All the cookie cutters said this game sucked when it came out. Now they say it’s amazing. Same thing that will happen with the new suicide squad game. Watch. People are such cookiecutter sheep
Bane is so much better in this game compared to Arkham series too. And Matty why did you not talk about Cold Cold Heart DLC, for the first time we change suits not by choice but because it fits the story. Ah so many good memories.
I finished Origins a few days ago for the first time and now I’m nearly done replaying City and honestly Origins was way more enjoyable to me. The story, the setting, the boss fights, the Batsuit and the performance for Batman were excellent to me. It’s probably blasphemy to say this but I loved the angry and slightly unhinged Roger Smith’s Batman. Conroy holds a special place in my heart but I loved him more for the animated series.
Wholeheartedly agree. Conroy's performance in the original BTAS is an all-time classic. His range was incredible but he was monotone after that, which only truly worked for old man Wayne in Batman Beyond. Origins' voice cast was fresh, yet fit so well, particularly Baker sounding almost identical to a prime Hammill. Although different to Rocksteady, the atmosphere, look, and music in Origins captured the essence of Batman.
Hands-down, my favorite of the series. The Christmas theme just adds so much charm. Always disappointed those remastered collections choose to ignore it. I feel the same way about Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes being the black sheep of MGS collections
I wish we got another game that takes place between this and asylum. Origins gave us Batman's first meetings with some of the many characters in the Arkham-verse. There were several that we never got, such as Two face, Ra's al Ghul, Scarecrow, etc., that could have been explored in a sequel.
I started running through the closed alpha test of Suicide Squad today, so this vid is very appropriate. It is kind of crazy how much people crapped on Origins and even Arkham Knight, vs how loved they are now in retrospective. Speaks to the toxic negativity that surrounds many releases these days, and people wonder why we don’t get sequels to some beloved franchises. I’m not surprised WB looked at the vitriol surrounding those games and assumed no one wanted another Arkham game. Those games are fantastic though. And Origins had hands down the best boss fights of the series. That one especially really needs a remaster on current gen consoles. I had to play it on PS Plus streaming (at like 620p) last year when I ran through the Arkham games again.
I love Origins and hate that it has never been remasted or included with the others. I played it when it came out and I love it just as much as the others. Combat was just as fun, the city was bigger, and I love the winter/christmas setting. I would totally buy a remaster if they ever did one. Until then I guess I just have my 360 copy to use on my series X which is perfectly fine. I have Blackgate too. Got it as a Christmas gift when it came out. I don't think I ever finished it. I just didn't really care or have much fun with it. If I tried to play it again I would probably bust out the PSTV.
I'm currently on the firefly section of the game. It's so insanely good to play to this day. Only this things I hate about this game is the glitches. To this day I still have the shock gloves glitch that doesn't let me do ground takedowns when free roaming. And when I take down a thug and don't properly finish the animation the thug will get back up immediately and hit me from behind as I try to ground takedown another thug. Really annoying 💀
Thanks for the video Matty! I truly enjoyed Batman Arkham Origins when it released. the huge problem the community had was the developer's complete silence regarding the technical issues while concurrently pushing DLC. It was gross. Backlash resulted in Origins paying the price.
Matty my man, we could be brothers. Thank you so much for making this video. Arkham Origins is absolutely my favorite and I was feeling a little left out today with everybody talking about the trilogy. And also my favorite time in gaming that I miss the most, and that I'm actually kind of reliving right now is that era with all the licensed games that would have multiple versions on multiple consoles. Right now I'm playing a bunch of superhero games and I'm making sure to play there portable counterparts as well and I found that some of them are as good as the main game and sometimes even better even better because they're completely different
Except for 1986's Starflight, Akrham City is my favorite game of all time. Arkham Origins took what City did, gave us more of it (and as Knight proved, I was NOT ready to move on from the formula these two games put forward...STILL not), expanded on it, asset-flipped it, and turned it into a seasonal must-play game for me. And I'm still royally pissed off that we never got a follow-up to it. So much story was teased and then just left on the table: Enigma becoming Riddler (which could stand to be the best story this series had to tell if handled right), a large mystery surrounding Bane's involvement, following up with Shiva, and potentially a chance to use a bunch of Batman's lesser-known foes rather than return to the same guys the way Knight did. Origins also had the best Mad Hatter stuff, and Deathstroke material by FAR. Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker turned in _excellent_ performances; I still remember being completely unsure if they'd gotten Mark Hamill back for Joker the first time I played it because of how close Baker got to Hamill's cadence at times. The lack of follow-up is just money left on the table.
I played through this at launch and enjoyed it (even with the bugs on PC!). To this day I never understood why it's just cast aside for the trilogy. I replayed Origins when The Batman came out and I think it holds up well. I especially loved the detective sessions.
It’s didn’t get released with the Arkham trilogy/collection because of Arkham origins is made by wb not rocksteady and there’s also the fact of licensing issue
@@Full_Send_Gaming right. My concern is it's thought of as a lesser game for some reason. Not that it wasn't part of the trilogy release. It was also hard to find on modern consoles as it never got a 360 BC release. It's still for sale on Steam and it's WB Games. I don't think licensing would be a big hurdle.
It holds up incredibly well especially on pc. Especially if you have an Nvidia graphics card you get all these cool physics like every individual piece of paper having its own physics and the smoke deformation. Also the visuals and atmosphere is just insane in this game it didn't have the same grittiness as City and Asylum but I don't understand when people say it looks worse because it definitely looks way better. And this last part may be subjective, but Origins also have the best batsuit aside from maybe Arkham Knight suit
I really do consider this my second favorite in the series cuz I really enjoyed the story and gameplay for some reason. Plus the boss fights were just so epic. That’s why I was so confused why so many people hated it for some reason. Seriously tho the story was a 10/10 to me a great origin prequel
The reason for the underrated nature of this game is the overall feel of the combat… On the face of it, it seems like the newer studio, just copied and pasted the combat system from the OG trilogy, but they didn’t…. What we ended up with on Origins was basically facsimile of the original combat system (same button presses) but there was definitely something funky about the latency of each button press… I couldn’t pull off combos even half as easy as in the original trilogy… everything else in the game was fantastic though
Origins is literally the best game in the arkham series of games (imo). Rocksteady never seems to care about I, and a lot of people never mention it at all. Such a fantastic game, and it's a very great entry into video games as a whole. I remember getting my pre-order copy of it for Wii u at best buy when it released, and it was fantastic. High quality, fluid gameplay, and batman at his prime. Not to mention the color themes were fantastic for the vibes and atmosphere of the game.
