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Why Batman Arkham Origins is All You Need This Christmas

A lot of people forget about the severely underrated Batman: Arkham: Origins, developed by WB Games Montréal. Green Man Gaming discuss why the game is a worthy entry in the series and perfect for the holiday season.

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Yi-Long1946d ago

Always seemed like a great game to me. At the time, ome of the main criticisms thrown at it was that it was just more of the same, instead of a new big innovative step which we've seen between the main (Rocksteady) Arkham games.

To me, that was never going to be a deal-breaker. I didn't mind 'more of the same', and the prospect of playing basically a 'Year One' version of Batman, was enticing.

That said, I never picked it up, never played it. The usual WB DLC greed was the reason I skipped it at launch, and it never received a Complete release. Once current-gen came along, I moved on to newer games instead.

Would love a current gen remaster, and wouldn't be surprised to see it bundled in with a special edition of the rumoured new Arkham game from this studio.

isarai1946d ago (Edited 1946d ago )

Gameplay wise it's my favorite of the last gen batman games, simply because the boss fights were really REALLY good! whereas rocksteady for whatever reason just cannot for the life of them figure out how to make a good bossfight.

IamTylerDurden11946d ago

It's odd, but Asylum and Arkham Knight were very weak as far as boss fights were concerned. I love the Rocksteady Arkham games, but when you think about it the games weren't as perfect as they originally appeared. Story and boss fights were both weak, and they never had pedestrians or a living breathing world. Even in Gotham City. Then it takes 4 games until we get the Batmobile and we get an overdone tank. It was honestly one of the worst parts of the game. Bruce Wayne was severely under utilized as well. There was opportunity to explore both the Bat and the man. I also thought Batman & Robin campaign co op would've been implemented at some point as well.

extermin8or1945d ago

@IamTylerDurden1 arkham knight in particular was a let down on the boss fight front. They overdue the batmobile a fair bit in that game unfortunately and literally every boss fight became a frigging tank battle. One or two would have sufficed.... I think the exception to this was actually the riddler which you only unlocked if you worked our all his riddles and the big boxing guy in the film studios with robin and Harley Quinn and joker in the bat girl DLC. More of that would have been good, not as good as the brilliant deathstroke boss battle or the bane battles from origins or Rahs al ghul boss from arkham city.

Bane351945d ago

Nah dont need a remaster i rather see them another batman arkham origins 2 or some other new batman game

gangsta_red1945d ago

Would love to go back to this game. But I was one of the person's that when I first played it I felt it was "more of the same". I just couldn't continue the game because of that. I loved the premise of the story but it definitely just felt like added DLC instead of it's own game.

With that said. If I were to get this game again I would probably try and finish it.

JonTheGod1944d ago

It *did* receive a Complete Edition with all the DLC. I know this because I own it.

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chris2351945d ago

i don‘t think so. i don‘t suppirt games whose only justification is „same old with a higher number behind the title“. these kind of low efforts should not be supported by anyone - the industry would be a better place. but no.

Furesis1945d ago

what do you know? spouting your own opinions as if they are facts. if i like something why wouldn't i like more of the same. yes sometimes it's refreshing when devs change the formula but that can backfire too. Many games have died just because of that. I think you're talking about games that are obviously trying to milk the consumer (games whose names shall not be said) i'm with you on those, but good sequels that are the same ish? naah, you're tripping

EmperorDalek1945d ago

It was garbage. Poor dialogue and scripting, uninteresting story, combat was somehow worse than previous games. It was made by a B team, and it showed.

AK911945d ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA........no

kevnb1945d ago

I wanted to like it, but its missing all the little things that made the Rocksteady games great.

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

Discover the latest news from Bloober Team: they are working on 2 new games, including a new IP in partnership with Private Division.

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cammers19957h ago

Stick to silent hill. Seeing their past games, nobody wants them.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein1d 15h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii1d 11h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo1d 10h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows901d 10h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19891d 1h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus16h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha1d 10h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno1d 10h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan1d 10h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno1d 9h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19811d 10h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6691d 1h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198120h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno2d ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno1d 10h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga2d ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator2d ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d 23h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.