Assassin's Creed Brotherhood vs. Batman Arkham Asylum, Which one?

I wanna get an action adventure game to fill in the slot of action adventure that is missing in my collection (have none). So which one is better? Let me let you know what I like in an action adventure title:

Realistic, free-flowing melee combat (I know both games have a similar melee comat style)

High replayability

Lots of upgrades

Batman seems to have a lot of replay with the challenge rooms, but so does ACB. ACB seems like a more worthwhile game to me, with what seems like a world full of interesting things to do and places to explore. AND it has multiplayer.

So what's your advice?

AA is a better game easily. brotherhood might have a bit more replay value due to its multiplayer, but that's it really.

Difficult choice. I just bought Batman: AA again and it was excellent, especially collecting and completing all Riddler challenges (which results in quite an interesting turn of events for the Riddler.It also offers a pretty good story, and some of the characters are great (naturally).

AC:B also looks good, and looks to give as much replayability as Batman: AA, especially if it takes after both AC1 and AC2.

Tough choice, so i'll go with Batman: AA as that's the only one i've played :P

This is BATMAN we're talking about here. Of course it's the only logical choice. After all, you wouldn't want to get on his bad side, now would you? :twisted: ;)

I like every AC game, even the first, but Batman is better, its just overall better structured and designed.

Get both. Batman AA can probably be had for 20 or so dollars.

AC:B is basically an expansion pack to Assassins Creed 2.

id say ezio, only because if i had to choose one i like AC better as it is a new concept in general. while we have never played such a great batman game before we are familiar with the characte and AC was a new story and i want more of it!

Batman mate,that game was made with care

Assassins Creed 2 > Batman > AC: Brotherhood

I dont know about brotherhood but ac2 is better than aa. Ezio feels like one of the most real characters in a videogame to date, the game is full of brilliant music and settings, gameplay is really good too; I wasnt a big fan of the whole sci fi thing. AA was good too, but it just didnt immerse me as well as AC2, both games stealth was pretty lame.

Assassins Creed 2 > Batman > AC: Brotherhood

sergemyster8

This is BATMAN we're talking about here. Of course it's the only logical choice. After all, you wouldn't want to get on his bad side, now would you? :twisted: ;)

AdobeArtist

AC:B is basically an expansion pack to Assassins Creed 2.

JangoWuzHere

both are fantastic games that should be in any gamers collection imo. i enjoyed AC:B more though

hard to pick... ac:b is just ac2 with multiplayer... which isnt a bad thing...but it wasnt THAT good... Batman AA.. is great with the atmosphere and attention to detail and all that but the combat is pretty repetitive , Square square square *about to be attacked* TRIANGLE!!campzor

I wanna get an action adventure game to fill in the slot of action adventure that is missing in my collection (have none). So which one is better? Let me let you know what I like in an action adventure title:

Realistic, free-flowing melee combat (I know both games have a similar melee comat style)

High replayability

Lots of upgrades

Batman seems to have a lot of replay with the challenge rooms, but so does ACB. ACB seems like a more worthwhile game to me, with what seems like a world full of interesting things to do and places to explore. AND it has multiplayer.

So what's your advice?

Guaracy-

Batman Arkham Asylum is very overrated. The game is very stale. It's okay but nowhere near great. You'll get annoyed with how basic the story is and the game has little to no replay value. I finished the game in one sitting (12 hours on the PC version - I was that hyped to play it after reading the reviews) with around 180 riddles solved. Some scenes were fantastic (especially the Scarecrow ones) but the game loses steam half way through. I also greatly hated the "Hit the boss three times in weak point to kill him" business.

Do yourself a favour and get the AC games. They are longer and worth every bit of your money.

All the above are purely my OPINION. Don't flame :P

*Raises flame shield*

[QUOTE="Guaracy-"]

I wanna get an action adventure game to fill in the slot of action adventure that is missing in my collection (have none). So which one is better? Let me let you know what I like in an action adventure title:

Realistic, free-flowing melee combat (I know both games have a similar melee comat style)

High replayability

Lots of upgrades

Batman seems to have a lot of replay with the challenge rooms, but so does ACB. ACB seems like a more worthwhile game to me, with what seems like a world full of interesting things to do and places to explore. AND it has multiplayer.