Rocksteady acknowledges the game, don’t understand why people keep saying they don’t. Arkham Knight is filled with references to Origins. Rocksteady even brought back that crime scene investigation hologram thing that WB montreal made for Origins
@@leatherwolf7481 you do know Rocksteady is just a studio that develops games? They’re not the ones to decide what games are getting remastered. Warner Bros. is the one who decide that, because they’re the publishers
I remember convincing my mom to preorder this with the season pass when i was a teenager, such an amazing time in life and such an amazing game. I truly love this one and everything about it. Its my fourth favorite batman game but it doesnt make its greatness any lesser. I love you arkham origins and thank you mom i appreciate you more than anything in the galaxy🖤
A cool way to explain why he has some gadgets in origins that he didn’t have in the main trilogy of games is that the tools he was using at first weren’t that safe and maybe a little more brutal and dangerous since he is just starting out and isn’t as experienced yet so he is using different more dangerous weapons when he was young to compensate for inexperience
I loved playing it during Christmas. Addicting multiplayer except for the broken player lobby, where the only way to trick it was to invite people directly. I loved the enemies on the roofs and how the fists don't make a color flash when you punch. Those are my only concerns with Arkham Knight. Origins had tension when fighting the cops and Bane's people. It felt fresh and rich. The fast travel Batplane across the city then back to my cave felt like Batman. The music! Deathstroke! The story!
This game deserves a remaster, my favorite within the series, and should put some respect on it for doing some really cool things, including the multiplayer i played way too much when it came out and seeing grayson as robin was dope asf
Origins isn't horrible, but the issues are prevalent enough that it would need some major fixes before getting a re-release. The challenges in particular are poorly-implemented and sometimes nigh impossible, especially since they have to be done in a specific order. (See especially that "four exotic takedowns" challenge in Worst Nightmare, which cannot be performed in most locations and which can be easily thwarted by both fussy requirements and uncooperative enemy patterns.)
If we’re talking tweaks for a re-release I would also like them to remove all of the online trophies from the game. People should be able to get the platinum years from now when there’s no online player base or when the servers get shut down.
In City Batman literally says he quit carrying so many gadgets because they weighed him down so even narratively it makes sense he doesn’t carry/use them because a situation never arose in which they were required
The story of this game was phenomenal. Joker was crazy in this game. I loved the part when Joker falls in love with Batman. In his own twisted way of course. 😂
@@EmperorGuyver that's pretty much City and Knight issue, while Origins easily the best due to hinting on stuff being wrong in the beginning with Penguin reveal being a big "oh, it's a Joker" and what's even funny is that Bane is the antagonist who is better in Origins than in any other game and simply greatly used as character unlike Ra's or Hugo Strange who seem to be just plot devices.
@@mikhaelgribkov4117 I was fine with Joker being the final boss in City since that was supposed to be the Joker’s end. But Knight and Origins…smh. I love the Joker but I did not like him taking the spotlight in Origins and Knight. It’s like the developers had almost believed that they couldn’t make the games work without him, when Batman has a plethora of interesting villains if written well. For me the biggest crime was done to Black Mask in Origins. Also no second boss fight with Deathstroke.
I finally started playing this game a few days ago (I bought it in like 2018 on sale, but never got around to it until now). I am enjoying it so far, but the bugs where enemies spring up into the air are a bit annoying (on pc).
Arkham orgins was so good with the story and the boss fights.The story was perfect the best in my opinion. It was way more then just more of the same. You feel like you grow into being batman. Its my favorite one. Love City and Asylum. Knight has grown on me.Also Roger Craig smith was awesome and Troy baker was great too. If they called this Game "Batman Noel or Something different then the Arkham title people would have loved it more. Also loved the Mr.Freeze update that orgins had it was awesome also.
Origins has the best cutscenes and best boss fights. The performance for every characters is amazing. I love how the young Batman and young joker are portrayed in this game. While it is debatable when it come to gameplay, but I think origins definitely the most cinematic out of all the entire series.
Underrated indeed. I like it more than Arkham Knight and probably even City. I loved Chris Redfield’s voice actor for Batman. I love the Christmas setting and the snow. I loved it all. Great game.
I had Blackgate on 360. I liked how it reminded me of the Batman for SNES. I personally thought it was a slick idea. I think it was 5.99 on sale back then
Much respect to anyone who played this game on Wii U. We were given a good but incomplete version of the game. No multiplayer, no Mr. Freeze DLC. It was rough.
Thank you bro! I hate how it gets excluded. I love Origins and Origins Blackgate is also good. But the only way to play on modern consoles is Xbox through backwards compatibility, so lame.
If this origins wasn’t apart of the Arkham franchise i bet we woulda got a part 2 already this Batman game is my favorite the story boss fights combat gadgets and detective skills was great.
Enjoyed what I played of Origins on the PS3 (way late on this sleeper). Blackgate on the Vita is SOOOOOO difficult. the 2.5D makes the maps confusing and difficulty spikes glalore. Why they get hated is beyond me.
I tell you people hate this game with no concrete reason. Every 'negative' reviewer for the last decade basically put out same points that every other game in the industry faces but for whatever reason, they will label Arkham Origins the black sheep. 🤷🏾♂️
Origins had my favorite in door sections of any of the other games. GCPD, the bank, the Royal Hotel, and penguins ship. Those levels were done to almost perfection
Dude you can absolutely play Origins on modern consoles. Ive been playing it on Xbox Series X thru backwards compatibility. Its even enhanced with HDR.
