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[NickatNite]

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Batman: Arkham Legacy

 

[JTripper]

Origins did not have the best story unless you're confusing "best story" with "biggest set pieces."

No confusion here

 

[Ephemeris]

Angry Batman is best Batman though.

 

[Doctor Ironic]

In fact, I have bad news for ya'll: calling Arkham Knight one of the "worst ports of all time" still isn't accurate, and I guarantee you it only got the response it did because it was the first high-profile "bad port" released after the advent of Steam refunds.

It's a bad port and I'm sorry PC players got a crappy version, but there's no way in hell its a worse port than Saints Row 2, Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3, Deadly Premonition, or even Dark Souls 1. Shit I'd say Tales of Symphonia got it worse.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Include Origins and it's a day one purchase. Without it, sorry but no.

Origins was a greatly underrated game that suffered through game breaking bugs and glitches that the team intentionally decided to not fix, which was unacceptable. To not include the game, fixed and visually upgraded, with the others would just come off as an immature gesture to pretend that the game never existed, when in reality it has some great aspects worthy of the "Arkham" name.



For real. The hate for Arkham Knight was hyperbole at its worst. It has its flaws, no doubt, but it's a fucking fantastic Batman game despite its failure to reach the astronomical expectations of a lot of the fanbase.

Arkham Knight was one of the best games I played last year. Totally loved that game and I even played it on PC before the 2nd massive patch.

 

[PinkCrayon]

ABSOLUTE ARKHAM is my favorite nu-metal band.

 

[Slixshot]

Make all of them with the Arkham Knight Engine and I'll gladly pay another $60.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

What the hell does a guy have to do to play Origins? They really don't want me to play their game. When the others are on sale, Origins isn't. Whenever Batman Collection is rumored Origins is mia.

My god.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

I'd buy this in a heartbeat, but the longer I wait for a confirmation the more I lose interest.

 

[10k]

Because Rocksteady didn't make it, they hate it, and will do anything to bury it.

Because Warner Montreal outdid them

 

[Doctor Ironic]

Make all of them with the Arkham Knight Engine and I'll gladly pay another $60.

For real, Knight's engine and performance is overshadowed by the botched PC version. It has the best destructible physics I've seen since Red Faction Guerilla.

 

[Astral Dog]

Some of the biggest hyperbole of all time.

Origins was buggy but not even in the same league as the worst.

Was he not talking about Arkham Knight?

 

[JTripper]

What the hell does a guy have to do to play Origins? They really don't want me to play their game. When the others are on sale, Origins isn't. Whenever Batman Collection is rumored Origins is mia.

My god.

If they REALLY wanna bury Origins, they'll release this collection without it but with Origins: Blackgate instead.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

If they REALLY wanna bury Origins, they'll release this collection without it but with Origins: Blackgate instead.

Haha, my god that would be an epic troll.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

What the hell does a guy have to do to play Origins? They really don't want me to play their game. When the others are on sale, Origins isn't. Whenever Batman Collection is rumored Origins is mia.

My god.

Yeah. I've played the first two to Death. Missed out on Origin on PS3 and I'm dying to try it out. Hell I even played Blackgate on Vita.

 

[Night Terror]

What the hell does a guy have to do to play Origins? They really don't want me to play their game. When the others are on sale, Origins isn't. Whenever Batman Collection is rumored Origins is mia.

My god.

God knows. I don't really understand the hate for it, WB Montreal made quite the job. Props to the PC Version.

Also, at anyone who says Rocksteady hates AO is completely dillusional and seem to not have even read what they had to say about it.

 

[Enilced2]

Honestly if its more than a just a higher res upgrade and they actually revamp them with Arkham Knight level fidelity I am down.

 

[Roufianos]

Great, I'd love to replay AA again, it's one of my GOATs.

 

[MUnited83]

Not including the best one? Why even do this if they aren't going to include it? Dumb decision if true.

Origins did not have the best story unless you're confusing "best story" with "biggest set pieces."

And this is WB, no way in hell are they gonna fix any bugs.

It seems a bit strange to be releasing a "remastered collection" that you want to be big enough to justify a retail release, and only include two games that have both gone for less than five bucks in a Humble Bundle, though.

Nope. It have the best story, and it did have the better writing.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Not including the best one? Why even do this if they aren't going to include it? Dumb decision if true.

Cash grab on that Supes vs Bats movie. Can't port 3 games and deliver on time!

 

[DJChuy]

Shame about no Origins, but I'd still get it. Asylum is my favorite mainly because of the atmosphere and seems to be the most focused out of the 4.

 

[JTripper]

Cash grab on that Supes vs Bats movie.

Perfect opportunity for WB to make some bank with the both the Arkham games and their soon to be announced Superman game

 

[MattKeil]

Is it gonna have a PC version?

EDIT: Doesn't even look like it's gonna have a PC version, based on the survey! HA!

Pretty sure these essentially are the PC versions.

You actually like how they flat-out broke the combat in AO?

