Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate is the best Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate game, selling about 3 Battillion dollars. My favorite cutscene of this piece of art was when the Batman came in and said "It's battin' time" and you had to bat all over those guys. Both UA-cam and Twitch exploded with so many streamers playing Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate, and the stream chats went nuts as well.
Listen I’m one of the 3% who played this game multiple times to get all the endings and upgrades and that’s all cool. My only real gripes is the combat and the puzzle lay out of the prison. Why did Gotham Architecture hire Riddler of all people to make the prison floor plans-
I use to have Wii U and I use to play this game a lot during my childhood I didn't quite finish the whole thing itself but I got through mostly half of it
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For me the game is ok. I LOVE the alternate ending challenges, the camera, puzzles, and especially the ability it do the bosses in any order. It falls apart for me for 3 reasons. The combat witch is self explanatory. A repetitive story. We just had origins were blackgate was overrun twice doing it again was boring to me. Finally my biggest problem moving from place to place. The way you have to scan everything, constant traps, and generally clunky movement makes exploring tedious. Maybe this is because I went for 100% and got all the endings so I had to run back and forth more but it got really annoying. I don’t think it deserves the title of cash grab or bad game because it isn’t but I understand why some really don’t like it.
I agree with all of this, but for me, the backtracking wasn't a big deal because the other games do it for Eddie stuff and I (mostly) love that part of the formula... and I love metroidvanias. I'll also add that the predator stuff didn't really click for me, either, so while Penguin, and Deadshot, are good uses of it, I just don't really like the way it was implemented. I also HATE Catwoman 2! I have, on more than one occasion, maxed out a file (having all collectibles, thusly having gone through all three story paths), but I can't beat her without using Blackest Night Batsuit. Once she uses the smoke bomb, consistency goes out the fucking window. The cues are broken, so it's more luck than anything whether or not you can counter her in that second phase...
I liked it a different style of arkham. It's time wasting and can be fun the only time I got frustrated was when I couldn't figure out where to go but after them moments I had a amazing time
Watched this review a few times and I just now had a realization. The Grundy fight was definitely designed for Croc, and at the last minute somebody realized Croc is much smaller in Origins, so devs scrambled for another villain to put in his place. The only other big bois Batman deals with in these games are Bane and Grundy, and Bane was important to the story so they couldn't have him as a boss. Every boss fight has a 2D cinematic before it except Grundy Fight is underground in a sewer system, which usually is Croc territory, Grundy should probably be underneath the museum anyways, since I'm not even sure Penguin would have it at this point in time Like Puncher mentioned, electricity is his weakness, which should actually empower Grundy At the end he's just incapacitated and Batman leaves, also how he usually treats Croc since his lair is already in police custody
@@calebbarnhouse496 social outcast? he's a frigin' swamp zombie not some doomer sat alone in their bedroom. He doesn't even care what folk think of him most of the time (some of his alt personalities can be a bit more vocal but I've never read an issue where he has a moan that no one will sit near him on the train or some-such nonsense)
@@symbiote1982pk don't be stupid, social outcasts is anyone not involved in social situations, grundy gets kicked out via an unofficial banishment from people not wanting to be near him, killer croc is in the same boat
Pretty sure the comic style cutscenes were due to budget/time limitations, not hardware. The only hardware limitation I could see leading to that decision would be cartridge space, but I’m pretty sure it was the buget
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I thought the writing was one of the worst parts of the game tbh. Most of the dialogue was painfully garbage, I’m surprised that wasn’t covered in the video
I think it would be so cool if this was a full game with the gameplay and stuff of other arkham games. Just being in Blackgate the whole time trying to take down different sectors sounds so cool
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I think price has a lot to do with why some people are less forgiving of this game. We're in the Golden Age of Metroidvanias and absolutely spoiled for choice with better games at the same or cheaper price, and Blackgate rarely if ever goes on sale too. Plus you can get pretty much any of the other Arkham games often with their DLC included for about the same price nowadays and they go on sale much more frequently. Blackgate is decent enough in a vacuum but when graded on a curve and especially when price is factored in it's not gonna be compared favourably. For what it's worth I think it's an a'iight game it's got some glaring flaws but nothing that completely ruined the experience and it is especially fun to replay, but when I can get Hollow Knight or Castlevania Symphony of the Night, just to name a couple far better Metroidvanias no matter how you slice it for 5 dollars cheaper I can't in good conscience recommend it to most people simply because it's value for money is lacking when graded on a curve, and can only recommend it to people who already own most other Metroidvanias or are complete Arkham fanatics who already have all the other Arkham games and even then I suggest waiting for a sale. It's sad because I do think the game deserves more credit even with all that being said.