I was really skeptical of this game when it got announced, but damn if it didn't grow on me over the years. The Arkham games always felt like an extension of the Batman Animated Series so I wasn't a fan of the prequel idea, but now that the Arkham series really is just it's own thing and we're not getting another one ever again, I don't mind it at all.
THANK YOU!!! Recently replayed it and I think we were all too harsh. It’s really really good and has the best soundtrack out of the series second only to Arkham knight
Loved replaying it earlier this year, my favorite one next to Knight. And by the way, seeing the game in 60FPS makes me super jealous haha, I played it one the Series X with backwards compatibility xP
Played earlier this year and it does some stuff Arkham doesn’t do I appreciate and I use it as the reason Batman took Joker to Arkham in the first place
It is up there with Asylum for me. I love that the villains are off the beaten path. Its not just Penguin, Riddler, Joker. We get Copperhead, Deathstroke, Black Mask, Firefly, Deadshot. Plus the Winter/Christmas setting?! It totally hit playing this on a cold Midwestern winter night. Great game.
It’s actually a really good game. Only real issue I had with it was how gadgets that were “new” in Arkham City were present in Origins. Otherwise, it was a fine game and I’m glad to own it. Edit: to clarify, I was fine with the gadgets, it was only slightly jarring, but no real problem with it
The game was super solid, had unique art style and winter charm. It had technical issues more than other Arkham games, but other than that I never understood the hate. I really want a re-release. I'll gladly replay Origins over Knight with all that bat-tank garbage.
Underrated by others. Appropriately rated by me. From the very beginning. Its my *favorite entry* of the series, and the game I completed the most times during Generation 7. (I have beaten that game *7 times* so far. And I still want to play it again.) Technically speaking, it is actually the third most completed game from that generation. But the first two are Devil May Cry games (DMC4 & DmC: Devil May Cry being seond and first respectively) but the sheer nature of those two games make them extremely replayable. So for this conversation, those two games do not count. Till this day, Batman Arkham Origins *stays* on my Xbox Series X. (Thanks to backwards compatibility.) I will always have that game downloaded.
origins was the first ever arkham game i played. i fell in love with it after i beat deathstroke and i gotta say that’s still my favorite boss fight of all the arkham games
Love that you made this video. My 2nd favorite in the series behind City. I replayed during the pandemic and appreciate the difficulty of Bane's boss fights
I honestly believe that if someone started a poll asking readers,viewers, gamers, and random fans if we believe and want a remaster of this awesome game, the answer would be definite landslide "YES" we do want a remake/remaster, that Warner Brothers would not be able to ignore, a poll on RUclips or well respected game or media giant where we can all vote.I wonder if the problem just lies with licensing issues or other reasons, I know the remasters are only the Rocksteady games and "Origins" is WB Montreal ,but something needs to be worked out ,I'm not the biggest fan of remake/remaster but if they were to pour in some love,sweat & tears this game would be a massive hit for Warner Bros that they simply cannot ignore, at this point they're just leaving big money on the table and would be foolish not to make.
Earlier this year i played this game for the first time and expected a drop off from the core 3 games, and that is not what i got at all. It is completely on par with the rest of the series and dare i say i enjoyed it more than asylum. Its also beautiful on PC
It's funny cuz Rocksteady acts like it doesn't exist. But they use Firefly & Deathstroke from this game and put them in Arkham Knight as if it was all tied together. Meaning it does exist. So the fact that they didn't release these all together just seems like ego at the expense of the consumer. And the Mr. Freeze DLC was really good. It's backwards compatible on the xbox but it's not available in the store.
Definitely an *Arkham Origins* enjoyer here! My biggest issue was dealing with the fact that no, I wasn't really going to get Black Mask as the Big Bad, but after that disappointment was over I learned to love the game all over again. I became a big Roman Sionis fanboy thanks to Jeff Matsuda's *The Batman* 2004-2008 cartoon that aired when I was a pre-adolescent, Black Mask [voiced by my man James Remar, who also played Frank Gordon in the live action show *Gotham* , Peter Gambi in the live action show Black Lightning, Hawkman & Shadowthief in the JLU cartoon, Two-Face in the Batman:TBATB cartoon, Icicle Sr in the *Young Justice* cartoon, Silver Monkey in the weird 3D show *Beware the Batman* , and Warden Cole in the live action show *Human Target* , who popped up a couple times in *Arrow* ] Anyway, Matsuda's Black Mask only had 2 episodes dedicated to him, but they were some of my favorites from the whole show... Then in 2010, Roman Sionis got a full episode of *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* dedicated to him, [voiced by the one and only John DiMaggio], so I became even more interested in that film. I was an adolescent at the time, I already considered Batman to be my favorite super-hero but I hadn't have the time/funds to dive deep in the comics (plus I lived in France, where the issues were more experience and the translations weren't always great) so I mainly relied on the live action & animated movies for my DC fixes, plus all the great cartoon & tv shows; I was a kid when *Batman:TAS* came out, and one of my favorite gifts on birthdays & christmas were the VHS with episodes of Batman:TAS in them, and of course the animated movies, and Batman Beyond... But I'm not here to talk about that! I also love *Origins* Deathstroke, because the live action tv show *Arrow* had its second season starting out in October 2013, and Origins also came out in October of that same year, and spoilers alert........ That second season was the one in which Deathstroke (played by Manu Bennett) was the Big Bad, and his armor looked a lot like the one from *Origins* ! The joke at the time was that the armor was too bulky, and looked like something put together using hockey equipments In subsequent seasons of *Arrow* , Slade's armor did seem lighter, and when his sons Grant Wilson (started of in *Legends of Tomorrow* season 1 and ended in *Arrow* season 7) + Joe Wilson [they don't call him Jericho in the Arrowverse, just Joe] in seasons 6&7, they also had decent DS armors+masks/helmets. But hey, before them the only live action Slade we had was the one played by Michael Hogan from *Smallville* season 10 (2011, just one year before *Arrow* season 1 came out), that almost everyone hated at the time (because actor too old & too short & no costumes & got one shotted by Clark Kent anyway) even if I thought he was kinda cool thanks to his badass metallic eyepatch fused to his skin, that was neat. But that was still when costumes superheros in live action were lame And sure, later live action armors that Slade would wear in the show *Titans* (played by Esai Morales) or in the DCEU (Joe Manganiello) would look so much better, streamlined, you could actually buy that one could move unencumbered in those. The *Titans* one and the *Justice League: Snyder Cut* one both took inspiration from 2 iconic looks of the DS armor in various comic books & cartoons. WAR DC
I think it is correctly rated, the environment is essentially a straight copy of Arkham city, same with the Riddler challenges. The only thing they did for a change was the Crime Scene Investigation and adding a quality of feature of fast travel. Positives for it is a good story and better boss battles, relative to Asylum or City they did not really do anything much to advance the Arkham franchise in terms of gameplay. It also has more technical issues than the first two games, especially on the PC. I just finished playing it for the first time on the PC and I had to reinstall the game twice due to files being corrupted, thank god I was able to back up my save files.
