Batman: Arkham Origins - Part 7

[TX85]

I guess I should have saved the chapters I liked the most and want to play again

 

[Paradox1]

Is this worth getting? I was put off by some early reviews I saw

 

[HauntedKnight]

Is this worth getting? I was put off by some early reviews I saw

Unless you want something revolutionary in the series, then yes it's worth every penny. The story is great. You won't get anything mechanically that wasn't in Arkham City, but I sure didn't mind.

 

[the last son]

I don't know. I really loved it the first time playing, but the replay factor was a zero for me. I played AC and AA so many times maybe I just got burned out, but the replay factor is really low. Good for a weekend rental.

 

[The Apocalypse]

Did they ever fix the freezing issue? I haven't played in a while.

 

[the last son]

Seems to be fixed. I only play once in a blue moon for about 5 minutes.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Got that no damage trophy for the Shiva fight. Took me like 15 tries, but I got it.

 

[AnneFan]

Got the DLC. Meh. Just challenge maps with brief cinematic intros. I was hoping for something more. Harley Quinn's Revenge was better than this.

 

[TX85]

I'm not experiencing any freezes but there are problems during gameplay like sometimes when I call for the Bat Wing there won't be any sound during the cut scene then right after there'll be lag for a minute while I am gliding and even walks on rooftops

There are also times I have to restart cause while gliding I'll randomly glitch out and go through environments or something,Then there also times when I have to interrogate a thug the button won't show up and can't hit him or anything

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Got the DLC. Meh. Just challenge maps with brief cinematic intros. I was hoping for something more. Harley Quinn's Revenge was better than this.

I don't think they're comparable, though.

The one that would be comparable to Harley's Revenge will be the story DLC that they'll release later. We'll see how that winds up holding up against it, since it's supposed to be the same kind of thing.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Overall, this was an underwhelming experience. Even the DLC doesn't amount to much.

The replay value is very limited. I've just gone back to the game to finish up the side missions etc, but I'm not drawn to it in the way I was for Arkham City.

The story, voice actors and music were the only real highlights.

 

[TX85]

It's a great game but something about it heavily brings down the replay value,I'm sure glad I only paid $30 for the game and probably won't get any DLC since I might trade in my PS3 in February anyway to get PS4

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Did they ever fix the freezing issue? I haven't played in a while.

No, they haven't released a patch that corrects that(not on 360 any way), however iv discovered the longer you play the game, the more likely it is to freeze. Keep it at the one hour mark and the game won't freeze, go over that and you risk it.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

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The replay value is very limited.

Its has more replay value than Arkham City. It has an extra mode that AC didnt have. Its got the challenge maps, collectables, the side missions, the scannable objects etc. So no, it deff has reasons to go back to the game, the issue is because it was SO similar to AA and AC, people are starting to get burned out on it which is why people aren't compelled to go back and 100% the thing. But no, the replay value isn't limited. The game is full of stuff to do once the main story is complete.

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

Yeah, and the side missions are much better than AC, which mostly consisted of having to find a body in a dark alley and sit there for thirty seconds while Batman chatted with a bizarrely written Oracle.

 

[TX85]

I agree they are much better..for the most part,The endings to them still suck and didn't really find anything wrong with Oracle

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

I agree they are much better..for the most part,The endings to them still suck and didn't really find anything wrong with Oracle

It was more that in Arkham Origins she was helpful, snarky, and really helped. In AC she largely exists to get told off by Batman, second guess him, and be weirdly jealous of Talia for some reason.

 

[the last son]

She wasn't jealous, just doesn't understand how he could be with a woman as nuts as Talia. Not to mention she stands against everything Batman does.

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

She wasn't jealous, just doesn't understand how he could be with a woman as nuts as Talia. Not to mention she stands against everything Batman does.

Perhaps. It seemed written with jealousy in mind, but maybe I'm just remembering the travesty that was the Babs/Bruce romance in the New Batman Adventures. Either way, her role in the side quests was largely second guessing Bruce, which I found to be a waste of a character who in the comics is recognised as an equal to him.

 

[zenith16]

I don't think they're comparable, though.

The one that would be comparable to Harley's Revenge will be the story DLC that they'll release later. We'll see how that winds up holding up against it, since it's supposed to be the same kind of thing.

