I'm so happy to see this game is getting the love it deserves.

I love all the Arkham games. Even origins and knight. They're all just so genuinely fun.

It's truly heartwarming to see how much admiration and respect Arkham Origins has been getting more recently. It's an excellent game that didn't deserve to be written off the way it was at release.

I just finished the game for the first time the other day. Got to say it’s got contender for being the best Arkham game in my book. I think it’s got the best story and boss fights in the series.

Probably won't have the time or energy this year but I've played this one every holiday since it came out. It's the perfect christmas game.

I enjoyed the multiplayer in this game so much, it felt very creative and unique despite its short comings. Getting hunted by a predator gamer while trying to kill an opposing gang and the bat at the same time is definitely one experience no game has ever done.

I play this each Christmas too. Great way to get into the holiday spirit!

This game needs a remaster. It smokes Rocksteady's Arkham in boss fights and cutscenes. The story is nice, too. It's criminally underrated, and you should play it if you're a fan of Batman, action games, or just plain fun.

I'm still amazed how well Arkham Origins showed the relationship of Batman and Joker better than the Rocksteady trilogy did. That whole Asylum interview section was amazing.

this game is sooooooooo underrated... needs a remake / remaster

the reason why the city looked weird was because this version of gotham was a lot more younger as well as the batman. The developers took all the same buildings and did modify them to look more different to Arkham City and Arkham Knight. To me i believe this to be a smart idea since it’s literally like batman fighting bad guys who affect the city, which causes it to look younger.

I love how two of the Arkham games take place on a major holiday. Makes playing those games on/around those holidays a nice secondary tradition of mine

People sleep on this game! It's truly a great game that I very much enjoyed and played multiple times!

Still blows my mind this game was never added to digital backwards compatibility on Xbox. Have always wanted to play it.

I haven’t done it in a few years, but I used to replay this game every December too. It really captures that Christmas atmosphere.

As someone who only "bingeplayed" the Arkham Series a couple years ago, I honestly really liked Origins, it probably has my favorite story next to City. I did have my problems with Joker taking the spotlight instead of Black Mask, but overall I really liked it.

I thought I was the only one to play this around the Christmas season, I actually spend hours just walking around looking at the shops and Christmas decorations and listening in on the thugs conversations in the city....god I'm sad. Love the game and all of the Arkham games.

Luke, I'm really starting to enjoy seeing your sense of humor come out in your videos.

Bro its been 9 years since this game cam out, so much has changed

Arkham origins has real gritty, gangster tone to it. Felt like characters were taken that way instead of cartoony

This is actually in my top two can't really decide it's between Arkham knight And Origins for the #1 Spot

I think this game wins on boss fights, probably a benefit of having City base, they were able to put more care and attention into them.

I liked all the Arkham Games. I don't see the criticism outside of how much you're forced to use the bat(tank)mobile in Knight but that didn't really bother me either. Great idea Luke, i think it's time to play a Batman game at some point this weekend

I added playing this game to my other tradition of watching Batman Returns on Christmas. Batman and Christmas time in Gotham is one of the best settings for a great batman story.

Dude, it's sooo funny how you constantly repeat the '16 times the detail' joke over and over. It never gets old at all.

I remember playing this game after smoking weed for the first time again after 5 or 6 years without so my tolerance was gone - it blew me away and really tripped me out. I also hadnt played any video games for a good 3 or 4 of those years so it was really impressive.

I don’t know why but I thought I was the only one who play this game on or around Christmas .. this is basically my home alone every year , obviously not the best Arkham game but I love the anger of Batman in this game it bring me back every year

Picked this up off of Humblebundle for 5 bucks. Damn good installment, don't know why I ever put it off back in the day

I haven't gotten to playing this game yet this year. It really does get you into the christmas spirit.

Replaying it at the moment, one of the most underrated classics to me. I think for me this is a part of the main series and canon, and it's cool to know they made Gotham Knights.

That disclaimer had me rolling

I like how pissed off Batman looks throughout the whole game. He is young and full of anger, with a desire to prove himself and to punish the criminals of the city. In the other Arkham games he is older and looks and acts calmer and dominant. He is in control at all times.

