can just skip ahead. Essentilly Assylum is Batman going in to stop the inmates(who are your typical batman badguys Joker Killer croc scarecrow etc.) from escaping but the Joker finds the stuff that Bane uses and gets all strong and he's dying and then it goes into Arkham City which I won't ruin. That's what I picked up from City so that's probaly all you need to know =)

[Quemical]

I would recommend playing Asylum first. Even though it's older, it's still a very good game. And the stories are related.

[Huatoakis]

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]

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).

[electricnomad]

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).