Why Batman Arkham Origins Was Secretly One of The Best Batman Games

Описание: Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham trilogy was very much the blueprint for how to make good superhero games, and it's a blueprint that many games have followed since then to find great success. And the series' legacy goes far beyond that- Arkham Asylum and City are often called some of the best games of their generation, if not all time, while Arkham Knight, for all of its flaws, has its fair share of fans as well. On top of being amazing adaptations of one of the most beloved properties in the world, they're also just flat-out stellar games in their own right.

But not all of the Arkham games get the love and attention that they deserve, and nothing exemplifies that better than the fact that more often than not, collectively, they're referred to as the Arkham trilogy- as we just did a few moments ago. Because really, it's not a trilogy. Standing toe-to-toe with those three excellent games is Arkham Origins, the WB Games Montreal-developed prequel spinoff that, for multiple reasons, just sort of got lost in the shuffle. Viewed as a half-step to keep fans satisfied between the releases of Arkham City and Arkham Knight, Origins is a game that gets ignored too often (including by Warner Bros. itself), and the fact that it launched only for PS3 and Xbox 360 less than a month before their successors certainly didn't help the game get any traction.