I have previously purchased Arkham City and Arkham Asylum on steam but I had a lot of crashing issues that I could never fix so I was wondering if anyone can confirm if this version is any different from the Steam ones.

Hi Cork421.

The only difference between the Steam and GOG.com version of the games, is that on GOG.com you own what you buy, like with any other good. You can download the original files of the games and install them offline, wherever you want, any number of times you want, without the need of a 3rd party program to validate them whenever you boot the game or run side by side with it, while you play, as opposed to Steam.
Other than, the technical and artistic content of the games remains the same.
You could post more details about the issues you encounter, in case you are in search of suggestions on how to solve them, while knowing your PC’s configuration would be helpful.

Cheers.

I disagree about ownership. It's digital, a file that can be easily corrupted and not re-downloaded if you can't access the internet. It's no better than Steam.

That is why you can make backups copies with DRM free games, and keep it forever ulike those games that are bound by online verification credentials.

I understand your point, but you could download all of your gog games onto some storage and keep them playable, even if gog would vanish. Steam, not so much.

Sort of like if you break your game disc for your console? So it's also like physical ownership too? (Not trying to be argumentative - just pointing out that this example can go either way.)

About differences:
The GOTY versions are the same on all systems. Of course the game is a bit different from the first Arkham Asylum version, which used Games4Windows. It includes all DLCs and also at least one Onscreen-Effect was changed (not to the better).

The savegame location is different. Also most likely the savegames are not interchangeable, as trying to use a savegame from the Epic version will crash the game when you try to select the savegame slot. I assume it's the same if you want to use Steam savegames.

I had to set some values with regedit to be able to change the Epic version from "System" language to english. With the GOG version you can chose the language during installation.

As far as I can tell, that's it for the differences.

It may not concern you if you are in the english speaking part of Canada. But for other countries: the STEAM version of Arkham Asylum forced your game to be played in your computer's native language. If you wanted to play in English, you had to tweak some files inside the install folder, and it was not easy. The GOG version allows you to select your favorite language in the configuration panel and makes it as easy as in any other game. This is a big PLUS!

On the technical side, perfect gameplay with no crash on Arkham Asylum so far, under Windowz 7 and with a Nvidia 1050 card.