Boss fights were so hard in this game, the amount of times I have died fighting was so annoying but also so much fun. The story was really good and I wished if it was even longer. Definitely an underrated game and the hate around it is bizzare!
I love this game. I legitimately don't get the hate about it back then. It has its flaws but I had a blast with it from beginning to end. Also, the cutscenes were so well-made, and loved how brutal Batman was with everybody. I would easily take this one over Asylum✊
Arkham Origins reminds me of Ben Affleck and Andrew Garfield. At the time people hated them and criticized them, then after some time went by you realize they were actually kind of the best iterations and not as bad as you thought!
My mother purchased me this game for me because i got straight As on my report card for the first time ever 🥲 one of my favorite memories of my mother rest in peace. I will always love this game my first arkham game when i was in high school. Now im almost 30. Mannn
I am replaying all of them again. Finished Asylum and just finished this and the DLC cold cold heart. And i dont get it. I loved this on PS3 and now on PC. at the time i had no idea was a different team making it. This is 100% required, A young batman he is brutal. I wish this got the love as the others
I really don't understand why they not release it for the next gem consoles? Like you said, we got the Switch release, we got the remastered versions for the PS4. But the origins game STILL remaining on the PS3/360 platforms. It's time that we get a remastered origins for PS5/Series S/X and PC. I played origins for the first time a few months ago, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. This game deserves the same treatment as the other games. The only thing I need to admit, and I guess many people as well, that Batman Origins should have been released on PS4 and not PS3/360. The frame rate on PS3 is so terrible, it's unplayable. The only platform to play this game smoothly is on PC.
Roger Craig Smith should voice the character in future games. He nailed the younger and more brutal Batman. I fully trust he could do the character justice.
I enjoyed Blackgate on 360 but I refused to buy Origins when a dev said they would not patch major problems but only release dlc. In other words they were only working on something they could sell, not something free. Maybe they released a needed patch eventually but by then I was not interested at all.
This gonna sound crazy but I didn’t even know origins was a game till like 2019 then I got the 360 version and popped it in my Xbox one at the time and fell in love it’s honestly my 2nd favorite of the Arkham games it’s a shame they haven’t remastered this yet because it fully deserves it and I’m glad people been coming around on it especially more so with the new suicide squad game coming that honestly doesn’t look that good I just hope it flops and then they remaster this hidden gem or even make a sequel to it
You shouldn't hope the game flops, that's incredibly stupid. It would be better for everyone if Suicide Squad ends up being good. Sure, it will probably be bad, but if it doesn't flop and it's actually a lot better then it looks, that would be great.
Back when it came out, I very much enjoyed it and I really liked the story. So when I see Warner Bros constantly ignoring Origins, I’m always annoyed. But I’m glad that Rocksteady acknowledged Origins in Knight
Very Underrated Batman game
The most* underrated Batman game
@@urmizurmithe most underrated batman game, says everyone
Be honest, this game is great but origins is not underrated anymore
Better than Arkham Knight in my opinion.
All the cookie cutters said this game sucked when it came out. Now they say it’s amazing. Same thing that will happen with the new suicide squad game. Watch. People are such cookiecutter sheep
Very underrated game imo. Some of the absolute best boss fights in the series too. Glad to see SOMEONE gets it haha
I never hated it, even then. I guess the only problem I had with it is that the Joker was the main villain. Again. But, that’s to be expected.
This is my favorite game out of all the Arkham titles. The boss fights in this game was epic, and the multiplayer was solid.
Bane is so much better in this game compared to Arkham series too. And Matty why did you not talk about Cold Cold Heart DLC, for the first time we change suits not by choice but because it fits the story. Ah so many good memories.
Also, this is the only Arkham game to have The Batcave in it and we get to see Alfred in person.
@@parsman9914While it wasn’t the original Batcave, there was one in Arkham Asylum.
@@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon Sure, but that one was A Batcave, not THE Batcave.
Such a good DLC! I'd love to get a Origins remastered version for current gen with all DLC included
I finished Origins a few days ago for the first time and now I’m nearly done replaying City and honestly Origins was way more enjoyable to me. The story, the setting, the boss fights, the Batsuit and the performance for Batman were excellent to me. It’s probably blasphemy to say this but I loved the angry and slightly unhinged Roger Smith’s Batman. Conroy holds a special place in my heart but I loved him more for the animated series.
Agreed 100%. I think Origins is much more enjoyable to play than City
Wholeheartedly agree.
Conroy's performance in the original BTAS is an all-time classic. His range was incredible but he was monotone after that, which only truly worked for old man Wayne in Batman Beyond.
Origins' voice cast was fresh, yet fit so well, particularly Baker sounding almost identical to a prime Hammill.
Although different to Rocksteady, the atmosphere, look, and music in Origins captured the essence of Batman.
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@@atomickaiser1934 but I’m not Hispanic?
@@Micah__ 😂 nice one
Hands-down, my favorite of the series. The Christmas theme just adds so much charm. Always disappointed those remastered collections choose to ignore it. I feel the same way about Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes being the black sheep of MGS collections
Probably my favorite Christmas game of all time. I’m about to start playing it this month!
I wish we got another game that takes place between this and asylum. Origins gave us Batman's first meetings with some of the many characters in the Arkham-verse. There were several that we never got, such as Two face, Ra's al Ghul, Scarecrow, etc., that could have been explored in a sequel.
