5 Things Batman Arkham Asylum Did Wrong

Batman Arkham Asylum is a classic. There's not much about this game that can be said that hasn't been already been beaten into the public consciousness. Today, I wanted to take a look at 5 things the game did... wrong? Sort of. Honestly this video and the Batman Arkham City video were very hard to make. I didn't want to exempt them from criticism but I also didn't have much negative to say about either one. Let's take a look at the game and see what you think about my take on it. #BatmanArkham #ArkhamAsylum #TheBatman
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[@andyowski1515]

Harley Quinn's nurse outfit definitely should be on the list of things it got right

[@DegenerateJay]

It was definitely pretty hahaha

[@jasonpratt5126]

"IS THIS THING ONNN!?" -- Arleen Sorkin's last role as Quinn, F for respects.

[@jasonpratt5126]

@@CreekGamingMontages there have been a couple of performances as good as Sorkin's, but mainly by avoiding trying to sound exactly like hers. (The Telltale series & ArkOrigins were both very toned down for different reasons, and benefited greatly.)

[@gaberutland817]

Still disappointed they didn’t put any of her past Arkham skins into Arkham knight like same with batgirl, she didn’t get even 1.

[@sillyboy2223]

Ye except her face was busted 🤪

[@kamranr03]

I loved the croc one, I remember being genuinely scared to even play that mission alone when I was 9😂 The crazies scared me too

[@superentertainment9658]

I played it several times scary

[@MrSircharles05]

I was in my 20's when Asylum came out, and that Killer Croc fight in the sewers scared the crap out of me.

[@dieg0861]

Yeeeaaaa

[@gaminggoof1542]

I actually liked the Bane fight (minus minions) and Poison Ivy, because yeah it's basic just fire batarangs but you've got to dodge the spore, vines and fight a few guys while doing it, good challenge. Overall I don't think there's a boss I dislike minus the bland titans for being bland, they're all pretty fun

[@Aldairion]

The Lunatics gave me nightmares

[@danieleanzaldi]

for the suits thing i'd say it was probably influenced by the fact that at the time of making asylum at rocksteady they were only 40 people in fact one of them had only one role and it was animating batman's cape and spent two years on doing it...so i think it was more of a problem of men power

[@shubo4478]

(Degenerate Ray makes constructive criticism on Arkham Asylum) New viewers: SEND IN THE CLOWNS

[@DegenerateJay]

Do I look like the kind of clown that could start a movement?

[@hemi5.7awdpursuit5]

Degenerate Jay I still love the asylum game and still have it soon to be 2020 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@pokerface4]

*"ENOUGH FROM THE CLOWN !"*

[@gamingcantina9157]

@@pokerface4 How about a magic trick?

[@robtz759]

One of the things that it got wrong was that the origins of the characters are from the comics and in later games,their origins don't make sense,for example at that point,Bruce didn't know that Hush was Thomas Elliot and he found out in Arkham City. Also,even though Quincy Sharp's bio said that he has schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder,he doesn't show signs of it in any of the games

[@robtz759]

@Gustavo Montoya yes but I meant it during the games except the spirit of Arkham.If Batman found out that Quincy killed all those patients,why couldn't he report him to the police? He has the evidence to prove it

[@spartanq7781]

@@robtz759 You know that's a good point. He would never had become major and all the crap that happened in City wouldn't of happened.

[@thelittlemanfromthedraftbo6805]

Actually it all made sense in city and Asylum, Batman did know Thomas Elliot was Hush there's no reason to think he didn't

[@downwardspiral1319]

Last time I was this early fans actually knew from developers when a teaser for The next Arkham game was gonna come out

[@DegenerateJay]

Oh no :(

[@Uragaking]

In defense of The Joker in asylum He did have a backup plan to break the bat psychologically. His original backup plan was to make Batman fight Titan Gordon Considering Joker have 2 Titan serums, he probably was planning to make Batman choose between saving himself or Gordon.

[@awsome6454]

Playing this as a Nine year old all boss battles were terrifying and intense

[@angelob2375]

One thing that I completely hated and will never get over was the white flash that would appear whenever you activate and deactivate the detective mode. It’s like looking into the sun

[@brunocarnavalli7204]

i’ve completed all of the games about 5 times and i never got tired of them despite noticing some of the mistakes before you pointed them out in your videos. I love that you talk about these stuff and i enjoy watching your videos a lot

[@RbkARI]

Maybe you can do a series like this for the Telltale series? If you've played them that is

[@DegenerateJay]

Currently replaying! thanks for the idea!

