My first Arkham game was Asylum and I enjoyed that game for what it was. I was intrigued how they could translate that into the open world format and honestly they seem to have done it quite well in my books. It's pretty freeing to glide around and grapple anywhere in Gotham. There are a lot of collectibles and busy work I skipped on but I did some side quests which were actually really great and didnt feel lazy and copy and pasted. Within the open world is the main quest which basically felt the same as Arkham Asylums gameplay with linear level design with a focus on using gadgets to progress, stealth encounters and combat. All of which were balanced pretty perfectly. The combat isnt super deep but it was satisfying. The only thing Asylum has over this game is the story and tone. This games story just wasnt that good in my opinion, part of it was Batmans voice actor change which I wasnt a big fan of due to it sounding "forced" if I can describe it but also his characterisation. And some plotpoints that confused me like Bane entering the bat lair, causing the tiniest, miniscule amount of damage and leaving without a word. Not even leaking Bruce' identity anywhere before he forgets his identity. The plot could've been better but it was serviceable to the gameplay. Overall while the plot and tone let me down, ultimately the most important aspect, the gameplay was pretty good.