OOH! I like that idea! Sounds good to me! :D
I actually played this one before Arkham City, the biggest highlight was the boss fights for me. Origins had by far the best.
I started running through the closed alpha test of Suicide Squad today, so this vid is very appropriate. It is kind of crazy how much people crapped on Origins and even Arkham Knight, vs how loved they are now in retrospective. Speaks to the toxic negativity that surrounds many releases these days, and people wonder why we don’t get sequels to some beloved franchises. I’m not surprised WB looked at the vitriol surrounding those games and assumed no one wanted another Arkham game. Those games are fantastic though. And Origins had hands down the best boss fights of the series. That one especially really needs a remaster on current gen consoles. I had to play it on PS Plus streaming (at like 620p) last year when I ran through the Arkham games again.
I love Origins and hate that it has never been remasted or included with the others. I played it when it came out and I love it just as much as the others. Combat was just as fun, the city was bigger, and I love the winter/christmas setting. I would totally buy a remaster if they ever did one. Until then I guess I just have my 360 copy to use on my series X which is perfectly fine.
I have Blackgate too. Got it as a Christmas gift when it came out. I don't think I ever finished it. I just didn't really care or have much fun with it. If I tried to play it again I would probably bust out the PSTV.
I'm currently on the firefly section of the game. It's so insanely good to play to this day. Only this things I hate about this game is the glitches. To this day I still have the shock gloves glitch that doesn't let me do ground takedowns when free roaming. And when I take down a thug and don't properly finish the animation the thug will get back up immediately and hit me from behind as I try to ground takedown another thug. Really annoying 💀
Thanks for the video Matty! I truly enjoyed Batman Arkham Origins when it released. the huge problem the community had was the developer's complete silence regarding the technical issues while concurrently pushing DLC. It was gross. Backlash resulted in Origins paying the price.
Matty my man, we could be brothers. Thank you so much for making this video. Arkham Origins is absolutely my favorite and I was feeling a little left out today with everybody talking about the trilogy. And also my favorite time in gaming that I miss the most, and that I'm actually kind of reliving right now is that era with all the licensed games that would have multiple versions on multiple consoles. Right now I'm playing a bunch of superhero games and I'm making sure to play there portable counterparts as well and I found that some of them are as good as the main game and sometimes even better even better because they're completely different
Except for 1986's Starflight, Akrham City is my favorite game of all time. Arkham Origins took what City did, gave us more of it (and as Knight proved, I was NOT ready to move on from the formula these two games put forward...STILL not), expanded on it, asset-flipped it, and turned it into a seasonal must-play game for me. And I'm still royally pissed off that we never got a follow-up to it. So much story was teased and then just left on the table: Enigma becoming Riddler (which could stand to be the best story this series had to tell if handled right), a large mystery surrounding Bane's involvement, following up with Shiva, and potentially a chance to use a bunch of Batman's lesser-known foes rather than return to the same guys the way Knight did. Origins also had the best Mad Hatter stuff, and Deathstroke material by FAR. Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker turned in _excellent_ performances; I still remember being completely unsure if they'd gotten Mark Hamill back for Joker the first time I played it because of how close Baker got to Hamill's cadence at times. The lack of follow-up is just money left on the table.
I played through this at launch and enjoyed it (even with the bugs on PC!). To this day I never understood why it's just cast aside for the trilogy. I replayed Origins when The Batman came out and I think it holds up well. I especially loved the detective sessions.
It’s didn’t get released with the Arkham trilogy/collection because of Arkham origins is made by wb not rocksteady and there’s also the fact of licensing issue
@@Full_Send_Gaming right. My concern is it's thought of as a lesser game for some reason. Not that it wasn't part of the trilogy release. It was also hard to find on modern consoles as it never got a 360 BC release. It's still for sale on Steam and it's WB Games. I don't think licensing would be a big hurdle.
It holds up incredibly well especially on pc. Especially if you have an Nvidia graphics card you get all these cool physics like every individual piece of paper having its own physics and the smoke deformation. Also the visuals and atmosphere is just insane in this game it didn't have the same grittiness as City and Asylum but I don't understand when people say it looks worse because it definitely looks way better. And this last part may be subjective, but Origins also have the best batsuit aside from maybe Arkham Knight suit
I really do consider this my second favorite in the series cuz I really enjoyed the story and gameplay for some reason. Plus the boss fights were just so epic. That’s why I was so confused why so many people hated it for some reason. Seriously tho the story was a 10/10 to me a great origin prequel
The reason for the underrated nature of this game is the overall feel of the combat… On the face of it, it seems like the newer studio, just copied and pasted the combat system from the OG trilogy, but they didn’t…. What we ended up with on Origins was basically facsimile of the original combat system (same button presses) but there was definitely something funky about the latency of each button press… I couldn’t pull off combos even half as easy as in the original trilogy… everything else in the game was fantastic though
Origins is literally the best game in the arkham series of games (imo). Rocksteady never seems to care about I, and a lot of people never mention it at all. Such a fantastic game, and it's a very great entry into video games as a whole. I remember getting my pre-order copy of it for Wii u at best buy when it released, and it was fantastic. High quality, fluid gameplay, and batman at his prime. Not to mention the color themes were fantastic for the vibes and atmosphere of the game.
Get that steam version if it's all you can manage to get, but the wii u version was pretty damn solid, worth every penny.
Rocksteady acknowledges the game, don’t understand why people keep saying they don’t. Arkham Knight is filled with references to Origins. Rocksteady even brought back that crime scene investigation hologram thing that WB montreal made for Origins
@@normansmith9009 fair enough, but they still refuse to remaster the game for modern platforms, for some reason.