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

The cliffhanger ending was confusing as hell for me. I assume the canon one is Scarecrow.

[@fugit1vegaming397]

Bob Bill *w h a t*

[@jaquan541]

Bob Bill idiot

[@killianvitry7693]

The 3 are canons, bane, scarecrow and joker come back in the next games

[@StudMacher96]

8:01 that’s cause Joker didn’t think Batman would win this time.

[@sheadevries7614]

When he said i love her in the game, i thought he ment something else

[@tacofingerz7247]

1. No NG+ 2. No one left to beat after story 3. Wish I could change back to the undamaged suit 4. Final boss fight wasnt bad but it was underwhelming 5. I dont think I can find a 5th... lol

[@redxgabi]

those are very good points, they could have done so much more with the post game but i guess they didin't have enough time but they later fixed literally everything that we complained about lol

[@PlaystationSimmer]

I liked that Harley still called Ivy 'Red', and let her out of her cell as a nod to their friendship in the Animated series 😊

[@StudMacher96]

Of course there’s no consistency in Batman’s combat in this game, he’s not Freakin Superman. Plus in City and Knight it feels like he’s flying all over the place!

[@hemi5.7awdpursuit5]

When games evolved better it makes older games looked like a rough draft under development

[@angelpassion7259]

Nitpick but I wish the ghost of arkham turned out to be hugo strange it would just make more sense because it would tie in to his obsession with the minds of criminals and batman and be a segway to his arkham city plans and show that he himself has a bit of a strange mind I could just see it as a way for him to be involved in the arkham story more like maybe he starts out being obsessed with the joker but after witnessing the events of arkham that’s when he starts focusing more on batman as the cause of all the madness

[@riotmusic108]

I mean I know riddler was like the only thing to do but there was also collecting the tapes and the Amadeus Arkham stuff. That kept me busy when I was going plat hunting. I also felt kind of fulfilled and sad when I was done with doing all that.

[@Arbal3st]

The Joker boss really sours Asylum for me, more than the Batmobile sections of Knight. It laid the ground work for what the franchise would become but it's in 3rd place for me personally.

[@milindsharma7510]

this game did extremely insanely well for just the second game by rocksteady games

[@Martinlavell]

At the end of the game the cops come and return everyone back to their cells. You would think the staff would be doing their jobs again and you would see the crazies in their cells, but no, everything is the way it was just before the joker fight. Makes no sense.

[@aultra-magawhostandsagains7974]

That’s why Jim Gordon,Batman and his Bat Family are the only competent people in Gotham City.The rest of law enforcement were once good,or were always corrupt. Also why the villains are always locked up in the Asylum,was mentioned in one of the episodes of the BAS. They’re put there because,they were arrested by a Batman a vigilante and Jim Gordon. However the rest of law enforcement doesn’t think like Jim. Bullock for example was very much deep with Falconi before meeting Jim in Gotham’s standpoint. In the Burtonverse it was Eckhardt and in the Nolanverse it was Flass. Later however the canon character Bullock becomes more trusting of Batman and becomes a good ally of Jim.

[@harrybuzza9977]

The big problem I noticed was that whenever I turned on detective mode I was blinded by a whit light

[@Dlyles16]

I’d like to see u guys do the Five Things on other games. Really enjoyed the Arkham series.

[@knightsofhonor949]

Same here not one game was bad in my opinion

[@Fanboy77_Th3Dr34d3dS3qu31]

Croc was scary especially when you are 10 and have headphones on. I am much older now

[@julie6371]

Crocs boss fight makes me feel claustrophobic

[@dilly2023]

I remember quitting the game once he showed up loll. I was young

[@julie6371]

I remember screaming

[@i20coyote85]

While the hulking out and fighting batman isn't characteristically joker he also is joker and isn't necessarily supposed to make sense with his decisions all the time he acts impulsively

[@baalrog887]

I thought the Killer Croc fight was crap, it hyped it up so much as him being a big challenge only for him to go down with one batarang over and over whilst you walk really slowly

[@MAMoreno]

The real challenge in that fight was not losing patience once you're asked to do the exact same thing for the fourth time in a row. Oh, I have to walk slowly through a sewer for 200 meters this time? What variety!