Well I never really complained remember I said "I 'd be ok with it ether way" be it a mix of both or if it was challenge maps there was some story. So in a way it was a mix of both and it was a little narrative as you suspected it would be.

But when I explained the detail's to Andrew some pages back, I was just saying to be fore warned for others that Bruce doesn't talk much in it, if at all cause others were already complaining about that a little already. and for others that have said it not to expect too much from that part.

we got what we got, I'll take what little bits they put in. But I can only speak for my self there.

 

[jonathancrane]

While Arkham City has better gameplay, I stopped playing it because the story does not hold up, over repeat plays; in fact, certain elements piss me off.

-Strange being reduced to a puppet.
-R'as being reduced to a bitter junkie.
-Too many eggs in the basket: Protocol 10 and the search for the cure. They should have selected one and pursued it to the fullest. It feels like there are two conjoined games in AC. I love the hell out of it and still retain my initial rating (A-) but, still, there should have been editing with the script.

 

[zenith16]

While Arkham City has better gameplay, I stopped playing it because the story does not hold up, over repeat plays; in fact, certain elements piss me off.

-Strange being reduced to a puppet.
-R'as being reduced to a bitter junkie.
-Too many eggs in the basket: Protocol 10 and the search for the cure. They should have selected one and pursued it to the fullest. It feels like there are two conjoined games in AC. I love the hell out of it and still retain my initial rating (A-) but, still, there should have been editing with the script.

That's another strike for the Lazarus pit being a cure for drugs but it's been like a drug in its own right, in both the comic's and animated series. and why batman refused it once he saw the side effects with R'as. Ether way put bane on it or force it on him and that will be the case for him cause he'll want to abuse the super strength boost you pick from it after you just come out from it and want keep that high from it.

That side effect of have is you'll kill any one in the room with ya and you'll still act like some one who's running around the place not thinking much. til you come to your sense's. the latter of which takes a bit of time to happen.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, I think AC probably played that card too soon. I think that aspect of Ra's is probably best to play out over time, and not all in one story. I do enjoy, how in other media, eventually Ra's pretty much begins to lose himself more and more. I think the concept of the Pits is that eventually, madness begins to set in and the regenerative process becomes weaker.

I remember that Batman Beyond episode where Bruce pretty much explains that one of Ra's greatest weaknesses was his fear. He's so afraid of his own mortality, that he's essentially a coward in Bruce's eyes.

When it comes to Pits, I think Ra's is always going to be like a junkie. He needs his fix.

 

[jonathancrane]

I am not saying that addiction to the Pits should not be explored; it should have been explored with a disciplined creative hand.

 

[zenith16]

Well, I think AC probably played that card too soon. I think that aspect of Ra's is probably best to play out over time, and not all in one story. I do enjoy, how in other media, eventually Ra's pretty much begins to lose himself more and more. I think the concept of the Pits is that eventually, madness begins to set in and the regenerative process becomes weaker.

I remember that Batman Beyond episode where Bruce pretty much explains that one of Ra's greatest weaknesses was his fear. He's so afraid of his own mortality, that he's essentially a coward in Bruce's eyes.

When it comes to Pits, I think Ra's is always going to be like a junkie. He needs his fix.

truth be told it was more then just that . there was bruce's reaction to when Ra's came out of the pit and tore into his own people and noticed the addiction to it as well. The overall negative effects he didn't like them at all . And there was the fact that what in Ra's mind made him think that Bruce would want to run assassin's?

He want's to put a stop to crime, but not waste ever single person in the process. and there was also the issue that Ra's went with what terrorists do often they add in people that have nothing to do with they are mad about and chose to fight against for a cause and bring death to those innocent people along with those people that he is trying to get rid of, that are actually causing the problem.

yeah the lazeraus pit does long term mess with a person's ethic's but Ra's were already some what suspect with the fact he was running assassin's and the fact he went further in questionable area's from the jump. I think the Lazarus pit with the negative effect's both immediate and long term just plain turned Bruce/batman off and that was the final nail in the coffin when he said No. Bruce's face of horror said it all when Ra's started kill his own men in front him after coming out of that pit.

That was nuff said for batman there.