I tried 'Batman: Arkham Origins' 9 Years Later
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Batman: Arkham Origins is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by WB Games Montréal and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the follow-up to the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City and is the third main installment in the Batman: Arkham series.
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A Critique of the Worst Batman Arkham Game - Luke Stephens
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I'm so happy to see this game is getting the love it deserves.
To this day it's the buggiest and most broken of the Arkham games. No surprise as it's made by the inferior WB Montreal.
@@Lance_Lionroar you been drinkin the hatorade again?
@@Lance_Lionroar cry more. Assansins creed sucks
@@Lance_Lionroarit’s not even buggy anymore
@@Lance_Lionroar u on Gatorade?
It's truly heartwarming to see how much admiration and respect Arkham Origins has been getting more recently. It's an excellent game that didn't deserve to be written off the way it was at release.
yeah bought during steams autumn sale and i've been having a blast playing the game, wouldn't have figured anyone didn't like it.
I wouldn't call it Excellent. Like Luke exposed, the origins map is so empty. so lifeless
@@frogglen6350 meh thats not really most peoples concern given its age tbh, it felt "alive" enough for me as i played it. if it came out recently i would've probably expected more.
I wish knight would receive it's flowers considering it's the game everyone goes back to when they want to be Batman.
@@frogglen6350if it wasnt an open world and you had semi wide scripted areas to move through between the major dungeons it would feel so much better. But sandboxes have been all the rage since Oblivion so its unsurprising they decided to go with that....game also had a fairly quick turnaround
I love all the Arkham games. Even origins and knight. They're all just so genuinely fun.
I just finished the game for the first time the other day. Got to say it’s got contender for being the best Arkham game in my book. I think it’s got the best story and boss fights in the series.
i finished it too just a few days ago, i loved the Slade boss fight. The best batman game!(my opinion)
It is the best
Boss fights would go to arkham city hands down but the deathstroke fight is definitely up there
There is no way on earth you think Origins has a better storyline and better boss fights than Arkham City
@@YesNo-yl6ws opinion, thats how
I enjoyed the multiplayer in this game so much, it felt very creative and unique despite its short comings.
Getting hunted by a predator gamer while trying to kill an opposing gang and the bat at the same time is definitely one experience no game has ever done.
I miss it. I was so good at the multiplayer on that. Origins is very underrated
I play this each Christmas too. Great way to get into the holiday spirit!
Probably won't have the time or energy this year but I've played this one every holiday since it came out.
It's the perfect christmas game.
Also, Roger Craig Smith should definitely pick up that torch, he's really amazing as Batman.
@@thealgerian3285 His interrogations in origins were so intimidating
@@JJS595 YOU WANT TEETH, I WANT ANSWERS!!
Same, I’ve done it every other year but I’m Sadly gonna have to break tradition just this once
imo, mafia 2 is the best winter game
This game needs a remaster. It smokes Rocksteady's Arkham in boss fights and cutscenes. The story is nice, too. It's criminally underrated, and you should play it if you're a fan of Batman, action games, or just plain fun.
Smokes? Idk about all that
Most of the boss fights in this game had recycled elements from the Ra's al Ghul fights lol
Literally only one boss fight had that lol.
I'm still amazed how well Arkham Origins showed the relationship of Batman and Joker better than the Rocksteady trilogy did. That whole Asylum interview section was amazing.
Still say Knight did it better
I love how two of the Arkham games take place on a major holiday. Makes playing those games on/around those holidays a nice secondary tradition of mine
this game is sooooooooo underrated... needs a remake / remaster
No it doesnt 😂
"NEeds A rEmAsTeR'
just get it on steam. Jesus Christ.
@@frogglen6350 bought it and played it 10 times over... How does that improves the graphics or technical drawbacks it has? Think before jumping into the conversation ...at least the other guy made sense
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return yp srkham got a remaster. Everyone complained. Remasters are useless. The game looks fine as it. Use mods if ya hate how it looks
the reason why the city looked weird was because this version of gotham was a lot more younger as well as the batman. The developers took all the same buildings and did modify them to look more different to Arkham City and Arkham Knight. To me i believe this to be a smart idea since it’s literally like batman fighting bad guys who affect the city, which causes it to look younger.