Well, every Arkham game is known for a strength. Asylum is known for it's atmosphere and horror. City is known for it's story. Knight is known for it's polished combat. And Origins is known for it's boss battles. That's what this Arkham had going for it that no other Arkham game leaned into. It just has the best boss fights in all of the games. And it probably has the best trailers that went with these games. That Bruce growing up trailer is probably the best marketing I've seen in Batman anything. One thing that needs to be mentioned is Gotham itself. Gotham is a character in all these games and this Gotham is the most boring Gotham in the series. All I think of when I try to remember this game is going from Arkham City, a neon lit city and although dilapidated and in ruins, still looks lively and has character, - to the monochrome drabness of dead streets in Arkham Origins, unlived buildings, and souless structures in areas that couldn't look less appealing to explore. Their contribution to the Arkham map should've been an indication just how boring they would make all of Gotham in Gotham Knights. That is my biggest issue with this game. It's such a crap map that you don't want to cross that goddamn bridge when it comes to it.

This was my favorite Arkham story/tone, also Kevin is the GOAT but he always played Batman at his best when he does everything for the right reason, my favorite Batman is the earlier stuff when he is angry and a little unhinged.

This is what I wish Arkham Knight was, narrative & performance driven. Conroy's Batman was very over the top & aggressive, and left no room for moments of subtlety & humanity like there are in Arkham Origins, u got to see Bruce Wayne overwhelmed and in over his head, stressed & angry. You see a man trying to be something more for his City. In Arkham Knight Batman, is pretty much the same throughout the whole game, even though it's a lot of fun I wasn't emotionally invested at all

Random question but what screens do you have in between your monitor and keyboard lol?

Personally I LOVE the Arkham Orgins Story as someone who’s replayed it more than 10 times for sure. Those boss fights were fantastic too and the most creative in the series. Nothing in all the Arkham Games will beat the Deathstroke Boss Fight to me. That fight legitimately made me feel like a badass.

Merry christmas and happy new year

For me my most important memories about Arkham origins are my times doing "I am the night" making Arkham origins THE most difficult game of the entire Arkham saga. The game mode is just ridiculously difficult compared to the higher difficulty and the new game plus of the other games, but afterwards you really feel like Batman and the other games afterwards just fell like a walk in the park

17:40 ppl always drag me for this opinion but the third season of the show batwoman is one of the best handled post-batman stories. Basically all of the things batman confiscated from his villains got out onto the streets (mad hatter’s hat, mr freeze’s ice gun, catwoman’s whip, etc.), and a bunch of copycat villains found them and sprung up all inspired by their predecessors. It also paralleled heavy to how Ryan (batwoman) handled being basically a copycat Bruce. She ran wayne enterprises in his absence, juggled bat-missions, and tried to keep corruption out of the corporate workplace. If you don’t believe me, watch it for yourself. Skip the first two seasons, hop in on season 3, and tell me what you think. It’s a short season and it’s very enjoyable.

I just found a copy the other week. I loved this game, it's a shame I only did a playthrough once when it came out. More than ten years later and I can't wait for it to arrive, relive some old memories.

A Christmas must play if you can get past the TERRIBLE progression system. Tying player progress to challenges IS a TERRIBLE idea

"Ah Roma" - Roger Craig Smith (Ezio Auditore) "Where is the Penguin?" - Roger Craig Smith (Batman/Bruce Wayne)

I just played Arkham Asylum & City for the first time the past few weeks (I had only played Knight when it came out for some reason) and decided to buy this game. I didn't even know it took place during Christmas and I beat it on Christmas night, it was a perfect time to play it.

Funny how I upgraded to ps premium yesterday to play origins, and I didn’t even know you made this video til today

I always try to finish the main story of this game on Christmas.

