Warner Bros, I'm Begging You To Revisit Batman: Arkham's Most Underrated Game Before Arkham Shadow

screenrant.com:

After the disappointment of, us fans will finally be able to visit a somewhat more traditional story with the upcoming. While is a VR exclusive — a move that has been controversial, especially with it further narrowing down its audience by it being a Meta Quest 3 exclusive — it still seems set to tell a more focused single-player tale in which players must catch the Rat King in a Gotham that is tearing itself apart, and as a Quest 3 owner, I am particularly looking forward to it, especially as it has been confirmed that will take place before in the timeline, with' Roger Craig Smith reprising his role as a younger, somewhat more hotheaded Dark Knight.

In a recent interview with Kinda Funny, developer Camouflaj's Ryan Payton also confirmed would be a full-length title akin to and would feature more Freeflow-esque combat and better movement mechanics than the previous VR title,, which was limited by what VR could do at the time and focused more heavily on detective work instead, which makes me extremely hopeful that the title will turn out well, especially considering Camouflaj's great work on.

With Rocksteady confirming that Bruce Wayne moved to Metropolis after the events of to join the Justice League — and is currently killed off in the series unless 's post-launch chapters get the chance to bring him back, something that seems unlikely due to the game's poor performance — and the tragic passing of beloved Batman actor Kevin Conroy in November 2022 making it unlikely that the series will progress forward even if Batman does return, the only real way to continue the is by venturing back to the era, which makes the fact Warner Bros. keeps overlooking the prequel all the more bizarre.

The Arkhamverse timeline of the Batman: Arkham games stretches back decades. Here's the complete story from before Origins to after Arkham Knight.

has not been treated as kindly as the other titles over the years, with, and often being bundled together as "," presumably because those