Still blows my mind this game was never added to digital backwards compatibility on Xbox. Have always wanted to play it.
If you own a physical copy, you can play it, just no digital version sadly
it´s my personal favorite from the series. Never understood the hate. Never will. Best writing and acting all aroud. Best setting. Batman actually feels like a menace, a brute force of nature.
Complete agree, something about a young and angry Batman Is just perfect
As someone who only "bingeplayed" the Arkham Series a couple years ago, I honestly really liked Origins, it probably has my favorite story next to City. I did have my problems with Joker taking the spotlight instead of Black Mask, but overall I really liked it.
People sleep on this game! It's truly a great game that I very much enjoyed and played multiple times!
I liked all the Arkham Games. I don't see the criticism outside of how much you're forced to use the bat(tank)mobile in Knight but that didn't really bother me either. Great idea Luke, i think it's time to play a Batman game at some point this weekend
Luke, I'm really starting to enjoy seeing your sense of humor come out in your videos.
I haven’t done it in a few years, but I used to replay this game every December too. It really captures that Christmas atmosphere.
Replaying it at the moment, one of the most underrated classics to me. I think for me this is a part of the main series and canon, and it's cool to know they made Gotham Knights.
Its that time of year again.
I thought I was the only one to play this around the Christmas season, I actually spend hours just walking around looking at the shops and Christmas decorations and listening in on the thugs conversations in the city....god I'm sad.
Love the game and all of the Arkham games.
Dude, it's sooo funny how you constantly repeat the '16 times the detail' joke over and over. It never gets old at all.
You should always call out garbage marketing lies
@@callsignfatbeard2637 Not when it's unrelated to the topic he's talking about. He's only doing it because it's a 'funny meme' now and now he's also selling merch regarding said meme. It's a little on the nose.
@@Luxaron uh, nope, always call it out. People have the attention span of a walnut, I don’t mind when people remind the community of it
@@callsignfatbeard2637 Just remember to purchase his '16× the detail' mug. It's very important for the community.
@@Luxaron almost like there’s no gun to anyone’s head and they can spend as they please
I added playing this game to my other tradition of watching Batman Returns on Christmas. Batman and Christmas time in Gotham is one of the best settings for a great batman story.
Jingle bells
Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg.
It's a time honored tradition almost as old as the holiday itself. And if I remember my Bible the way I think I do, and I do, then I know Jesus just lived long enough to see himself become become the villain too... He and Batman are almost the same guy if you think about it, except for Christ not beating the crap out of poor criminals in Jerusalem's slums, and his parents not getting murdered themselves (helps when your biological dad is God, I guess) and thus the Messiah being turned away from the typical life of vengeance at such a young age, plus his lack of a butler, mansion and millions of dollars (billions in today's millions), none of which Jesus deserved because Joseph and Mary didn't work as hard as Thomas and Martha. However, like Batman, Jesus coincidentally also has Christmas songs written about him, so their stories will always be inextricably intertwined. Can I hear a Bat Hallelujah?
@@f1jones544 Bat Hallelujah!
I remember playing this game after smoking weed for the first time again after 5 or 6 years without so my tolerance was gone - it blew me away and really tripped me out. I also hadnt played any video games for a good 3 or 4 of those years so it was really impressive.
Welcome back to the good life.
This was my favorite Arkham story/tone, also Kevin is the GOAT but he always played Batman at his best when he does everything for the right reason, my favorite Batman is the earlier stuff when he is angry and a little unhinged.
Isn’t this Troy Baker as Batman and not Conroy? I agree Kevin Conroy is the GREATEST Batman we’ve ever had but I don’t think he’s in this game, unless Im missing something?
@@langleymneely No Troy plays the Joker, but Batman is also a different actor I just like how this actor plays him more angry
@@angrykramer Ah, thanks for clearing that up! Ive yet to play it so I wasn’t sure.🙏🏾
@@langleymneely It's Troy Baker as Joker and Roger Craig Smith as Batman.
