Batman Arkham Origins

[bash]

I think its deadshot

[NeoDragoN]

Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson. Always makes me smile how they made him the complete opposite to Deadpool.

I thought Arkham City was pretty lame compared to AA so i'm hoping for something a little bit different with this one, i've got high hopes.

[mekanor]

It's Deathstroke - the guy Bash's avatar ripped off.

[Brad]

Hyped even though city was less fun than asylum.

[Greg Moss]

New Deathstroke trailer:

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/05/20/batman-arkham-origins-is-a-blast-from-the-past

[Brad]

As trailers go I can't remember the last time one got me this hyped for a game!

[Kit]

For those that can't be arsed with the **** streaming on IGN:



Incredible.

Should have shown that from the start instead of faffing around with the teaser.

[112]

Oh my... I'm am so excited right now! Thanks for the link Kit!

112

[Kit]

http://www.shacknews.com/article/79256/batman-played-by-sonic-the-hedgehogs-voice-actor-in-arkham

Oh ffs.

[Family Fry]

Kevin Conroy did say he was in the studio doing some Batman VO so one can only guess that is the proper Rocksteady Next Gen Batman, which will kick serious ass.
This doesn't actually look too bad, bit of a filler between batman's.

[Greg Moss]

Multiplayer confirmed

Some character spoilers in the link below, if you don't want to know who, no clicky-clicky.

I was all against it until

->Open Spoiler<-

Robin

appears, then I was like, yeah, that's ok then. Well to be honest I was like YEEEAAAHHH! Day one purchase.

[Kit]

Multiplayer confirmed

Some character spoilers in the link below, if you don't want to know who, no clicky-clicky.

http://bit.ly/1cl51JA

I was all against it until

->Open Spoiler<-

Robin

appears, then I was like, yeah, that's ok then. Well to be honest I was like YEEEAAAHHH! Day one purchase.

I don't know. I've said this before. His whole appearance goes completely against the concept of being a stealthy ninja. I mean, he's practically a walking bullseye in that costume.

[Greg Moss]

That's fine, when the game comes you be Batman I'll be happy being Robin . I know what you mean though, hopefully the lighting in the maps will make him harder to spot. To be honest, was hoping they would have Batwoman in the game when I first read about multiplayer, but again the long, red hair could be spotted from a mile away.

After reading eurogamers first impressions of this, it does sound rather good, if the devs can pull it off.

[Guts]

Late to the party, but I've been playing this recently for the first time and have to say what a bunch of ****ing braindead morons the general gaming media are.

Batman Arkham City has 94 average on Metacritic for the Xbox version, everyone jizzed their pants for it. Origins has 74. Yes, 74 average! That means there are a lot of scores even lower than that (like the laughable Destructoid 3.5/10 by Jim Sterling which would mean this game is an almost unplayable piece of ****).

And the funny thing is, the game is JUST as good (or bad if you hate these) as the previous two games, maybe even better. It's better paced than City which was all over the place with too many villains, it looks stylish, plays identically to the previous titles. But why does it receive so much nonsensical hatred then? Because it's not made by Rocksteady, but another studio. That's the only rational explanation why this game got steamrolled by the "anti-hype train" where as Arkham City was completely over-rated. I swear, if there would be the Rocksteady logo in the beginning, this would have been a 90+ game easily.

[Golgo]

I was put off, Guts, I have to admit, by the lukewarm reviews, after having loved the previous games. Maybe I should give it a chance. I remember reading, though, that it was buggy as hell and that the city was sparse and characterless. Any truth in that?