9 years already, I remember still to this day my grandfather gave me a ps3 and arkham origins and I remember playing it all day on christmas, those were good times

Anyone know why Arkham Origins isnt on ps4/ps5? Im fairly new to gaming so Ive been trying to play all the Arkham games as catch up and can’t find this listed?

you are right, rocksteady designed the free flow combat to follow a rhythm and if done properly you can even make a song out of it

I tried doing a no death run since I had gotten past the final deathstroke bossfight without dying. Bane came out of nowhere and killed me four times in a row. I am still livid to this day.

its sad times for me luke i got extremely ill so i'm going to be bed ridden through christmas could be covid could be a flue no sure but man it sucks if i try and play games my head starts pounding :( so i'm just bringing your videos instead love you man

I’ve been saying for years that Origins was my favorite because of how it felt so much like the animated series with a darker tone. This game has the best version of Bane and Killer Croc as well.

I do miss the multiplayer for this game. Had some good time with my buddies when this game first dropped

My yearly tradition is to play Origins and go through the main story on Christmas Eve

Where did you get the chair?

I love love love this game. I think Troy and Roger kill the roles. The christmas settings is done really fucking well to.

Had to store my 360 away last year before college so the past two years I haven’t been able to play my Christmas go to. Shout out to Luke for giving me a little taste to get me through not getting to play it yet again

I haven’t played this game in probably 8ish years but I enjoy it lots back in the day and often think of re buying it to play it again. It’s definitely not perfect but damn some of the cg cutscenes are so memorable

4:11 to actually start the video

Batman Arkham Origins - my favorite Christmas game.

Important tip for beginners imo, play on hard, but I recommend to not turn the hints off. Supposedly turning the hints of will also turn off the lightning-counter prompt, wich I love for normal combat, but that makes boss fights so much more harder. You can finish it none the less, I did it in my first play trough, so you can too. But especially copperhead and deathstroke are insanely hard.

Arkham origins was really good, I’m surprised it is as underrated as it is

It's so great to see that Arkham Origins has been getting love recently. Idk why people had to bash this so much just for not being connected to Rocksteady or that it was just a gameplay copy of Arkham City which I barely cared about tbh. The game had taken such a interesting dive into that Batman's origins in similarities to the comic run of Batman Year One and elevated it with a original narritive that hits hoke about the essence and meaning of Batman. In honesty I sometimes go back and forth with Origins and City for which had the best story in the series cause it's just that damn good. The story's great, the VA cast is solid (and especially Troy Baker's take of Joker), the combat even similar had some new styles and honestly was the smoothest imo until Arkham Knight. The original score was AMAZING man. Christopher Drake made such fitting motifs and themes that captured well in a thrilling and heroic sense with some special compositions of Christmas melodies that fits with the game's settings beautifully. Arkham Origins will always have a special place in my heart for what it's done thru my childhood and especially the memories I made playing the first time. I used to pop it on the PS3 every holiday in celebration and it was the perfect entertainment to enjoy the season. Thank you Luke for making this vid about the game and Happy Holidays 🎄💙

Batman voice (Roger Craig Smith) was also Ezio in AC

Unrelated to the video, but here in Tennessee, Christmas is typically in the 60s but this week, it has been 5-8 degrees with a wind chill of -8. Merry Christmas all

I tried playing it when it came out and tried a few more times but AA and AC were still fresh in my mind and that really didn't help. I just played it a few days ago and 100% it and loved it honestly. I really recommend playing it

how do u play it on xbox series s

Was unable to find any downloadable version of the game on Xbox so had to purchase a hard copy of the Xbox 360 game to play on my Xbox One. Also can't find any support for the DLC for any of the Arkham games other than Arkham Knight.. anyone have any ways to get any of that on Xbox One?

Never, and I mean never understood all of the bitchin and negative feedback regarding origins. Maybe I just enjoy gameplay n story more than amazing graphical phenomena, And tbh, when i got origins after finishing AC, I was more than satisfied, also big hamill n conroy (rip🙏) fan, but what Troy baker and roger C smith did with the younger versions was really cool to me. Also liked the feel of the shock glove punches haha. Overall great addition in my opinion and a great way to fill the gap towards AK.