@@leatherwolf7481 you do know Rocksteady is just a studio that develops games? They’re not the ones to decide what games are getting remastered. Warner Bros. is the one who decide that, because they’re the publishers
I remember convincing my mom to preorder this with the season pass when i was a teenager, such an amazing time in life and such an amazing game. I truly love this one and everything about it. Its my fourth favorite batman game but it doesnt make its greatness any lesser. I love you arkham origins and thank you mom i appreciate you more than anything in the galaxy🖤
A cool way to explain why he has some gadgets in origins that he didn’t have in the main trilogy of games is that the tools he was using at first weren’t that safe and maybe a little more brutal and dangerous since he is just starting out and isn’t as experienced yet so he is using different more dangerous weapons when he was young to compensate for inexperience
I loved playing it during Christmas. Addicting multiplayer except for the broken player lobby, where the only way to trick it was to invite people directly. I loved the enemies on the roofs and how the fists don't make a color flash when you punch. Those are my only concerns with Arkham Knight. Origins had tension when fighting the cops and Bane's people. It felt fresh and rich. The fast travel Batplane across the city then back to my cave felt like Batman. The music! Deathstroke! The story!
Great game : the only bummer was Black Mask being The Joker - I would’ve kept Black Mask as the primary Villain.
I loved arkahm orgins Christmas theme. I wish we got a remastered version of that game
This game deserves a remaster, my favorite within the series, and should put some respect on it for doing some really cool things, including the multiplayer i played way too much when it came out and seeing grayson as robin was dope asf
Origins isn't horrible, but the issues are prevalent enough that it would need some major fixes before getting a re-release. The challenges in particular are poorly-implemented and sometimes nigh impossible, especially since they have to be done in a specific order. (See especially that "four exotic takedowns" challenge in Worst Nightmare, which cannot be performed in most locations and which can be easily thwarted by both fussy requirements and uncooperative enemy patterns.)
If we’re talking tweaks for a re-release I would also like them to remove all of the online trophies from the game. People should be able to get the platinum years from now when there’s no online player base or when the servers get shut down.
In City Batman literally says he quit carrying so many gadgets because they weighed him down so even narratively it makes sense he doesn’t carry/use them because a situation never arose in which they were required
The story of this game was phenomenal. Joker was crazy in this game. I loved the part when Joker falls in love with Batman. In his own twisted way of course. 😂
The story was phenomenal man
The Joker twist was dumb and ruined using other villains just to force more Joker shit
@@EmperorGuyver that's pretty much City and Knight issue, while Origins easily the best due to hinting on stuff being wrong in the beginning with Penguin reveal being a big "oh, it's a Joker" and what's even funny is that Bane is the antagonist who is better in Origins than in any other game and simply greatly used as character unlike Ra's or Hugo Strange who seem to be just plot devices.
@@mikhaelgribkov4117 I was fine with Joker being the final boss in City since that was supposed to be the Joker’s end. But Knight and Origins…smh. I love the Joker but I did not like him taking the spotlight in Origins and Knight. It’s like the developers had almost believed that they couldn’t make the games work without him, when Batman has a plethora of interesting villains if written well. For me the biggest crime was done to Black Mask in Origins. Also no second boss fight with Deathstroke.
I finally started playing this game a few days ago (I bought it in like 2018 on sale, but never got around to it until now). I am enjoying it so far, but the bugs where enemies spring up into the air are a bit annoying (on pc).
Arkham orgins was so good with the story and the boss fights.The story was perfect the best in my opinion. It was way more then just more of the same. You feel like you grow into being batman. Its my favorite one. Love City and Asylum. Knight has grown on me.Also Roger Craig smith was awesome and Troy baker was great too. If they called this Game "Batman Noel or Something different then the Arkham title people would have loved it more. Also loved the Mr.Freeze update that orgins had it was awesome also.
My favorite Batman Arkham game for the PS3/Xbox360. Still waiting for a remaster for current gen
But no ones that you want it, go tell sony on x!
I mean microsoft 😅
Origins has the best cutscenes and best boss fights. The performance for every characters is amazing. I love how the young Batman and young joker are portrayed in this game. While it is debatable when it come to gameplay, but I think origins definitely the most cinematic out of all the entire series.
The best in the series. This game solves every issue I had with Arkham City.
Arkham Origins is one of my favourite in the series. The Christmas vibes are a huge bonus
Underrated indeed. I like it more than Arkham Knight and probably even City. I loved Chris Redfield’s voice actor for Batman. I love the Christmas setting and the snow. I loved it all. Great game.
I had Blackgate on 360.
I liked how it reminded me of the Batman for SNES.
I personally thought it was a slick idea. I think it was 5.99 on sale back then
Much respect to anyone who played this game on Wii U. We were given a good but incomplete version of the game. No multiplayer, no Mr. Freeze DLC. It was rough.
I'm so disappointed we never got a remaster.
Origins was the first arkham game i played and i was blowed away man!. Both the gameplay and story was really good.
Thank you bro! I hate how it gets excluded. I love Origins and Origins Blackgate is also good. But the only way to play on modern consoles is Xbox through backwards compatibility, so lame.
If this origins wasn’t apart of the Arkham franchise i bet we woulda got a part 2 already this Batman game is my favorite the story boss fights combat gadgets and detective skills was great.
Drives me insane that it hasn’t been remastered or collected w/ the rest of the Arkham games!
Plus it’s my 3rd fav outta all 4
This game needs a remaster where they update the grappling like Arkham knight and just make the combat a little smoother like city and it’s perfect
Origins and ME3 were the first special editions I preordered. I still have my Joker spoiler statue.
Enjoyed what I played of Origins on the PS3 (way late on this sleeper). Blackgate on the Vita is SOOOOOO difficult. the 2.5D makes the maps confusing and difficulty spikes glalore. Why they get hated is beyond me.
I tell you people hate this game with no concrete reason. Every 'negative' reviewer for the last decade basically put out same points that every other game in the industry faces but for whatever reason, they will label Arkham Origins the black sheep. 🤷🏾♂️
Origins had my favorite in door sections of any of the other games. GCPD, the bank, the Royal Hotel, and penguins ship. Those levels were done to almost perfection
Dude you can absolutely play Origins on modern consoles. Ive been playing it on Xbox Series X thru backwards compatibility. Its even enhanced with HDR.
