In which order should i play the batman arkham games??

[Yutaahh]

Just bought all of the 4 games, but wanted to know the correct order so I can make the most out of the story..

[gps]

I would recommend to play them in release order: Asylum, City, Origins then Knight.
Story wise Origins is a prequel to all others, so it could be argued it should be played first. But there are no real spoilers there - and the progression of game mechanics and complexity does not make Origins the best game to start the series with.

[LHGreen]

You don't actually need to play Origins, tbh. Very little from it comes up in Knight.

[NastyJr_215]

i would go Orgins,Asylum,City then Knight

[MASTAN]

Play Asylum first, then City. Then you can play any of the rest.

[Yutaahh]

thanks

[HerculeHolmes]

For gameplay evolution:

Arkham Asylum
Arkham City
Arkham Origins
Arkham Knight

For story:
Arkham Origins
Heart of Ice DLC
Arkham Origins Blackgate
Arkham Shadow (when it releases)
Arkham Asylum
Arkham City
Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC
Arkham Knight
All Arkham Knight DLC
....

and....

if you're really committed to a 100% completion for the canon story....

*sigh*

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League

I know, I know, but whether we like it or not, it's canon. So technically, if you're willing to suffer through it, that's the end of the story so far.

[MASTAN]

Originally posted by HerculeHolmes:

For gameplay evolution:

Arkham Asylum
Arkham City
Arkham Origins
Arkham Knight

For story:
Arkham Origins
Heart of Ice DLC
Arkham Origins Blackgate
Arkham Shadow (when it releases)
Arkham Asylum
Arkham City
Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC
Arkham Knight
All Arkham Knight DLC
....

and....

if you're really committed to a 100% completion for the canon story....

*sigh*

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League

I know, I know, but whether we like it or not, it's canon. So technically, if you're willing to suffer through it, that's the end of the story so far.

If you have included Shadow you should've also included Arkham VR:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/502820/Batman_Arkham_VR/

[gps]

Originally posted by HerculeHolmes:

if you're really committed to a 100% completion for the canon story....

If you care about canon, you can't play any of those games beyond Arkham Asylum - because there is no real canon here.
There are inconsistencies betwen basically all the game maps.
There are inconsistencies especially for Harley Quinns story as well as many other characters.
The establishe "canon" timline does not make any sense, especially the "canon" timeframe between Origins and Asylum does not really add up.
So seriously: who cares about canon? I don't.
Canon is only a vehicle for greedy corporations to shove unpopular material and silly story contradicitons down some stupid fans' throats. If content creators really cared about "canon" they would only have to be more carefull and precise when creating their stories. Problem solved.
So the only instances qualified to define my canon is myself... ;)

[gps]

Originally posted by HerculeHolmes:

For story:
[...]
Arkham Asylum
[...]
Arkham Knight
All Arkham Knight DLC

P.S.: Also no totally correct. If you're so detailed about this you should note that Arkham Knight DLC Matter of Family is set before Arkham Asylum. And the Harley Episoe in Arkham Knight also only makes sense if set before the main story... ;)

[HerculeHolmes]

Originally posted by MASTAN:

If you have included Shadow you should've also included Arkham VR:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/502820/Batman_Arkham_VR/

Ha, completely forgot about that one.

[Yutaahh]

Yaa I will be playing it for the story, and yaa I will not play suicide squad lol that's terrible.

Is it ok if I don't play all the additional dlcs and just stick to the 4 base games??

[gps]

They are your games, you can do with them whatever you want. ;)
Sure none of the DLCs are really relevant for understanding the main story. It's not that complicated.
However some of that DLC stuff is really good (Cold Cold Heart in AO for example or Matter of Family in AK), so you should play them at some time. Also they usually are not that long, a few hours max. So it's no like you're postponing the next games for weeks or so... ;)

[Francesco]

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[Francesco]