THANK you. I cannot comprehend how anyone calls AO the best of the four. It was a complete disaster in terms of the combat. It's like they didn't understand why Rocksteady's combat system worked at all.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Make all of them with the Arkham Knight Engine and I'll gladly pay another $60.

Yeah, that's really the only thing that would get me to pen my wallet for this. AK is arguably one of the best looking games of all time - if Asylum and City were raised to the same standard, I'd gladly pay full price for the pair.

 

[Neoxon]

Add Origins & I'll consider it.

 

[BossDarkseid]

Make all of them with the Arkham Knight Engine and I'll gladly pay another $60.

They are all on Unreal 3 though?

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I'd be excited for an AA remake. Completely redone encounter and gameplay design, updated level design, different art style and altered plot

 

[Agent Cooper]

I would love to see Arkham Asylum remastered. One of my favorite games!!

 

[Acorn]

I'm down as hell. Remember playing the demo and thinking "a superhero game that is good! ?"

 

[Maintenance]

Pretty sure these essentially are the PC versions.

Damn, console players are in for a treat.

On topic, bought AK on my PS4 and regretted immensely, so I'll be skipping this one.

 

[Falchion]

Glad to hear this is probably still happening. I'd replay them in a heartbeat.

 

[Already Torn]

Aw man, that's a lot of Riddler challenges for your money

 

[Samir Sedlar]

Good News, Hopefully Origins is included as well.

Also I ma still waiting for the Arkham Knight GOTY Edition.

 

[Maximo]

Still haven't played Arkham Knight..

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Was he not talking about Arkham Knight?

Arkham Origins was the best game in the series tho.

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[Doctor Ironic]

Arkham Origins was the best game in the series tho.

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ill fite u irl

They are all on Unreal 3 though?

Rocksteady made subtle adjustments to Unreal over the course of the franchise to the point where it was almost a completely different engine for Knight.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Perfect opportunity for WB to make some bank with the both the Arkham games and their soon to be announced Superman game

Yeah, there's likely two scenarios here:

1. WB Montreal is in charge of the port while they buy time for Rocksteady to make a full fledged Superman game. They probably need more time to port Origins so its ignored.

2. Rocksteady has two teams, Team A is making Superman while Team B is porting their own two titles, again to buy them time and put resources to good use. They don't want to touch Origins because they had nothing to do with it.

 

[V_Ben]

Arkham Origins was the best game in the series tho.

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I mean... You're right.

Best Batman voice.

 

[Doctor Ironic]

I actually really hope Rocksteady's next game isn't Superman. Or DC comics. Or any comics.

Matter of fact I wanna see them make an original IP.

 

[Markitron]

Yeah, there's likely two scenarios here:

1. WB Montreal is in charge of the port while they buy time for Rocksteady to make a full fledged Superman game. They probably need more time to port Origins so its ignored.

I think we assume they have been working on something since October 2013, and they are hardly taking time off to do a port.

Maybe WB are outsourcing it.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

No Origins, no buy.

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

Wow, the middle artwork is a big spoiler for Arkham City's ending.

What are you talking about? It's just Joker's bed time.

 

[DrGonzo615]

I really would prefer that they include Origins but honestly, Ill get it either way. Im still really hoping that they are doing a proper remaster job on here.

 

[MasterMongoose]

DAY ONE! This and Bioshock/Dead Space/Mass Effect collections would allow me to shelve last gen stuff for good.

Although having Origins would be the icing on the cake, especially with the DLC. Never played the DLC which people seem positive on.

I also loved AK- it was probably my second fave in the series after Asylum and if it had nixed some of the later Batmobile stuff it would have been closer to tying for first.

 

[WordAssassin]

What the hell does a guy have to do to play Origins? They really don't want me to play their game. When the others are on sale, Origins isn't. Whenever Batman Collection is rumored Origins is mia.

My god.

It was literally like just on sale a week or two ago on PSN. All the WB games were. Asylum and City were like $10 each and Origins plus all the DLC or Season Pass or whatever the fuck it's called was less than $20. I think that actually buying the game itself was more than the game plus season pass during the sale, even.

 

[mindfreak191]

So this is what the gaming industry has come to...Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the Arkham games, but these type of things are leading to an gaming industry overpopulated with "remasters"....

 

[Bizzquik]

Rocksteady's seeming disdain for Origins ticks me off.

Origins is a flawed gem. I loved the story it told, and its festive Christmas season backdrop.

Include it in the collection or I won't buy.

/survey

 

[pizzacat]

asylum > knight > origins > city


thats besides the point, I need this and the Bioshock one and yeah I know its on pc guys don't worry

 

[Ivan 3414]

No joke, Batman: Arkham Legacy would be a pretty good name.

Yeah, either that or Arkham Anthology would be great names

Would be shitty names if Origins isn't included.

Might as well pull a Take Two and call it "Rocksteady Collection".

 

[HardRojo]

Yeah, as much as Origins felt like City 2.0, it was still a great game and would benefit a lot from a re-release with some fixes here and there. Make it happen WB! All 3 games and you got money.