Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.
Batman: Arkham Origins is an adventure developed by WB Games Montréal, released 24 October 2013 on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 21.2 hrs to finish.
What Batman: Arkham Origins is
Batman: Arkham Origins is an adventure game developed by WB Games Montréal and released in 2013. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 60 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the DC Comics series
Batman: Arkham Origins is the 82nd of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Injustice: Gods Among Us - Ultimate Edition in 2013. Its critic score of 71 is 2 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham Knight at 92.
How it was received
Batman: Arkham Origins holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 842 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 42.5 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $3.99, that works out to about $0.19 per hour of the main story, or $0.09 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Batman: Arkham Origins launched on 24 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Batman: Arkham Origins yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Dlc
Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins - Deathstroke Challenge Pack
Batman: Arkham Origins - Knightfall Pack
Batman: Arkham Origins - New Millennium Skins Pack
Batman: Arkham Origins - Infinite Earths Skin Pack
Batman: Arkham Origins - Black Mask Challenge Pack
Batman: Arkham Origins - Initiation
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Batman: Arkham Origins - Cold, Cold Heart
Batman: Arkham Origins - Season Pass
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