Why You Should Give Arkham Origins Another Chance

Released in 2013 just two years after Arkham City, the new open world Batman game was set to be the first in a prequel series set in the early years of Batman’s career. It was produced and released by a different arm of Rocksteady that had released the multi award-winning Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. It lacked the voices of Kevin Conroy (Batman) and Mark Hamill (Joker), replacing them with Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker respectively. <h1>What Did It Get Wrong?</h1> It was criticised for having less fluid combat mechanics, a repetitive map (two areas of Gotham separated by a long bridge, the northern section of which was the same map as Arkham City — albeit at an earlier period than the in-game story). Many elements from Arkham City were simply rehashed, including side missions and collectibles, arguably many of these are less interesting than in City, most of which fail to advance the story in any meaningful way. These are little better than Assassin’s Creed’s fetch quests and just as pointless. All of these criticisms are valid, but that doesn’t make it a bad game. <a href="https://medium.com/let-s-play/why-you-should-give-arkham-origins-another-chance-7d816b4bebf6">Learn More</a>