[@TJ-gp5hv]

1. Some mundane bosses, mostly Joker, Poison Ivy and the overuse of titan fights 2. Compared to the newer games, Batman feels less fluent and fastpaced to control 3. The combat tends to get finicky from time to time (which also holds true for the sequels, just not as much) The lack of customization doesn't bother me and to me doesn't get in the way of anything but would still have been nice to see

[@WritingGeekNL]

You actually forgot about one of the biggest flaws in this game. The Detective Mode.... That mode literally allows you, the player, to have no more surprises or challenge really. That’s why they added the disorientating signals in City. Don’t get me wrong btw, I definitely love the Detective Mode as it is, but it still is an unintentianal design flaw that goes against the core premise of the game.

[@bluevolt2014]

There was like two disorienting signals

[@yaboylitty6732]

No one says you have to use detective mode. Also its not about bypassing the room its about doing it like Batman. Quietly & Quickly without being seen. Feel me ?

[@Maine03]

no one forces u to use it

[@StudMacher96]

If there would’ve been real free roam, this game would’ve been more than a masterpiece!

[@micpere1991]

I forgive a lot things that game did wrong mostly because it was Rocksteady's first AAA title and for a studio to make original version of a iconic character that didn't suck and wasn't tied to a movie or show, especially at the time was achievement. The one thing i will throw shade at was the lack of unique boss fights. But besides that, everything else was great and Arkham City easily expanded and improved on all the faults of Asylum

[@lmansnatchercatd4944]

Are you guys gonna do one of these videos on arkham VR?

[@DegenerateJay]

I would like to but I don't own VR. I don't have enough room in my place to use it so I'd probably have to watch through the game and base it on that if I did.

[@lmansnatchercatd4944]

Oh ok

[@akshatshah6806]

Tbh this is probably still my favorite Arkham game

[@roachofdoom1234]

You know what else makes the joker fight so bad? Him injecting himself with titan is literally a catalyst for the rest of the story over the entire series

[@henryesj6242]

One thing I was say was TOO MUCH TITAN

[@goodtimes994]

Armored Bat isn't the main suit in Arkham Knight? Maybe they just reworked it... :)

[@expendableindigo9639]

I honestly feel like making Batman lose his mind and kill people was a good plan. It would be rubbing Batman’s mission into his face as one of the last thing he’d be able to comprehend.

[@batmanfan6207]

this game indirectly led to the creation of the r/batmanarkham subreddit and for that i am eternally gratefull great video ;-)

[@Frogman1212]

Even batman begins had 3 alt skins you could use in story mode.

[@nigga6083]

They said an injustice skin but wasnt injustice released in 2011

[@superentertainment9658]

Begins should have been in Arkham asylum and knight

[@jacktem3396]

My fav is asylum then city origins last knight seen as it was to much batmobile

[@jammydodger222Xxd]

You're trying to apply logic to the Joker's reasoning, also Joker's plan wasn't just to kill batman his plan was to turn all of his things into titan monsters and flood Gotham with them, batman was just in the way

[@teris_tsan]

Thing is the arkham asylum combat in my humble opinion is the best. Sure it is choppy as hell and that means that you have to master it. I started playing 6 months before arkham city came out and by the time it released i was an expert because of long it took me to learn how to play. By then arkham city, origins and especially knight were a peace of cake. BACK THEN WE HAD TO EARN THE 50X COMBO ACHIEVEMENT AND NOW YOU HAVE 10X MULTIPLIERS WITH EVERY HIT. Not that thats a bad thing it is more amusing and it can appeal to a wider audience but, for hardcore gamers it is kinda meh. Oh except the new game plus thats some tight shit. Love your vids on the arkham series

[@n2da9]

Wish I could play as joker on Xbox...

[@dabossman5650]

Man I liked Ivys fight

[@JoeElJalapeno1810]

We get to one is so bad it gets is own place on the list..... I wonder how could be

[@Danny_Sahag]

The challenge maps in Arkham Asylum were just the worst part of the whole Arkham series in my opinion

[@asee818]

I just finished the joker boss fight again today and I couldnt help but laugh at it lol

[@kamarihodges4205]

Lol, it's so crazy I just did that now. You get bored over the years of playing over and over 😂😂💯

[@asee818]

@@kamarihodges4205 yeah man that shit is so easy 😂😂

[@yaboialex8862]

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[@Griffex394]

Asylum is my least favorite because it’s the last I played, AND the no after game content

[@arhumtariq9455]

asylum was my favourite and knight was my least favourite

[@licensetowill4327]

I am vengeance, I am the night , I am calling this video awful!!!

