Batman : Arkham Origins (2013) Asylum Prequel

[sfa]

That Mad Hatter level was awesome stuff. A million times better than what we got in AC. Definitely creepy and dark.

I've just been playing some of the challenge maps and it's a nice change that in some of the predator rooms it's Tetch's goons and his voice over the PA system. Nice to have some variety rather than just Joker in AA and just Riddler in AC.

 

[Russell1982]

It is pretty ridiculous the amount of glitches happening in the game. Apparently a patch is on its way though.

 

[sfa]

Yeah the glitches are seriosuly ruining the enjoyment of the game. It's a shame because witout them it could potentially be the best game of the series.
Hopefully a few patches will be coming in the future because the one coming soon is just for the frame rate issue, and there are more glitches than that which need sorting....

 

[Russell1982]

Yeah, it's putting me off playing it as it just gets too frustrating sometimes. I remember I when Asylum was realised I couldn't put it down. Then the same with City, especially with all the side missions. With this one though, now I've finished the story I feel like I almost don't wanna keep playing because I know I'll end up getting annoyed with some issue.

 

[sfa]

Yeah it really is off-putting. Eric Holmes tweeted saying something like 'don't use fast travel until the patch', but that only solves the fast travel problem. Hopefully they're aware of all the other problems too.

There's been a few combat glitches for me recently aswell, like I'm in the middle of about to punch a guy then it just stops for no reason and my combo drops.

Also, I don't know if this is a glitch or deliberate, but in combat there seems to be a thing where it's hard to tell if a knocked-down guy is out for the count or not. I've seen instances where the guy will be knocked down, then stars will appear (indicating that he's stunned) but then the stars will just vanish (indicating he's out). Is it just me that's noticed this? It's annoying when trying to get some ground pounds in as it drops your combo.

 

[mikedanger]

Nope.

Spoiler

Apparently the compartment contains a bag saying DO NOT OPEN UNTIL COMPLETING THE MAIN STORY, and inside is a Black Mask head to put on the Joker statue.

But are we talking about the Joker statue with the TV screens, or the Joker statue with Batman threatening him?

the one with the TV screens...the US version

not sure if the UK version has the same option

 

[Buttmunch]

Nope.

Spoiler

Apparently the compartment contains a bag saying DO NOT OPEN UNTIL COMPLETING THE MAIN STORY, and inside is a Black Mask head to put on the Joker statue.

But are we talking about the Joker statue with the TV screens, or the Joker statue with Batman threatening him?

That statue really needed some instructions. I had to look up online how to open the back for the batteries. I had no idea there was a second compartment. Sweet extra!

Just finished the main story last night.

Spoiler

I swore to myself after Iron Man 3 that I wouldn't fall for the advertised villain to be the actual villain anymore. But sure enough I fell for it again. Totally did not see Black Mask being a red herring for the Joker being the true bad guy of the game.

 

[VALVOLINER]

The ammount of glitches, bugs a FR problems on this game are INSANE guys:

Massive FR drops and slowdowns, stutering (cinematics and gameplay) tearing, audio problems, freezes, corrupted saves files, infinite Black holes (BEWARE WITH THIS) glitches, slowdowns and imput lag in combat (Try BAC combat and then compare the results with BAO ), minor gitches everywhere in game world, secondary missions bugged.. etc, etc



Yesterday, I loaded my game from where I left it (just before copperhead combat in Sionis industries).. and I found Batman falling into a black hole (no map) in an infinite loop .. ¿¿?? . Tried to reload the game several times , and over and over and over the same ****ing thing, finally I could'nt do anything to fix it

Fortunately I have PSN+ and was able to restore a previous savegame from the cloud storage... Just lost a 10% of my actual total progress, but thats far better than restart a game from the very beginning (more than 20 hours)

Tnis is,nt a classic BA game from Roksteady (WB Montreal specifically), this is Skyrim 2.0 .. BEWARE!

 

[Vader AL]

Rushed release to beat the new systems coming out?

 

[razkazz]

That sucks. I didn't get any glitches that bad, just a few instances of bad slowdown, some guys not noticing me when they should have/takedown prompt not appearing, and a bit of clipping through specific walls like the roof of the GCPD. Oh, and enemies getting stuck walking into ladders, I remember that in the bank specifically, that was pretty bad.

Having completed the game and almost all of the side-missions, I found it slightly inferior to the previous games in every way, except combat which was the same, and significantly worse in the story department. Though to many it seems this is their favorite story yet, so I guess it depends on what kind of Batman you prefer. It was disappointing that despite being the largest game world in the series so far, it's the least rich with detail and easter eggs. That said, it was really cool to see pre-Arkhamified Gotham and I'm super grateful that we got this one to hold us over until Rocksteady's next entry. The hours spent gliding around freely exploring, solving riddles, and punching baddies were as fun as ever. I'd give it an 8/10.

 

[VALVOLINER]

Rushed release to beat the new systems coming out?

I bet all my money on that

The fact is BAO does'nt seem a final/retail game.. This is an unpolished beta to me

That sucks. I didn't get any glitches that bad, just a few instances of bad slowdown, some guys not noticing me when they should have/takedown prompt not appearing, and a bit of clipping through specific walls like the roof of the GCPD. Oh, and enemies getting stuck walking into ladders, I remember that in the bank specifically, that was pretty bad.

