Batman Arkham Prologue.

It's been a really long time since my last review. I apologize it's been difficult juggling 4 things at once. But, I have the next review!

Batman Arkham Origins but it feels less like an Origin story and one not even centered around the Bat. No the main star of this show is the Joker and more or less his origins interjected with trifiling details regarding the Bat's or Arkham's past for that matter.

 

I borrowed this video to showcase, I do not own it or have any rights to the material.

However, it's not all doom and gloom. The game actually has a lot of good points and a lot of great combat mechanics.  Gameplay is probably Origins greatest achievement. The older titles really had good combat Origins didn't mess with that and added a few new tools to the Bat's Arsenal. Story wise this probably isn't a great idea. It doesn't conceptually make sense when items appear in a prequel where they aren't in a chronological sequel. However, it does make for some very fun and very new ways to combat your opponents. There is one detracting factor from all of this. The only part I get to play as someone else is when I'm in the Joker's head and it was really fun, really fresh and that lasted all but five minutes. I wish they'd had something akin to Arkham City where they switch between Catwoman and the Bat. Some might see it another way. There's plenty to do around the city and the new skill tree is a definitive plus. Gameplay still gets an amazing 8/10.

Graphics compared to the first two you shouldn't be surprised that the graphics have improved. But, here's my spin Arkham Origins has much MUCH better optomization. I ran Origins and City with roughly the same settings and I got much better performance in frames when I was playing Origins. They added some nice new graphical features that made use of Nvidia's PhysX engine which really made me happy. It really immerses you into the game you almost sometimes lose yourself swinging around the city. Even during combat with 8+ baddies the frames drop very little leading to great usage of tools. Graphics 10/10, it both looks amazing and performs amazing well done WB.

Story is probably the weakest. I was engaged at some points but other points I was just like meh. The pacing is really poor In my opinion I was always doing something but never doing anything. Sure I got to meet the villains and connect the dots but the primary focus was on the Joker. Despite all the promotion of Black Mask and the Assassins I didn't feel any obligation to Sionis or any large role in the story other than the fact I had to chase him. It doesn't even do a good job at bridging the gaps and has to have a handheld console version Origins Blackgate flesh out the story between Catwoman and the Bats. Again like I said above it felt like a rehash of a lot of story points but nothing really brought it together. Story gets a 5/10, was sorely disappointing and I wish I got to play and understand more.

Sound is key to a lot of things after all its one of our fives senses, WB doesn't disappoint. With high fidelity headsets on I can hear the snow crunch beneath my bat boots and every nuance while swinging around. When I'm stepping on the metal grates in the Batcave I feel like if I were taken there walking around inside as I hear the metal clang and the faint sounds of the cave.This game is a real treat if u have a 7.1 Surround Headset such as the Razer Tiamat 7.1 or Plantatronics GameCom Commander. Absolute 10/10 here.

I definitely had a lot of fun with the game and when I have free time I'll definitely go back and finish some side missions. However, it feels like more of the same from the past. It's just more fleshing out of the story from is predecessors City/Asylum. It's not a particularly fresh take on the series but definitely a solid submission into the franchise. I'd recommend you'd play it if you love Batman or if you've played the other games. It's also a great entry title for those new to the series.

I haven't tried multiplayer I probably won't; I don't think its worth playing but perhaps I'm wrong and a reader would enlighten me at a later point.The game gets an overall score of 8.2/10.