[@DegenerateJay]

It's clearly not just one half of a review where you refused to watch the five things it did right. That certainly couldn't be the case.

[@bobafett6874]

Jay was does the other guy (sorry don’t know his name) sound like Toby from the office

[@whitetrash64]

Personally loved the boss battles

[@firstnamelastname3144]

i hate scarecrow in this game

[@wesleymcspadden5437]

Its funny how he called that one dude quite, when he was even more quite

[@adamwalnut2926]

This video made sense 100%

[@soldadost9753]

I love this game and I'm completely agree with your points.

[@kamarihodges4205]

The game was made literally in 2009, ofc it's going to have ups and downs...

[@Mrbuttboi]

According to the Jason Todd wiki, Joker’s original plan was to shoot Batman with the Titan, and then shoot Jason with the Titan and force them to fight each other. It does make sense for the Joker. He would get a major kick out of making Batman and Robin kill each other. But Jason escaped with Deathstroke while this was going on, so Joker shot himself instead.

[@stewartmair3995]

Have you got a link to that because that's fucked

[@arthurfleck629]

Whoa, that actually makes sense! That would’ve absolutely insane

[@nicktroisi6347]

So if Jason hadn’t left, Joker would still be alive, holy shit

[@TheGodofZilla]

This is still my hands down favorite in the series. Being stuck in the Asylum with all the insane people still just gives me the feels. The intro is still my favorite moment in the series. Walking Joker through the entrance while knowing something is off and then seeing Croc walk by being insanely intimidating. The riddles are so good tying in characters from the Batman franchise. The PA system is still my favorite thing about the series. Hearing that very defining ring with Joker chiming in to taunt me is just so damn good. This game for it's time was so damn revolutionary that people still talk about it even today and it paved the way for all the other game. The map layout is hands down the best in the series and was so meticulously well done that you felt every area you visited meant something. This game is also, the most dark and scary one that it feels like a semi horror game. God I love this game.

[@DegenerateJay]

same. And this also makes me hope that in the future we can get another sort of claustrophobic and horror skewed game like this. I love the entire series, but I think that angling Batman into a claustrophobic confined environment where he was stuck with his enemies, many of whom were terrifying like you pointed out, really benefited the games overall atmosphere.

[@TheGodofZilla]

@@DegenerateJay I agree, I would love for them to go the Asylum style route again. After Asylum they strayed so far away from what made it so good imo. It started just being this open world of chaos where you never truly felt in danger as you did in Asylum. Don't get me wrong I love all of the games in the series, yes, even Origins and Knight. I just still prefer this closed off feeling where I had to truly master my abilities as the batman. The other ones felt so much more forgiving and never gave that feeling of being Batman struggling outside of those epic moments with the joker battling inside your brain in Knight(definitely the highlight of that game imo). I truly hope Legacy can capture that feeling again because I missed it so much playing the other 3. Thanks for responding and genuinely caring about the series enough to take time out and speak with others on here. Believe me when I say that responding to your viewers who take time to respond to your videos is a big deal so thanks for that.

[@cadepopkin7558]

@@DegenerateJay Or they could make being trapped in the asylum a significantly large part of the story while also having a major city map

[@TheGodofZilla]

@nabil chowdhury Actually in several comics and even animated runs batman does dodge all over against them while getting in free hits because he cant straight up fight them head to head power wise without some type of suit or piece of equipment. Not saying origins fights werent awesome but comics depict batman fighting more like asylum more often. Also, everything is opinion and nothing is fact. I just prefer this game because of all the things mentioned above. If this wasn't directed at me then disregard.

