Posted on: April 1, 2022

gamingrn

Games: Reviews: 15

Great 'Early Batman' Experience

It seems when the Arkham games are brought up, persons are inclined to relegate Origins to second tier status behind its predecessors. I think this is unfair; there are several aspects to Origins that excel beyond the others. The Good: - The story is engaging, Batman is hunted by 8 assassins for a bounty issued by Black Mask. These villains are mostly encountered as Batman investigates the bounty and attempts to end it. - Gotham's Most Wanted side missions work better than the 'side missions' from City. In City, they felt out of place and were thrown in to add content (some are still very fun). In Origins, it makes sense that in a functioning, corrupt Gotham, there's a lot of crime and criminals lurking about. -Young, angry Batman is an interesting side of the character we don't usually get as he is always measured and composed elsewhere. You can see why villains equate him with themselves. Sometimes it's a bit much, but it's nice to see a different side of the Bat. -Major villains are mostly great. If you didn't get enough Joker from the other games, the one here is fantastic, and it doesn't stop there, Bane is solid as is Black Mask among others. -Crime scenes are interesting. Detective mode actually 'reconstructs' what happened for you to solve crimes by scanning evidence. Words aren't enough, you have to do it to get it. -New thugs including martial artists and venom users add more challenge. -The map is big with new areas and new takes on old ones. - Dark Knight system adds specific challenges in-game The Bad: -I don't generally like holiday-themed stuff, so the game being Christmas/Eve is not great. -Gadgets aren't quite as fun for me in this one, I think most of those ideas were played-out already. The Bottomline: Origins is another great Batman game of the Arkham variety. If you like the first 2, it's hard to believe you won't like this one too. Origins has a lot of great challenges worth taking on.

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Posted on: February 17, 2022

Devianza777

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Games: 7 Reviews: 4

So Far... So Good...

I'm only 14% in and so far I'm enjoying the game, kind of like Batman: Year One only in a more modern era basically. Its an enjoyable game with a great story and a super dark gothic edge. Game play wise, its nearly a clone of City so there's really nothing to say about the game play that hasn't been said about City, the combat is pretty solid just like City, most of the same moves, and both games have that Assassin's Creed 2 style of countering and fluid movement. But why didn't Bruce shave before going out to fight crime in Origins? He's always been a clean face character, so I find the scruffy look to be a bit odd but since he's supposed to be a lot younger, guess it was their way of showing he was still kind of rough around the edges. Harley Quinn is the one who deserves the next big game though, either by Rocksteady or WB Games, she's got enough history now for them to make a really good game. Yes, I realize there's a mini campaign for her in Knights, but I'd like to see a full game. She's one the best Batman characters to be created in eons, I actually like her more than the Joker sometimes.

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Posted on: July 22, 2023

RyuTheTrue

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Games: 98 Reviews: 10

Still but not better...indeed.

The fusion of first two chapters whithout adding anythin else, ideed...being something inferior in graphic detail and a gameplay for some aspect less varied. Some crash and some bugs even serious to the point that you have to reload the last checkpoint. Overall, however, a surely not bad game that still maintains something of Arkham series mould. To add to your collection only if you don't expect better.

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Posted on: August 21, 2024

TxmachotexT

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Games: 224 Reviews: 2

Game Perfect but bugged

All combat are good but bug in the voice, NPC flying when die and some visuals

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Posted on: August 22, 2024

0LunarEclipse0

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Games: 141 Reviews: 2

Solid Entry

This game is the weakest of the Arkham franchise. This really only due to the plot twist kind of undermining the premise. I would have preffered the twist character be a seperate part of the plot. That is about all I can say spoiler free. Grond take downs feed wonky in this game. Just not quite right. So that is all the negatives out of the way. The game is still super fun, has a great DLC. The time period it takes place in, is a wonderful Year 2 of Batman and I really enjoyed it. Seeing Gotham earlier and getting to explore it. Tons of fantastic Character moments. Genuinely the good parts of the plot are really strong. Alfred is fantastic in this game. The challenge maps are also some of the best in the franchise. This entry is not perfect but is criminally underrated in my opinion. My only gripe about the GOG release is that they were not able to perserve the multiplayer which was a uniqe and super fun experience. If they manage to bring this back in the future. This becomes 5 stars.

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