I was really skeptical of this game when it got announced, but damn if it didn't grow on me over the years. The Arkham games always felt like an extension of the Batman Animated Series so I wasn't a fan of the prequel idea, but now that the Arkham series really is just it's own thing and we're not getting another one ever again, I don't mind it at all.
Just repurchased this game last month for my PS3. I loved the detective mode in this game.
I would love a Gotham knights video it’s a game I’ve avoided but been so interested in this whole time
THANK YOU!!! Recently replayed it and I think we were all too harsh. It’s really really good and has the best soundtrack out of the series second only to Arkham knight
My favorite of the Arkham games and a great game to play during Christmas time.
Origins really should have been ported with Return To Arkham and the Arkham Trilogy on Switch.
Loved replaying it earlier this year, my favorite one next to Knight.
And by the way, seeing the game in 60FPS makes me super jealous haha, I played it one the Series X with backwards compatibility xP
Played earlier this year and it does some stuff Arkham doesn’t do I appreciate and I use it as the reason Batman took Joker to Arkham in the first place
Nevermind Joker is obviously older in Asylum 😂
It is up there with Asylum for me. I love that the villains are off the beaten path. Its not just Penguin, Riddler, Joker. We get Copperhead, Deathstroke, Black Mask, Firefly, Deadshot. Plus the Winter/Christmas setting?! It totally hit playing this on a cold Midwestern winter night. Great game.
Shadow of War and Mordor that was made by monolith are top notch and I still play them today. The nemesis system creates such be er ending stories.
I usually play through this series once a year so cool to see this video pop up just in time for my play through of the series
It’s actually a really good game. Only real issue I had with it was how gadgets that were “new” in Arkham City were present in Origins. Otherwise, it was a fine game and I’m glad to own it.
Edit: to clarify, I was fine with the gadgets, it was only slightly jarring, but no real problem with it
Deathstroke fight was an absolute gem.
The game was super solid, had unique art style and winter charm. It had technical issues more than other Arkham games, but other than that I never understood the hate. I really want a re-release. I'll gladly replay Origins over Knight with all that bat-tank garbage.
Underrated by others. Appropriately rated by me. From the very beginning. Its my *favorite entry* of the series, and the game I completed the most times during Generation 7. (I have beaten that game *7 times* so far. And I still want to play it again.)
Technically speaking, it is actually the third most completed game from that generation. But the first two are Devil May Cry games (DMC4 & DmC: Devil May Cry being seond and first respectively) but the sheer nature of those two games make them extremely replayable. So for this conversation, those two games do not count.
Till this day, Batman Arkham Origins *stays* on my Xbox Series X. (Thanks to backwards compatibility.) I will always have that game downloaded.
I got it at the perfect time. December. It was my first Arkham game. My fav and best one
origins was the first ever arkham game i played. i fell in love with it after i beat deathstroke and i gotta say that’s still my favorite boss fight of all the arkham games
Love that you made this video. My 2nd favorite in the series behind City.
I replayed during the pandemic and appreciate the difficulty of Bane's boss fights
Arkham Origins was a good game! Definitely doesn't deserve the hate it received. I wish they would do a remastered for this game
I honestly believe that if someone started a poll asking readers,viewers, gamers, and random fans if we believe and want a remaster of this awesome game, the answer would be definite landslide "YES" we do want a remake/remaster, that Warner Brothers would not be able to ignore, a poll on RUclips or well respected game or media giant where we can all vote.I wonder if the problem just lies with licensing issues or other reasons, I know the remasters are only the Rocksteady games and "Origins" is WB Montreal ,but something needs to be worked out ,I'm not the biggest fan of remake/remaster but if they were to pour in some love,sweat & tears this game would be a massive hit for Warner Bros that they simply cannot ignore, at this point they're just leaving big money on the table and would be foolish not to make.
Thank you for showing love to arguably the best Arkham game ‼️
Earlier this year i played this game for the first time and expected a drop off from the core 3 games, and that is not what i got at all. It is completely on par with the rest of the series and dare i say i enjoyed it more than asylum. Its also beautiful on PC
Metacritic metrics scared the "suits". Downloaded on my PS3 last week. A serious house for a serious earth is a must have as well. Thanks man.
Literally my favorite entry into the Arkham series I can't believe it's being ignored again 😤
Batman Arkham Origins has been my Favorite Game of all time since I got it in 2016
I got the collectors edition of this game. Most of my friends didn't touch it but i loved it.
I’m about to replay this in a couple weeks for Christmas-time. Haven’t played it since it first came out!
This game was amazing love the multiplayer. I rember coming home from highschool and hoping on playing with my best buds
It's funny cuz Rocksteady acts like it doesn't exist. But they use Firefly & Deathstroke from this game and put them in Arkham Knight as if it was all tied together. Meaning it does exist. So the fact that they didn't release these all together just seems like ego at the expense of the consumer. And the Mr. Freeze DLC was really good.
It's backwards compatible on the xbox but it's not available in the store.
WB acts as if it doesn’t exist, Rocksteady does.
WB acts as if it doesn’t exist, Rocksteady does.
Definitely an *Arkham Origins* enjoyer here!
My biggest issue was dealing with the fact that no, I wasn't really going to get Black Mask as the Big Bad, but after that disappointment was over I learned to love the game all over again.
I became a big Roman Sionis fanboy thanks to Jeff Matsuda's *The Batman* 2004-2008 cartoon that aired when I was a pre-adolescent, Black Mask [voiced by my man James Remar, who also played Frank Gordon in the live action show *Gotham* , Peter Gambi in the live action show Black Lightning, Hawkman & Shadowthief in the JLU cartoon, Two-Face in the Batman:TBATB cartoon, Icicle Sr in the *Young Justice* cartoon, Silver Monkey in the weird 3D show *Beware the Batman* , and Warden Cole in the live action show *Human Target* , who popped up a couple times in *Arrow* ]
Anyway, Matsuda's Black Mask only had 2 episodes dedicated to him, but they were some of my favorites from the whole show...
Then in 2010, Roman Sionis got a full episode of *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* dedicated to him, [voiced by the one and only John DiMaggio], so I became even more interested in that film.
