This game is pretty good, especially considering the limited amount of action games on the 3ds, it looks even better on the Vita. It's perfect for a handheld
I've been hearing a lot of mixed reviews for this one. I might go ahead and give it a try because people said Origins on consoles sucked, but I ended up liking that.
It might suck on the 3ds idk but on ps vita the graphics and sound is really well....pretty damn good for a on the go batman game you cant beat it...it is what it is.
my only coplaint with this game is that enemies dont respawn, so backtracking later on can get a bit tedious since theres noone to fight. that and the combat controls arent quite responsive enough. but otherwise i thoroughly enjoyed it.
Maybe this is a is an example of concept. What if they gave us a completely comic styled Batman game with all the bells and whistles still designed for handhelds?
I picked it up for the vita, and it looks a bit better and runs very smooth. But my biggest problem is the 2.5d nature of it. It makes the game confusing to traverse, and the map is top down which really doesn't help. Because of the 2.5d nature of it, the enemies tend to overlap and you can accidentally hit one enemy instead of the one you want to attack. I really crave metroidvania style games and this game is helping to quench that craving a little, but I might just end up going back and playing cave story or super metroid to fill it. Bkackgate is good, but its not great.
Thanks a lot for reviewing this game. I've not found many good reviews for this title online so I have no idea if it's any good. Any chance of an Arkham Origins Wii U Review?
I agree the handheld versions are pretty naff but i played through origins on the pc and thought it was excellent, way better than arkham city which i thought was the weeker of the three games
The backtracking is killing me on this game and worse yet, it's hard to find the exit. Too much platforming through ducts and climbing, thus making the map useless. I cannot, for the life of me, find all of the crypto keys to open the necessary doors. Control gets a bit off, too, as it gets very clunky when trying to climb or other things when pressing A or B.
Yes they could have done better, but we can't always get what we want. I think it's a pretty good game seeing how they had to make one for the Consoles and handheld.
Am I the only one who thinks that Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins Blackgate are fun? I'm a big Batman fan so I can't turn my back on the Caped Crusader.
This game is too tedious to play, hence not fun for me at all..They could have made it open world with a cell shaded look to minimize grafx constraints like gravity rush..Or made it a tad open world ish like uncharted golden abyss..Even metal gear peacewalker on psp was bigger than this, so 2.5d for an arkham game is a let down. Havent finished it yet and honestly not wanting to cause of all the backtracking and map woes.
I got the Windows version which of course looks miles better, but the game is still boring. The environments are just bleak, muddy and confusing to navigate, and the devs forgot that this was the Arkham series and not Metroid Prime so they made Detective Mode make you have to scan everything before it shows up. Also like he said, enemies are finite. Once you beat them, they're gone. Compare this to any other Metroidvania game where they respawn and actually give you something to do when backtracking.
This review was so disappointing. A hand held game can never be compared to a console game. Of course the console game is going to be 1,000 times better. It's a given. So why even compare the two? To me, the game looks awesome. The graphics look great. The game play looks incredible for a hand held game. My opinion. BTW I own Batman Arkham City for the Wii and it rocks. Unfortunately, today's reviewers lack so much insight into what a decent game review can be. Just my opinion. I had not seen a game review in months and this reminded me why I should not. I respect your review of this game although I don't agree with it. I give this game a 10+.
Look man i would have agreed. But unfortunatly the reviewer is right. The setup is good, i could excuse the combat, graphics are passable, but the level design gameplay and story all suffer. It is really boring. It has so much potential even for a handheld, i was so spyched and happy at first but it became a huge dissappointment. It feels like at first they were really trying to make a good game, then they got tired and tried to finnish as fast as possible. It has such a good start and good resources already made in game, but wastes all its resources and made the most pointless game ive ever played. Trust me i was expecting lower quality but it failed. Its not a bad game, but its as mediocre as can possibly be, and id say the whole games value would be $7 based on the game itself. It looks good i felt the same but trust me its just meh.
+king gut An OLED screen isn't going to help if it doesn't have any games, especially in the last year. I'm disappointed in the direction Sony is going with the Vita now. They are focusing on making it a second screen device for the PS4 instead of a handheld and they aren't hardly releasing any new games for it anymore. I was hoping for more games like Borderlands: The Pre-Sequal, Mortal Kombat X and more recent portable console games, but I have lost hope.
If they make another arkham game and joker returns, just to take control over arkham/black gate... I'm gonna puke. That's all that guy does in the arkham universe. Just takes over the place and paints the walls. Not inspiring or interesting based on how amazing of a character he is.
