Batman: Arkham Origins - Playstation 3
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| ASIN | B00C7103DO |
|---|---|
| Release date | October 25, 2013 |
| Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,305 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #83 in PlayStation 3 Games |
| Pricing | The strikethrough price is the List Price. Savings represents a discount off the List Price. |
| Product Dimensions | 0.56 x 5.33 x 6.79 inches; 3.04 Ounces |
| Type of item | Video Game |
| Rated | Teen |
| Item model number | 1000381348 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 3.04 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Warner Home Video - Games |
| Date First Available | April 28, 2017 |
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Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise; Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight; As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships
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Combat - It's pretty much the same combat system as before, which will always be a good thing in my book. Some have argued the combat feels a bit 'stiff', but I didn't notice that. The only difference that kind of stood out is the difficulty of some of the fights. I really looked forward to fighting huge groups of enemies in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City because it became easy once I got the hang of things. Arkham Origins' fights are lengthy and difficult, and at times feel like a total button masher. I'll explain what I mean: I've played more than my fair share of action games on the PS3. There's only been two games that caused me to experience forearm fatigue because of the button mashing fighting. Those games are Heavenly Sword (demo version) and now Arkham Origins. This is a prequel, so perhaps the fighting is difficult because they're wanting to emphasize that Batman is early on in his career, I don't know. At any rate, it gets a little easier when you acquire a certain gadget that I'll discuss in the next paragraph.
Weaponry - If you've played any of the previous Batman games, you'll know he mainly uses gadgets as opposed to weapons, and that trend continues. The usual gadgets are present, so I'll focus on the new additions. We all know about the remote controlled batarangs; well now there's a remote controlled batclaw! Awesome, right? It doesn't really directly affect combat, I mainly used it to connect to far away grapple points. The concussion detonator actually does affect combat. It'll cause enemies to be momentarily dazed, giving you the chance to move in and put in work! The glue grenade is used to shut off those ever so annoying steam valves (or you can use the grenades on enemies too). Now to my favorite addition - The shock gloves!!! Here's how they work: You build up the battery by pounding on bad guys. Once fully charged, each melee strike will be accompanied by an electric shock. This made the tougher combat more enjoyable and a little easier :-)
Enemies - I noticed a few new enemy types sprinkled here and there. The ones that stood out were the ninjas, the dudes with the venom filled canisters on their backs, and the brutes. The ninjas were different because you'll have to plan your strikes against them, as opposed to straight button mashing. I've been hearing a lot of negative things about the boss battles, and I don't understand why. In my opinion, each one was a little different and required some technique. Ok, the first one was a button mashing affair, but the others really weren't. You probably recall me saying I've played several PS3 action type games. Well, the final boss battle is the most terrifying boss battle I've ever encountered! I'm tempted to explain why, but I can't do so without giving spoilers. Some people are smart enough to give details without spoiling the game, but I'm sure in the hell not...
Miscellaneous - Don't worry guys and gals, there's plenty of sidemissons with some pretty cool enemy encounters. You will not see the usual Riddler puzzles (thank God), but there are still collectables around town. Also, you'll get an opportunity to solve crimes, similar to how it's done in LA Noir, if you're familiar with that game. If you're into multiplayer, that feature is available in a Batman game for the first time. Arkham Origins didn't feel quite as long as the others, but it took me about 28 hours to complete (that includes the sidemissions and me screwing around in the city).
The only negative thing about the game is very minor, but I still thought I'd mention it. The graphics are not as good as the previous two games, but that's not a big deal to me. After finishing Arkham Origins, I felt it was the best Batman game I've ever played. I had tons of fun, and was constantly looking forward to what might happen next. I'll be honest, if you play this game and you don't think it's at least 4 stars, I'll be shocked. Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, you're up next!
Story: 9/10
The story for Batman Arkham Origins, like the previous games, takes place over the course of a single night, and in this game Batman is only two years into his crime fighting carrier. Because of this not many criminals know who Batman is, some people think that he is just a rumor and that he isn't real, but Batman is always there to prove just how real he is. One Christmas Eve night Batman finds out that a notorious criminal named Black Mask has put a 50 million dollar bounty on his head, this attracts the attention of eight highly trained assassins who are given one night to kill Batman if they want to collect the reward. Knowing that they will put innocent people in danger just to draw him out, Batman chooses to track down Black Mask to discover why he has put this bounty on his head and put a stop to it. Origins story starts out a little SLOW for the first hour or two, but really kicks it up a notch afterwards. The story is very well written and makes for a very believable Batman and I believe it is the best Arkham story to date. What I have loved about all of the Arkham games it it's mature take on all of these characters that we all grew up loving, as well as it's dark and mature story. And much like Rocksteady, Warner Bros. Montreal has done a fantastic job making a realistic Batman story and they should be commended for it.