@@manueldelbono202 I can acknowledge that and it’s certainly possible that I played the game wrong, however when backtracking is in a left right scenario I just find it a little boring. But I respect the way it’s used in game and it’s just fine if others enjoy it
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Having played it on 3ds, im not going to say it's great because it feels clunky often enough but I really like the concept of what is essentially a side-scrolling epilogue to arkham origins with a unique style for the presentation. I will say, I encountered a big error at the end of my game that prevents me from completing and that weighs it down heavily for me. Overall though, when it's working it ends up being pretty cool and unique given what they were going for.
Tbh, I feel like this game gets so much hate due to its janky controls on the 3DS, predator sections feel awful due to the thugs being hyper aware in this game for some reason, the combat can feel alienating for the Arkham veterans and the overuse and unpracticality of analysis mode.
I love seeing a positive review for this game! I quite enjoyed it when I played it for the first time a couple years back. It’s a bit of a hidden gem in the franchise
Can we take a minute to acknowledge that the origin games set up the suicide squad as Deadshot, Deathstroke, and Bronze Tiger only for it to not matter at all. Now almost a decade later the suicide squad game they were trying to tease only has one of the three in it.
lol and that's where assault on Arkham came to place only funny question is was how joker is and was still alive its a question to when it came in place before or after the events of asylum!!!
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I got this game when I was 5 as a present from my Nana. It was one of the only other DS games I had. I also had no idea at the time that there were other and WAY BETTER arkham games out there. I've beaten it and gotten 100% completion and for a very long time I thought this was the best game ever because the only other batman game I had was Batman Brave and The Bold th Video Game for Wii.
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First time a have played Origins Blackgate (my first batman game) on PS Vita, i stumbled upon Grundy and from the shock I had I threw shock batarang into the water pool and instantly incapacitated him haha. I hadn't knew then that you could have whole boss fight with him haha.
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That sounds like one time I was playing one of the Marios When I got to the castle where you fight a bowser. I hit the fireball button and before the cutscene started It hit bowser and he jumped away and i beat the castle Has to be a glitch but was funny as hell
The gel launcher actually is in beta builds of Origins but was ultimately split back into regular explosive gel & the concussion detonators. So were Penguin’s drones which may have influenced their appearance in Knight, but apparently testers thought they were too easy in Origins.
Sure, it might not be a full triple A game, but it was still a blast to play through. I did so with a guide, and to begin with, I already couldn't get over the fact that batman's mouth wouldn't open during gameplay. Good times.
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AAA means it was developed by a big company. AAA is not a mark of quality, it just means how it was developed. Star Wars and iron man are technically indie movies.
Funny thing is I remember this game getting a lot of love compared to Arkham Origins, hell I'm pretty sure Game informer gave this games higher rating than Origins if I remember correctly
It baffles me that the guy who voices Cobblepot here is the same guy who voiced the wacky woohoo teleporting pizza man, Deadpool. I mean, seriously, he's really versatile.
19:59 OK so not only does Batman canonically have the new 52 suit but it was some thing cat woman gave to him to “try it on for me some night“. God I love the Arkham canon. It’s so wacky yet mature at the same time
The biggest difference between versions is the retooled minimal system in the console port. I haven’t played the original but I’ve heard the map was basically indecipherable
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Gotta be honest, I really dig these cut scenes. Sure pre-rendered CG cut scenes would’ve been preferable but for the 3DS they would’ve been super compressed and Pixley so instead they went for a more artistic comic book style by having animatic cut scenes. Honestly I wish more games would do this if they don’t have the ability to create fully animated cut scenes
This game was designed for handheld consoles and that is a lot of the problem people have with it. This was actually the first Arkham game I really sank my teeth into, on the 3DS. The PC port on Steam has a lot of issues that aren't present on the 3DS version, but that still don't make it worth seeking out. One of the main issues I had was how difficult the environments are to see on such a small screen like the 3DS. On PC, the movement feels like the Scarecrow segments of AA due to the side scroller design. The Metroidvania style design is reminiscent of Arkham Asylum, but as your criticisms point out, it's rushed in design much like AO was and just feels like it's lacking that special touch. I think this game would've done better if it was designed more around a serious side scroller, instead of putting half of the combat system in and taking away other things from the main Arkham games. I would chalk up much of this to the limitations of handheld consoles.
One problem i have is that theres a specific cutscene that doesnt count for the fact that the player can fight each main villain in whatever order Basically black mask and batman talk about how black mask is the last one standing, even though the order i played the bosses was Penguin, Black Mask, Joker Other than this slight oversight and the awful latency during the 3rd phase of the final boss that left me stuck on it for weeks, its a pretty solid game, i definitely enjoyed it more than arkham knight
I couldn't finish it because of a bug in the penguin boss room that causes me to lose all my health when entering the room, also numerous camera bugs in the vents but I think that may just be my 2DS f*cking with me
I played this game years ago and i liked it. I tryed 100% it but i had a bug that didn't allow me to do it, so i played it a couple of times and i enjoyed it even if i already knew the puzzles. The predators sections were fine and i never had problems with the fighting, but maybe this is just me beacouse i enjoy almost every mechanics the devs give me (even the ones that are bad). 9/10 in my opinion.
