When comparing Road Not Taken vs Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Slant community recommends Batman: Arkham Asylum for most people. In the question“What are the best PS4 (PlayStation 4) games?” Batman: Arkham Asylum is ranked 117th while Road Not Taken is ranked 123rd. 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.
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Pros
Pro In game notebook keeps track of recipes even after death
Most roguelikes, that when the player dies sees that they looses everything upon death to be forced to start from scratch to play again. Road not Taken is similar but with one tweak that the game has an in game notebook that remembers the players discovered recipes, even after death. This way some info is retained after death that can help the player when they start over.
Pro Deep crafting mechanics
With over 200 items in the game that can be combined the user has plenty of options to experiment with in order to discover new recipes. These recipes allow for one to craft useful items that will help them advance in the 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 Little end-game satisfaction
Beating the game can feel a bit lackluster as the game does not really push the point of the story or really leave the player intrigued as to want to go back and find the other secrets in 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.