When comparing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare vs Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Slant community recommends Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for most people. In the question“What are the best low-spec PC games?” Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is ranked 11th while Batman: Arkham Asylum is ranked 65th. The most important reason people chose Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is:
This game was released in 2007 and is still played by thousands online. As it is an older game, you don't need high end hardware to play it. This is great for a lot of people as the requirements that need to be met for minimal settings is quite low.
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Pros
Pro Minimal graphics' requirements allows the game to be accessible to just about anyone
This game was released in 2007 and is still played by thousands online. As it is an older game, you don't need high end hardware to play it. This is great for a lot of people as the requirements that need to be met for minimal settings is quite low.
Pro Great mods are available
Several Tactical Realism mods, and a fantastic Paintball mod that is sure to be a LAN gaming hit. (But you may need to set up a dedicated server for it).
Pro There are a ton of modes to play, with multiple and varied game types, which should change up the gameplay enough to keep things entertaining
There are a number of game types to play in the game including Team Deathmatch, Free for all, Domination, Sabotage and Search and Destroy, making for lots of variation in gameplay. This keeps things fresh for the player as there is a lot to do and explore.
Pro You can easily add a bots mod, in order to extend co-op play
You can get a mod that can be used if you host a server, adding bots to your team and that of the enemy, thus allowing for larger offline battles.
Pro Good dedicated server support allows for huge games
You can scale up to 200 players if a dedicated server is enabled.
Pro Freeflow combat pioneer
Arkham Asylum is the first game to bring us freeflow brawler melee combat in its full glory. It invented the combat genre where you fight a multitude of enemies who take turns attacking you, while the player has a basic attack, a parry+counter and a combat roll. Getting multiple hits in on enemies builds up a combo streak that makes batman stronger. This streak is reset by getting hit by an enemy. Other games, like Assassin's Creed, had superficially similar combat systems, but not as optimized as this and they did not feature hit/combo streaks. Arkham Asylum's freeflow combat system is very suitable to be played with controllers.
Pro Fun stealth & gadgets
Remaining stealthy and getting stealth takedowns is important in Arkham Asylum's gameplay. Arkham Asylum gives the player a relatively large number of different gadgets to use for different combat purposes, such as ranged takedowns, cutting ropes, diverting enemies' attention, blasting through doors, traversing longer distances and hacking.
Cons
Con Short single player campaign
The single player is quite short (though it is not the main focus of the title, as multiplayer is the main reason that one would purchase the game).
Con Dark atmosphere
You won't realize how many shades of black exist until you've played an Arkham game. It's always dark outside, so to people who like daylight and colors in their games, this might get a bit dull after a while.