I love all of them equally, but if I had to choose I’ve gotta say this is my favorite game in the Arkham series. I love the boss fights, the snow setting, their portrayal of Joker, Bane, etc. This is a great addition to the series

What a beautiful underrated gem, my favorite and the best, probably the most played than any other video game. Arkham Origins I LOVE YOU

Great timing. Just started the game on dec 23 , after years of not having played it.

When I revisited this game I remember trying to play on hardest difficulty and boy was that tough as soon as I got to the first boss mfight with killer croc I had to change the difficulty and that’s coming from someone who has played the other games over and over and over again

it´s my personal favorite from the series. Never understood the hate. Never will. Best writing and acting all aroud. Best setting. Batman actually feels like a menace, a brute force of nature.

Ooo, I'll definitely be watching this one a bit later (doing my own Christmas run of the game atm, and also recording it). It's my favorite game in the series after City, and I would still rather they do a direct sequel to this one rather than anything they tried with Gotham Knights.

YESSSSS! I almost for got holy moly! time to redownload now!

Merry Christmas to you and your family. I wish you continued success throughout 2023

Recently got a gaming Pc and decided it was a great opportunity to replay origins since I didn’t want to shell out too much for an old 360 copy. Awesome experience

I enjoyed batman origins when it came out. Till I got to a game breaking bug that wouldn't let me continue after hours of play. I still need to finish it.

I beat the i am the night mode with all side missions and barely defeated it sane

that was one of the funniest disclaimers i've ever watched i was rolling

I couldn’t get it to actually load up

Honestly, I played it recently, it was my reason to purchase the highest tier on new PlayStation subscription! I played it way back in the day on ps3 and since I play Arkham games every single year, I was always missing this one. And I must say, I had a blast!! Yeah it’s got it’s flaws, but still it is great! It’s darker in tone, story is great, it’s got awesome sections, fantastic boss fights (yeah Deathstroke I’m looking at you) and through whole my play through I was wondering, why there is so much hate towards it. It’s got the best combat impo after Arkham Knight, and yes electricutioner gloves are so freaking OP but so fun to use! I don’t know, I had a lot fun with it! Looking forward to playing it again

Its 10 years later, and I still never played it

got this game as a christmas gift and it was immaculate

Feel like I need to replay this 😅

I seem to recall at least one of the other Arkham games being set on xmas... wasn't city set in the holiday season? It's been too long

I'm playing through all of the Arkham games for the first time this year. I'm currently 40 hours into Origins, and only 65% through the story. Granted, I'm going after ALL of the Riddler data packs and side mission content, but still. How could you possibly complete this game in only 10-13 hours? Is that going on the assumption that all side content and non-essential content is being skipped? I'm an admittedly slow player, I like to soak in the environments and look for all the secrets, but 13 hours? I don't see how you could ever hit that mark.

I have been wondering if, "Gotham Knights," is in this same universe as, "Arkham Origins?" I experienced this title on an Xbox 360. I bet it runs great on your rig, Luke! Happy Holidays!🤘

I just gotta get that mug

I loved the original division for Xmas vibes.

Not even I started playing yesterday on Christmas lol

I love how Christopher Drake used the Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" within the main menu theme of Arkham Origins.

Wow, you dropped the ball on calling it a “Christmust Play”.

The division, on snowy days, for immersion

Tried playing this the other day for the same reason, couldn’t get back into it tho

I love this game. I received it along with an Xbox 360 for Christmas in 2013 and I couldn’t have gotten a better game for the time. Kevin Conroy is great he’s the Batdad but I loved how visceral and badass Roger Craig Smith’s version was in Origins. Pretty much everyone in this game feels that way with it giving us the best Bane adaptation and arguably the best Joker adaptation after Hamill.

The Greatest Video Game ever made, Starring Roger Craig Smith the Best Sonic Voice Actor, is finally getting the Praise it deserves. Life is Good!

I was just looking about possibles remasters of this game yesterday...I need a remaster or remake of this in new generations! Still is my favourite Batman Arkham game :,c

I just played Arkham Origins for the first time a few months ago and I genuinely loved it. It's probably my 2nd favorite Arkham game next to Arkham Asylum. Super underrated.