History VideoGame / BatmanArkhamOrigins

*** The [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West]] batsuit (UsefulNotes/Playstation3 exclusive)

* GutturalGrowler: In sharp contrast to Alberto's shrimpy, nasal voice, his Holiday Killer alter-ego has an even deeper rasp than Black Mask himself.

*** To be fair, Gordon is police officer, and therefore as the legal authority to use lethal force if necessary. Batman has no such legal authority.

* ObviousBeta: The game was released with a ''lot'' of bugs, some of them game-breaking. Even the ''captions'' seem insufficiently copyedited, and HundredPercentCompletion[[note]]the reward for which was supposedly the [[ShroudedInMyth Worst Nightmare]] skin shown several times in the campaign, before the revelation that it was removed[[/note]] is impossible due to a miscalculation in the game itself. It was bad enough for the publisher to issue an apology to annoyed customers.

* BonusBoss: Lady Shiva and Deadshot, who are encountered during sidequests. Among non-assassin villains, there's Anarky, Mad Hatter, Black Mask (after his in-story encounter), and Bird.

%%* OohMeAccentsSlipping: "''CAN'T...YOU...JUST...'''PLAY ALONG?!'''''"

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine Your enemies will define you.]]]]

->''"This city has a problem: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} some freak who thinks he's a hero]]. Luckily, there ain't a problem in the world that can't be solved with a little bit of money…"''

* TeensAreShort: Barbara is 5'2" in this iteration, when she was listed as 5'11" in the Rocksteady titles. This is unlikely since she's 15 in ''Origins'', the age by which most girls have reached their maximum height. Even if she hadn't, a late growth spurt ''that'' large is highly implausible.