I think this game wins on boss fights, probably a benefit of having City base, they were able to put more care and attention into them.
Picked this up off of Humblebundle for 5 bucks.
Damn good installment, don't know why I ever put it off back in the day
Well, every Arkham game is known for a strength. Asylum is known for it's atmosphere and horror. City is known for it's story. Knight is known for it's polished combat. And Origins is known for it's boss battles. That's what this Arkham had going for it that no other Arkham game leaned into. It just has the best boss fights in all of the games. And it probably has the best trailers that went with these games. That Bruce growing up trailer is probably the best marketing I've seen in Batman anything.
One thing that needs to be mentioned is Gotham itself. Gotham is a character in all these games and this Gotham is the most boring Gotham in the series. All I think of when I try to remember this game is going from Arkham City, a neon lit city and although dilapidated and in ruins, still looks lively and has character, - to the monochrome drabness of dead streets in Arkham Origins, unlived buildings, and souless structures in areas that couldn't look less appealing to explore. Their contribution to the Arkham map should've been an indication just how boring they would make all of Gotham in Gotham Knights. That is my biggest issue with this game. It's such a crap map that you don't want to cross that goddamn bridge when it comes to it.
I completely agree. This is something not enough people point out when remembering this game. I couldn't even bring myself to do any of the side content in this game because that's how little I wanted to explore this dead city.
This is what I wish Arkham Knight was, narrative & performance driven. Conroy's Batman was very over the top & aggressive, and left no room for moments of subtlety & humanity like there are in Arkham Origins, u got to see Bruce Wayne overwhelmed and in over his head, stressed & angry. You see a man trying to be something more for his City. In Arkham Knight Batman, is pretty much the same throughout the whole game, even though it's a lot of fun I wasn't emotionally invested at all
I don’t know why but I thought I was the only one who play this game on or around Christmas .. this is basically my home alone every year , obviously not the best Arkham game but I love the anger of Batman in this game it bring me back every year
That disclaimer had me rolling
Personally I LOVE the Arkham Orgins Story as someone who’s replayed it more than 10 times for sure. Those boss fights were fantastic too and the most creative in the series.
Nothing in all the Arkham Games will beat the Deathstroke Boss Fight to me. That fight legitimately made me feel like a badass.
I like how pissed off Batman looks throughout the whole game. He is young and full of anger, with a desire to prove himself and to punish the criminals of the city. In the other Arkham games he is older and looks and acts calmer and dominant. He is in control at all times.
This is actually in my top two can't really decide it's between Arkham knight And Origins for the #1 Spot
17:40 ppl always drag me for this opinion but the third season of the show batwoman is one of the best handled post-batman stories. Basically all of the things batman confiscated from his villains got out onto the streets (mad hatter’s hat, mr freeze’s ice gun, catwoman’s whip, etc.), and a bunch of copycat villains found them and sprung up all inspired by their predecessors. It also paralleled heavy to how Ryan (batwoman) handled being basically a copycat Bruce. She ran wayne enterprises in his absence, juggled bat-missions, and tried to keep corruption out of the corporate workplace. If you don’t believe me, watch it for yourself. Skip the first two seasons, hop in on season 3, and tell me what you think. It’s a short season and it’s very enjoyable.
I just played Arkham Asylum & City for the first time the past few weeks (I had only played Knight when it came out for some reason) and decided to buy this game. I didn't even know it took place during Christmas and I beat it on Christmas night, it was a perfect time to play it.
I haven't gotten to playing this game yet this year. It really does get you into the christmas spirit.
A Christmas must play if you can get past the TERRIBLE progression system. Tying player progress to challenges IS a TERRIBLE idea
Bro its been 9 years since this game cam out, so much has changed
I’ve been saying for years that Origins was my favorite because of how it felt so much like the animated series with a darker tone. This game has the best version of Bane and Killer Croc as well.
Arkham origins has real gritty, gangster tone to it. Felt like characters were taken that way instead of cartoony
Best story in the Arkham series.
