Luna
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« on: October 29, 2013, 06:28:26 PM » |
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There's been plenty of discussion of the Arkham games (Origins, in particular) in various thread lately, so I figured it would be handy to have a designated thread for the topic. Expect spoilers.
I finished the main storyline of Origins in the wee hours of Monday morning and I must say, I was impressed. I was extremely disappointed when I saw that the Joker was behind everything as usual (saw the spoilers on /v/ a few days before release), but when I actually played it, it felt appropriate. I loved the origin segment for Joker - very reminiscent of The Killing Joke.
The voice acting wasn't bad. Everyone sounded like they should, in my opinion.
I guess they're retconning the back-breaking part of Bane and Batman's rivalry (which had been canon in Asylum). I'm okay with that. Come to think of it, they retconned that in City by having Batman not know who Azrael is.
There is a depressingly small amount of easter eggs. The easter eggs in City and Asylum were some of the best parts.
I hate how some of the assassins were made into side quests (and, in Shiva's case, bad side quests). I do like how it implies that Shiva is involved with the League of Assassins, though.
I like how it made certain things more like Asylum - sequenced detonator and inverted takedown as upgrades rather than default, the awesomely OP multi-batarang, and a more swoosh-y knockout sound come to mind.
There is a severe lack of Scarecrow, although Rocksteady is probably giving him a significant role in the City sequel so I'm fine with it.
DLC is terribly confusing. It took me three tries to get the Knightfall pack to work and I'm not entirely clear on what's happening with the season pass. I got two skins (Noel and 60's Batman), but nothing else. The Deathstroke DLC works perfectly and I'm glad that he ended up not being a reskin of Robin.
There is an inexcusable amount of glitches and framerate drops, some of which can be game-breaking. Graphics are unimpressive (especially on Shiva's face) - they don't seem any better than City's, which seemed a little worse than Asylum's.
I feel that it should have taken place almost entirely in Blackgate in a similar fashion to Asylum, and that it should have been less open world as there's little motivation to explore the world anyway.
I give it 7/10, good but not brilliant. If anything, Electrocutioner's fight makes it worth playing.
I intend to play through it on NG+ and I Am The Night, but only after I finish Enigma's stuff and the mysterious side quest on NG. Has anyone done that, anyway? I think it involves memorial plaques but I'm not sure.
I would love the hear other people's thoughts on Origins and the series as a whole. Let the discussion begin.
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