SchollA from Console ControllUs - where the console controls us writes:
I’m saying to myself why don’t these prequels really feel like prequels? And it hit me these prequels for the most part are always more advanced than the sequels.
Have you noticed that too?
Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is almost here, but I can't revisit the best Arkhamverse game on PS5 without sacrificing quality.
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.
tbh buying a game like that for WiiU should’ve been an obvious non-purchase when it existed on better hardware.
Origins is amazing..
my favorite Batman is Batman and Robin on mega drive.. an HD REMASTER of that would still look glorious
I got it launch. Kinda hard to go back. I'm supposed to know they were going to drop support months after the fact. 🤣
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.
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.
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.
Smacks of hyperbole to me, talk about clutching at straws to create some drama around PS5!!
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.
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.
I don’t know about best game but it definitely has the best story and boss fights.
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.
Batman: Arkham Origins launched 10 years ago today, and sadly doesn't stand the test of time as well as its predecessors.
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).
Despite certain flaws, Batman: Arkham Origins is a splendid entry in the legendary Arkham series and deserves better than being forsaken.
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.
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
Interesting article.
I agree with the author in regards to the Batman example, where the prequel should be more stripped down in regards to the technology that Batman has access to. But the flip side of this is that fans might be turned off by this approach seeing it as a backward step compared to the last Batman game they played. So while it is a continuity error, the developers want this game to sell so it doesn't matter except to those people who are a little pedantic.
Yes, this is why I have always had a problem with prequels.
How can you add new weapons, enemies and design improvements when the game takes place before the first? I mean technically then can but from a story perspective it makes absolutely no sense and it actually kills the story.
This is why I was not a fan of Gears: Judgement and the many talks or suggestions of the new Gears starting again in the past is ridiculous.
I understand what the article is saying, but come on.
Do people really expect the devs to release a stripped down game just so it feels like it actually took place BEFORE the last game?
Who on earth would want that and how on earth would you market it? you wouldn't. New games need to be bigger and better than the previous games, even if it is a prequel. You can't say, "Hey remember Arkham Asylum? That game had 9 gadgets! This prequel, Arkham Origins? It has 5 gadgets! (Buy our game!)
Its like saying that the Star Wars prequels sucked because the special effects they used were much better than "A New Hope." (When really, everyone knows the prequels sucked for a bunch of other reasons.)
I would understand the technology level. If your playing a game, or watching a movie, the technology and gadgets should not be BETTER or NEWER than what takes place later in the timeline. But that doesn't mean there can't be more. As long as it looks like it fits in with the time and world of the prequel, its fine.
Mass Effect 1 was a more advanced RPG than both of its sequels.
So many games back in the day were so super complex. Most games focus so hard on visuals, are so expensive because of visuals and because of that the complexity of the game itself suffers. I agree with the article, too many games are way to linear.