This is a great review that acknowledges a lot of the strengths this game had. I had more fun than I thought, especially since I initially only bought it to play a few skins. My only disagreement comes with the Penguin battle. It was a complete pain and probably the worst display of the game's attempts at stealth. I didn't know you could just take down the drones with explosives, though lol.
This and Arkham asylum was my favorite only bcuz of nostalgia reasons, I played this one A LOT on my 3DS XL, and when people started picking up on it and picking on it I felt like it was largely underrated, plus most ppl played it on they're PC which is not what it's meant for
Map traversal can be confusing sometimes, and the game needed a bit more combat and stealth moments, but still, this is definitely an under appreciated game if there ever was one
Agree with basically almost everything you said except for one thing. Dark Souls combat is pretty great and fluidly good. Maybe you just couldn't get into that style of gaming? Anyway I'm not saying your opinion isn't valid but I also wanted to comment mine thanks for the Vidya man
I didn't really care too much for the game when I tried it. Though, I do wonder why Bronze Tiger never showed up in anything Suicide Squad related after this game while Deadshot did. Same with Deathstroke; if his recruitment was important enough to get an ending scene in Origins, you'd think they'd actually follow up on the fact.
Of course it isn't. The Arkham series isn't some metroidvania series, it is a groundbreaking, revolutionary experience for both gaming and the Batman franchise
I love the Arkham games, but to call them revolutionary to gaming as a medium just isn't true. Counter based combat existed long before the Arkham games, most notably in Spider-Man 2 for the PS2. Hell, even detective vision was already a thing in the Spider-Man 3 game a full two years before Asylum came out.
@@HOTD108_ he was right to call them revolutionary, because they were for the super hero genre in video games. BAA paved the way for all the super hero games we have today. It was more than a biproduct of movies coming out at the same time and it was the first to do it that well. However, all the Batman games are metroidvania. Asylum more than the rest.
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This is one of the earlier games I ever played, back in like 5th grade and I was so bad at it that I gave up lol but it wasn't awful from what I remember
Fun fact the deadshot fight in this game is one of the few games to use 2nd person perspective and one of the other games funnily enough is spider-man shattered dimensions
Back when I played it on my 3DS I encountered a bug where I couldn't finish the catwoman boss at the end. Also I got stuck at Grundy by not having a certain gadget 😭 (don't remember which) but otherwise I had a great time with it.
the gadget you're talking about is _probably_ the Shock Batarang, because the game kinda expects you to do some of Joker's story before meeting Grundy. It's possible to beat him without that, but it requires a bit of juggling lol As for Catwoman 2, I feel ya... that fight is nonsense even when it 'works'
I remember actually loving it when I got it as a Kid, I didn't have a console back then and really wanted to play the Arkham Games so this being the only one I could really play on My 3D DS was cool.
Only thing I really hated about this game was considering it was heavy on backtracking, once you cleared a room of bad guys, each time you went back, they wouldn't regenerate, making backtracking boring and empty
I'd recommend waiting for a sale if you play on PC it's a steal at 5 dollars but highway robbery at 20, it doesn't really go on sale anymore for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and Vita versions though. Good game though it may be I always find it hard to recommend because we are so spoiled for choice with good Metroidvanias these days often cheaper ones too.
EXCELLENT review, Bruv!!! SOooooooo...first things first. 1) I bought this game ages ago & recently decided to give it a whirl (kinda tired of beating people up after 100%ing AK & NOT really digging Gotham Knights). I REALLY love "Bats" & have bought MOST of the games offered on Steam. Overall...ESPECIALLY after watching your review - I'm WAAAAAY more forgiving for what's on display. The game was marketed ORIGINALLY for the 3DS & PS Vita. Depending on who you talk to - those are HELLA underpowered portables in comparison to a 360, PS3 or a modest PC. 2) Save for the (horrible?) combat - the "metroidvania" aspect of this game is a feature not necessarily a flaw...or possibly an underdeveloped one. Armature Studios is to be commended for developing a game concept from scratch, albeit with an asterix. Origins (original) came out in October 2013 - rough bout the same time Blackgate came out. Understanding that a Vita & 3DS wouldn't run (original) Origins, Amature adopted the "metroidvania" playstyle to keep fans engaged. Its works. But, the "undeveloped" part might be the map. I'm having a HELLUVA time 100%ing this game because of the map...🤬🤬🤬 3) The Boss fights, (comic??) cut scenes & different endings are ALL welcome additions to the original concept. Of special note: after learning how to defeat the thugs while battling Penguin, I HELLA fell in love with this game!!! The comic panel cut scenes are REALLY endearing, considering we didn't live in a post Unreal engine 5 era back in 2013. Not seeing mouths move when there's voice coming from the characters on screen unfortunately "dates" a game. I haven't finished (complete) yet, but I'm TOTALLY geeked bout the different endings - depending on how the game was played!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I agreed with (pretty much) most of what you said in your review & have a renewed respect for Amature Studios for this game. Additionally, I learned that several members from Retro Studios (of Metroid Prime fame) work on this game. It's shows AND for the most part it works. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 The map & the hand-to-hand combat is 💩💩💩, dough...
