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Become Gotham City’s ultimate protector across the iconic Batman: Arkham Trilogy.

Face off against notorious DC Super-Villains: The Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, and more in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Step into the shadows of Batman: Arkham City’s open world, the new maximum security “home” for thugs, gangsters, and insane criminal masterminds. In Batman: Arkham Knight, tear through the streets of Gotham and take on the ultimate threat in the trilogy’s epic conclusion.

Experience critically acclaimed gameplay & AAA original storytelling across all 3 games, PLUS all DLC, in one complete package.

Batman: Arkham Trilogy (Switch) Gameplay - (All Games)​

 

[lh032]

doesnt look like stable 30fps.

 

[Little Mac]

Kinda feel like they should have held this back a year for the Super Switch launch. Having an upgraded Arkham Trilogy on new Nintendo hardware day 1 would have been crazy.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Was curious about the Arkham Knight port and from what I can see from the video it looks quite decent, but during certain scenes (most of them while driving the batmobile) it can drop to low 20s or even high teens.

 

[Fake]

Don't look stable, but again I need comparison between PS3/Xbox 360.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Are Asylum and City the original versions or the remastered ones? Batman doesn't have the bad looking face he had in the Return to Arkham version of Asylum.

 

[Gambit2483]

Are Asylum and City the original versions or the remastered ones? Batman doesn't have the bad looking face he had in the Return to Arkham version of Asylum.

They are based on the originals, thank goodness. The Return to Arkham version butchered the models and lighting.

 

[cireza]

Another miracle of a port !

 

[Fbh]

Didn't know they were making a native por of Arkham Knight for Switch.
Looks pretty rough though

 

[adamsapple]

Give the PS/Xbox versions a fucking res boost you cowards!

It'll look competitive with current-gen console games. The art style is incredible.

 

[Deerock71]

Kinda feel like they should have held this back a year for the Super Switch launch. Having an upgraded Arkham Trilogy on new Nintendo hardware day 1 would have been crazy.

People were pooh-pooing a launch of Hogwart's Legacy on the Switch, but some execs at WB decided they:
A) like money.
B) have a hard time ignoring 135 million-ish screens.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Mario Wonder, and RPG are the last games I will buy on the Switch. I'm retiring the Switch by putting it in a drawer next to my 3DS. Wating for the new hardware, Whenever or whatever that might be.

 

[Gambit2483]

Didn't know they were making a native por of Arkham Knight for Switch.
Looks pretty rough though

The resolution is lower and geometry is a bit reduced but the framerate holds at a (mostly) stable 30fps.

Considering they got this PS4 game looking and running this decently on a tablet based on ancient hardware, that's quite a feat.

 

[Fbh]

The resolution is lower and geometry is a bit reduced but the framerate holds at a (mostly) stable 30fps.

Considering they got this PS4 game looking and running this decently on a tablet based on ancient hardware, that's quite a feat.

I mean sure it's technically impressive like all these "impossible ports". But it still looks terrible.
Like all these ports I guess it's ok if the Switch is your only gaming platform or you absolutely need to play this in portable mode (and you don't own a Steamdeck or some other newer handheld). Otherwise it seems like the worse way to experience this game by a wide margin .

 

[Gambit2483]

I mean sure it's technically impressive like all these "impossible ports". But it still looks terrible.
Like all these ports I guess it's ok if the Switch is your only gaming platform or you absolutely need to play this in portable mode (and you don't own a Steamdeck or some other newer handheld). Otherwise it seems like the worse way to experience this game by a wide margin .

That's a pretty fair assessment. Though "terrible" may be heavily subjective.

 

[Trunx81]

Look at the freeze at 5:28

Batmobile scene gives out some early Cyberpunk-vibes.

 

[DonF]

Look at the freeze at 5:28

Batmobile scene gives out some early Cyberpunk-vibes.

god damn! walking is ok, but get on the batmobile and frame rate goes to shit! oof!

 

[Krappadizzle]

Arkham Knight doesn't look great.. But overall, as a package, I'm impressed, it's pretty obvious why the cutbacks to get Knight running were necessary. I'll never pick this up. Ever. But it's cool that it exists and I'm sure new players will enjoy all that awesome Batman content.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Moses85]

doesnt look like stable 30fps.

Looks ugly as hell. What a downgrade

Whats wrong with the Batman sign? Rendered in 480p?

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

Jump to 21:50 to see the tank explosion

 

[SJRB]

That Arkham Knight footage looks outrageously bad with terrible performance.

Who the fuck asked for this anyway?

 

[VulcanRaven]

It has spoilers.

 

[TVexperto]

remember the pc launch of this game when they took it off the steam store?

 

[Gambit2483]

remember the pc launch of this game when they took it off the steam store?

That's a good point but that was clearly an issue of poor optimization...and not hardware limitations.

