Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins, développé par WB Games Montréal et édité par Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment et WB Games, est sorti le 24 octobre 2013 sur PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC et Wii U. Ce jeu d'aventure et de type hack 'n' slash propose une préquelle originale se déroulant plusieurs années avant les événements de Batman: Arkham Asylum et Batman: Arkham City, dans une Gotham City agrandie. L'intrigue, située la veille de Noël, met en scène un jeune et fruste Batman traqué par huit des assassins les plus meurtriers de l'univers DC Comics, et confronté pour la première fois à de nombreux personnages qui façonnent son avenir. Le titre s'appuie sur un mode Détective amélioré permettant d'analyser des reconstitutions de crimes, sur le système de combat FreeFlow enrichi de nouveaux ennemis et gadgets, et sur l'exploration de quartiers toujours plus dangereux de Gotham. Depuis le 4 décembre 2016, la partie services en ligne a été supprimée, mais la campagne solo reste jouable.
La presse a salué un récit de préquelle brillant qui maintient les standards de la série, tout en notant par moments une certaine frustration malgré un rythme intense et des animations organiques. Certains joueurs expriment leur enthousiasme pour l'ambiance et le combat, tandis que d'autres regrettent, sur Steam, l'absence de Rocksteady aux commandes en percevant le titre comme une commande de Warner. Le jeu affiche un score Metacritic de 74 et une note agrégée de 73,75, pour une durée de campagne principale d'environ douze heures et demie et près de quarante et une heures en mode completionist.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« A brilliant prequel story that retains the high standards of the series to date, Batman: Arkham Origins is a superlative third instalment that perfectly embodies the spirit of DC's darkest and most enduring hero. The Dark Knight rises once again, and he kicks ass. »
« Yes, it’s frustrating at times, but it sure as hell got our blood pumping. Plus, the animations look unbelievably organic — especially contextual finishers that incorporate the surrounding environment —and the sound effects give every hit a satisfying sense of bone-crunching devastation. »
« Warner Montréal proved to be fully capable of following in Rocksteady's footsteps, delivering a very entertaining game. If you were expecting a revolution in gameplay or setting you'll probably be disappointed, but despite that Batman: Arkham Origins is great fun and deserves to be played by any fan of the series. »
« Arkham Origins has a lot to live up to. I think it gets close but sadly not close enough. You still feel like Batman, but it’s missing... something. Perhaps Batman isn’t just a man with a bunch of extraordinary gadgets, maybe he needs that creepy weirdness as well. »
« The quality of the combat, the diversity of the dialogue from lead characters to two-bit crooks, and the sheer amount of things to do make this stretch of Gotham an enjoyable place to visit. Origins proves the Arkham formula is strong enough for another team to tamper with, but if the series wants to really break free of its restraints in the next generation, they’re going to have to teach this old bat even more new tricks. »
« Arkham Origins is a fantastic game, and one that is worthy of the Arkham legacy, but that being said, one can’t help but feel that WB Games Montreal played this one safe. They relied on the strength of Rocksteady’s rock-solid foundation, and simply applied new coats of paint and some extra decorations that weren’t there before. »
« Batman: Arkham Origins delivers more of what made Rocksteady's games great, but doesn't break new ground. Like a youthful Bruce Wayne, it isn’t as crafty, and it takes its dings during combat, but still puts on a hell of a show when it needs to. Once Joker steps into the spotlight, it becomes a hard game to put down. »
« Another strong Batman outing, but one left bruised by the Arkhams Asylum and City. [Christmas 2013, p.72] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Awesome batman arkham game I don't understand the hate towards it its extremely good »
« The setting and events of this game is wonderful and very great game to start of the arkham series if you've never played a batman game »
« Por algum motivo as pessoas não gostam, mais pra mim a historia desse jogo é muito forte. »
« Buggy laggy and somehow even though its a system rip from City, it somehow plays worse. Still good though »
« This Origins game for Xbox 360 is pretty good, it's similar to the City series but with a Christmas Version, and it's the best game of all! »
« Bu oyunu neden sevdiklerini hiçbir zaman anlamadım bence arkham knight ile aynı derecede bir oyun sadece mekaniklerin arkham cityden kopyalamış o biraz kötü ama gerçekten çok güzel bir oyun bence hakki yeniyor ve remake olmasi cok iyi olur yada remastered »
« Not a BAD game, but it's not good either. Here, Warner tried to mimic Rocksteady's way of work and failed. The visuals feel off, the story is disconnected and I felt the game didn't have a climax. Play it only if you're willing to play all the Arkham series. »
« Don’t listen to the hate! This is one of the BEST ARKHAM GAMES OF ALL TIME and it deserves praise for its amazing story,boss fights,Easter eggs,gameplay and its amazing cinematic movie style high action paced cutscenes »
