Batman Arkham Asylum came out and blew our minds! Then Batman Arkham City came out with an incredible story and incredible game play. Now what did Arkham Origins do? The black mask as a main villain? No more joker? Will the game be any good? Those were the only thoughts going through my head. And yes the game is incredibly good but only for the story line.
Batman Arkham Origins is based before Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City. In this game Batman is starting out all brand new and defined. Which means his fighting kind of sucks. At the beginning of the game if you start in hand to hand combat, Batman in much slower and less powerful witch is kind of annoying when you just want to beat the crap out of someone. Also the game says "Meet batman’s villains and he allies for the first time." Well I’ve beat the game and about to beat it for the second time and yes I've met a lot of Villains but only one of the allies… And that is Commissioner Gorden.
There is still bountiful free roaming in the game, but it’s not so free as it used to be. Everything is cramped together and there are walls blocking you from other sections of the city. Only way to get passed the wall is to find the ONE tunnel leading to the other side. As far as "New" goes, well nothing is new besides fast travel and the fact that the Bat cave is actually useful in the game. And for new gadgets well there isn't really any at all. There the same effect as Arkham City, But built in a different way. Remember in Arkham city when you threw the bomb of ice and it let you float on water because god forbid Batman can swim? Well instead of ice its glue. That’s pretty much all that is new.
Most people say that a lot of games famous for single player shouldn't make multiplayer because it takes time away from single player. Well this time they are wrong. Batman Arkham Origins is simply amazing. It is in Beta right now and you will have connection issues but it’s a must try. The multiplayer game is 3V3V2. That means 3 of Jokers goons then 3 of Banes goons then Batman and Robin. Jokers and Banes goons is a lot like capture the flag. Your capture a base and whoever kills more of the other team wins. Batman and Robin win by the "Fear Radar." So just like in single player you use your gadgets and hide from above and take out goons except this time its multiplayer. When you get mid-way through the match you will see a mark that looks like a Clown face and depending on what team you’re on, Bane or The Joker will say get me from this door. At this time both teams rush to the door to get there hero out. Best part is whoever lets the hero out first gets to play as the hero. Bane can smash people to the ground and the joker can shoot on hit shots. THIS IS A MUST BE PLAYED MULTIPLAYER GAME!
Batman Arkham Origins has its up or down. If I told anyone to buy it i would say buy it for the story and the multiplayer and the fight against Deathstroke. As a huge batman fan I was pleased with the story. They defiantly went into Jokers pass and you could feel his emotions as he was talking about them. I would rate this game an 8 out of 10. If you played Batman Arkham City then this game is a must buy.
This is something new I would like to try out. In my experience for reading articles I have notice that a lot of the Writers opinions on Pro's and Con's could differ from my own. So I thought I would try a “Pro's and Con's list” so this way you as the reader can determine if this pro or con may or may not bother you.
Pro's:
Story is fantastic
Multiplayer is well worth the time
Investigation is more advanced and much more cooler
You can see how batman changes from stubborn to well batman
Jokers story was incredible. How he explained his feelings almost made me go insane along with him.
Fight against Deathstroke made you feel as a true batman.
Banes last fight made you hide and run like a little school girl
Cut scenes were a +A job,they made you realize how truly insane the Joker was
Cons:
Most of the city is blocked off by random walls that only have one way pass.
Killer Croc's fight kind of sucked
The game got boring on the second play threw.
The story wasn't really much of a free roam like Arkham city. It was a lot of you have no choice but to go this way.
Batman’s fighting was way to slow in the beginning
No new gadgets
Riddler was forced on you to solve his crap
New bad guys that where just flat out annoying
One of banes fights is flat out annoying and repetitive from Arkham asylum
Game was very repetitive from Arkham asylum and Arkham City
Author: Canie Norman 11/06/2013
No comments:
Post a Comment