[@havertzthefuturegoat2518]

@@cadepopkin7558 that would take away from the confinement feeling

[@justaviewer904]

5 things it did wrong 1.it was too scary for my age. 2. It was too scary for my age 3.it was too scary for my age 4.it was too scary for my age 5.it was too scary for my age

[@phantom3146]

Just AViewer this game freaked me out when I was young as well 😂

[@danielehyaeian265]

Same😂😂

[@BatManBen]

Just AViewer omg you're so funny kid

[@hemi5.7awdpursuit5]

Killer Kroc scene reminded me of jeepers keepers

[@isaiahqjones2991]

The Bane fight and Killer Croc fight creeped me out when I watched my brother play it back then

[@Leomatoad]

It’s rlly disappointed the mastermind joker’s masterplan is to just become discount bane with a mohock

[@dragonfire4527]

Yeah and like Degenerate Jay pointed out that plan made no sense at all. Usually Joker in City, Origins, and even Knight they all had a plan where as his endgame in Asylum he had no plan. In the beginning of the game, it seems like Joker's plan was to take over Arkham Asylum and release all the inmates to cause havoc and destruction across Gotham.

[@Torthrodhel]

I would say... 1] Titanlike boss fights (Joker's included). 2] Some of the character concepts you could unlock being a bit defunct later in the series. 3] Inconsistent dropped combos in combat, yeah I'm with you there. 4] Gordon's character model. 5] Bane's character. And what it did more right than the others... 1] Sense of verticality, despite being in such a smaller game area. 2] Question marks unveiled in detective vision, from only a particular angle. 3] The glitch sequence (although I'm not asking for another one - once is enough). 4] Presentation graphics like the angular boxes and bats flying to reveal area names and such. 5] The batmobile. It's a car, not a tank.

[@Darthox200]

Yeah, and you don’t use the batmobile at all, you grab gel from it? Like can’t we atleast get to drive about and run over some lunatics am I right?

[@Torthrodhel]

@@Darthox200 damn I forgot about the lunatics. Interrupting their attacks was quite satisfying. As for your suggestion... if they'd had time, I wouldn't have minded a tiny bit of driving but in general I liked that they kept it as a background prop (I posted two lists and I listed it in the good half).

[@Darthox200]

Jane Ross Yeah I was just making a joke, I like they kept in the background

[@Torthrodhel]

@@Darthox200 ah sorry I misread your tone! Tricky to know over the internet.

[@Darthox200]

Jane Ross Yeah, the internet it the most confusing place

[@youngtouss8854]

Imagine the final boss would be that joker send you like 5 super villain at the same time

[@skiwlkr9928]

That would of been cool to see him run the gauntlet

[@pyguy7]

To be fair.. Does Joker look like a guy with a Plan?

[@RadinV1]

Yeah..

[@culturedmonk460]

Radin V r/whoosh

[@RadinV1]

@@culturedmonk460 I get the joke moron. I'm saying yeah cause he clearly had a plan.

[@RadinV1]

@@ColdShoulder131 yeah

[@nolanc9432]

No one on these replies has seen The Dark Knight

[@merch5712]

5:24 Batman just killed that GUY

[@DegenerateJay]

Hehehehehe

[@abramsullivan7764]

Batman would never kill not even you.

[@merch5712]

@@abramsullivan7764 Sir, in Batman's first appearance he killed and a man by shooting them and hanging a man.

[@segtendonerd64]

Don't worry, there's a bat mattress at the bottom of the pit.

[@RadinV1]

BTW getting tased by the batmobile doesn't prevent the damage, it makes it worse.

[@asturides]

The art from the GUI on Arkham Asylum was the best in the series

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

Here are my biggest issues with the game, granted some could be considered really nitpicky 1. The nonexistent lip syncing, just look at any character's mouths when they're talking, it's worse than a typical anime dub when it comes to their lip movements matching the dialogue 2. The thugs all look way too similar. Granted every game in the series has this issue to a certain extent, but in this it feels like they just took the same 3 models, gave them two different skin tones and *maybe* add clown makeup from time to time 3. Lack of alternate skins. This is a cardinal sin for any superhero game imo, they could've added so many iconic suits but all we got was an armored version of the Asylum batsuit, which we couldn't even use outside of challenge maps

[@DegenerateJay]

According to some people I'm the king of nitpicking so I appreciate this comment. In all seriousness these are all issues with the game, I agree.

