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VGU | Batman: Arkham Origins Review

Video Games Uncovered plays Batman: Arkham Origins and finds it isn't all that we were hoping for

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IanVanCheese3827d ago

fair score. It's not a bad game by any strecth of the imagination, but it does very little new and feels very fan servicey.

I'm guessing Rocksteady didn't want to mess it up, so they didnt change anything out of fear.

Dude4203827d ago

Rocksteady didn't make this, Warner Brothers Games Montreal did.

Baka-akaB3827d ago

Completely unfair score then . If its biggest fault is not reinvinting the wheel , it just deserve a bit more .

ZombieKiller3827d ago

They even said it in all the dev diaries. This goes to prove that gaming journalism is a joke. I wish we had gamers that knew how to write instead of writers that play a game every now and then.

It gets bad scores by the people that have no clue what the game is about. I had a guy review this game, then say he's never played the old games yet says this game can't stand on its own merits. How can you tell which was part of the old game and which was new?

Seriously, all of us that commented on this game should be the ones reviewing it because it seems like you guys are playing it the most. Personally, I haven't put the game down. I'm on new game plus with the original game at 50% total competion after story. You're telling me all that playtime and addiction is worth a measly 60%?! No.....just....no.

IanVanCheese3827d ago

People need to drop this assumption that anything under 7/10 is terrible.

I've had great fun on some 4/10 scoring games, but that doesn't mean they deserve to score any higher.

Invent something cool and it will score well. Expand on it and it will score well. Just rehash it and add nothing of value and it will score less well. I'm still playing this now doing all the side quests and when I'm done I'll dive right back in for New Game Plus and I am the Night modes, but it just doesn't deserve a higher score than this (maybe 7/10).

If we're all happy to give this the 8/10s and 9/10s people are claiming it deserves then we are basically saying "this is it, this is as good as it gets, you don't need to try any harder than this" and then we'll just end up with another Call of Duty on our hands.

Baka-akaB3827d ago (Edited 3827d ago )

no one said anything about giving it an 8 or a 9 .

But a sequel to an excellent game that seems as good as previous ones , with possibly even more roaming freedom and better boss fights shouldnt just get a 6 . You can easily punish it form being to much of the same by rating it just below enough at 7 or 7.5 compared to a previous game usually sitting at 8 or 9 .

bad naruto3827d ago

it's WB Montreal not rocksteady.

ZombieKiller3827d ago

@IAN...would you consider this game a "C average"? Because where I went to school, anything under a 70% was failing. This got a 60% which is 10% higher than half, ya know?

Just saying this game deserves way better!

Boody-Bandit3827d ago (Edited 3827d ago )

I am about 90% of the way to full completion and I don't understand these low review scores. It's still a very good game overall. 6 is pretty low but score IMO but the 3's I have seen are simply ludicrous. Jim Sterling and ilk like him are just hypocritical trolls.

Personally I would give B:AO a solid 8.

IanVanCheese3827d ago

My bad, I meant WB Montreal. Rocksteady were the good ones, got confused lol.

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GarrusVakarian3827d ago

I would probably give it an extra 1.5 points. The boss fights were well done (especially Deadshot and Firefly), i liked the huge map. I thought i would be disappointed by the new voice actors for The Joker and Batman but i was pleasantly surprised.

It was way too short though, and felt too samey. I guess they wanted to play it safe.

Good game overall in my opinion.

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The best Batman Arkham game still isn’t on PS5, and that’s a problem

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is almost here, but I can't revisit the best Arkhamverse game on PS5 without sacrificing quality.

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ZeekQuattro102d ago

Not a fan of Orgins. Blame it on the absence of Conroy & Hamill. Blame it on the lack of atmosphere compared to Asylm. Hell blame it the devs thst dicked over Wii U owners like me that purchased the game only for support be dropped as a thank you to me. It's better than Knight but that's not saying much. I don't care for that entry either.

Rebel_Scum101d ago

tbh buying a game like that for WiiU should’ve been an obvious non-purchase when it existed on better hardware.

Cacabunga101d ago

Origins is amazing..
my favorite Batman is Batman and Robin on mega drive.. an HD REMASTER of that would still look glorious

ZeekQuattro101d ago

I got it launch. Kinda hard to go back. I'm supposed to know they were going to drop support months after the fact. 🤣

Exvalos101d ago

You sound like a salty fanboy, that it didn't come to your precious plastic of choice. It's not the developers fault Nintendo continues making underpowered hardware. It's our fault because we keep buying it. Yes I say (we) I'm part of the problem as well.

ZeekQuattro101d ago

I have a PS3 and a Wii U. How was I a salty fanboy? I bought the game on the system I wanted it for.

Rebel_Scum101d ago

Nah my comment has nothing to do with whether you’d know or not that they’d drop support.

Buying any AAA game of that era for a WiiU you should’ve known you’d be sacrificing graphics and load times.

LucasRuinedChildhood102d ago

It's solid but Origins is definitely not the best Arkham game.

LoveSpuds101d ago

Smacks of hyperbole to me, talk about clutching at straws to create some drama around PS5!!

generic-user-name101d ago

Titles like these are designed to get you to come in, go to their comment section and tell them how they're so wrong so they can boost their numbers.

Phoenix76101d ago

Even though its not the best arkham game in the series, its still an enjoyable game in its own right. What it do really well at though, was the crime investigations scenes. Which imo, were the best of the franchise.

goldwyncq101d ago

I don’t know about best game but it definitely has the best story and boss fights.

boing1101d ago

Never played it and recently I've finally tried it via cloud on psn. It's not the best for sure, but it ain't bad either.

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Batman: Arkham Origins - Open World Busy Work that Doesn't Hold Up 10 Years Later

Batman: Arkham Origins launched 10 years ago today, and sadly doesn't stand the test of time as well as its predecessors.

Petebloodyonion182d ago

I fail to grasp why this title is worse compared to Arkham City (according to the article) as the author didn't provide any argument to explain why aside from that it felt the bigger map compared to Arkham Asylum made the experience less tight.
More importantly, the author seems like he never played Arkham City since he described the game as linear (alongside Asylum).

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The Unjustly Forgotten Batman: Arkham Origins Deserves A Resurgence

Despite certain flaws, Batman: Arkham Origins is a splendid entry in the legendary Arkham series and deserves better than being forsaken.

lellkay295d ago (Edited 295d ago )

It's the worst of the three in my opinion, but still really enjoyable. Definitely underated and gets far more crap that it deserves.

Should be included with the other Arkham games in the bundle.

Demetrius295d ago

I'm honestly enjoying it alot, my first time playing since I just decided to get a Xbox 360 slim for 65$, I cop some other gems too tho, I went into Arkham origins not expecting better than Arkham city but it does deliver plus the guy who voices batman did a good job aiming for the young Bruce impression