So this game is worse than Arkham City ?

[mohit9206]

Ok let me be frank i thought Arkham City was meh.The combat became repetitive,the story sucked ass and Arkham City itslef was boring and drab place to explore so since this game is actually worse than AC judging by the reviews its not worth playing right ?

[Jay667b]

If you didn't like Arkham City I can't imagine you'll enjoy Origins. It's more of the same in regards to the combat and open world (bigger though). The story however is darker but still an "origin" story of how Arkham Asylum is reopened.

With that being said I absolutely love it. I played for 13 hours straight after it unlocked at Midnight.

[Skyforger]

I prefer it to city, because of the retro dark look/theme/feeling it has. Though I also loved Arkham city. I prefer the story to this so far, as I always love origin stories.

Exact same gameplay though, nothing new there.

[nya[dc]]

Worse than Arkham City as a game? No.
Better than Arkham City as a game? No.
Worse for the fact that it didn't really innovate anything? Yes.

It's just more of the same with a few gimmicks thrown in here and there, which isn't bad, it's just not defined as a game on its own.

[Arancil]

Eh. It's about the same as City. The reviews would've been swapped the other way round if they came in reverse order.

[Jay667b]

Originally posted by Nocturne:

Exact same gameplay though, nothing new there.

Adversely i've definitely found the kind of people who don't enjoy the combat specifically are very boring players. I observed a twitch.tv livestreamer comment on how "boring and repetitive" the combat was and all he did in a big group of guys was counter. Just counter over and over.

Meanwhile I enjoy all the different variations of attacks you have in your arsenal.

[nya[dc]]

Originally posted by CaGArancil:

The reviews would've been swapped the other way round if they came in reverse order.

I agree with this completely, it didn't really bring anything to the table over AC which is one of the reasons the reviews are what they are.

[Lloyd Franklin]

I've just competed the mains story and I'm very disappointed with it. The boss fights were boring and nothing like the trailers, I was hoping they would.

[Skyforger]

I really enjoy the combat in this, just like the other two =)

[Shin Dan]

Playing it so far, I'd equate it to overpowered dlc for arkham city, not its own game.
it has that DlC campaign feel, you know?
is it bad? no, but as a numbered sequel there are expectations for improvements, not gimmicks.

[Nebworth]

i enjoyed the first two and certainly agree that if you didnt enjoy the combat in this game your probably not doing it right, its a realy challenge on hard to get your combat multiplier up over 50, trying to throw in lots of variation and not get one little love tap.
If your gonna complain about this game i'd focus on the fact that it needs more patches then even rome 2 did, its ridiculously unstable and hard to even get to launch, once your playing though its awesome.

[FoZz-^]

Is it just me or is the combat also changed? U must actually now aim with the analog stick towards the enemies when pressing the strike button. Don't think it was like this in AC. Not much harder this tho but just a thing that takes time getting use to :)

[Jay667b]

Originally posted by FoZz:

Is it just me or is the combat also changed? U must actually now aim with the analog stick towards the enemies when pressing the strike button. Don't think it was like this in AC. Not much harder this tho but just a thing that takes time getting use to :)

Having played both Arkham Asylum and City this week in preparation for Origins you definitely had to move in their direction and strike in order for you to maintain your combo. Otherwise you just punch the air.

[nya[dc]]

By doing a few small things within the world they could have made it such a better game just to bring the world alive.

• Screw fast traveling, put in a working bat mobile and batwing that you can operate to drive or fly around.
  
  
• Put in traffic, civilians, tons of more side objectives and chances to help people in the city, bring this lifeless city to life.

Those things right there in my book would have earned this game a 9/10 in the reviews, easily...

This whole game is squandered potential...

[Arancil]

Originally posted by Nya`:

By doing a few small things within the world they could have made it such a better game just to bring the world alive.

• Screw fast traveling, put in a working bat mobile and batwing that you can operate to drive or fly around.
  
  
• Put in traffic, civilians, tons of more side objectives and chances to help people in the city, bring this lifeless city to life.

Those things right there in my book would have earned this game a 9/10 in the reviews, easily...

This whole game is squandered potential...

Aye. Some parts of the cities could of course be emptied of civilians as the story progresses, since building A was demolished, building B had a daring heist in it and so forth, so those zones would be mob controlled. Perhaps a police perimeter between safe and dangerous zones.

Still, I don't think anyone would want to be outside in Gotham during nighttime...

[nya[dc]]

Originally posted by CaGArancil:

Aye. Some parts of the cities could of course be emptied of civilians as the story progresses, since building A was demolished, building B had a daring heist in it and so forth, so those zones would be mob controlled. Perhaps a police perimeter between safe and dangerous zones.

Still, I don't think anyone would want to be outside in Gotham during nighttime...

They could have made it work, that just sounds like an excuse for a dry and boring huge city...