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[MidGenRefresh]

This is a simple one. Which series of games do you think is better and why?

Rocksteady:
2009 - Batman: Arkham Asylum (7th gen)
2011 - Batman: Arkham City (7th gen)
2015 - Batman: Arkham Knight (8th gen)

Insomniac:
2018 - Spider-Man (8th gen)
2020 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales (8th gen)
2023 - Spider-Man 2 (9th gen)

 

[GustavoLT]

what batman did it great, spiderman did it better!

 

[mejin]

They past now. Wolverine is coming.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

Considering Insomniacs Spider-Man borrowed the combat system from Rocksteadys Arkham series I’d say this was an easy one. Made easier by the fact that Miles Morales had the worst antagonist ever in Tinkerer. Also, the use of split protagonists in the Spider-Man games has always been kinda lame.

 

[Gaiff]

what batman did it great, spiderman did it better!

Yeah, so nothing at all.

Batman, and it's not close.

 

[jm89]

I've yet to start spiderman 2, so don't know if my mind will change after that.

But right now for me it's the arkham games.

Dark gritty atmosphere and the tight combat wins it for me.

 

[Imtjnotu]

 

[Heisenberg007]

Both are excellent, but I'm gonna go with Spider-Man. The traversal system alone gives it a huge edge, then the blockbuster production value makes it feel a bigger game than the fantastic Arkham series.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Catwoman vs MJ.
No contest there.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Kinda the same. Not my type of game but both are fun to play. Spiderman travelsar is better though.

 

[poodaddy]

I adore Spodermens.....but Arkham Asylum is still the best super hero game of all time. Very, very easily. Batmens baby.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Both trilogies are great but I'll give Rocksteady the edge on this one.

 

[Kilau]

 

[naguanatak]

Played Spider-Man and Miles Morales over the last two weeks, very good games. When first released, I was bored with Spider-Man after five or six hours, sometimes the mood and or/circumstances have to be right for me to enjoy games.
The Arkham games I played when they came out (although Asylum was a bit after the fact I think) and I have to say they were definitely the better games for me. I mostly judge atmosphere and the feelings I have when playing a game (how I - at the time - react to what I'm seeing, hearing, but also how I percieve mechanics and game design). I absolutely couldn't be a reviewer since I cannot judge such things objectively at all.

All in all: Arkham games. I'm definitely more into deep, depressing, gritty, grimy stuff and Batman/Gotham are more how I percieve the world/my life than Spidey/New York.

 

[M.W.]

Batman and it's not particularly close.

 

[nicoGec]

I like Spider-Man 2 main story & mission a lot more
I like Batman Arkham City gameplay and activities more

 

[adamsapple]

Arkham Asylum is the best super hero game.

 

[ManaByte]

Batman never made you play slow walking levels as characters who aren't Batman.

 

[Little Mac]

Arkham Asylum is the best super hero game.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

For voice acting Batman annihilates.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I like Batman: Arkham Origins by WB Games Montréal best and Spider-Man (2002) by Activision's Treyarch is a close second. I guess I prefer the game design of Rocksteady over Insomniac overall.

 

[Deerock71]

My two favorite superheros. I grew up on Spiderman, but enjoyed Batman the older I got.

Batman.

 

[MAtgS]

Arkham Knight shit the bed too much, so Spidy has the more consistent trilogy.

 

[Fake]

Batman by a miles.

 

[yamaci17]

lol arkham games of course

 

[BadHaircut]

I thought the first 2 Arkham games were great, but the third one sucked. So based on that, I'm going to give it to Spider-Man. If it were just the first (or first two) games, then I'd probably go the other way.

I feel like the Spider-Man games are heavily reliant on the traversal system. If you took traversal out of both series, and just focused on combat, puzzles, gadgets, story etc. I think Batman would take it.

 

[daninthemix]

Well let's see. One of these franchises will get platform fanboy votes, and the other will not because its multiplatform. So how accurate, exactly, could a question like this in poll form actually be?

The answer is not at all. Not even slightly.

 

[mrmustard]

Of course Batman, because Spiderman is a sissy.

Considering Insomniacs Spider-Man borrowed the combat system from Rocksteadys Arkham series I’d say this was an easy one. Made easier by the fact that Miles Morales had the worst antagonist ever in Tinkerer. Also, the use of split protagonists in the Spider-Man games has always been kinda lame.

Not only the combat System, also the enemy types were borrowed.

 

[bender]

Rocksteady has better highs (Asylum) but lower lows (Knight).

 

[Aenima]

To me only Arkham City was a better game than any of the Spider-Mans, (havent played SM2 yet).

Both IPs are very similar in gameplay, spider man is just more fun to play with the superior traversal and the story telling is also much better. As a compilation SM is the more consistent seies. As a single game, Arkham City was the better game to me.

Im a bigger fan of the Batman uninerse though. Especially the villains.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Batman was so good that Rocksteady had to turn it to crap with Gotham Knights. I realize developing houses are different.

