Batman Arkham Origins : Behind The Darkness #REVIEW NO.25
New story in Arkham Origins begins at the time the incident on Christmas Eve, where Batman himself has a career as a hero cloaked over the last two years. But then, the criminals and even police units in this Gotham city intend to kill Batman. Then comes the Black Mask who also wants to destroy Batman, He provides a prize of 50 million dollars for anyone who can kill Batman. The offer certainly attracts the attention of the criminal groups who have been targeting Batman for a long time, and appeared 8 antagonist characters who are ready to pursue the prize and eyeing Batman's movements in Gotham City include Bane, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Firefly, Shiva, and Copperhead. The Assassin every day to make the crime and chaos in the city to provoke the presence of Batman. That's why your job as Batman this time is to survive the attacks of criminals and to look for Black Mask in order to stop the race.
FreeFlow combat system is still being carried out of the previous game, but Arkham Origins offers a more aggressive action, so you can fight and attack enemies more quickly and accurately so that you can overcome the enemy attacks despite many weapons they have embarked. You can throw a batarang into several enemies at once, if they come in groups. Stage boss fight will also be present, where usually you will be faced with various types of monsters-sized enemies, this stage will be decorated with quick time events.
Various previous gadgets are also present to complement Origins gameplay, ranging from Crypthographic Sequencer that works for security hacking, Batarang, Remote Batarang, Explosive Gel, Smoke Pellets, Disruptor, and Grapnel Accelerator. The latest Quick Travel system in this game just makes gameplay easier and less boring, this system allows Batman to move parts of the city quickly using Batwing plane, so after you finished scrambling devices in an area in Gotham, you can directly enter other areas which has a considerable distance just by visiting Batwing Drop Point. At any time you climb Batwing also you will be served a piece of the story cutscene videos.
Batman Arkham Origins also has the latest equipment like Remote Claw that has a clamp on both ends, you can point this claw to two target objects, and drag them to each other against each other. Coupled also with a pair of Electro-Shock Gloves are able to maximize the attack from his hand to generate combos faster action, but it also serves to counteract the glove electrical attack of the enemy.
I really like the challenge, and the boss battles in this game is very satisfying. Even this game is too difficult for modern game action. I think this game has the hardest boss battle of all the games I played for the last five years. In one of my boss's battles I had to repeat as many as ten times to finish it, and it took about half an hour to win.
Boss fighting requires tactics and each boss must be defeated in different ways. Like the boss battle in classic games, there are a lot of repetition of animation, but thanks to the cool animation that it does not become a problem. Most bosses also change their tactics as they reach a certain point, where you also have to change your strategy.
In addition to playing the core of the story, you can also take side missions, such as Crime in Progress where Batman can help Gotham City Police by rescuing police officers who were held hostage by criminal gangs. Each side mission you complete will add XP points to improve the level of equipment owned by Batman, unlock new skill trees and abilities, new features like better armor, and upgrade gadgets to make it more powerful. Puzzle solving and collectible objects here can also be said to have almost the same system in the previous game.
Speaking of graphic quality from Arkham Origins, this game has used Nvidia PhysX software engine to produce more realistic, dynamic gameplay graphics throughout the game. You can enable PhysX where in certain areas you can see snow or smoke that will react to follow Batman's movement inside, or disable PhysX and the effect will be lost. Support DX11 also has graced the beautiful atmosphere on each side of the city of Gotham. Nixia tested this game with gaming laptop MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2 Extreme and gaming desktop graphics carded GeForce GTX780 with Nvidia Surround setting on three LCD monitor.
The big change on Batman Arkham Origins times is with the presence of multiplayer features, developed by different developers; Splash Damage. Multiplayer mode here consists of 2 team gang belonging to Bane and Joker, each consisting of 3 people. They must fight against the enemy while trying to capture an area. Then there is also a role as Batman or Robin, who has a different task, which is to kill every member of the gang with flying and hiding behind the vent.
Batman Arkham Origins is a very good action game, but there are not many changes from the previous series. For those of you who have played Arkham City may be a bit bored while playing this game. For Batman fans and action game lovers, Batman Arkham Origins is required to play. Although this game is considered to lack a lot of developments or changes from previous games, but there are still many sides of Arkham Origins like graphical optimization that must be appreciated and fun enjoyed in gaming time Nixia.
