You get to explore Gotham almost without barriers, the fighting system is still good and the story is incredible, even though it feels like it starts to lose steam and fall into clichés towards the end of its run. That is not to say that Arkham Origins is bad. On that note, however, Dini's presence is sorely missed and it was a mistake to remove him from the production team even before the ill-fated 'Harley Quinn's Revenge' had gone into development several years ago. As with all the Arkham games thus far, the cinematics are incredible and there are several sequences involving both Batman and The Joker that hold up as well as if the inspired Paul Dini had written them himself. Some, of course, have made up their minds already and will never change them.

Albeit not as original as either 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' or 'Batman: Arkham City', 'Batman: Arkham Origins' is still fun and, for avid Batman and DC Comics fans or even fans of comics and games, this is a great buy! You're introduced to some fascinating characters, arguably many of whom have appeared in other games in the same franchise, but you're catching them before they have really come to understand Batman as being either their ally or their enemy.

Arkham knight in from the cold