Christmas Eve in Gotham, eight assassins on your trail, and a young Batman still learning how to be feared.

The profile is that of an episode people look at sideways. One line stands out: the wish to rediscover it for the first time, ahead of 84% of games. That night, that manhunt, that raw version of the character, all of it makes you want to relive the discovery. The rest flatlines. Desert island puts it slightly above average, art direction and sound environment just below, and above all attachment and fun sit behind roughly 60% of the field. Controller feel is lower still, but on a single vote, so nothing to settle there. That is the tension: people would love to rediscover it, yet they do not bond with it. A game whose atmosphere is remembered more fondly than its actual playing.

Against the other Arkham entries, the comparison is crushing and unfair at once: the same combat rhythm, the same Gotham, but without the novelty that justified everything the first time. A solid episode in a series whose best chapters flatten the rest.

So, who is it for? For you if you love Gotham under snow, origin stories and a well served rogues gallery. Far less so if you want the Batman game recommended without a second thought.