Batman: Arkham Origins

2013

Action, Adventure

The game's main storyline is set five years before that of 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum and follows a younger, less-refined Batman. A bounty is placed on him by crime lord Black Mask, drawing eight of the world's greatest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve. The villains, including the Joker and Anarky, take advantage of the chaos to launch nefarious schemes, while Gotham City police try to apprehend Batman. (wikipedia.org)

Franchises: Batman: Arkham, Batman

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Filligan

Rated 15 Apr 2018

48th

Origins was a fine way to wait for the gap between City and Knight, but it's mostly very forgettable. It feels a little stripped down, a little trepidatious. It feels like a hold-over. Nothing is added because, well, that's Rocksteady's department. And it's loaded with bugs and quick-time events. Still, the essence of the franchise is intact, if muted.

Rated 15 Apr 2018

maddog

Rated 07 May 2018

38th

If Arkham City was a step forward, Origins was about eight steps back. The controls didn't feel as sharp. The plots felt rehashed. It didn't add too much new.

Rated 07 May 2018

Bene

Rated 22 Aug 2020

7th

So. Many. Bugs. It puzzles me how anybody can ram such a tried and proven concept into the ground this hard, but they somehow did.

Rated 22 Aug 2020

Obdurate

Rated 22 Jan 2018

74th

This gets hated on and I don't get it. It's certainly not the best in the series but it doesn't have any real glaring issues from a gameplay perspective. I understand that it was broken upon release (and was it ever fixed?), but it's still fun. With that said, my save file got corrupted about 15 hours in and I couldn't bring myself to replay those 15 hours right away so I never finished it. I CAN TELL YA THOUGH that I enjoyed those 15 hours until the game decided it didn't enjoy me.