FACT
I just found a copy the other week. I loved this game, it's a shame I only did a playthrough once when it came out. More than ten years later and I can't wait for it to arrive, relive some old memories.
For me my most important memories about Arkham origins are my times doing "I am the night" making Arkham origins THE most difficult game of the entire Arkham saga. The game mode is just ridiculously difficult compared to the higher difficulty and the new game plus of the other games, but afterwards you really feel like Batman and the other games afterwards just fell like a walk in the park
I’ve only tried the I am the Night mode once and I died in the Predator section after you first fight Bane.
Never, and I mean never understood all of the bitchin and negative feedback regarding origins. Maybe I just enjoy gameplay n story more than amazing graphical phenomena,
And tbh, when i got origins after finishing AC, I was more than satisfied, also big hamill n conroy (rip🙏) fan, but what Troy baker and roger C smith did with the younger versions was really cool to me. Also liked the feel of the shock glove punches haha. Overall great addition in my opinion and a great way to fill the gap towards AK.
It's so great to see that Arkham Origins has been getting love recently. Idk why people had to bash this so much just for not being connected to Rocksteady or that it was just a gameplay copy of Arkham City which I barely cared about tbh. The game had taken such a interesting dive into that Batman's origins in similarities to the comic run of Batman Year One and elevated it with a original narritive that hits hoke about the essence and meaning of Batman. In honesty I sometimes go back and forth with Origins and City for which had the best story in the series cause it's just that damn good.
The story's great, the VA cast is solid (and especially Troy Baker's take of Joker), the combat even similar had some new styles and honestly was the smoothest imo until Arkham Knight. The original score was AMAZING man. Christopher Drake made such fitting motifs and themes that captured well in a thrilling and heroic sense with some special compositions of Christmas melodies that fits with the game's settings beautifully.
Arkham Origins will always have a special place in my heart for what it's done thru my childhood and especially the memories I made playing the first time. I used to pop it on the PS3 every holiday in celebration and it was the perfect entertainment to enjoy the season.
Thank you Luke for making this vid about the game and Happy Holidays 🎄💙
I love love love this game. I think Troy and Roger kill the roles. The christmas settings is done really fucking well to.
I tried playing it when it came out and tried a few more times but AA and AC were still fresh in my mind and that really didn't help. I just played it a few days ago and 100% it and loved it honestly.
I really recommend playing it
I do miss the multiplayer for this game. Had some good time with my buddies when this game first dropped
"Ah Roma" - Roger Craig Smith (Ezio Auditore)
"Where is the Penguin?" - Roger Craig Smith (Batman/Bruce Wayne)
What a beautiful underrated gem, my favorite and the best, probably the most played than any other video game. Arkham Origins I LOVE YOU
Same! Arkham Origins is the Best Game Ever made!
There are many games that I own, that I haven’t played yet. This game is one of them.
I haven’t played this game in probably 8ish years but I enjoy it lots back in the day and often think of re buying it to play it again. It’s definitely not perfect but damn some of the cg cutscenes are so memorable
Important tip for beginners imo, play on hard, but I recommend to not turn the hints off. Supposedly turning the hints of will also turn off the lightning-counter prompt, wich I love for normal combat, but that makes boss fights so much more harder. You can finish it none the less, I did it in my first play trough, so you can too. But especially copperhead and deathstroke are insanely hard.
Batman Arkham Origins - my favorite Christmas game.
My favorite Batman game, no, superhero game. Everybody always complains how it didn't add anything new to the formula, but if you stop comparing it to City for a second and take it as its own thing, it's the best Batman game. Best story, best setting, best performances, refined gameplay (if buggy).
Funny how I upgraded to ps premium yesterday to play origins, and I didn’t even know you made this video til today
Merry christmas and happy new year
I love how Christopher Drake used the Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" within the main menu theme of Arkham Origins.
Highly underrated theme music IMO.