It's not true that he never follows the rules. Joker: You have all these rules and you think they'll save you. B-man: I have only one rule. J: Then that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth. He probably meant "Handheld versions of console games are usually poop".
This game is pretty good, especially considering the limited amount of action games on the 3ds, it looks even better on the Vita.
It's perfect for a handheld
I've been hearing a lot of mixed reviews for this one. I might go ahead and give it a try because people said Origins on consoles sucked, but I ended up liking that.
Could you tell me what you think?
@@purplehaloanimations9879I too would like to know what he thinks
Wow this game would be incredible if the art style was like a moving comic.
I'd recommend Comix Zone.
Got it for $10. I loved it
nickwick35 yeah man its a super cheap game but its pretty fun
Just bought it, played it,love it. For handheld with 3D it played just like castlevania mirror of fate.
It might suck on the 3ds idk but on ps vita the graphics and sound is really well....pretty damn good for a on the go batman game you cant beat it...it is what it is.
it still sucks on the vita....
@@darrendavenport3334 not really....I recently got the game and player it on my Vita. It isn't half as bad as everyone claims it to be.
my only coplaint with this game is that enemies dont respawn, so backtracking later on can get a bit tedious since theres noone to fight. that and the combat controls arent quite responsive enough. but otherwise i thoroughly enjoyed it.
Maybe this is a is an example of concept. What if they gave us a completely comic styled Batman game with all the bells and whistles still designed for handhelds?
Playing in PS3 in 2024 and have to say that you need to play Blackgate again. I'm having a ton of fun with it.
I picked it up for the vita, and it looks a bit better and runs very smooth. But my biggest problem is the 2.5d nature of it. It makes the game confusing to traverse, and the map is top down which really doesn't help. Because of the 2.5d nature of it, the enemies tend to overlap and you can accidentally hit one enemy instead of the one you want to attack. I really crave metroidvania style games and this game is helping to quench that craving a little, but I might just end up going back and playing cave story or super metroid to fill it. Bkackgate is good, but its not great.
Thanks a lot for reviewing this game. I've not found many good reviews for this title online so I have no idea if it's any good. Any chance of an Arkham Origins Wii U Review?
I have it on the Vita and I am enjoying it.
I'll save my money and wait for a true sequel to Arkham City.
You got your wish 2 years later
ironically origins was my favorite arkham game
I agree the handheld versions are pretty naff but i played through origins on the pc and thought it was excellent, way better than arkham city which i thought was the weeker of the three games
The backtracking is killing me on this game and worse yet, it's hard to find the exit. Too much platforming through ducts and climbing, thus making the map useless. I cannot, for the life of me, find all of the crypto keys to open the necessary doors. Control gets a bit off, too, as it gets very clunky when trying to climb or other things when pressing A or B.
Yes they could have done better, but we can't always get what we want. I think it's a pretty good game seeing how they had to make one for the Consoles and handheld.
Am I the only one who thinks that Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins Blackgate are fun? I'm a big Batman fan so I can't turn my back on the Caped Crusader.
agreed with the look comment... the look in play mode is more suitable if it is the same as the cutscenes - comic look~
Either go top down or go spiderman style like on the ds.
I just got this and I think it's actually a pretty decent game for the 3DS.
Agree
People expect too much, at least it does its own thing instead of forcing the console game onto a handheld.
Doesn't the black gate look better in vita?
It does.
I was going to get this yesterday but I herd that people thought it was crap
Got this for a fiver, new! waiting for it to be delivered, it cant be that bad.....can it?
I miss this channel.
This game is too tedious to play, hence not fun for me at all..They could have made it open world with a cell shaded look to minimize grafx constraints like gravity rush..Or made it a tad open world ish like uncharted golden abyss..Even metal gear peacewalker on psp was bigger than this, so 2.5d for an arkham game is a let down. Havent finished it yet and honestly not wanting to cause of all the backtracking and map woes.
How was Batman Returns great?
I got the Windows version which of course looks miles better, but the game is still boring. The environments are just bleak, muddy and confusing to navigate, and the devs forgot that this was the Arkham series and not Metroid Prime so they made Detective Mode make you have to scan everything before it shows up. Also like he said, enemies are finite. Once you beat them, they're gone. Compare this to any other Metroidvania game where they respawn and actually give you something to do when backtracking.
