Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

Years before the Arkham incidents, the neophyte Dark Knight finds himself the target of an open murder contract courtesy of Black Mask that draws eight of the world's deadliest assassins and a new criminal named the Joker.

Director:

Benoit Richer

Writers:

Bob Kane (character created by: Batman), Ryan Galletta

Stars:

Carlos Alazraqui, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Bane Mercenary (voice)
Laura Bailey	...	Alice / G.C.P.D. Dispatcher (voice)
Troy Baker	...	The Joker (voice)
JB Blanc	...	Bane (voice)
Brian Bloom	...	Roman Sionis / Black Mask (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Lester Buchinsky / Electrocutioner / Ricky 'Loose Lips' Leblanc (voice)
Michael Cornacchia	...	Criminals / Penguin Thugs / Joker Thugs / Prisoners (voice)
Robert Costanzo	...	G.C.P.D. Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)
Chris Cox	...	Floyd Lawton / Deadshot (voice)
Jon Curry	...	Martial Artists (voice)
Grey Griffin	...	Vicki Vale (voice) (as Grey DeLisle)
Mylène Dinh-Robic	...	Ninjas (voice)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Penguin's Enforcer / Prisoners / Criminals (voice)
Jake Eberle	...	Robert Hanes / Criminals / Prisioners (voice)
Richard Epcar	...	Judge Harkness / John DeMarco / S.W.A.T. Officers (voice)

Storyline

Two years into his career as the Batman, Bruce Wayne finds himself the 50 million dollar target of eight deadly assassins, all contracted by Black Mask. Upon confronting a member of the GCPD, Batman also finds his best chance at having an ally.

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Plot Keywords:

nintendo wii u | 2010s | batman | gotham city | open world game | 

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Taglines:

The Knight is Young.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

T

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Batman: Arkham Origins

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Entertainment, Goldtooth Creative, WB Games Montréal

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Batman: Arkham Origins was not included in the Batman: Return to Arkham (2016) remaster collection. The official reason is Warner Bros. wanted the collection to focus on Rocksteady's groundbreaking titles. Fans have theorized though that the real reasons are probably because the game was the fan least favorite and was too buggy, thus not justifying the extra effort. Even with Origins being upheld as the fan least favorite, many fans were disappointed that it wasn't included since it makes the "collection" incomplete.

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Goofs

When you enter the wonder tower - lobby, there is a large glass dome on the roof. But when outside, there is no dome, only a flat roof.

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Quotes

Roman Sionis: So go ahead, call the cops. They'll lock me up, sure. But my lawyers are gonna have me out on bail before the sun is up. And you know what I'm gonna do when I get out? I'm gonna dedicate every waking minute to tracking you down, and taking you out.

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Connections

Follows Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)

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Soundtracks

The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
(uncredited)
by Gioachino Rossini

User Reviews

I like this game but there are WAY too many problems with it for me to put it as "on par" with the other two

Okay my opinion of the Arkham games goes that the first one was a fun beat-em-up that got me to know the Batman villains. The second one is actually one of my favorite games. After handing the project over to WB games Montreal they made what is essentially the same game as Arkham City only if it didn't have as good of a story and was well... glitchy.

Okay so the story, Black Mask (Who is he again?) hires assassins to kill Batman and he has to get them one by one on Christmas Eve in Gotham. You also go around finding Riddler (Oh sorry, Enigma) challenges as well as stopping a revolutionist named Anarchy. Once you find out that Black Mask is really The Joker you beat him and after that he breaks out of Blackgate Prison and the climax is exactly the first game except squeezed into the last 6th of this one.

Okay the complaints. The first is that it's 2013 when this game was made, why is it that the controls seem completely fluent like the other games but then out of nowhere either reworks them completely so buttons you're used to do completely different things or you can't fight back. These glitches aren't the ones you just laugh at, these are the ones that p!ss you off. I could accept it more if the game was around 15 years old or something but no! This was made LAST YEAR.

There are other glitches that I'd like to nickname "Kitty Pride" glitches that appear in this game. There is a point on the Penguin's boat where if you throw a remote controlled Batarang at the wall it will phase through it and you can control it to move around in-between the walls of the boat. This is fun to exploit, what's not fun is having to reset the game when you phase through the floor in a boss fight.

After 2 whole paragraphs on glitches you might be thinking "This sounds like sh!t," and I can see why I mean if you don't exploit glitches like I do then of course you're going to say "I don't want to buy it!" but the rest of the game-play is exactly like Batman Arkham City except for shock gloves which really speeds up a fight. And playing levels where you enter The Joker's mind as he's being interviewed by Harleen Quinzel... Please! Never do that again.

I also have to point this out. I like that they at least tried to put emotion into the story with Batman and Alfred. The relationship is one that I really liked seeing progress in this game. Does it work? Well at times it really does like the cut-scene where it's revealed that Alfred is worried about him doing what he does because he doesn't want to see Bruce die like his parents... THAT was well done as was the cut-scene after you save his life. Might be small but it is worth a mention.

So all in all do I think you should go out and buy it? Boy is that the million dollar question. I mean while the glitches happen it happens rarely so you won't be falling through floors every time you turn this game on but then again there will be times when you are walking a clear 20 foot above the floor for a couple of seconds. The game-play is still fun even if they don't really put anything inventive to it like Arkham City does. If you can get past glitches I'd say pick it up but if you can't then I'd say this game is not worth it.