I bought Arkham City for my 4 yr old a couple of days ago

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Is Arkham Asylum about the same? Will probably pick that one up next.

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I prefer Asylum over City, though I know I'm in the minority there. It's a much more focused experience but if you like City, you'll probably like it too.

Just be aware that you'll have less combat options in Asylum, since they expanded the combat in City.

I think asylum and city offer two unique experiences

City is more visceral I suppose. Asylum has more of a horror element and is more "fantastic"

I really don't find it debatable as to what's the better game. City's combat is so much better than asylum. Now, I can easily see why people prefer asylum and it does do some things better, but the game boils down to combat

Kind of hardcore for a 4 year old. Should have stuck with Lego Batman or something like that.

But glad you're enjoying it. It's a great game.

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Is Arkham Asylum about the same?

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City is more open world. I was kind of overwhelmed with it at first.

Asylum is more linear, but it's not a bad thing at all. I love the story in Asylum a lot more than City. Exploring Arkham was a Batman nerd's dream.

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Kind of hardcore for a 4 year old

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yeah, i didn't know the game would be so dark. but he loves it

I liked Asylum's story line much better but the fighting mechanics in City were better.

Mark me down as shocked about 4yr olds playing video games.

Game is so great. I'm not much of a gamer, but I can put this game in and play it for a few days straight and beat it and it's still as fun as the first time.