Unrelated to the video, but here in Tennessee, Christmas is typically in the 60s but this week, it has been 5-8 degrees with a wind chill of -8. Merry Christmas all
its sad times for me luke i got extremely ill so i'm going to be bed ridden through christmas could be covid could be a flue no sure but man it sucks if i try and play games my head starts pounding :( so i'm just bringing your videos instead love you man
I love all of them equally, but if I had to choose I’ve gotta say this is my favorite game in the Arkham series. I love the boss fights, the snow setting, their portrayal of Joker, Bane, etc.
This is a great addition to the series
Honestly, I played it recently, it was my reason to purchase the highest tier on new PlayStation subscription! I played it way back in the day on ps3 and since I play Arkham games every single year, I was always missing this one. And I must say, I had a blast!! Yeah it’s got it’s flaws, but still it is great! It’s darker in tone, story is great, it’s got awesome sections, fantastic boss fights (yeah Deathstroke I’m looking at you) and through whole my play through I was wondering, why there is so much hate towards it. It’s got the best combat impo after Arkham Knight, and yes electricutioner gloves are so freaking OP but so fun to use! I don’t know, I had a lot fun with it! Looking forward to playing it again
I enjoy it., I like to play it after Arkham Asylum, and then continue with the series. Mostly because I liken it to Indiana Jones 2 while it is a sequel but is technically a prequel.
9 years already, I remember still to this day my grandfather gave me a ps3 and arkham origins and I remember playing it all day on christmas, those were good times
Batman Arkham Origins NEEDS a remaster,
It had the best story, best feel (christmas) and it was dark and menacing.
The only reason why people didn't like it and they KNOW it is because it's side missions weren't that great and there was no riddles trophies
I always try to finish the main story of this game on Christmas.
you are right, rocksteady designed the free flow combat to follow a rhythm and if done properly you can even make a song out of it
The Greatest Video Game ever made, Starring Roger Craig Smith the Best Sonic Voice Actor, is finally getting the Praise it deserves. Life is Good!
Arkham origins was really good, I’m surprised it is as underrated as it is
I tried doing a no death run since I had gotten past the final deathstroke bossfight without dying. Bane came out of nowhere and killed me four times in a row. I am still livid to this day.
The problem with origins is it’s NOT available on all major platforms because it’s the black sheep of the Arkham family. You can’t get it unless you have a ps3 or Xbox 360 or pc. It’s available on the PlayStation plus extra and premium tiers but they suck and it’s streaming only. It needs a good remaster. I was so disappointed when they did the Gotham knights game instead of a sequel to this. Anyway, merry Christmas 🎄
Had to store my 360 away last year before college so the past two years I haven’t been able to play my Christmas go to. Shout out to Luke for giving me a little taste to get me through not getting to play it yet again
Merry Christmas to you and your family. I wish you continued success throughout 2023
I just finished playing every Arkham game and I love them all but Origins is definitely a step down the combat feels less refined and I didn’t care for the twist of the Joker pretending to be Black Mask but it was definitely still a worth entry in the universe I wish Rocksteady would make another prequel and merge the amazing gameplay of Arkham Knight and superb story of Arkham City
I love this game. I received it along with an Xbox 360 for Christmas in 2013 and I couldn’t have gotten a better game for the time. Kevin Conroy is great he’s the Batdad but I loved how visceral and badass Roger Craig Smith’s version was in Origins. Pretty much everyone in this game feels that way with it giving us the best Bane adaptation and arguably the best Joker adaptation after Hamill.
People judged this game really harshly because it was fresh on the heels of Arkham Asylum and City, which were a hard act to follow.
Now, after Gotham Knights and Arkham Knight, with DC comics and movies in the dumpster, and a heap of way worse open world games having been shoveled out into the world, being the third-best Arkham game looks pretty darn good.