So what's your advice?

fend_oblivion

Batman Arkham Asylum is very overrated. The game is very stale. It's okay but nowhere near great. You'll get annoyed with how basic the story is and the game has little to no replay value. I finished the game in one sitting (12 hours on the PC version - I was that hyped to play it after reading the reviews) with around 180 riddles solved. Some scenes were fantastic (especially the Scarecrow ones) but the game loses steam half way through. I also greatly hated the "Hit the boss three times in weak point to kill him" business.

Do yourself a favour and get the AC games. They are longer and worth every bit of your money.

All the above are purely my OPINION. Don't flame :P

*Raises flame shield*

I know it's just your opinion, but I just want to address the replay value thing. I've played through the game 3 times, the Riddler trophies are some of the best collectibles I've see in a game (as in, I actually wanted to get them), plus it has all the challenge rooms. Assassin's Creed (the first one anyway, haven't played 2) is 1 and done, but Batman offered a lot more to players who wanted more out of it IMO. But yeah, it's boss fights were lame, but not nearly as lame as Assassin's Creed's "boss fight" at the end. :PGuppy507

Thank you for replying in a mature way. I was half expecting "You ar3 tEH LaM3" :P

AC 1 was boring (I forgot to mention) - AC 2 is a whole lot better than AC 1. I played AC 2 for around 22 hours and I did everything there was to do in the game. AC 2 is a great game. The ending left me pissed off because I wanted to know what was going to happen next :)

I need to play ACB but I just don't have the time to play with all this tuitions and entrance coaching crap.

Sigh... I'm waiting for Christmas holdiays...

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

This is BATMAN we're talking about here. Of course it's the only logical choice. After all, you wouldn't want to get on his bad side, now would you? :twisted: ;)

Rockman999

pfffft, talks to gods and pwns enemies with an apple? PLEASE. Batman has defeated gods, and his enemies with his bare hands. Ezio is a speck under the shadow of the Bat :P

pfffft, talks to gods and pwns enemies with an apple? PLEASE. Batman has defeated gods, and his enemies with his bare hands. Ezio is a speck under the shadow of the Bat :P

AdobeArtist

Ezio : I am a master assassin...

Batman : I HAVE DEFEATED GODS WITH MY BARE HANDS. ARE YOU PROFESSIONAL OR NOT?!?!?! GIVE ME A ******* ANSWER!!

Ezio : :cry:

get batman, ac is pretty good but i'm not even halfway done and it's starting to get a bit tedious.

plus batman's a pretty old game it has to be pretty cheap by now. give ac a few months and wait for the price to go down a bit.

Hey, y'know what else ACB has made me think since i have to say i really like the setting.

here you are some guy in the 16th century and this civilization that existed 15 centuries (1500 years) before you were born makes you look primitive in comparason.

it's made me wonder if they (the real people) knew how far civilization had fallen. these huge buildings and monuments and aquaducts that are in disrepair and nobody has the engineering knowledge to rebuild (at least in rl they didn't).

amazing stuff to think how far civilization can regress and how long it can take to recover.

Assassin's Creed for me, all the way. I love that series a lot.

I was never much of a fan of the caped crusader.

I'd take Superman > over Batman anyday.

Bootmin

▲ AA by far. The combat is superior. ▲

Batman ftw.

What I like about AC:B is that you can upgrade and customize your own little villa, and also your clothes and weapons, etc. Batman doesn't have any customization or upgrades, does he?Guaracy-

Very limited upgrades like few combos, more quantity of weapons like Batarangs etc. Batman AA makes a good rental.

Go with Batman for sure. It really is a pretty much flawless game.

As much as I like AC, I could never say that about any of the three console versions. All 3 ACs have their issues, from glitches in the games, to what I consider a really stupid controller scheme that doesn't work some of the time, among other things.

If you are going to get Brotherhood then I highly suggest you try AC/AC2 first or at least AC2 if you didn't play those already.