Batman: Arkham Shadow (2024) On May 1, 2024 a reveal trailer was released for Batman: Arkham Shadow. It was announced the game would be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3. It is set to be released in late 2024.
I screwed up, I thought Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate was like an Arkham Origins like a deluxe edition, and bought it instead of the actual Arkham Origins
I wish I could play the game but I don’t know where to find it. Also I really loved your Batman Arkham they slay sum, can’t wait to see Batman Arkham origins slay sum and Batman Arkham knight slay sum.
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Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate is the best Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate game, selling about 3 Battillion dollars. My favorite cutscene of this piece of art was when the Batman came in and said "It's battin' time" and you had to bat all over those guys. Both UA-cam and Twitch exploded with so many streamers playing Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate, and the stream chats went nuts as well.
#BlackgateSweeps
Morbius memes are morbvolving
What in the morbly world is morbening
Its spreading
It’s mutating
The Deadshot fight using a 2nd person perspective is a highlight of this game
Spider-Man The Movie game (2002) then Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions (2010) did it first
I mean you can literally just run at full speed to dodge every attack so I wouldn't give it too much praise. Still a decent game though.
@@user-ek2xg3ps5sso what? It's still a good set piece.
Listen I’m one of the 3% who played this game multiple times to get all the endings and upgrades and that’s all cool. My only real gripes is the combat and the puzzle lay out of the prison. Why did Gotham Architecture hire Riddler of all people to make the prison floor plans-
That's exactly what i thought when i navigate the place!
lol
I use to have Wii U and I use to play this game a lot during my childhood I didn't quite finish the whole thing itself but I got through mostly half of it
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Its so nice to see an actual review of the game instead of hearing someone just go "Oh Blackgate? Yeah its terrible, dont play it."
For me the game is ok. I LOVE the alternate ending challenges, the camera, puzzles, and especially the ability it do the bosses in any order. It falls apart for me for 3 reasons. The combat witch is self explanatory. A repetitive story. We just had origins were blackgate was overrun twice doing it again was boring to me. Finally my biggest problem moving from place to place. The way you have to scan everything, constant traps, and generally clunky movement makes exploring tedious. Maybe this is because I went for 100% and got all the endings so I had to run back and forth more but it got really annoying. I don’t think it deserves the title of cash grab or bad game because it isn’t but I understand why some really don’t like it.
I agree with all of this, but for me, the backtracking wasn't a big deal because the other games do it for Eddie stuff and I (mostly) love that part of the formula... and I love metroidvanias. I'll also add that the predator stuff didn't really click for me, either, so while Penguin, and Deadshot, are good uses of it, I just don't really like the way it was implemented. I also HATE Catwoman 2! I have, on more than one occasion, maxed out a file (having all collectibles, thusly having gone through all three story paths), but I can't beat her without using Blackest Night Batsuit. Once she uses the smoke bomb, consistency goes out the fucking window. The cues are broken, so it's more luck than anything whether or not you can counter her in that second phase...
I liked it a different style of arkham.
It's time wasting and can be fun the only time I got frustrated was when I couldn't figure out where to go but after them moments I had a amazing time
Fun fact, Origin actually ran better on Wii U than it did on PS3/Xbox 360, it crashed less.
Watched this review a few times and I just now had a realization. The Grundy fight was definitely designed for Croc, and at the last minute somebody realized Croc is much smaller in Origins, so devs scrambled for another villain to put in his place. The only other big bois Batman deals with in these games are Bane and Grundy, and Bane was important to the story so they couldn't have him as a boss.
Every boss fight has a 2D cinematic before it except Grundy
Fight is underground in a sewer system, which usually is Croc territory, Grundy should probably be underneath the museum anyways, since I'm not even sure Penguin would have it at this point in time
Like Puncher mentioned, electricity is his weakness, which should actually empower Grundy
At the end he's just incapacitated and Batman leaves, also how he usually treats Croc since his lair is already in police custody
Grundy often hangs out in sewers, he's a social outcast like croc, so both of them prefer to be where people aren't
@@calebbarnhouse496 social outcast? he's a frigin' swamp zombie not some doomer sat alone in their bedroom. He doesn't even care what folk think of him most of the time (some of his alt personalities can be a bit more vocal but I've never read an issue where he has a moan that no one will sit near him on the train or some-such nonsense)
@@symbiote1982pk don't be stupid, social outcasts is anyone not involved in social situations, grundy gets kicked out via an unofficial banishment from people not wanting to be near him, killer croc is in the same boat
Arkham blackgate is hugely underated in my opinion. I think there's some pretty cool features such as the shock baterang or gel launcher.
