I would say jump to knight, unless the story means a lot to you. Then start at Asylum.

Originally posted by Archon:

never played any of these games before

I started with Arkham Asylum, then Arkham City, with Arkham Knight to finish. It also helps that I got the trilogy in one go, which made the second and third more fun, at least for me.

Start with Asylum, it's still quite good. Also play City then Origins afterwards before starting Knight.

They're all good games even aside from the story. But do the side missions (you can look up what happens with riddler if you don't want to go through that in game).

We've been through this with many new players - I also recommend playing them all in release order. There is a story progression here, and also a progression of complexitiy in the game mechanics. Although Asylum is the oldest, it has a very unique athmospere and a fun and focused story that would be very sad to miss. All of the games have their great and special moments and all are totally worth playing, so why play the last (which is a good game, don't get me wrong, but maybe not THE best) first... ;)

P.S.: With all I explicitely mean Origins included... ;)

It's easier to go from Asylum to the other games than it is to play the others and go back.

Nice thing about the main trilogy, though: the game order is in alphabetical order!

Start with Asylum, then City, then Origins and then Knight, this way you can fully appreciate Arkham games.

Origins is pretty skippable. You shouldn't skip it because it's a really good game, but story-wise, I don't think any of its events come up in Knight.

Only as minor references, for example with all the items stored in GCPD. But nothing really relevant for understanding the story.
Fully agree, it can be skipped but shouldn't... ;)
On the other hand, if anyone really only wants to play one of the Arkham games, for whatever reason, Asylum or Origins would be good choices because they have pretty self contained stories.

Might as well go from the start of the arkham trilogy, and keep origins as a bonus.

Originally posted by Devsman:

Origins is pretty skippable. You shouldn't skip it because it's a really good game, but story-wise, I don't think any of its events come up in Knight.

There's references but nothing essential.

definitely play them in order (arkham asylum, then city, then knight)

play origins definitely, you can forget the rest, especially city

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

play origins definitely, you can forget the rest, especially city

i am living in a twisted version of the world where people actually believe this stuff

Originally posted by Chief:

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

play origins definitely, you can forget the rest, especially city

i am living in a twisted version of the world where people actually believe this stuff

hey, join the club ! i’m definitely living in a twisted version myself full of people praising overrated games like city