In what order should I play the arkham collection games?

[YodaMiszcz]

I want to play these games in the story order but I don`t know where to start :p

[gps]

Asylum, City, Knight. :)
Enjoy!

See also here and many other threads:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/208650/discussions/0/597388550651043344/

[MonkzOnMars]

Origins, Asylum, City, Knight

[TheAlmightySunBro, Silkaire]

The best order is Origins, Asylum, City, Knight.

[MASTAN]

Generally games are better played in the release order: Asylum, City, Origins, Knight.
Playing in chronological order ie Asylum after Origins is like playing GTA 3 after GTA San Andreas.

[gps]

Question was about Arkham Collection, which does not include Origins.
With Origins considered release order is the best order by far imho. Playing Origins first ruins the game series natural increase in size, scope and game mechanics complexity - and especially the Deathstroke fight at the beginning of Origins will put newbies to the franchise to a test that might make them give up before they even started.
Also release order is the experience most players had when they actually played the games. There is no reason whatsoever to do anything different. Claustrophibic Asylum is the best entry one can have into the series. After that it opens up.

[TheAlmightySunBro, Silkaire]

Originally posted by gps:

Question was about Arkham Collection, which does not include Origins.
With Origins considered release order is the best order by far imho. Playing Origins first ruins the game series natural increase in size, scope and game mechanics complexity - and especially the Deathstroke fight at the beginning of Origins will put newbies to the franchise to a test that might make them give up before they even started.
Also release order is the experience most players had when they actually played the games. There is no reason whatsoever to do anything different.

I don’t think Origins will ruin the experience at all. The Deathstroke fight was super difficult at first, but became a cake walk once you understood how the fight worked. I don’t believe Origins ruins the gradual increase in size at all; I believe Origins feels small in my opinion compared to City which was one of my only two disappointments (even though it’s technically bigger than city). Also, I don’t believe there’s any complexity to the mechanics of the game at all. Origins is just straight up fun. I really think Origins is where he should start, and it’s honestly where I wish I started. I believed Origins was going to be bad originally, but after I played it I realized how great it really was. He can start with Asylum if he wants, but he doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to.

Reasons he should play Origins first:
1: The evolution of Batman’s relationship with the Joker, Gordon, and Alfred.
2: The beginning of his stories with killer croc, the penguin, dead shot, enigma, and Harley Quinn.
3: Batman meets Gordon’s daughter for the first time,
4: It takes place towards the beginning of Batman.
5: Bane….enough said

Reasons to not play Origins first:
1: Every other story in each game will disappoint him compared to this one.
2: Joker is peak in this game.
3: Bane isn’t as good as he is here in the rest of the series.

[gps]

Originally posted by TheAlmightySunBro, Silkaire:

Also, I don’t believe there’s any complexity to the mechanics of the game at all. Origins is just straight up fun. I really think Origins is where he should start, and it’s honestly where I wish I started.

Then sorry for giving you the wrong hint then. :(
Regarding complexity: Origins has all enemy types established in City plus those annoying martial artist. And there are a lot more gadget stuff, combos and whatnot. I can still remeber how hard it was for me to get those double-key take downs right. Im Asylum you have much more time to get adjusted to that stuff. Origins more ore less throws it at you instantly, because the creators had to consider people playing it that knew Asylum and City in and out.
Knight even more so, so the lerning curve in the later games is definitely much higher. Of course all that was no problem for you, playing "correct" order! ;) So it's easy to dismiss it as irrelevant.
Also again with all repsect - but I've seen you still haven't completed any of the Dark Knight tracks. So you can't even have access to all the gadgets available in Origins. That means there are areas in the game, where you're just beginning to scrath the surface. I really don't want to rubb it in, but maybe try to complete these, and then we can discuss about complexity and learning curve in Origins compared to Asylum. OK? ;)

[YoutubeYtkills]

@monksonmars knows what he talking about that order or u can just look it up on google lol

[LHGreen]

Technically, origins is first, but it's also completely unnecessary. Like, "might as well not even be in the same continuity for all that it matters to the sequels" levels of unnecessary, almost.

[gps]

As said before: the question was about Arkham Collection - which does not even invclude Origins... ;)

[ennemkay]

From back to front. Or bottom to top.