Batman: Return to Arkham

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  • Summary: Return to Arkham and experience two critically acclaimed titles from the last generation - Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, with fully remastered and updated visuals. Batman: Return to Arkham includes the comprehensive versions of both games and includes all previously releasedReturn to Arkham and experience two critically acclaimed titles from the last generation - Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, with fully remastered and updated visuals. Batman: Return to Arkham includes the comprehensive versions of both games and includes all previously released additional content. Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them into the depths of Arkham Asylum -Gotham City's high security psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. Use Batman's legendary gadgetry, strike from the shadows, and confront The Joker and Gotham City's most notorious super villains. Batman: Arkham City sends players soaring into Arkham City - a heavily fortified sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City. Batman Arkham City introduces a brand-new story that draws together an all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe. … Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. PlaySense
    Nov 1, 2016
    85
    If not for some graphical and framerate issues, Batman: Return to Arkham would be one of the best remasters out there.
  2. Everyeye.it
    Oct 25, 2016
    80
    Batman: Return to Arkham includes the first two episodes of the franchise, of course with all the DLC and content released so far. The graphical improvements are impressive, with new models and animations.
  3. XGN
    Nov 1, 2016
    80
    Return to Arkham contains two fantastic games, with a visual upgrade. Both games are still fantastic, but Asylum has lost some of it's charm. Also both games suffer from occasional framedrops, but nothing drastic. So this is definitely worth your money!
  4. Gaming Age
    Oct 26, 2016
    75
    This was the 4th time I’ve played Arkham Asylum and it still holds up. I’m not crazy about the $50 price point for two last gen games with no new features, but that’s a slight nitpick.
  5. Atomix
    Oct 25, 2016
    71
    Two excellent games, but sadly not so well remastered. The character models and their suits look very well, unfortunately the rest of the game looks fewer dark than the original release and we don't have any improvements on the framerate. If you never played the Arkham series before maybe you should look at this collection, the rest of us not.
  6. Metro GameCentral
    Oct 24, 2016
    70
    Two classic games made to look notably worse than they did over five years ago, which is one villainous masterplan even Batman can’t foil.
  7. USgamer
    Oct 22, 2016
    60
    Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are amazing games, but this collection doesn't stand up to the same quality. The visuals have been improved, but at a loss of the dark ambiance of the originals. The 30 fps frame rate isn't locked, with the occasional stutter marring the experience. Worse, there's no new content available here. If you own either game on PC, there's no reason to get Return to Arkham.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 67
  3. Negative: 4 out of 67
  1. BlastoizSteel
    Oct 19, 2016
    10
    Enserio, los gráficos son fenomenales, solo lo único que es el brillo, pero dejandolo de lado, es un juego increible, te lo recomiendo a pesarEnserio, los gráficos son fenomenales, solo lo único que es el brillo, pero dejandolo de lado, es un juego increible, te lo recomiendo a pesar que diga IGN que solo para los que quieran iniciarlo, sé que te va a gustar si eres fanático de Batman Arkham, el Joker, Batman, Gordon, Joker enfermo, entre otros, las definiciones todas detalladas, si quieres comprarlo, no lo dudes...… Expand
  2. Fl4kattack
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    Better stories than the films, great combat and plenty of side quests. I am a massive batman fan and these games kept me occupied over lockdown.
  4. Kratos_mty1
    Nov 5, 2022
    10
    Mi juego favorito de todos los tiempos Batman Arkham City y mi 8 juego favorito Arkham asylum vuelven más increíbles más brutales con BatmanMi juego favorito de todos los tiempos Batman Arkham City y mi 8 juego favorito Arkham asylum vuelven más increíbles más brutales con Batman listo para dar puñetazos a diestra y siniestra con mejores gráficos, una obra maestra es la única forma de describir estos dos juegos, si nunca los jugaste en consolas de la generación pasada así como yo tienes que darle una oportunidad si o si… Expand
  5. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    8
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had givenI'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user… Expand
  6. Michaletos
    May 2, 2017
    8
    Very good but unfortunately not great. I will talk about each game seperately.

    - Arkham Asylum is a HUGE improvement from the PS3 title.    Very good but unfortunately not great. I will talk about each game seperately.

    - Arkham Asylum is a HUGE improvement from the PS3 title. The graphics are very good, some minor issues from the PS3 version are also fixed, and in general, I had great fun with it. Even if I played the gamemany times, I couldn't stop playing it till I make it platinum!

    - Arkham City on the other hand is a bad bad port. Seriously, there are hundreads of bugs and glitches, the cinematics are problematic and seem to run in 15 fps and even the graphics sometimes seem really weak. I don't know how on earth did this happen! City is my favorite Arkham game by far and I cannot comprehend how did they manage to make it look older than Arkham Asylum. I hope they fix the problems. Luckily, it contains all the DLC.

    Having this info in mind, the bundle is a MUST for those who haven't played the games, but whoever owned them in previous gen consoles, Arkham City's problem's won't go unnoticed.    … Expand
  7. Termin8ter
    Jan 5, 2017
    7
    Batman: Return to Arkham bundles the first two entries in the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham franchise and remasters the two to next-genBatman: Return to Arkham bundles the first two entries in the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham franchise and remasters the two to next-gen systems. Overall, this remaster is pretty weak. The games only look marginally better than their last-gen predecessors. I would only buy this if you are a big Arkham fan. For the rest of us, though, we'll give Return to Arkham a pass.… Expand
  8. Julian081403
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    These are the worst game i've ever played now the bar is low considering I use reviews to judge most of my purchases but these games areThese are the worst game i've ever played now the bar is low considering I use reviews to judge most of my purchases but these games are BEYOND overhyped. I purchased this game after I was done finishing the excellent Spider-Man PS4 and desperately chasing anything similar and in my research I have found that it runs in comparisons the most with this game, WHICH IS AN INSULT. Arkhams combat is boring as long as you mash triangle you can beat this game no problem. This game should be called Batman Triangle there are no punishments for mashing triangle. You will never miss your counters and it will always do damage. Now what is the story in all of these games. Put simply lazy, Batman only seems to not even acknowledge in all of these games what is happening around him with zero emotion. I was desperatly waiting to play as ANY OTHER CHARACTER cause then I would actually have the slightest amount of emotion. If there is any good thing about these games it is the art stlye but thats it. I fell asleep 4 times while attempting to play arkham asylum and i really bullied myself to finish it after spending $30 dollars on a collection that I tried to lie to playstation too to get some kind of money back. I feel like I should have been paid to finish any of these. This game really makes you feel like an idiot for paying money for this game… Expand

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