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Batman: Arkham Origins™ is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.
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- The Arkham Story Begins: Batman: Arkham Origins features an all-new single-player campaign written by Dooma Wendschuh and Corey May, with Geoff Johns consulting. Players become an early-career Batman as he encounters for the first time many of the super villains that shape his future.
- Enhanced Detective Mode: Batman’s detective skills are tested as never before with an all-new Crime Scene system that allows players to scrub through the evidence in order to find key pieces of information. Players use Batman’s cowl and Bat Computer to digitally recreate crime scenes, allowing them track clues that normal eyes would miss.
- Gotham City as Never Seen Before: Explore areas of Gotham City before its transformation into Arkham City, and experience all new areas and other iconic locations. The dynamic and rich environments are filled with a variety of enemies, “crimes-in-progress” and other content that will encourage exploration and player engagement.
- Most Wanted Side Missions: Hunt down villains who are connected to, but not part of the core story. It’s the player’s choice if and when they want to complete these threads.
- New Enemies: Encounter new enemies such as the Armoured Enforcer and Martial Artist who challenge fans to approach FreeFlow Combat in different ways.
- New Gadget: Utilise an arsenal of familiar gadgets from previous Batman: Arkham games, as well as new items such as the Remote Claw. Batman can take down enemies by using the Remote Claw to attach enemies to one another or to objects within the environment for quick takedowns.
- New and Familiar Characters : Encounter a full cast of iconic DC Comics characters including Black Mask, Penguin, Deathstroke, Bane, Anarky, Captain Gordon, The Joker and others.
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- DC Comics
- Batman
- PEGI 16
- Warner Bros
- PS Vita
- English
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Batman: Arkham Origins™ is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.
Features:
- The Arkham Story Begins: Batman: Arkham Origins features an all-new single-player campaign written by Dooma Wendschuh and Corey May, with Geoff Johns consulting. Players become an early-career Batman as he encounters for the first time many of the super villains that shape his future.
- Enhanced Detective Mode: Batman’s detective skills are tested as never before with an all-new Crime Scene system that allows players to scrub through the evidence in order to find key pieces of information. Players use Batman’s cowl and Bat Computer to digitally recreate crime scenes, allowing them track clues that normal eyes would miss.
- Gotham City as Never Seen Before: Explore areas of Gotham City before its transformation into Arkham City, and experience all new areas and other iconic locations. The dynamic and rich environments are filled with a variety of enemies, “crimes-in-progress” and other content that will encourage exploration and player engagement.
- Most Wanted Side Missions: Hunt down villains who are connected to, but not part of the core story. It’s the player’s choice if and when they want to complete these threads.
- New Enemies: Encounter new enemies such as the Armoured Enforcer and Martial Artist who challenge fans to approach FreeFlow Combat in different ways.
- New Gadget: Utilise an arsenal of familiar gadgets from previous Batman: Arkham games, as well as new items such as the Remote Claw. Batman can take down enemies by using the Remote Claw to attach enemies to one another or to objects within the environment for quick takedowns.
- New and Familiar Characters : Encounter a full cast of iconic DC Comics characters including Black Mask, Penguin, Deathstroke, Bane, Anarky, Captain Gordon, The Joker and others.
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- DC Comics
- Batman
- PEGI 16
- Warner Bros
- PS Vita
- English
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Arkham....But not as you know it....
I was a little bit apprehensive about buying this game to start with, I wasn't sure how a handheld version of the amazing Batman Arkham series would translate over. Having played it now, I can say its a mixed bag, but worth trying out especially on offer price. The main pro is that they haven't just stuck the Arkham name onto something that is not anything to do with the franchise, what you have here is a mini arkham game, with detective vision, silent predator rooms, and beatdown combos with mobs of enemies just like the games on the consoles. The story is pretty good and graphically its quite impressive, but nothing groundbreaking. Voice acting is spot on, and plenty of collectables to keep you going. Unfortunately the con in a way is that all of this is realised in a 2.5d side scroller similar to that of Doctor Who The Eternity Clock. The fighting sections do not feel as fluid as that of their console counterparts, nor do the silent predator areas. There is a lot of backtracking and most of the rooms can look similar so you can get lost quite easily. All in all id say its a really good attempt at making this franchise appear on the handhelds, but if you are expecting a like for like with the other games in the franchise just in miniature, you may end up disappointed. 3/5
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Big console quality
Even PS4 I own from day 1 couldn't stop me from playing this game. I finished 88% (the whole story, of course) and stopped - trust me, this is much for anyone not into collectibles. But developers somehow managed to keep the amount of collectibles at adequate level. So, let's get to some strong sides - these are the gameplay (interesting to say at least), controls (really easy to use even though there are many gadgets), graphics (nice work with the normal maps), fighting and level design. There are 4 separate zones to navigate through - each has its own bosses and environments. The downsides in my opinion are - navigation (sometimes you have to travel quite far and 2,5D game with 2D map requires quite some time to get used to) and glitches (I faced 2 - had to restart checkpoints at least 5 times). And I got a bit tired of collectibles - found the majority and got bored, but collectibles are always like that. All in all it's a great game I may play through once again later on. Now it's PS4 time!
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batman vita
A very decent game in my opinion. Sidescroller was the way to go and combat feels good. About 9 hour story which is fine. Hope for a sequel
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Arkham on the go.
I'm about 60% of the way through this game and, up to now, it has been thoroughly enjoyable. The developers have managed to replicate the feel of the bug console games without too much compromise. The only issue I have is that it's quite easy to get lost, even with the map. I would definitely recommend this title.
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