What's tragic is that the developers who actually built the game almost have no say in what's actually in the game. The greed machine takes over, the suits who are completely out of touch take over, make stupid demands like turn Arkham into Fortnite and make it work not knowing shit about games at all or their audiences, like what happened to dead space 3. It's all about the bottom line and fans and artists can get bent if they don't like it. This is what's plaguing the entire industry and watching how Sony has been acting lately, it's no longer just games being destroyed from greed, they're destroying their entire platforms being anti consumer and pro profit to a comical extent. What game console has ever gone up after 2 years on the market? Now games not worth $30 are being listed for over $70!?? Sony and Microsoft are hopefully about to kill their platforms doing this garbage
Gotta be honest about the game
I really like the story that its telling with the great voice acting and cutscenes but other then that the game feels just like a big DLC for Arkham City. In terms of Graphics / Gameplay mechanics theres basically no changes / additions
Some bossfights are just straight copy and pasted out of Arkham City
And for the worst the traversing through the world is painfully slow. For an open world game i dont know how this got play tested and put into the final product. Takes out all the wind out of its sails literally and indirectly. And no the bad fast travel system with big loading times isnt an excuse for it.
But still other then that they did a great job with the boss fights and overall for any fan of the arkham games its still a good game to play imo.
As an overall experience I still would place it at the lowest out of the 4 games, regarding context of release year etc...
I just played Arkham Origins for the first time a few months ago and I genuinely loved it. It's probably my 2nd favorite Arkham game next to Arkham Asylum. Super underrated.
Ooo, I'll definitely be watching this one a bit later (doing my own Christmas run of the game atm, and also recording it). It's my favorite game in the series after City, and I would still rather they do a direct sequel to this one rather than anything they tried with Gotham Knights.
Arkham origins suffers from being the “worst” of one of the best video game series of all time. It’s like being in a family of athletes and you’ve won a championship in your sport but your 3 siblings have won 3, 5, and 6 championships respectively
Batman voice (Roger Craig Smith) was also Ezio in AC
Also the current Sonic the Hedgehog.
Speaking of these games
I actually enjoy playing origins over asylum completely
When I go back to the games
I actually play origins go straight to city and knight
I'm not the biggest fan of the asylum game play until they "completed" the game play in city
I think that this is my favorite of the Arkham games. I didn't know that it was so divisive when it came out, but to me this game is all killer, no filler. It's a shorter playthrough, with a good number of classic batman villains to encounter and fight, and I suppose that's all I really need
Don't usually like videos find it to be too much of a hassle to remember. But had too give this one a thumbs up for the fake disclaimer at the start was class
I was just looking about possibles remasters of this game yesterday...I need a remaster or remake of this in new generations! Still is my favourite Batman Arkham game :,c
Exploring Gotham is pretty cool in lego batman 2. No joke :D
Wow, you dropped the ball on calling it a “Christmust Play”.
The uninteresting environment, bland OST, and the janky combat really held it back from being on par with the other Arkham games. However I always beat every Arkham game 100% multiple times and I do think its strengths outweight its flaws. I think Origins deserved its mixed ratings.
Hot take, Arkham origins is the best arkham game
My yearly tradition is to play Origins and go through the main story on Christmas Eve
This game was out at height of Nolans batman movies and you can definitely see inspirations taken from it. Which isn’t good because I prefer the dark cartoony vibe that the early Arkham games had like asylum and city.
Recently got a gaming Pc and decided it was a great opportunity to replay origins since I didn’t want to shell out too much for an old 360 copy. Awesome experience
that was one of the funniest disclaimers i've ever watched i was rolling
Control used Nvidia Physx. And by used I mean they absolutely knocked it out of the park with it.
I enjoyed batman origins when it came out. Till I got to a game breaking bug that wouldn't let me continue after hours of play. I still need to finish it.
The division, on snowy days, for immersion
My favorite Arkham game. A young, angry, inexperienced Bruce learning how to be Batman.
Try playing this on Knightmare mode it's just like a NES game when you die you start at the very beginning
On the point of the legal disclaimer I can confirm my 16x the detail mug did not make my manhood grow but it can hold a lot of liquid. The 16x the detail beanie is really nice and of good quality. Granted I was hoping to put it on my manhood if the 16x the detail mug worked as intended and grew it to a size that warranted putting a beanie on my member. Alas I guess I can just use it as a regular beanie and put it on my head. 10/10 merch in all other regards.