This review was so disappointing. A hand held game can never be compared to a console game. Of course the console game is going to be 1,000 times better. It's a given. So why even compare the two? To me, the game looks awesome. The graphics look great. The game play looks incredible for a hand held game. My opinion. BTW I own Batman Arkham City for the Wii and it rocks. Unfortunately, today's reviewers lack so much insight into what a decent game review can be. Just my opinion. I had not seen a game review in months and this reminded me why I should not. I respect your review of this game although I don't agree with it. I give this game a 10+.
should i get it?
no i meant batman arkam origins blackgate
ok thnxs
Look man i would have agreed. But unfortunatly the reviewer is right. The setup is good, i could excuse the combat, graphics are passable, but the level design gameplay and story all suffer. It is really boring. It has so much potential even for a handheld, i was so spyched and happy at first but it became a huge dissappointment. It feels like at first they were really trying to make a good game, then they got tired and tried to finnish as fast as possible. It has such a good start and good resources already made in game, but wastes all its resources and made the most pointless game ive ever played. Trust me i was expecting lower quality but it failed. Its not a bad game, but its as mediocre as can possibly be, and id say the whole games value would be $7 based on the game itself. It looks good i felt the same but trust me its just meh.
conbonnor the game is only for the really hardcore fans and even there its not worth getting unless its cheap.
derek you are wrong!! it doesn't begin shortly after origins smh it begins shortly before ORIGINS!!
It is actually set three months after origins.
Castlevania LOS mirror of fate?
They could have put the hole arkham origins game on psvita like the amazing spiderman, they just had to give the vita the 3ds game
Wow I thought you were off RUclips ...if avgn is the video game goat ...your not far behind!!!
"BATMAN HAS ONE RULE HE ALWAYS FOLLOWS" - batman
The graphics looks like those of a psp game, this could have been a psp game!
i think ur problems with graphics was u played 3ds version
This is the review of the 3ds version, you silly.
Agreed the Vita version looks so much better, not amazing but much better than this
sergiomonty u don't say
mywlan2 Then why the heck are you complaining, you jerk? He made a separate review for the console version.
sergiomonty i aren't really complaining and u do know there's a vita version of blackgate what looks a lot better
This reviwer bores me
Who asked
@@mkobsessed wasnt asking was telling
@@tonybone1889 bro clearly doesn’t understand what I said
@@mkobsessed do you have nothing better to do than judge people for their opinions?
@@krystal_272 I mean, he was just being rude, if he'd said, maybe add more gameplay to keep it interesting, then that would've been fine
Chose an art style and stick with it Batman: AOB
Arkham origins is a stealth game.
Ps vita looks WAY better with its OLED screen
+king gut An OLED screen isn't going to help if it doesn't have any games, especially in the last year. I'm disappointed in the direction Sony is going with the Vita now. They are focusing on making it a second screen device for the PS4 instead of a handheld and they aren't hardly releasing any new games for it anymore. I was hoping for more games like Borderlands: The Pre-Sequal, Mortal Kombat X and more recent portable console games, but I have lost hope.
@@bobthegoat2k1 3ds sucks compared to ps vita
can you use gadgets
A very limited amount of gadgets, but yes.
I'm sad, I thought this game would be great :(
TheDavyStar
It WAS sort of a letdown.
Wade Wilson still fun
I recently got the game and player it on my Vita. It isn't half as bad as everyone claims it to be.
If they make another arkham game and joker returns, just to take control over arkham/black gate... I'm gonna puke. That's all that guy does in the arkham universe. Just takes over the place and paints the walls. Not inspiring or interesting based on how amazing of a character he is.
I'm goin to get this game sooooooooon!!!!!!!
Worth buying on consoles?
Thanks for the review dude.
Damn, you're fast...
I remember back in the day when arkham origins was conisiderd as a bad game.
i love the batman games, yes even origins, and im currently sat waiting for my copy of arkham knight. But i gotta say this game is freakin booooring!
Its $20 at Target now.
We are from England Buddy but you have just reminded me of this game so I'm gonna check it out now cheers :-)
Cheers!
A toast to batman o/
It's not true that he never follows the rules.
Joker: You have all these rules and you think they'll save you.
B-man: I have only one rule.
J: Then that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth.
He probably meant "Handheld versions of console games are usually poop".
good review bro.
...That was actually a decent review. I usually don't really like Derek's.
rule 3 eh? burnout 3 was the only good one...
Batman and batman returns are just a cheesy as the latter films.
This game was later ported to PC and 360. Sucks on all versions.
Will wait for a price drop on this.
Its $20 at Target now?
version ps vita the best
The best my ass!
Batman and Batman Returns are not very good films at all.
The fuck are you talking about? they were very good movies.
I think what you meant to say was that they are by far the greatest comic book movies of all time.
MrReaper5 what was the one with Jack Nicholson as the Joker?
it review sucks