Pretty sure the comic style cutscenes were due to budget/time limitations, not hardware. The only hardware limitation I could see leading to that decision would be cartridge space, but I’m pretty sure it was the buget
I remember when I played this game not the worse not the best but I had never got to the final part in this
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To be fair, from this vid. _I kinda wanna play Blackgate now, looks alright._
I really enjoyed the story, writing, graphics, cutscenes, and villains and exploring blackgate.
The cutscenes and graphics could be better...
I thought the writing was one of the worst parts of the game tbh. Most of the dialogue was painfully garbage, I’m surprised that wasn’t covered in the video
@@squidwardstesticles5914 I respfully disagree with you
I think it would be so cool if this was a full game with the gameplay and stuff of other arkham games. Just being in Blackgate the whole time trying to take down different sectors sounds so cool
I agree, a rework into a 3D Metroidvania would rock
I use to play this game but I never fully finished the whole thing
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I think it’d be cool if it was like asylum in which it had semi-free roam, except it was even smaller so the 3ds didn’t evaporate
@@_pig_256 no
I think price has a lot to do with why some people are less forgiving of this game. We're in the Golden Age of Metroidvanias and absolutely spoiled for choice with better games at the same or cheaper price, and Blackgate rarely if ever goes on sale too. Plus you can get pretty much any of the other Arkham games often with their DLC included for about the same price nowadays and they go on sale much more frequently. Blackgate is decent enough in a vacuum but when graded on a curve and especially when price is factored in it's not gonna be compared favourably. For what it's worth I think it's an a'iight game it's got some glaring flaws but nothing that completely ruined the experience and it is especially fun to replay, but when I can get Hollow Knight or Castlevania Symphony of the Night, just to name a couple far better Metroidvanias no matter how you slice it for 5 dollars cheaper I can't in good conscience recommend it to most people simply because it's value for money is lacking when graded on a curve, and can only recommend it to people who already own most other Metroidvanias or are complete Arkham fanatics who already have all the other Arkham games and even then I suggest waiting for a sale. It's sad because I do think the game deserves more credit even with all that being said.
Also it’s not even the best superhero 2-d metrovania ( shattered dimensions on ds)
I got it for 4 bucks at g2a
I actually tried playing this game for the sake of lore and just could not get through it. Its so tedious and the amount of backtracking is insane
@@Modest.Pelicans.Dad. Dang, props to you. That must have taken some mental skill
@@Modest.Pelicans.Dad. lol, figures 😂
Not a fan of Metroid then?
Backtracking isn't bad. It's bad when you do it so. This game uses backtracking as a strenght and not a weakness... like the first resident evil
@@manueldelbono202 I can acknowledge that and it’s certainly possible that I played the game wrong, however when backtracking is in a left right scenario I just find it a little boring. But I respect the way it’s used in game and it’s just fine if others enjoy it
It’s cool they brought back the gel launcher it originally was supposed to be in Arkham origins to replace the explosive gel
I casually replay this game every once in a while, still a decent (if not incredibly flawed) experience in my opinon
I remember when I played this game on Wii I didn't gret through the whole story years ago sadly but not the worse not the best
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@@arkhamtv.7085 Wii U?
@@rashaadsreign yeah lol
Having played it on 3ds, im not going to say it's great because it feels clunky often enough but I really like the concept of what is essentially a side-scrolling epilogue to arkham origins with a unique style for the presentation. I will say, I encountered a big error at the end of my game that prevents me from completing and that weighs it down heavily for me. Overall though, when it's working it ends up being pretty cool and unique given what they were going for.
Tbh, I feel like this game gets so much hate due to its janky controls on the 3DS, predator sections feel awful due to the thugs being hyper aware in this game for some reason, the combat can feel alienating for the Arkham veterans and the overuse and unpracticality of analysis mode.
To be fair, you can only move two directions, so it makes sense they'd see you
If you want to play Blackgate, I suggest playing it on Vita. A much more comfortable experience
This was a childhood game for me so its always had a place in my heart.
RJ!
🙄 yeah every bad game has kids like you praising it endlessly
That deadshot bit looks so cool man what the hell was that disappointing fight in city
Me and my Dad always use to play this in my 360 and we both tried to find out clues, discover new areas and beat the bosses. Good times. 🦇
I love seeing a positive review for this game! I quite enjoyed it when I played it for the first time a couple years back. It’s a bit of a hidden gem in the franchise
9:05 I'm atting you dawg. Dark Souls combat is amazing. No animations, just pure inputs.
