This is a nightmare and your free-flow will be broken so often, the thing becomes not fun.
BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM PS5 SERIES
Whereas the first 3 games in the series had balanced and fun encounters, here you may get (as an example): 10 dudes, out of which 5 have riot shields, 3 have electrocuting batons, and 2 "giant" dudes who can just punch you at any time. Hand to hand combat encounters have taken a HUGE nosedive (they probably peaked in Arkham City). Too much of an emphasis on the Batmobile, to the point where the Batmobile feels like a co-protagonist alongside Batman.
In this one, I couldn't wait for the campaign to be over. In the first 3 games, I wanted there to be more and was a bit sad when the main campaign was over. Not only that, but the story keeps going in a nonsensical way (to pad out playtime). I have to say that, coming from Origins, the story here is a bit of a disappointment. Key moments that are supposed to deliver an emotional punch to the player are delivered poorly, and subsequently completely undone by later parts of the story. A lot of story beats are thoroughly predictable (even the identity of the titular Arkham Knight is telegraphed from a freaking mile away). Based on that metric alone, this has got to be one of the best values in gaming for this type of game. + If open-world/"gaming minute to dollar ratio" is your thing, this game provides FANTASTIC value. On a GTX 1070 Ti GPU, I was able to get semi-locked 90fps (it's the highest framerate the game allows) at 1440p with a lot of detail and high settings.
BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM PS5 PC
+ PC version, in 2021, runs great (exceptions noted in "Cons" below). Of course a couple of key ones (Batman himself, of course) from the original Animated Series return here, but the rest of them all do a fantastic job. + Voice acting is absolutely top-notch, great job by all the voice actors. Smooth as hell, and the handling on both Batman and the Batmobile are great. + Traversal (whether on foot or the Batmobile) is the best in the series yet, and just moving across Gotham feels great. + Free-flow combat (which is what you're going to be doing the majority of the time you're on foot) still feels great. + A continuation of the point above, they even reference several comics (and, I think, even the Batman Animated Series). LOTS of costumes for many characters (not just Batman), lots of Batman allies, an insane amount of villains from his rogues gallery, etc. + As I said above, a big love letter to Batman fans.
+ The best-looking Batman game yet, with rich amounts of detail, fantastic art direction, great facial models, and a sprawling Gotham City that has some of the most ridiculous draw-distance I've seen in a game. But ultimately, the experience is handicapped by an overall mediocre story, poor encounter/battle design, over-reliance on the Batmobile in favor of previous mechanics, and a significant amount of open-world "bloat." And you can tell there was a lot of love put into it by the developers. Summary: A huge love letter to Batman fans, and a game with lots of good ideas that can quite often be fun. I don't do the "superhero" thing much (don't read comics, don't follow things closely) but Batman is not only my favorite superhero, he may actually be my favorite character in ANY work of fiction. I was initially excited to try this game. Cross-posting my "review" from the backlog thread (lots of pictures there that I can't replicate here for some reason.):
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