[@BEYONDTHESPIDERFILMS]

I agree, however to add to skins compliant. I wished we could use the Armored Batsuit during story mode

[@burnwitch1293]

It was the first in the series and was pretty much a new engine in use and there are probably rights issues with getting certain costumes that would make it harder at the time. Rocksteady I would say was relatively new at the time

[@BEYONDTHESPIDERFILMS]

@@burnwitch1293 I think they had other games under their belt at the time. But nothing like Arkham. However skins and modeling is pretty basic for game design. I think it comes down to time or money why we didn't get more.

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

@Chandler Burse Yeah don't get me wrong, I completely understand why these issues are present, hence why they're nitpicks and not the worst thing ever committed

[@matthewsantos8525]

I did like the criminally insane fight where you fight until you run out of health as pose to Arkham City where you had a timer. But in City it was cool you could block two enemies, which was improvement from this one.

[@nexusshark]

Joker's plan actually seemed to mutate Gordon. The only reason Batman was almost mutated was because he took the shot for Gordon. Joker then wanted to even the odds and fight a mutated Batman while being mutated himself, but then Bats took the antidote.

[@splashmountain627]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t joker’s original plan to make an army of titan monsters. Then when Batman blew up the titan reserve at the gardens, joker used the titan on Ivy. Then when batman stopped that crisis, joker used tried to use it on Batman, but ended up using it on himself. Using titan on himself was way down the list of backup plans.

[@ClownPuncher139]

If not for getting this game by total accident for Christmas one year, I would not be where I am. This game definitely has my highest level of appreciation, despite being second last in my ranking. Honestly, the only thing I can think of that you didn't mention was... actually, never mind, you pretty much covered everything actually wrong here.

[@DegenerateJay]

I agree. I wasn't nearly the level of Bat-Fan I was before this game came out.

[@hughjass7777]

Yeah this game was incredible but there were some mistakes that's for sure. I wish they'd have remade it properly too instead of Return to Arkham which was just ok.

[@lowdvl]

Bob Bill why are you even watching a video about Batman then

[@jackfahey3740]

@Bob Bill ?

[@thelittlemanfromthedraftbo6805]

@Bob Bill everything good at home?

[@justsomelochnessmonsterony8265]

"Just ok", really?

[@Trexpatrols]

Everyone: Batman doesnt kill Me: 5:22

[@martinmcsavageness7287]

I actually punched a thug so hard, it glitched his head into a jail bar. It looked like the bar would pierce through his eye and brain. It actually looked brutal and deadly. ,,Batman never kills, he just won't save them from their destiny."

[@littleniba6153]

Luc Germain it was a joke....

[@resss9403]

I punched a guy into water in Arkham City. Let's just say he didn't float.

[@littleniba6153]

Shehmi eh he’s fine, little do you know he met killer croc and they started a beautiful family together and are loving happily ever aft- OH GOD CROC ATTACKED THE AIRSHIP

[@hungry_poultrygeist]

This game holds so much nostalgia for me since it was the first Batman game I played

[@jasonpratt5126]

I'm willing to give the Ivy boss fight a minor pass because (1) it's different than anything else in the game (though you're right about it being dodge/batarang again); and (2) it does sort of make sense for an Ivy fight in that situation -- she'd send minions and try to tank with her plants giving them special powers. The main problem with her fight is that Batman IMMEDIATELY shows he could have called in the Batwing remotely to help but just forgot to...? Or maybe that's supposed to be his arrogant competence. {g} The main problem with the Croc fight is that it's never even a fight. It's just Croc trolling you for ten minutes of paaaaddding. I hate playing it when I get there in the game, but I do give it points for trying to be different and creative. The two Zzazz fights aren't really fights, and that's okay, he isn't really a physical threat to Batman. He was supposed to be a Lecter-like super-criminal, but that got written out (handled a little better in ArkCity though!)

[@schmittybacall1655]

Not going to lie, as a kid, the killer croc boss fight put the fear of god in my heart. That fight traumatized me

[@megamike15]

It does feel like Joker's plan was changed at the last minute as the whole game made it clear he wanted an army. But then he says the whole thing was to turn batman into a titan which was never brought up once through out the whole game.

[@domii_gaming6335]

With alot of these, you could say that the series was in its early stages. However, i do agree with most of these. Amazing video btw❤

[@nexusshark]

I wouldn't really call the Killer Croc and Scarecrow segments as boss fights. They were just that, gameplay segments. A Boss fight would suggest an actual fight.