That is literally the opposite of Souls combat, but okay.
Can we take a minute to acknowledge that the origin games set up the suicide squad as Deadshot, Deathstroke, and Bronze Tiger only for it to not matter at all. Now almost a decade later the suicide squad game they were trying to tease only has one of the three in it.
"That actually is, pretty funny!"
@@Shadydoesit Lmao, I read that out load in Joker's voice
lol and that's where assault on Arkham came to place only funny question is was how joker is and was still alive its a question to when it came in place before or after the events of asylum!!!
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@@arkhamtv.7085problem is assault on arkham may or may not be canon in arkhamverse
I got this game when I was 5 as a present from my Nana. It was one of the only other DS games I had. I also had no idea at the time that there were other and WAY BETTER arkham games out there. I've beaten it and gotten 100% completion and for a very long time I thought this was the best game ever because the only other batman game I had was Batman Brave and The Bold th Video Game for Wii.
Blackgate reminds me of the assassin creed chronicle games while they have the title the game doesn’t fit.
I can definettly see how they are simmilar
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Nice to hear a positive review of this gem!
I feel so stupid for judging black gate without ever giving it a try. I'll definitely play it now.
I love that the skeletons are red again. Nice callback to Asylum.
I've always thought that this game was so cool ever since I watched a walk through of it a long time ago.
Wait... the batclaw isn't the grapple hook? How did I not realise
First time a have played Origins Blackgate (my first batman game) on PS Vita, i stumbled upon Grundy and from the shock I had I threw shock batarang into the water pool and instantly incapacitated him haha. I hadn't knew then that you could have whole boss fight with him haha.
absolutely
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That sounds like one time I was playing one of the Marios
When I got to the castle where you fight a bowser. I hit the fireball button and before the cutscene started
It hit bowser and he jumped away and i beat the castle
Has to be a glitch but was funny as hell
The gel launcher actually is in beta builds of Origins but was ultimately split back into regular explosive gel & the concussion detonators.
So were Penguin’s drones which may have influenced their appearance in Knight, but apparently testers thought they were too easy in Origins.
Sure, it might not be a full triple A game, but it was still a blast to play through. I did so with a guide, and to begin with, I already couldn't get over the fact that batman's mouth wouldn't open during gameplay. Good times.
lol no doubt 💯
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AAA means it was developed by a big company. AAA is not a mark of quality, it just means how it was developed.
Star Wars and iron man are technically indie movies.
Funny thing is I remember this game getting a lot of love compared to Arkham Origins, hell I'm pretty sure Game informer gave this games higher rating than Origins if I remember correctly
You finally uploaded brooo
Gonna love watching this!
I'm feeling a lot better after surgery I still remember playing blackgate on my ps vita and it's just as amazing as the regular Arkham games honestly
Fun fact, with the shock batarang, you can OHKO Grundy.
It baffles me that the guy who voices Cobblepot here is the same guy who voiced the wacky woohoo teleporting pizza man, Deadpool. I mean, seriously, he's really versatile.
and nathan drake
And Starscream.
i love how ur username is like if batman had an xbox 360 gamertag lel
A bit off topic but I got a cool idea for a adult animated Batman tv show Where the main overarching villains are The Court of Owls
19:59 OK so not only does Batman canonically have the new 52 suit but it was some thing cat woman gave to him to “try it on for me some night“.
God I love the Arkham canon. It’s so wacky yet mature at the same time
The biggest difference between versions is the retooled minimal system in the console port. I haven’t played the original but I’ve heard the map was basically indecipherable
true lol
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That dig at Dark Souls is crazy. As a mega fan of the series I respect your opinion though
It's all comes down to animations vs inputs. I love dark souls, that's how all games should play
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So you respect the disrespect? Ok masochist
Very based review
I still haven't gotten to play it
I just got through playing this and beating it 3 times and unlocking all the costumes. It’s nice to see someone else’s thoughts on this.
Gotta be honest, I really dig these cut scenes. Sure pre-rendered CG cut scenes would’ve been preferable but for the 3DS they would’ve been super compressed and Pixley so instead they went for a more artistic comic book style by having animatic cut scenes. Honestly I wish more games would do this if they don’t have the ability to create fully animated cut scenes
This game was designed for handheld consoles and that is a lot of the problem people have with it. This was actually the first Arkham game I really sank my teeth into, on the 3DS. The PC port on Steam has a lot of issues that aren't present on the 3DS version, but that still don't make it worth seeking out. One of the main issues I had was how difficult the environments are to see on such a small screen like the 3DS. On PC, the movement feels like the Scarecrow segments of AA due to the side scroller design.
