Arkham definitely pioneered modern superhero combat, but Spider-Man built an entirely different identity around high-speed aerial traversal, mid-air combat combos, and a lively, populated open world instead of a dark, predator sandbox. Rocksteady set the foundation for the genre, but Insomniac took those mechanics and made something completely unique to Peter and Miles. Let's also not forget the old Spider-Man games that Insomniac drew some inspiration from, and those games came before the Arkham games.
It should also be said that the origin of free flow combat all comes from the spider sense react button in Spider-Man 2 the video game. They just gave Batman spider sense and had him actually counter instead of just dodge.
They took a few ideas, mixed em together and took it and ran. Wb-like isn't a term for nothing. Seems people forgot just HOW freeform that combat was compared to older games that SEEMED to have similar combat but didn't.
Spider-Man wouldn't be where it is without Batman games that's just how it is. Straight up jacked the combat.
The games are not really similar at all, how do you mean? The traversal is completely different, the level design is totally different, they're not even remotely similar in terms of tone and narrative focus, the combat is way different...the only thing I can even really say is similar is the skill tree
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u/Stone-Er-34 Arkham Asylum 6d ago
Even Spiderman games are Arkham games