There’s side missions, an expanded Gotham City to explore, and a greater emphasis on Batman being a detective over a martial arts genius. It’s likely, of course, his armour will end up well worn and damaged before the end of the game. Being a prequel, more major events from Arkham Asylum and City aren’t an issue, and so the game will feature the return of a ton of classic villains - even if the Joker only appears to be a part of a much larger scheme this time around.īlack Mask has put a massive bounty on Batman’s head, and through this one night on Christmas Eve he’s to be hunted - while he also tries to hunt down Black Mask for issuing the bounty. Without a side-by-side comparison it’s difficult to tell just how changed the core hand-to-hand combat is, but the basic answer is, I think, ‘not very’ - but that isn’t necessarily a negative thing.įolks coming to the game for more story in the compelling take on the Batman universe built by Rocksteady will get it. The changes that are there initially are subtle a warning that tells you how difficult a battle is to be, and a letter grade that tells you how well the game thinks you did once all the enemies are safely knocked out. Everything feels largely familiar at first, and I’m able to jump in and take down thugs with the kind of precision that older Batman boasted easily. This is instead a younger Batman from a younger studio, the first game from Warner Bros. That much is clear the moment I get my hands on the game the controls are familiar, as tight and as responsive as we’ve come to expect from the series, and clearly running on the framework built by Rocksteady even if that studio is absent this time around, likely hard at work on a next generation take on the character. This time I’m ready for more of the Dark Knight, even from a new studio, and a continuation of one of the best break-out hits of the generation seems like a particularly natural way to conclude the console generation.īeing something of a finale for this generation of console hardware, Arkham Origins has no intentions of reinventing the wheel. I won’t be making any such mistake with Batman: Arkham Origins. As such, I didn’t play Arkham City on launch - and was amazed when I discovered in some (but not all) ways I preferred it to the original six months later. Superhero games that aren’t fighting games tend to be a bit rubbish, after all, and that game really felt like some sort of special moment in time. After finishing Batman: Arkham Asylum, I swore it was probably a one off.
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