The Metroidvania style design is reminiscent of Arkham Asylum, but as your criticisms point out, it's rushed in design much like AO was and just feels like it's lacking that special touch. I think this game would've done better if it was designed more around a serious side scroller, instead of putting half of the combat system in and taking away other things from the main Arkham games. I would chalk up much of this to the limitations of handheld consoles.
One problem i have is that theres a specific cutscene that doesnt count for the fact that the player can fight each main villain in whatever order
Basically black mask and batman talk about how black mask is the last one standing, even though the order i played the bosses was Penguin, Black Mask, Joker
Other than this slight oversight and the awful latency during the 3rd phase of the final boss that left me stuck on it for weeks, its a pretty solid game, i definitely enjoyed it more than arkham knight
10:39 "Did anyone ever tell you that with that cape you look just like an idiot?" Lol this had me laughing 😅
This was my favourite Batman game as a kid😭
I couldn't finish it because of a bug in the penguin boss room that causes me to lose all my health when entering the room, also numerous camera bugs in the vents but I think that may just be my 2DS f*cking with me
I played this game years ago and i liked it.
I tryed 100% it but i had a bug that didn't allow me to do it, so i played it a couple of times and i enjoyed it even if i already knew the puzzles.
The predators sections were fine and i never had problems with the fighting, but maybe this is just me beacouse i enjoy almost every mechanics the devs give me (even the ones that are bad).
9/10 in my opinion.
That deadshot fight looks so cool
This game brought a whole new meaning to don't judge a book by its cover
This is a great review that acknowledges a lot of the strengths this game had. I had more fun than I thought, especially since I initially only bought it to play a few skins. My only disagreement comes with the Penguin battle. It was a complete pain and probably the worst display of the game's attempts at stealth. I didn't know you could just take down the drones with explosives, though lol.
....this game had strengths?
@@frogglen6350 Yeah , as explained in this video
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Pretty bad compared to arkham city.....
@@frogglen6350 it’s his opinion
@@frogglen6350 bruh
I also love the gadgets and the puzzles were interesting
I love it when you upload
This and Arkham asylum was my favorite only bcuz of nostalgia reasons, I played this one A LOT on my 3DS XL, and when people started picking up on it and picking on it I felt like it was largely underrated, plus most ppl played it on they're PC which is not what it's meant for
Play it again. You'll find out it doesn't come close to City
I actually played it it was weirdly good
Really nice to show how Batman meets
Catwoman for the first time and Solomon Grundy.
Map traversal can be confusing sometimes, and the game needed a bit more combat and stealth moments, but still, this is definitely an under appreciated game if there ever was one
Agree with basically almost everything you said except for one thing. Dark Souls combat is pretty great and fluidly good. Maybe you just couldn't get into that style of gaming? Anyway I'm not saying your opinion isn't valid but I also wanted to comment mine thanks for the Vidya man
I didn't really care too much for the game when I tried it. Though, I do wonder why Bronze Tiger never showed up in anything Suicide Squad related after this game while Deadshot did. Same with Deathstroke; if his recruitment was important enough to get an ending scene in Origins, you'd think they'd actually follow up on the fact.
Of course it isn't. The Arkham series isn't some metroidvania series, it is a groundbreaking, revolutionary experience for both gaming and the Batman franchise
Asylum is metroidvania af
I love the Arkham games, but to call them revolutionary to gaming as a medium just isn't true. Counter based combat existed long before the Arkham games, most notably in Spider-Man 2 for the PS2. Hell, even detective vision was already a thing in the Spider-Man 3 game a full two years before Asylum came out.
@@HOTD108_ Thanks for the trivia, I guess?
@@HOTD108_ he was right to call them revolutionary, because they were for the super hero genre in video games. BAA paved the way for all the super hero games we have today. It was more than a biproduct of movies coming out at the same time and it was the first to do it that well.
However, all the Batman games are metroidvania. Asylum more than the rest.
I would like if this game was remade as dlc for the console and pc version were you can roam around blackgate kinda like Arkham Asylum
I played this game like 9 different times on my 2DS and I loved it
Same
To be fair asylum had a lot of Metroidvania elements
true that's facts 💯
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Average dark souls fan: 🤓
Average arkham enjoyer: 😎
This is one of the earlier games I ever played, back in like 5th grade and I was so bad at it that I gave up lol but it wasn't awful from what I remember
I remember playing and enjoying this batman metroidvania sequel to Arkham Origins.
Fun fact the deadshot fight in this game is one of the few games to use 2nd person perspective and one of the other games funnily enough is spider-man shattered dimensions
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Honestly, I so wanted to play this game after watching a play through of it it kind of reminded me of Arkham asylum more than it did origins or city
Remember playing the Wii U and 3d version of this game when i was a kid because I loved it
They share a moment in the long halloween i think he stops grundy from killing someone.