As long as they don’t make stupid changes Spider-Man will be on par with the Arkham franchise. Arkham ended with Knight, Gotham Knights ruined the entire thing if you ask me.

 

[X-Wing]

Spider-Man over Batman for me.
Web swinging is can't be matched.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Batman was so good that Rocksteady had to turn it to crap with Gotham Knights.

Gotham Knights was not developed by Rocksteady.

 

[Ronin_7]

Both incredible.

But after playing Spider 2 I've to go with it.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Gotham Knights was not developed by Rocksteady.

I just pointed that out, but still. It still reflects a crap decision within Arkham. That means Arkham games would end if it was canon.

I wasn’t a fan of Origins, which also wasn’t Rocksteady. The side stuff sucked if you ask me.

Rocksteady did a great job with the 3 games they did do. I just hate how it all ended. The whole handicap oracle, but now batgirl thing was also stupid.

 

[Banjo64]

Has to be Batman. Asylum is a bonafide 10/10, one of the better games I’ve ever played. Everything else listed is an 8/10.

 

[Faust]

While I prefer Spider-Man as a hero to Batman, the latter has the better games from the Arkham Trilogy. Recently I went through and replayed them all last year and had an absolute blast, even if I didn't care much for the narrative of Knight. I can't say much the same for Spider-Man (and I still think Spider-man 2 on the PS2/GC is better than all of insomniac's titles). They are all great games though and if you want to have a fun time, you can't go wrong with any of them.

 

[acm2000]

both are very dull superheros but theres no contest in the games, rocksteady trilogy is a masterpiece.

 

[adamsapple]

Has to be Batman. Asylum is a bonafide 10/10, one of the better games I’ve ever played. Everything else listed is an 8/10.

It's strange isn't it, the more they expanded the scope of the game, the less cohesive they become. Asylum is one of the best paced games of all time. Not a single room in the game is wasted.

 

[Northeastmonk]

While I prefer Spider-Man as a hero to Batman, the latter has the better games from the Arkham Trilogy. Recently I went through and replayed them all last year and had an absolute blast, even if I didn't care much for the narrative of Knight. I can't say much the same for Spider-Man (and I still think Spider-man 2 on the PS2/GC is better than all of insomniac's titles). They are all great games though and if you want to have a fun time, you can't go wrong with any of them.

I thought the dlc also sucked for Knight. It could have been a lot better, but it turned into a MGS VR training mission sort of thing. I liked doing more detective stuff. I would have traded the whole Batmobile challenge thing for more riddles and Easter eggs. Joker was their attempt at keeping things on par with the older games. Too bad they can’t just go back and do the New 52 Batman in the Rocksteady style.

 

[Faust]

I thought the dlc also sucked for Knight. It could have been a lot better, but it turned into a MGS VR training mission sort of thing. I liked doing more detective stuff. I would have traded the whole Batmobile challenge thing for more riddles and Easter eggs. Joker was their attempt at keeping things on par with the older games. Too bad they can’t just go back and do the New 52 Batman in the Rocksteady style.

I didn't do much of hte DLC until years and years later, but I really enjoyed them for what they were. But by that time I had basically 100% Arkham Asylum, City, and Knight back to back to back so having that out there side content felt kind of nice as a change of pace. Driving through the sets of Batman 60s or the films - it was cool stuff!

 

[Spyxos]

Rocksteady Batman games and not even close. And Arkham Knight is my favorite part. With Batman every punch hurts and it plays wonderfully. The Spiderman games copy the fights without really doing anything of their own or better with the combat system. The cinematic takedowns look great i just wish the combat was better and you would feel stronger as Spiderman.

 

[RoboFu]

I am probably alone in this but I don’t think Spider-Man 2 is as good as 1 or MM. I think I liked MM more because it was right after 1 and was easier so it felt more like a new game+

With 2 I just get bored with the same old crappy fighting system where spider man …a super human takes 40 hits to take out a normal person.

 

[Revolutionary]

Said before and I'll say it again: Arkham Asylum is still the best comic book videogame of all time

 

[sigmaZ]

Batman never made you play slow walking levels as characters who aren't Batman.

Could imagine having Barbara or Alfred missions LOL

 

[KyoZz]

Anyone who votes Spider-Man over Batman Arkham has a short memory. Because Arkham's trilogy story is fuckin awesome while in Spider-Man it's average at best (and I'm generous).

 

[StealthGoblin]

Spiderman's stories are better.
Spiderman's gameplay is better.
Spiderman's traversal is better.

I like both series a lot, but Spiderman is better.

Arkham Asylum is the best game though, but the Spiderman series is stronger.

 

[R3TRO]

Batman was great while Spider Man is mediocre.

 

[Beechos]

Arkham and it's not even close for me personally. Graphics, gameplay, story, voice acting, side missions. Total package. Only thing I feel spiderman does better would be traversal.

 

[Terenty]

Arkham City is a masterpiece. Not just the best superhero game, but one of the best games ever made period. Sony's Spider-Mans are products nobody will remember in a month.