Having completed the game and almost all of the side-missions, I found it slightly inferior to the previous games in every way, except combat which was the same, and significantly worse in the story department. Though to many it seems this is their favorite story yet, so I guess it depends on what kind of Batman you prefer. It was disappointing that despite being the largest game world in the series so far, it's the least rich with detail and easter eggs. That said, it was really cool to see pre-Arkhamified Gotham and I'm super grateful that we got this one to hold us over until Rocksteady's next entry. The hours spent gliding around freely exploring, solving riddles, and punching baddies were as fun as ever. I'd give it an 8/10.

Which version?

I.m playing BAO on PS3 and definitely can't recommend this version to anyone(At least until this game has been patched correctly)

Have been investigating today (WB forums specially) and basically all the problems mentioned are quite generalized, and not isolated cases.

For example:
The massive slowdowns, freezes and Crashes is a general "bug" that occurs when uses a couple o times the Fast Travel feature, not immediately but within minutes (is related with the memory management of the system) and they don't recommend to use it (Fast Travel fearure I mean) until the game is patched. It happens to everyone PS3 users...The stuttering on audio, cinematics, and gameplay may be related with the memory management too (Not sure) and this happens on PS3 and 360

The corrupted saves, is something general too, (PS3 and 360) and they`re investigating this right now.. Even the infinite Black Hole I experienced yesterday, apparently is something quite common ..

About the buged secondary misions, I experienced this with the Most Wanted Sionis mission and the Cyrus Pinkey thing (I can not enter the crypt, even the map Icon dissapeared ¿? ).. from what I've read, I'm not the only one.


Bugs, gliches, infinite black holes and corrupted files apart.. I like the game (not finished yet) however I find it inferior, less detailed, polished and less "appealling" in every way than the previous games. Neverthless with all the ****ing glitches and bugs (minor and mayor) that have been experiencing from day 1.. sorry, but can't enjoy it

 

[Roc74]

I bet all my money on that

The fact is BAO does'nt seem a final/retail game.. This is an unpolished beta to me

Ran into another Bug when I got to the part...

Spoiler

Where Bane throws Batman out the window of the hotel, he threw me so hard, batman just kept falling and falling. I let it go on for while to see how far he can go, eventually he just fell through gotham and then you would be fallaing away from an upside down gotham city.

 

[Ktjn]

PS3 version is seriously buggy. I now see why so many are complaining. They really should have waited a month, but I guess they were fearful they would lose sales due to the next gen consoles.

 

[Hologram AI]

Had zero ingame glitches so far outside of losing my 10 hour save and then my 2 hour save after that and then a 1 hour save test to see if it would become corrupted, which it did.

I learned that playing offline eliminates your save becoming corrupted. I've been playing offline ever since it got corrupted twice online and it hasn't been corrupted once. Currently 50% completion.

Haven't tried Multi yet but from what I hear it isn't any good.

I hope WB Mon doesn't tackle another Arkham game. Best leave in the hands of Rocksteady.

 

[LittleBahamut]

WB Montreal had this huge shoe to fill and didn't seem to care. I felt like they were just going to ride on this Arkham name and do a poor job. I have many things to list on what I don't like about this game despite it being average, but I won't bother typing an essay on it. I don't see myself replaying this game again like the previous two.

 

[razkazz]

Which version?

PS3, slim 250GB. I did have the cutscene stuttering too, really sucks. I had no idea about the saves corrupting, hope I don't run into that before I get the last of the data packets. I have a WBID, wonder if that makes a difference in the amount of glitches you encounter.

 

[Platty]

WB Montreal had this huge shoe to fill and didn't seem to care. I felt like they were just going to ride on this Arkham name and do a poor job. I have many things to list on what I don't like about this game despite it being average, but I won't bother typing an essay on it. I don't see myself replaying this game again like the previous two.

Completely disagree, from videos I watched in the build up to release it sounded like they really cared about the franchise and what they were doing with it.

 

[VALVOLINER]

PS3, slim 250GB. I did have the cutscene stuttering too, really sucks. I had no idea about the saves corrupting, hope I don't run into that before I get the last of the data packets. I have a WBID, wonder if that makes a difference in the amount of glitches you encounter.

I have a WBID (And the Million Batman Skin from day one). and a PS3 Slim 250gb aswell (2010 movie pack)..I don't think it has anything to do with all the bugs and Glitches

By the way:

https://www.product-reviews.net/2013/10/29/batman-arkham-origins-patch-1-1-release-demanded/

Just Clarify that 1.1 patch and 1.2 patch released depends of the region, however are exactly the same patch

 

[Snadinator]

WB Montreal had this huge shoe to fill and didn't seem to care. I felt like they were just going to ride on this Arkham name and do a poor job. I have many things to list on what I don't like about this game despite it being average, but I won't bother typing an essay on it. I don't see myself replaying this game again like the previous two.

It is far more likely that WB forced them to release earlier then they would have needed. Publishers are like that.

 

[Bardoon]

I think it's fair to say with the lackluster reviews from critics that the gaming critic world is no longer going to tolerate developers putting out "Triple-A" sequels that don't innovate or incorporate new elements into the gameplay/story/etc.

A fair comparison I think is Saints Row IV. While it retains much of the same visual look and identity of Saints Row III, the large incorporation of superpowers almost totally alters the style of gameplay for the game (negates the use of cars, etc.). People complained because it looked like a "large expansion/DLC" and yes, it sort of is..but then again, it sort of isn't.

Batman: Arkham Origins is a GREAT game built upon another GREAT game however it did even less than Saints Row IV did with Saints Row III to really differentiate itself from Arkham City.

I'm surprised Call of Duty still gets high scores.