Characters: 9/10
Batman was not always known as Gotham's savior, nor was he always allies with the G.C.P.D. in Origins he has just began his crime fighting carrier and is not keen on working with others, despite how great of allies they may be. Because this is an origins story Batman is younger, much more arrogant, and an all around bad ass, don't get me wrong I loved Batman's personality from the other Arkham games. But this younger more arrogant Batman makes for a much more interesting and very believable character. And of course where there is Batman there is the Joker, and in Origins the Joker is younger as well, but none the less crazy as a lunatic. Both Batman and the Joker have different voice actors in Origins, Batman is voiced by Roger Craig Smith and Joker is voiced by Troy Baker and this drew a lot of controversy when the game was first announced. And I'll be the first to say of course they can't replace Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, but they were never intended to, both provide their own versions of the characters and there have been many of them. While they are not the best they are among my favorites. Secondary characters in the game are the assassins which include, Deathsroke, Bane, Fire Fly, Shiva, and Copper Head, while they are all very cool characters, my one gripe with it is that the assassins didn't get much screen time. The only one of them that did was Bane and while I like Bane, I like Deathstroke more and wish they had focused more attention on him. Overall Origins has a great cast of characters and really great voice acting, which is among the best in the series.
Graphics: 8/10
Arkham Origins graphics are spectacular, much like Asylum and City Gotham City looks very real and yet looks like a fictional city at the same time. The character models are fantastic, but obviously there is a big difference between CGI cutscenes and in game cutscenes but that really isn't a big issue. Though I noticed that the lip synching for the ingame models are still very average, as they have been in all of the Arkham games, and while it is annoying it is not such a big issue that it subtracts from the overall experience.
Gameplay: 8/10
The Arkham series is famous for its fast paced free flow combat system that started out great in Asylum and had some good improvements in City. Now there aren't any major changes to the gameplay of Origins, but really that's not a bad thing, the free flowing combat system stays very much intact and is every bit as fun to play as it has been in the last two games. I guess to put it simple, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Like in Arkham Asylum and City, the combat system is easy to play but hard to master, you attack with the square button and counter with the triangle button. Honestly when I first heard that that was all there was to the gameplay I was prepared to be disappointed, but the Arkham series CONTINUES to show that while the gameplay may be simple it is a blast to play.Now of course you wouldn't be Batman without loads of gadgets and Origins delivers, old favorites such as the explosive gel, the bat claw, and your trusty batarang is in the game. But there are a few new additions that I greatly enjoyed, first of all you get the remote grappling hook, which many people like to say it is exactly like the zip line from Arkham City, but I really don't see what they're talking about. The disruptor which can be used to jam enemies guns which will make it much easier should you get caught and above all my personal favorite. The Shock Gauntlets! These are a fantastic edition to the gameplay, you charge up the electric meter and when it is fully charged you activate them and you can just decimate everything in your path. Now some people will say that it makes the game an absolute breeze, but I wonder if those people played the game on hard mode, because I think near the end of the game would be extremely frustrating without them. One addition to the game that is greatly appreciated is fast travel, you can unlock certain areas of Gotham City to fast travel to using the Batwing. But of course this doesn't come without a price, you have to complete Enigma's challenges, which aren't that hard, to unlock the fast travel points. It definitely reminded me of Assassin's Creed IV's view points.
Of course detective vision returns as well and is in my opinion a requirement to beat any of the Arkham games, that being said one thing that I found absolutely frustrating is that in certain rooms enemies will use a jammer to make detective vision completely useless. Now you can use your disruptor to stop the jammer, but only for a little while, and because your disruptor only has two shots for that area you can only stop it twice, if you can't take out the enemies with jammers before then, well tough luck. No detective vision for you! But back on topic, another major improvement from the other Arkham games are the boss fights. I enjoyed the boss fights from the others games, especially Mr. Freeze from Arkham City, but Origins greatly improves on the boss battles, each boss has more action and actual fighting to them then before. Now I'm sure some people will not like the action oriented boss fights, compared to some of the tactical boss fights from Arkham Asylum and City, but I thought they were very fun. Mainly because they feel like how a Batman fight would really happen, especially the boss fight against Deathstroke.
Arkham Origins gameplay isn't much different from Arkham City, but as stated before that is not a bad thing. Origins is still really fun to play and if you liked the gameplay from Asylum and City then you will love Origins. I myself think this game was poorly criticized for being to much like the previous games, but Call of Duty gets 9's and 8's for staying true to "classic" Call of Duty gameplay. This is a classic example of not trusting everything that PROFESSIONAL reviewers say. Now the game does have some technical issues that are the reason it did not get a 9, one problem that drove me crazy was that during the CGI cutscenes the game would constantly freeze ever few seconds and then go back to playing the cutscene. Another being that there is one Enigma challenge where you can not leave the room unless you fast travel, and it took me a VERY long time to think about using fast travel. Now these glitches happened to me, maybe they will be no problem for you, but I thought I would point out what I encountered in my play through.
Verdict: 4 out of 5 stars!
Arkham Origins doesn't do much that is new, but it still manages to be my favorite in the Arkham Series. I found the younger Batman and Joker to be more enjoyable character then in Asylum and City, and the appearance of Deathstroke definitely helped. Now as stated the game has some technical flaws that prevent it from getting a higher score, though it may be different for everyone, you may not encounter a glitch in your playthrough, I don't know. Origins definitely lacks the polish of Arkham City, but don't think it is a terrible game because of that, if you can make it through some of the annoying glitches you'll have a blast with this game. So while Origins is not the best Arkham game it is my favorite of the trilogy.











