Arkham Origins has fine gameplay - basically the same as Arkham City though. The story's okay - but not as good as Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Voice acting's fine.
And that's the problem.
The last two games were definitely works of art. The gameplay and presentation were innovative, especially for Batman games, and the story in both games was almost perfect. Origins is an approximation of Arkham City that doesn't really do anything new. (The weakest thing is the story. Its flaws are described pretty well by the other reviews on this page.)If you can get past those pesky glitches, you'll get a good game. But this game is merely good when its predecessors were great.
Good, not great
Arkham Origins has fine gameplay - basically the same as Arkham City though. The story's okay - but not as good as Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Voice acting's fine.
And that's the problem.
The last two games were definitely works of art. The gameplay and presentation were innovative, especially for Batman games, and the story in both games was almost perfect. Origins is an approximation of Arkham City that doesn't really do anything new. (The weakest thing is the story. Its flaws are described pretty well by the other reviews on this page.)If you can get past those pesky glitches, you'll get a good game. But this game is merely good when its predecessors were great.
P.S. I will now hate Deathstroke[1] for all time.