I was an adolescent at the time, I already considered Batman to be my favorite super-hero but I hadn't have the time/funds to dive deep in the comics (plus I lived in France, where the issues were more experience and the translations weren't always great)
so I mainly relied on the live action & animated movies for my DC fixes, plus all the great cartoon & tv shows; I was a kid when *Batman:TAS* came out, and one of my favorite gifts on birthdays & christmas were the VHS with episodes of Batman:TAS in them, and of course the animated movies, and Batman Beyond...
But I'm not here to talk about that!
I also love *Origins* Deathstroke, because the live action tv show *Arrow* had its second season starting out in October 2013, and Origins also came out in October of that same year, and spoilers alert........
That second season was the one in which Deathstroke (played by Manu Bennett) was the Big Bad, and his armor looked a lot like the one from *Origins* !
The joke at the time was that the armor was too bulky, and looked like something put together using hockey equipments
In subsequent seasons of *Arrow* , Slade's armor did seem lighter, and when his sons Grant Wilson (started of in *Legends of Tomorrow* season 1 and ended in *Arrow* season 7) + Joe Wilson [they don't call him Jericho in the Arrowverse, just Joe] in seasons 6&7, they also had decent DS armors+masks/helmets.
But hey, before them the only live action Slade we had was the one played by Michael Hogan from *Smallville* season 10 (2011, just one year before *Arrow* season 1 came out), that almost everyone hated at the time (because actor too old & too short & no costumes & got one shotted by Clark Kent anyway) even if I thought he was kinda cool thanks to his badass metallic eyepatch fused to his skin, that was neat. But that was still when costumes superheros in live action were lame
And sure, later live action armors that Slade would wear in the show *Titans* (played by Esai Morales) or in the DCEU (Joe Manganiello) would look so much better, streamlined, you could actually buy that one could move unencumbered in those.
The *Titans* one and the *Justice League: Snyder Cut* one both took inspiration from 2 iconic looks of the DS armor in various comic books & cartoons.
WAR DC
Thank you that you’re giving this game its respect. They need to REMASTER IT!!!
I think it is correctly rated, the environment is essentially a straight copy of Arkham city, same with the Riddler challenges. The only thing they did for a change was the Crime Scene Investigation and adding a quality of feature of fast travel. Positives for it is a good story and better boss battles, relative to Asylum or City they did not really do anything much to advance the Arkham franchise in terms of gameplay. It also has more technical issues than the first two games, especially on the PC. I just finished playing it for the first time on the PC and I had to reinstall the game twice due to files being corrupted, thank god I was able to back up my save files.
I got the collectors edition...I absolutely love this game ❤❤❤❤
Boss fights were so hard in this game, the amount of times I have died fighting was so annoying but also so much fun. The story was really good and I wished if it was even longer.
Definitely an underrated game and the hate around it is bizzare!
I love this game.
I legitimately don't get the hate about it back then.
It has its flaws but I had a blast with it from beginning to end.
Also, the cutscenes were so well-made, and loved how brutal Batman was with everybody.
I would easily take this one over Asylum✊
Arkham Origins reminds me of Ben Affleck and Andrew Garfield. At the time people hated them and criticized them, then after some time went by you realize they were actually kind of the best iterations and not as bad as you thought!
My fav Arkham game straight up. Thanks for this!
It has the best Story nobody can change my mind
My mother purchased me this game for me because i got straight As on my report card for the first time ever 🥲 one of my favorite memories of my mother rest in peace. I will always love this game my first arkham game when i was in high school. Now im almost 30. Mannn
I am replaying all of them again. Finished Asylum and just finished this and the DLC cold cold heart. And i dont get it. I loved this on PS3 and now on PC. at the time i had no idea was a different team making it. This is 100% required, A young batman he is brutal. I wish this got the love as the others
Deathstroke is forever the most goated arkham boss fight! Mr Freeze was cool but pretty easy once you know all the takedowns!
It’s my favorite Arkham game cuz of that underrated multiplayer and cuz of the ability to play as Deathstroke.
I really don't understand why they not release it for the next gem consoles? Like you said, we got the Switch release, we got the remastered versions for the PS4. But the origins game STILL remaining on the PS3/360 platforms. It's time that we get a remastered origins for PS5/Series S/X and PC. I played origins for the first time a few months ago, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. This game deserves the same treatment as the other games.
The only thing I need to admit, and I guess many people as well, that Batman Origins should have been released on PS4 and not PS3/360. The frame rate on PS3 is so terrible, it's unplayable. The only platform to play this game smoothly is on PC.
It’s weird how ten years out I would kill for a proper new Batman Game
Bro, I was streaming origins and ready to do a video, too. There's so much going on for origins that really few under the radar
Roger Craig Smith should voice the character in future games. He nailed the younger and more brutal Batman. I fully trust he could do the character justice.
Fighting Slade is practically Metal Gear levels of cinematic boss fights.
I just saw this game used for $9.99. Thought about picking it up. I'll have to grab it when I go back.
I enjoyed Blackgate on 360 but I refused to buy Origins when a dev said they would not patch major problems but only release dlc.
In other words they were only working on something they could sell, not something free.
Maybe they released a needed patch eventually but by then I was not interested at all.
Ngl this is probably my 2nd favorite Batman game. And it’s such a cool Christmas game. Black gate was kind of mid tho
This gonna sound crazy but I didn’t even know origins was a game till like 2019 then I got the 360 version and popped it in my Xbox one at the time and fell in love it’s honestly my 2nd favorite of the Arkham games it’s a shame they haven’t remastered this yet because it fully deserves it and I’m glad people been coming around on it especially more so with the new suicide squad game coming that honestly doesn’t look that good I just hope it flops and then they remaster this hidden gem or even make a sequel to it
You shouldn't hope the game flops, that's incredibly stupid. It would be better for everyone if Suicide Squad ends up being good. Sure, it will probably be bad, but if it doesn't flop and it's actually a lot better then it looks, that would be great.
Back when it came out, I very much enjoyed it and I really liked the story. So when I see Warner Bros constantly ignoring Origins, I’m always annoyed. But I’m glad that Rocksteady acknowledged Origins in Knight