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What Arkham Ayslum Gets Right And Wrong About The Criminally Insane

How do real psychiatric hospitals approach the so-called "criminally insane?" Who are these mentally ill criminals? And importantly, what does mental illness have to do with violence?

Blacklash933949d ago

Does anyone actually care about realism in the nature and treatment of superpowered villains in Batman?

Ezz20133949d ago (Edited 3949d ago )

well, let's see
1. we have a dude that look like crocodile and bigger than the biggest one out there.
2. we have a dude that his face look like a clowen and his mouth start from ear to ear.
3.we have dude who have a venom that can make him very big and strong as hell.
4. we have a women that talk to plants and control it as much as she want.
5.we have a dude who have a cold blue skin that can freeze any one.

6. we have a playboy who in the night is the most feared and badass hero ever created

etc etc etc

yeah, realism in Batman World ...is the last thing i would care about

Heisenburger3949d ago (Edited 3949d ago )

Victor Fries....

Can anybody guess what happened to him?

Lol I actually just paused Asylum for a moment and *saw this article. It's been a while. I picked it up on psn for five clams. Not bad, right?

I had forgotten how dark this game is tbh.

Dead. Bodies. Everywhere.

Have an ice day!!

*minor typographical error

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PositiveEmotions3949d ago

Can someone help me with some bubbles please

SilentNegotiator3949d ago (Edited 3949d ago )

Well said, TheTimeDoctor, well Said. That was very intelligent humor and helpful to the situation.

DragonKnight3949d ago

@PositiveEmotions: See, the comment you just made is likely to be hit with an "Off Topic" debubble vote. Also, you should know that on N4G, asking for bubbles is the same as telling people to take away your bubbles. Everything here is opposite. Like for example, I'm going to get disagrees on this topic even though I have pretty much stated the truth about this site in this comment.

SilentNegotiator3949d ago

You complained about disagrees. -1 point(s). :)

Yeah, it's one of those unspoken rules.

mafiahajeri3949d ago

Gotham just needs a death sentence, everyone will get in line after that...

SilentNegotiator3949d ago (Edited 3949d ago )

The whole Batman "story" seems to have a lot of caution on treating crime too liberally.

Joker kills hundreds of people and the legal system still labels him as mentally ill instead of slapping him in the chair. In The Dark Knight Returns, Batman basically just goes "f**k this" and goes to the lengths that lead to his death.

Then again, you have Kingdom Come where the killing of joker is simply the first step towards the end of the world and a police state and yatta yatta.

But that's DC (and Marvel) for ya. Unfocused, disjointed, etc. Then again, I don't follow the main series very much, so maybe I'm totally missing out and some consistent material, IDK.

Blacklash933948d ago

The Joker is mentally ill. He's a total psychopath. That diagnosis is entirely correct. Doesn't mean he shouldn't be slapped in the chair too, though. >_>

he thing about the Joker is that, different from the other villains, he's completely unredeemable. With most of the other villains you can at least see why they came to be what they are and some even driven by compassionate things, like Freeze with his wife. That's a big reason batman doesn't kill; because there may still be some good in them despite all they've done.

However, this is Comic-Book Land. Villains arbitrarily survive and escape so the writers can milk them out more. Realistically, Joker would literally be excecuted for crimes against humanity for the many people he kills combined with all the times he escapes. Not that anyone would ever believably be able to escape such facilites, much less consistently.

Tfmdortv3939d ago

Batman never died in the dark night returns. If you think so you are sorely mistaken

Tfmdortv3939d ago

Batman never died in TDKR.You are wrong wrong wrong

Tfmdortv3939d ago

How can you guys hate on the joker he is swagitha

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The best Batman Arkham game still isn’t on PS5, and that’s a problem

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is almost here, but I can't revisit the best Arkhamverse game on PS5 without sacrificing quality.

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ZeekQuattro103d ago

Not a fan of Orgins. Blame it on the absence of Conroy & Hamill. Blame it on the lack of atmosphere compared to Asylm. Hell blame it the devs thst dicked over Wii U owners like me that purchased the game only for support be dropped as a thank you to me. It's better than Knight but that's not saying much. I don't care for that entry either.

Rebel_Scum102d ago

tbh buying a game like that for WiiU should’ve been an obvious non-purchase when it existed on better hardware.

Cacabunga102d ago

Origins is amazing..
my favorite Batman is Batman and Robin on mega drive.. an HD REMASTER of that would still look glorious

ZeekQuattro102d ago

I got it launch. Kinda hard to go back. I'm supposed to know they were going to drop support months after the fact. 🤣

Exvalos102d ago

You sound like a salty fanboy, that it didn't come to your precious plastic of choice. It's not the developers fault Nintendo continues making underpowered hardware. It's our fault because we keep buying it. Yes I say (we) I'm part of the problem as well.

ZeekQuattro102d ago

I have a PS3 and a Wii U. How was I a salty fanboy? I bought the game on the system I wanted it for.

Rebel_Scum102d ago

Nah my comment has nothing to do with whether you’d know or not that they’d drop support.

Buying any AAA game of that era for a WiiU you should’ve known you’d be sacrificing graphics and load times.

LucasRuinedChildhood102d ago

It's solid but Origins is definitely not the best Arkham game.

LoveSpuds102d ago

Smacks of hyperbole to me, talk about clutching at straws to create some drama around PS5!!

generic-user-name101d ago

Titles like these are designed to get you to come in, go to their comment section and tell them how they're so wrong so they can boost their numbers.

Phoenix76102d ago

Even though its not the best arkham game in the series, its still an enjoyable game in its own right. What it do really well at though, was the crime investigations scenes. Which imo, were the best of the franchise.

goldwyncq102d ago

I don’t know about best game but it definitely has the best story and boss fights.

boing1102d ago

Never played it and recently I've finally tried it via cloud on psn. It's not the best for sure, but it ain't bad either.

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Batman: Arkham Origins - Open World Busy Work that Doesn't Hold Up 10 Years Later

Batman: Arkham Origins launched 10 years ago today, and sadly doesn't stand the test of time as well as its predecessors.

Petebloodyonion183d ago

I fail to grasp why this title is worse compared to Arkham City (according to the article) as the author didn't provide any argument to explain why aside from that it felt the bigger map compared to Arkham Asylum made the experience less tight.
More importantly, the author seems like he never played Arkham City since he described the game as linear (alongside Asylum).

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The Unjustly Forgotten Batman: Arkham Origins Deserves A Resurgence

Despite certain flaws, Batman: Arkham Origins is a splendid entry in the legendary Arkham series and deserves better than being forsaken.

lellkay296d ago (Edited 296d ago )

It's the worst of the three in my opinion, but still really enjoyable. Definitely underated and gets far more crap that it deserves.

Should be included with the other Arkham games in the bundle.

Demetrius296d ago

I'm honestly enjoying it alot, my first time playing since I just decided to get a Xbox 360 slim for 65$, I cop some other gems too tho, I went into Arkham origins not expecting better than Arkham city but it does deliver plus the guy who voices batman did a good job aiming for the young Bruce impression