For Review of the Original Game Click HERE !
Arkham Origins came into our hands on Oct 25th . WB Montreal followed up with a lot of downloadable content that kind of managed Arkham Fans for the sever backlash they heaped on the main game . Including Initiation DLC and few other skin packs with a mix of 2 extra MP maps . Lets face it . Batman multiplayer kinda sucked . I mean after 2 months of its release the servers were just plain empty . Now exactly six months after that on April 22 , finally we get our hands on a worthwhile Campaign DLC . Way to go WB , Thanks to Ubi for starting this trend ;)
Story ::
The story picks off after a few months from the main Game's story . It opens up with a video where its all warm and pleasant and enter Mr.Freeze who chills the hell out of everything . Now its upto The Dark Knight to once again put a stop to this Cold Criminal .
Although the story ain't that impressive, given that Ardent Batman Fans already know the story behind Mr.Freeze , the game still shapes up to a wonderful 2 hr entertainer.
Gameplay ::
Gameplay remains the same with Batman's unique weapons and Traditional Attacks ending with Critical strike and a dramatic Slow mo for the enemies . Out of the numerous Areas that were available for Origins only 2 are accessible to fly across in this DLC . I guess they did not want the players to stray too much outside of the story mode. That was a real bummer . I was so looking forward to stream in my Jet here and there :( But still hey , you can't expect more form a DLC can you ? . Unlike Far Cry 3 DlC where they just unlocked some key places which was already there in the real game , this was a entire new add on . SO I guess they needed to segregate it .
Still the highlight of game is the Thermo Suit that you get to don 20 min into the Story . Damn Batman looks cool . If you thought the initial suit made him look bad A** , wait till you see this . Especially with the bottom half of his face closed , he looks even more meaner and like a Dark Avenger . And the way the suit lights up with Orange (i.e) Thermal Energy is just too damn good. Although there are no new Gadgets , Hmm I don t think you can consider Cryo drill as a gadget bcos you get to use it only once , the game sure has its fine moments . Like Fighting against the guy with a Freeze gun . Doge here and there and when you get a gap , Stun him with the Bat Cape and pull his Freeze machinery out of his back .
Your Electric Gloves which you get from The Electrocutioner is still with you ( I still laugh at the way that guy was taken down :P ) but say hello when they change them into Thermal Gloves . Although they don't sound and feel dramatic the effect they have on the enemies is just the same . One thing that was cool is that I finally Got the hand of continuing my critical Strikes without breaking the combo .Phew ! Although Batman did look silly flying from one corner to the other hitting enemies here and there looking more and more like Flash !
The final Boss Battle where you do get to take on Mr.Freeze was a huge disappointment. I mean we already did face him once in Batman : Arkham Asylum . Atleast that was a little challenging and employed the use of some cool gadgets and some other unique moves . This is just routine Perch and Glide and attack and then again run back to your vantage point and wait till Freeze comes under your Ice pinnacle . Boring ! Altleast they could have finished it out with a dramatic Flourish like they did in Origins .
Only 4 side missions do occur in the map . Anarky is again to his usual stuff and you have to find the bombs before he cause mass destruction. Not challenging enough .
And Oh ! I forgot . I could have finished the game in 1 hr. It was just because of a major Game stopping bug that I was unable to complete it at all . I had to borrow a save file from one of the guys in Forum who had experienced the same issue .
Pro's ::
1. Play as the ultimate Dark Knight in a even more Bad A** suit .
2. Extra 2 hrs of Story Campaign .
3 .BGM is much cooler than the original Game . Felt more like the Hans Zimmer Version :D
4. Gameplay feels more smooth than ever .
Cons::
1. Boss battle was pathetic.
2. Major Game Stopping bug where Batman just falls and falls into a empty dark space forever. No official Patch yet . Only workaround is to get a save File from one of the guys in Forum and hope it does not get corrupted too.
3. Too Small .
4. No Jet :( .
Verdict :: A definite buy for Batman Fans . But is it worth the 10$ . Well I guess it definitely is .
Rating :: 8.8 / 10
Regards
Ram
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