Batman: Arkham Origins opening weekend sales half of Arkham City in the UK

<< LINK REMOVED >> Eh, wait for the holiday sales to kick in. It's only dropped a little bit because it was released a month sooner.

They lucky we can't get our money back on software. A movie I would walk out on.

WB games should make a Batman game based on a pharmaceutical company run by Scarecrow

<< LINK REMOVED >> *Sigh...* Arkham is just part of the title. It is Gotham City. Also, after having played a fair bit of it, I can safely say this is the game that Arkham City should have been.

What I didn't like about this game was when I read about the already released dlc information. Two skin packs, a few map packs (actually I believe it's 1 pack of a few maps) and 1 sp add-on. We don't need more challenge maps! How about some good, fun and interesting SP expansions, I'd be more willing to pay for some awesome dlc stories than damn map packs! But I know that won't happen :( AC is still the best Arkham game. AA was a lot of fun as well.

<< LINK REMOVED >> he he he....No, I think its time for the Warner Bros to make their own death permanently and give a new life to the great RockSteady.

<< LINK REMOVED >> You mean it would be cool if the game was about Batman fighting a bunch of assassins and the Black Mask on Christmas Eve in Gotham City? What an awesome idea for a game! I wonder if anyone has ever thought of that?

I mean, Jesus Christ, you are an idiot. Can't wait to read your next post about how Rockstar should come out with a Grand Theft Auto game set in a fictional version of LA.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Nothing new? How about improved boss battles that doesn't rely on you fighting off titan fuled enemies in every battle or one punch bosses? What about a new detective mode? What about fast travel? What about new enemies that can counter you?What about a larger world? Ya "nothing new" is all a load of crap. While games like FIFA, or COD can come up with the same crap each and every year and nobody complains about that right? Who cares if it was made by a new developer? It's running off the same engine! Just like Arkham 3 will be running on the same exact engine!

No Mark Hammil, No Kevin Conroy? Yep... we don't care.

And poor sales will, of course, be laid burden on the developer, not the publisher keen to run each profitable franchise into the ground through yearly sequels and market saturation.

I can explain this with one word:

Duh.

I avoided this game like the plague when I say the teasers. Then I got to borrow the game from a friend. He tried to sell me the game at first, told me he'd sell it to me for 40. Told him no, I don't want it.

All I got to see is that Warner Brothers sucked the life out of this game and turned it into a super cheesy and very idiotic. I *hate* the new Batman actor. The boss fights were dull. It may have the same combat system as AC, but the boss fights are NOT very thought out at all. Part one had more intuitive boss mechanics lol

But no, this is a poor excuse for a Batman game. It doesn't innovate AT ALL. In fact, they only managed to make it even LESS fun. But hey, if you never played the last games, you might enjoy this one. You'll hate Batman and the stuff he does in this, but the game ain't 100%--You know what? If you haven't played the last two games just take the money you would spend on this on the other two instead, you will get so much more entertainment and still have money left over.

I'm not surprised it didn't beat Arkham City's numbers, but I am surprised it knocked GTA and FIFA down.

Arkham Origins certainly isn't as good as the previous two games, but I wouldn't say it was 6/10 bad.

6/10

The game has got good reviews, better than I thought, both by critics and common gamers alike, but lower sales is to be expected. It's by a different studio, it's not a sequel to the previous Arkham games etc. I don't know how much the non-gaming-site majority of consumers care about this, but I haven't sensed any general praise or hype for this game. Would it be crap or not? That's the vibe I've been getting, concerns that might be well-founded.

It's been all downhill since A.A.

Whats sad is that thsi game actually good very good reviews but since it wasn't getting 10's people for some reason believe its not worth their time. What a shame. It also doesn't help that gamespot did give it a garbage review as well as others who complained it was the same yet praise games that do the same thing. It also bothers me the amount of arrogance that a lot of fans have towards WB Montreal, passed on the game purely because it wasn't made by Rocksteady. It comes from the same exact people who crapped all over Arkham Asylum before it came out. Shame on people for thinking this game is actually bad because it didn't get 10's. This is a great game and deserves to be played.

Not surprising. The PC version however, is seriously BUGGY as hell. I had to start all over after almost finishing the story. As for the game in general, its a good variation of Arkham City, but not enough of an innovation to WOW anyone

So unfair, the game is good as the first two and visually is way better.

As soon as it was announced that Rocksteady wasn't developing, most of the hype for this game died. And then reviews came out and any hype left was buried and put to rest. Just hoping that WB's excuse is that Rocksteady is working on next gen batman.... that better be the case, anyway.

I got it on PC, no one in their right mind should spend any money on 360 or PS3 games at this point now that modern consoles are a few weeks away. I will say that Origins plays like a DLC not an entirely new game of it's own. While I loved the other two Arkham games this feels like an add-on of more of the same.

People are saving for next-gen and/or getting it for Christmas. Chill the **** out.

It should come as no surprise giving most people's attention will be on the PS4 and Xbox One what with these consoles coming out in a month's time.