* MythologyGag:
** The Batsuit is very visually reminiscent of/inspired by the Batsuit in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. Also, Bane's appearance closely resembles the design featured in the final film in that trilogy.
** Batman uses his suit's scallops (the blades on his gauntlets) to break an enemy's sword, ala ''Film/BatmanBegins''.
** Batman's fighting style, as seen in the trailer, has a lot of elements from Keysi Fighting Method, which is what Batman and the League of Shadows use for their fighting style. These elements are seen in all the Arkham games.
** Harvey Bullock makes an appearance, and -- unlike his introduction in the comics -- is actually one of the less corrupt guys on the force, having a positive working relationship with Gordon and being reluctant to dig up information on him.
** Deathstroke's body armor and costume looking more like what we see in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', rather than the spandex and scale mail combo that he's traditionally seen in.
** The green toolbox in the reveal trailer has "Queen Industries," the name of the company run by Oliver Queen (who's the ComicBook/GreenArrow), written on it.
** Batman breaking through the floor to incapacitate a thug is very similar to the BarrierBustingBlow that was famously used in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', including his partner shooting a machine gun into the hole afterwards and being hit from behind.
** This game isn't the first time Batman's used electrically powered gauntlets. In fact, one of the takedowns when using the gloves has Batman electrocute someone, then follow up with a knock out punch.
** Bane's profile states that he's worked with Trogg, Zombie, and Bird, his cronies from the ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' story arc. Bird himself is the main adversary of one of the game's side-missions.
** In the reveal trailer, Batman once looks over a bullet marked "Amertek," a company related to the origin of ComicBook/{{Steel}}.
** Joker's longcoat looks remarkably like his ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' Insurgency alternate. His outfit is also very similar to [[http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/RANDO/Joker_Spread_3.gif the one he wears in]] his self-titled one shot, ''{{ComicBook/Joker}}''.
** At the start of the first battle with Bane, the Joker acts as a LargeHamAnnouncer in saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...the death of the Batman!" similar to when the Clown Emperor of Crime announced the same thing before activating the {{Rube Goldberg|Device}} DeathTrap on Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'''s LighterAndSofter AnimatedAdaptation of the comic book ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker''.
** The achievement for fighting the Joker is titled [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "Perhaps Sooner, Perhaps Later"]]. And another titled "Legends of the Dark Knight" features his famous pose from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.
** The multiplayer achievement for maxing out your level in Joker's Gang is called ComicBook/TheKillingJoke, while the achievement for maxing out with Bane is called [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Fallen Knight]].
** The achievement for clearing out a whole room using only silent takedowns is [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Silent Knight]]. Bonus for being a Christmas reference as well.
** There's a Koul-Brau brewery on the South Island, which happens to be just one of [[{{Franchise/Superman}} LexCorp's]] many business holdings.
** There's also a warehouse for [[Franchise/WonderWoman Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals]] in the Industrial District.
** Among Shiva's known associates on file are David Cain (father of [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]]), [[ComicBook/LadyShiva Richard Dragon]], and Nyssa Raatko, daughter of Ra's al Ghul.
** Inside the Sionis steel mill, you can find a dossier on Cain, as well as ones for Cheshire and Black Spider, all stamped "Rejected," suggesting that Black Mask considered hiring them for the group of assassins.
** A portion of Bruce's training is given some notice, and it appears to be very similar to that seen in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.
** In TheStinger, Amanda Waller shows up to recruit Deathstroke to work for her, implied to be for the ComicBook/SuicideSquad.
** Joker's entire arc is reminiscent of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': [[spoiler:He robs a mob bank wearing a mask, then escapes on a vehicle that has driven through the wall, but not before [[DramaticUnmask dramatically unmasking]]. Then he starts a campaign to kill Batman, until he witnesses Batman's unwillingness to take a life, which makes him obsessed with the Dark Knight. Joker is captured halfway through, but he escapes again. During the finale, he presents Batman with a SadisticChoice intending to make him break his one rule.]]
** Similar to the Queen Industries toolbox in the trailer, there is a Queen Industries shipping crate aboard Penguin's ship, as well as a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Ferris]] shipping crate on one end of the Pioneer's Bridge.
** During one of the sidequests when you're tracking down Blackgate escapees, one of them brags that the Joker made sure Blackgate won't hold them for long, so Batman says "Then maybe it's time for a better prison...[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one surrounded by water.]]"
** Alberto Falcone's profile mentions that he's got psychological disorders, a callback to ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' where he's the serial killer. The reference is well-placed, as in the comic, Alberto's string of murders are the events that lead to the eventual rise of super criminals in Gotham.
** ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s magic act, Haly's Circus, and an exhibition of jungle cats by Thomas Blake (a.k.a. [[ComicBook/SecretSix Catman]]) all have advertising posters in Jezebel Plaza.
** Just down the street is Riley's Bar, owned and operated by the same Irish gangster later murdered by the Sabatino crime family (and whose daughter Peyton will one day become the Ventriloquist).
** The Disruptor device strongly resembles the similar gadget Batman uses in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
** This isn't the [[WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures first]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman time]] Bane is defeated by electricity.
** Like the Creator/TimBurton film, Batman and Joker have their final showdown in a church.
** Also, during the final battle, [[spoiler:the Joker takes a glass shard of the window he had been smashed into while doing his MotiveRant and tries to slit Batman's throat with it, similar to how the Clown Prince of Crime killed one of Black Mask's thugs (glass shard) in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and Dr. Bartholomew Wolpert (broken mug) in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.]]
** One of the escaped Blackgate prisoners says he's being stalked by [[ComicBook/TheFlash a guy with a boomerang who calls himself "Captain"]].
** A potential quote for mooks spotting you grappling away in their peripheral vision: [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "Was that a bird?"]]
** There are two postcards in the Batcave addressed to Bruce from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Andrea Beaumont]], who [[AlternateContinuity apparently is still searching for the whereabouts of her missing father]].
** Bruce Wayne's "Vigilante" skin is pretty much identical to his training garb from ''Film/BatmanBegins''.
** Look closely at the statues around the Gotham Royal Hotel's terrace. They're [[ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls Talons]]. The familiar old rhyme is also printed in an open storybook inside the bridge.
** The end credits [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman aren't the first time]] The Joker has sung his own version of a Music/HankWilliams song.
** The younger Riddler uses the name "Enigma." In the comics, Enigma was the name used by his alleged daughter.[[note]]Long story.[[/note]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUbNNtupBDg The trailer for]] the "Cold Cold Heart" DLC features the observatory from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** In the "Cold, Cold Heart" DLC, the opening sequence has a villain and his henchmen besiege Bruce Wayne's residence in the middle of a party, while Bruce sneaks out and is briefly accosted/threatened by a thug before beating the latter down. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sound familiar?]]
** One of the mook conversations is about why Penguin always carries an umbrella. All of their theories are things that have been done with his various trick umbrellas in the comics, TV shows, and movies.
** Anarky apparently was a Batman fan at one point, even offering an alliance. In the comics, there had been plans for Anarky to be the third Robin.
** In the Batcave, an abnormally large bat Alfred has dubbed the "King Bat" has taken up residence. Whilst the name and size does bring to mind Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat, the idea of an especially huge bat living in the Batcave is something that was also present in ''Film/BatmanForever''. Moreover, it's not Langstrom, as ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' shows Batman's first encounter with Man-Bat.
** The boss battle with Firefly plays pretty much like a 3D, third-person version of the first boss battle with Killer Moth from the [[VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft first Batman game]] for the [=NES=].
** This game also has the Joker [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood take Black Mask hostage.]]]]
** The Joker's profile mirrors Batman's monologue in "''Batman: The Man Who Laughs''", a comic retelling their first encounter.
--->"''I prepared for muggers, killers, thieves. Criminals, increasingly extreme in their methods and personality. But I never imagined someone like "The Joker".''"

The third game in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' (but the first in the timeline), released worldwide October 25th, 2013.