Batman Origins

Despite this being developed by Warner Bros. Montreal, rather than the series mainstay Rocksteady, I'm still liking what I see. The overall plot of a gang of assassins going after a bounty doesn't grab me, but the smaller stories along the way seem very interesting. It also bears mentioning that finally we're in the true Gotham City now with some very massive buildings just begging to be scaled.

Keeping it from being a true Batman-simulator, it's still lacking pedestrians and moving traffic like Spider-man 2 and the GTA games, but needless to say I'm very interested in enjoying this game.
 
Batman: Arkham Origin's upcoming Initiation DLC will move the game's setting to Asia for an extra slice of origin story.

It's the first time that the Arkham series has featured an environment outside Gotham, and the earliest playable sequence yet in the franchise's canon.

"You play as Bruce Wayne learning to be a ninja," Arkham Origins producer Guillaume Voghel told Eurogamer at EGX 2013. "That's a really cool one. Narratively there's some added content that will give players a little more background story."

Batman publisher Warner Bros. Interactive recently revealed the contents of Arkham Origins' Season Pass, which includes the Initiation add-on. It'll offer you a chance to play as Wayne before he became the Bat and see him prove himself worthy to "his greatest teacher, Kirigi" - a ninja who taught Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins.

"[But] it's not League of Assassins, it's ninja-related," Voghel continued. "It's when he learned to be a ninja and learned those techniques. He goes to a monastery - custom content was created for the DLC. You'll be in Asia in the monastery. The team did a great job on that, it looks really good."

Voghel also offered up details of the game's I Am the Night mode, available after you complete the main game and New Game Plus.

"The main narrative arc and side missions last about 12 hours," he explained, "and then you have all the collectibles. To get 100 per cent of that will take much, much longer. We have a new difficulty level, New Game Plus is coming pack - that's really difficult - and when you're done with that there's I Am The Night mode - which is no saves and one life."
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I'm really looking forward to the game. Arkham Asylum & City were some of my favorite games this generation. They were so fun to play.

Count me as hyped!
 
PCGamer said:
Meh. I want a Superman game. Tired of Batman.
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I'd love a Superman game. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a developer yet who has been able to do the character justice. Though I feel an Asura's Wrath type of game may lend itself well to Superman.

Back on topic, if Origins is half as good as the first two Arkham games, we'll have a really good game on our hands.
 
I thought superman returns on the 360 was actually pretty good, the controls etc and power options are nicely done. The problem is it was set in the superman returns universe which made it inherently boring
 
The project lead of this game actually has two titles under his belt (Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and Prototype) that would make him a great candidate for a Superman title. I'm sure the topic has at least come up at Warner Montreal, if not early concept work.

Hopefully one day we get a great Superman title.
 
aceattorney said:
I'm getting this on PC. It won't look nearly as good on current gen consoles.
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I'm going to get this on current gen consoles because I'm not a fan of heavy DRM. Arkham Asylum had awful DRM... I'm not sure how Arkham City's was, but anything using GFWL will be bought on consoles.
 
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