(Correct me if im wrong)
Blackgate was truly the game ever made
Back when I played it on my 3DS I encountered a bug where I couldn't finish the catwoman boss at the end. Also I got stuck at Grundy by not having a certain gadget 😭 (don't remember which) but otherwise I had a great time with it.
the gadget you're talking about is _probably_ the Shock Batarang, because the game kinda expects you to do some of Joker's story before meeting Grundy. It's possible to beat him without that, but it requires a bit of juggling lol
As for Catwoman 2, I feel ya... that fight is nonsense even when it 'works'
I remember actually loving it when I got it as a Kid, I didn't have a console back then and really wanted to play the Arkham Games so this being the only one I could really play on My 3D DS was cool.
how come this is a better black mask then actual origins
They should remaster Batman Arkham original. This might sound wield but when I was playing Arkham knight. There was more bugs then Arkham original
I didn't know there was an origins black gate.
This was the first Batman game I ever played
Only thing I really hated about this game was considering it was heavy on backtracking, once you cleared a room of bad guys, each time you went back, they wouldn't regenerate, making backtracking boring and empty
The subtitles at the beginning: “g’day chapstick139”
Might try it
I never played Blackgate because I just heard negative things about it but I might give it a go now Thank You!
Try and get the Deluxe Edition version if you can. It's the same game, except with widescreen support.
@@HOTD108_ Got It Thanks!
I'd recommend waiting for a sale if you play on PC it's a steal at 5 dollars but highway robbery at 20, it doesn't really go on sale anymore for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and Vita versions though. Good game though it may be I always find it hard to recommend because we are so spoiled for choice with good Metroidvanias these days often cheaper ones too.
@@GodOfOrphans Thanks!
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this was the first arkham game i ever played and it was extremely fun to me as a kid
I actually own this game on my PS VITA and the visuals looks a lot better than the 3DS if you were to compare the 2 portable handhelds.
You made Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate look like a really good game! Maybe I'll give it a try someday.
EXCELLENT review, Bruv!!! SOooooooo...first things first.
1) I bought this game ages ago & recently decided to give it a whirl (kinda tired of beating people up after 100%ing AK & NOT really digging Gotham Knights). I REALLY love "Bats" & have bought MOST of the games offered on Steam. Overall...ESPECIALLY after watching your review - I'm WAAAAAY more forgiving for what's on display. The game was marketed ORIGINALLY for the 3DS & PS Vita. Depending on who you talk to - those are HELLA underpowered portables in comparison to a 360, PS3 or a modest PC.
2) Save for the (horrible?) combat - the "metroidvania" aspect of this game is a feature not necessarily a flaw...or possibly an underdeveloped one. Armature Studios is to be commended for developing a game concept from scratch, albeit with an asterix. Origins (original) came out in October 2013 - rough bout the same time Blackgate came out. Understanding that a Vita & 3DS wouldn't run (original) Origins, Amature adopted the "metroidvania" playstyle to keep fans engaged. Its works. But, the "undeveloped" part might be the map. I'm having a HELLUVA time 100%ing this game because of the map...🤬🤬🤬
3) The Boss fights, (comic??) cut scenes & different endings are ALL welcome additions to the original concept. Of special note: after learning how to defeat the thugs while battling Penguin, I HELLA fell in love with this game!!! The comic panel cut scenes are REALLY endearing, considering we didn't live in a post Unreal engine 5 era back in 2013. Not seeing mouths move when there's voice coming from the characters on screen unfortunately "dates" a game. I haven't finished (complete) yet, but I'm TOTALLY geeked bout the different endings - depending on how the game was played!!! 🤩🤩🤩
I agreed with (pretty much) most of what you said in your review & have a renewed respect for Amature Studios for this game. Additionally, I learned that several members from Retro Studios (of Metroid Prime fame) work on this game. It's shows AND for the most part it works. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The map & the hand-to-hand combat is 💩💩💩, dough...
I'm sorry but your line on dark souks combat sheesh
arkham origins blackgate was my first "arkham" game and probably my first batman game, it was extremely fun and i enjoyed it
Batman: Arkham Shadow (2024)
On May 1, 2024 a reveal trailer was released for Batman: Arkham Shadow. It was announced the game would be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3. It is set to be released in late 2024.
I screwed up, I thought Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate was like an Arkham Origins like a deluxe edition, and bought it instead of the actual Arkham Origins
I liked it
Never beat it tho
I still can't believe that some people think Arkham VR counts as an Arkham game.
It's the same scenario as right here. It's an Arkham game by name and association with the franchise, but it's not the same game.
I wish I could play the game but I don’t know where to find it. Also I really loved your Batman Arkham they slay sum, can’t wait to see Batman Arkham origins slay sum and Batman Arkham knight slay sum.
You can find it through the online shops on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U, as well as on Steam. Or just get the original on 3DS or PS Vita.
@@ClownPuncher139 cool!
Bruh i was not prepared for that sudden dark souls slander