Batman: Arkham Origins (PS3)

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He is a mysterious force; even the police do not know whether he is a vigilante, a myth or a supernatural being. The Batcave also serves as a hub where Batman is able to change costumes, upgrade his equipment, and access challenge maps to practice combat - these maps were accessed separately from the main game in previous installments. The North American Collector's Edition and the Australian and New Zealand Definitive Edition contain a light-up statue of the Joker by Project Triforce, a Batman "Wanted Poster", Batwing prototype schematic, Anarky logo stencil, glow-in-the-dark map of Gotham City and a Wayne family photo. Robin's skins include Tim Drake's first and second Robin costumes, his Red Robin costume, the designs from Batman: The Animated Series and Arkham City and a slightly altered version of the default Arkham Origins costume. And when it's fully charged - [Joker mimics being electrocuted] So either you kill Bane - / Batman: No.

Villains (including the Joker) take advantage of the assassins' arrival to launch their schemes, and Black Mask's henchmen instigate a rise in crime and gang activity in the city. The plot is supposedly hatched by crime lord Black Mask but unsurprisingly things are not as they first appear and plenty of twists and extra layers of villainy are added along the way. The Joker is left intrigued by the events as he is imprisoned in Blackgate, and placed in the care of Dr. Now I realize that all the battles, the bad days, the brutalities — it was all the hand of fate at work / Harleen Quinzel: So now you see fate differently?

The Dark Knight system offers tasks of escalating difficulty that promote improvement in stealth and combat. Travel back to the days before there was a Batman and take control of a young Bruce Wayne as he completes his martial arts training.

In August 2017, the Xbox 360 version was made playable on Xbox One consoles through backward compatibility. Joker berates the assassins for their failure to kill Batman, throwing Electrocutioner out a window to his death: Batman recovers his electric gloves. Other characters include the psychopathic Joker ( Troy Baker); [15] [57] black-market weapons dealer Penguin ( Nolan North); [58] the mind-controlling Mad Hatter ( Peter MacNicol); [41] [59] anti-government, anti-corporate anarchist Anarky ( Matthew Mercer); [20] [60] rogue hacker Enigma ( Wally Wingert); [56] [61] Alberto Falcone; [8] Gordon's teenage daughter Barbara, [62] and Blackgate warden Martin Joseph (Khary Payton). Each main-story boss reinforces the player's mastery of a specific game mechanic (such as Deathstroke, whose fighting focuses on countering attacks).Batman can use his cape to glide around Gotham City, and he can use the grapnel gun's retracting rope to attach to out-of-reach ledges and extend his flight. Others found the use of previous elements tedious, with replacements, simply mimicking the old (such as the glue grenade, with an identical purpose to Arkham City 's ice grenades).

Its sales were half those of Arkham City during the same time, and approximately even with those of Arkham Asylum. The game introduces a fast travel system, allowing Batman to remotely summon his plane (the Batwing) to transport him to other areas of the game world quicker than gliding or grappling could. Parts of the plot (such as Batman's relationships with the Joker, Gordon, and the game's Christmas setting) was partly inspired by Batman: The Man Who Laughs, Batman: Turning Points and Batman: The Long Halloween, respectively. Arkham Origins offers side missions, including Crime in Progress (where Batman can assist the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) by rescuing police officers from a gang or keeping an informant from being thrown to his death).Drake hoped the in-game music would not be boring, since those sections work at differing lengths of time (dependent on how long a player takes to complete a task). The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers nominated the game in three categories: Game, Franchise Action, Costume Design and Control Design, 3D. A week before its scheduled release in Europe, the retail Wii U and Windows versions were delayed until November 8. The developers drew upon "original Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle appearances" of Anarky for his character. The comic is the first in DC Comics' DC 2 Multiverse initiative, featuring dynamic artwork and sound and the ability to choose while reading how the story progresses (with several possible outcomes).