When comparing Company of Heroes vs Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Slant community recommends Batman: Arkham Asylum for most people. In the question“What are the best low-spec PC games?” Batman: Arkham Asylum is ranked 65th while Company of Heroes is ranked 78th. The most important reason people chose Batman: Arkham Asylum is:
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.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Enjoyable co-op play for those not interested in the competitive gameplay of the normal player vs. player multiplayer
There is a co-op skirmish mode where players can work together in order to defeat an imposing force. This easily changes up the online gameplay since that is competition based, which may not always appeal to those that would rather work with their friends rather than compete against them.
Pro Just about anyone can run the game as it an older title that can be easily ran on older PCs
Company of Heroes can run quite well on less powerful PCs as it is an older game with minimum specs that are considered quite low for todays standards.
Pro A smart and challenging AI creates a lot of unpredictable gameplay
The AI in the game is actually quite smart in that they tend to be unpredictable enough to offer a good bit of challenge without making obvious bad choices. This keeps the game fresh, being that the games can be unpredictable.
Pro Large online matches thanks to the 8 player multiplayer
Up to 8 players can play in one online game, making for very large matches.
Pro Easily adjustble difficulties
In the settings of the game the player can change the difficulty settings which allow for any skill level player a method to enjoy the game without it being too difficult.
Pro Easy to create a game.
All you need is a name for your server. It is really easy to start a game.
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 Difficult to tell teammates apart
All the teammates are the same colour, you can change it in the game options.
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.