[@flamingnija10]

I think the upgrade system was pretty weak in this game. You can get all the good upgrades way too early, and like 75 percent of the upgrades are not very useful

[@addisonhernandez7697]

I can't remember if you get all the interview tapes by the end of the game, but looking for those was kinda cool too, also completing all of the profiles and the Arkham story. I agree on the boss fights. When you catch Harley, there's no boss fight, and even Killer Croc wasn't actually a boss fight.

[@_CPP_]

I think after City and Knight the combat from Asylum got dumped on so much! But here’s the thing! This happens all the time whatever game you’re playing, the gameplay upgrades piece by piece. The gameplay in Asylum isn’t as good as Knight, Origins or City’s gameplay. Asylum’s gameplay was revolutionary!

[@AAllen-br8it]

What I always got from it was that Joker's plan was to create an army of monsters out of the Titan formula, and to try and add Batman to those ranks. When Batman started resisting the change, Joker shot himself up in order to try and get Batman to give in to the effects so he would either kill Joker, go crazy and kill others or just... hurt him a lot? Make him ugly out of spite? Look, you can't expect sense out of a senseless man. This was all just a bit to the Joker, I'm sure.

[@Tasos04252]

The combat seems to be just fine in my opinion, I always loved how Batman would send people flying with one kick lol.

[@milindsharma7510]

about the combo mechanincs, once you get a hold of stuff, you wont drop combos,like at all, thugs become a piece of cake. even like 20-25 are no deal. you have to judge the timings and target the people from there. although it is kinda bland if only 2 guys are there

[@t-0096]

WOW spoiled me again, i know i clicked on the opposite video from the last one but dam dislike. JK keep up the great vids

[@MissYamIherexxx]

I think another thing with the post game, was that it obviously just takes you back to before you defeated Joker. The fireworks are still constantly going off, the island is abandoned with the occasional thug you forgot about, that sorta thing. What makes it worse is the ending cutscene showing as the GCPD arrive at the island, the criminals are taken back to their cells or the medical facility and all this, it would've been great to have the post game show this. Imagine if you could chat with Gordon, chat with GCPD cops who are wondering what the hell happened. Visit criminals you've already fought, talk to Ivy, locate the remaining security, the potential was endless yet... they just reset you back to before the final fight, leaving those fireworks to endlessly pop.

[@Ian-hj4yt]

Or the Two-Face chase mentioned in the ending, it could have been a side mission in Gotham City

[@bencoleman7769]

I was quite young when I first played batman, I was in game( like a uk GameStop )with my brother, and I wanted a new game. I saw batman Arkham city, and it was in offer, so he bought it me. I play Arkham city first, then asylum, then origins and then knight

[@bobbyakins1991]

If you look up the original design for the joker boss fight in Arkham asylum it was a much better design he looked more like a lanky Monster version of him he wasn't all big and bulky he was kind of like a snake almost I guess would be the best way to describe it a lot of people I've heard from telling me that this design could have made a better boss battle kind of flipping The predator emissions or Batman's being hunted and joker's the Hunter

[@ThespectacularSpooder457]

You said the amored skin was the only other suit but if you think about it you can’t Evan use it in the normal game outside of the challenge maps

[@quantavious_figglebottom]

I'm pretty sure Joker's original plan was to use Titan on Gordon, and he wanted batman to see. He jumped in the way, so he had to make a new plan

[@bobikostova5947]

Things Batman Arkham Asylum did wrong: Okay guys thanks for watching hit that like button and subscribe.

[@choppiez1672]

This game was made 11 years ago and your saying the combat is bad it was really good back then

[@yeetman1830]

I gotta say that Ivy is looking good in this game, but my favourite is from Knight. My favourite Catwoman Is from Knight And Harley from city and Knight

[@DegenerateJay]

YeetMan glad to see you back. I completely agree she's gorgeous in Knight. They do a great job in the series in general with character models and making characters look outstanding.

[@knightsofhonor949]

This game is still amazing the story is good and for the time it was really good

[@Krapvag]

the best thing with asylum compared to the others is the lack of filler missions when it comes to replayability

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

Ngl the Joker boss fight would been better if it was like the Mr Freeze Boss in City where he adapts and you have to use different ways to attack him instead of him just trying to hit Batman before leaving to pose while sending out thugs. Then again, boss fights were last minute additions to the game (plus Rocksteady at the time only had a handful of people).