That said, Arkham Knight clearly could use more optimization and hopefully TurnMeUp devs are working on a patch (or two) to improve this game on Switch

 

[mcjmetroid]

Why do Arkham Knight at all, the Switch clearly isn't able for it.

Like I understand attempting to do Hogwarts legacy as it's new and wanting to cash in but why do an older game like this the Switch clearly isn't able for?
Probably should have just done Origins instead.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

If they fix the framerate in Arkham Knight I might double dip on this Switch release.

Jump to 21:50 to see the tank explosion

Looks fine, the more major issues are the 1) traversal stutter (it's annoying AF in the video you linked) 2) low fps during batmobile gameplay. Hopefully they'll be able to patch these issues out.

 

[Redneckerz]

Batman: Awkward Knight amirite.

 

[LakeOf9]

I guess Asylum and City ports being good is the key thing here, since Knight sucked to begin with

 

[sammyfrosh]

Just get these on steam deck if you have one.

 

[Deerock71]

Just get these on steam deck if you have one.

The Switch's userbase would use the Deck's userbase as a Q-tip to clean out it's earwax.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

The Switch's userbase would use the Deck's userbase as a Q-tip to clean out it's earwax.

Which funny enough only sold 3 to 5 million since it came out. With the way people talk about it I expected the Steamdeck to have sold 20 to 30 million by now

I'm a huge fan of Valve and I'm getting the Steamdeck OLED next year. Just saying it's funny to just see certain types of poster shit up a Nintendo thread as usual

 

[FeralEcho]

I guess Asylum and City ports being good is the key thing here, since Knight sucked to begin with

Knight is still my favourite of the series but copium is one way to make yourself feel better about this shit port.

 

[bender]

Not excusing the poor port, but I'm not sure I'd want to replay Knight anyway...and maybe not City for that matter.

 

[DryvBy]

The Switch is great for Nintendo and some minor games. Graphic games? No. These games look at run like trash.

 

[LakeOf9]

Knight is still my favourite of the series but copium is one way to make yourself feel better about this shit port.

I dont have any intention of getting this port, so I need no copium for it lol. I just hated Knight, so I have no issues if its ports end up sucking too.

 

[Guerilla Munch]

Is there no way to purchase the games individually? I'm only interested in Asylum as that seems to run without much issue

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Is there no way to purchase the games individually? I'm only interested in Asylum as that seems to run without much issue

I'm buying Asylum digitally.

You can buy each one separately off the eshop

 

[Guerilla Munch]

I'm buying Asylum digitally.

You can buy each one separately off the eshop

I see separate listings for all 3 but the bundle is the only page with a purchase option at the moment

 

[Del_X]

"We have Batman at home" edition

 

[Jigsaah]

hmmm just curious, anybody pick up the trilogy on Steam and happen to try it on a Steam Deck or other PC handheld?

 

[Gambit2483]

Did anyone get this game physically? If so are you able to load Asylum from the cart?

 

[Skifi28]

Just because you can port something, doesn't mean you should.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Oliver from DF will have the tech review on the arkham trilogy up sometime next week.

 

[Soltype]

They should have just used Arkham Origins instead, Knight is a tall order for the switch.

 

[Gambit2483]

So, either I have terrible luck or there is NOTHING on the Arkham Trilogy cart.

I got the physical edition and popped it into my Switch...Asylum does NOT load. I returned it for a 2nd copy and again, the ONE game that is supposed to be on the cart does not load. Either I have bad luck or WB games shipped a blank cart or a cart that requires an unlock that does not yet exist.

Wtf.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Out of all "impossible ports" done on Switch, Arkham Knight is probably the worst looking and poorest running of the bunch. They should've dropped it and done Origins instead, or just do the Return to Arkham edition. Save AK for Switch 2.

 

[Fake]

Out of all "impossible ports" done on Switch, Arkham Knight is probably the worst looking and poorest running of the bunch. They should've dropped it and done Origins instead, or just do the Return to Arkham edition. Save AK for Switch 2.

Doom is by far the worst of the bunch. Drop from 60 to 30 and crap visual.

As much this game looks and runs like shit on NS, the PS4 and Xbox version still runs at 30 and lets not remind the awful launch in PC state.

Is kinda nuts people expecting a game demanding like that, with a huge history of performance issues on PC to run stable on NS.
In fact, I would totally cancel this port in favor of the others two. They both run OK on Xbox 360, so NS should have no problem.

 

[adamsapple]

There's a long stretch of the game running at 0 frames per second.

We don't know how much longer it stays like this because they cut to a different clip before it restores.

Goddamn.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

So, either I have terrible luck or there is NOTHING on the Arkham Trilogy cart.

I got the physical edition and popped it into my Switch...Asylum does NOT load. I returned it for a 2nd copy and again, the ONE game that is supposed to be on the cart does not load. Either I have bad luck or WB games shipped a blank cart or a cart that requires an unlock that does not yet exist.

Wtf.

The 1.0 is busted, I'm guessing. Just download the updates?