Just finished Batman: Arkham Origin. Playing as Batman still goddamn awesome! But this game has a lot of problem. It's pretty unstable and buggy. It's completely playable, you can play it from start to finish without encountering bugs, but one bug could render the game unplayable, just like Touhou-A-Live I might say. The game crashes constantly when I played, using fast travel causes the game to load indefinitely during the loading screen and I need to wait around 2 minutes, and Alt-Tabbing to get it to work, so using fast travel actually makes you travel slower, and the FMV cutscene only runs at barely 10 frames per second, causing the cutscenes to be nigh unwatchable as the sounds and voice don't match the ridiculously cutscene. And then I tweak the game code a little, and voila! 60 FPS cutscene and fast travel that is actually fast. Game's still crashes constantly though.
Since I have experience in playing Arkham City, I breezed through the first few of the combat section, consistently getting A-S Rank. But as the game goes on, the combat become harder though. I don't like how if I and the enemy attack at the same time, chances are, the enemy will win. The only addition to the combat is Shock Gloves, and it is so ridiculously powerful. Using it basically breaks the combat because of its power. On top of dealing double damage, it also nets you 2 combo per hit (3 with critical), breaks through any form of protection, and when fully upgraded allows you to counter any attack that is not from big enemies. Armored enemy that requires stunning first? Penetrate it with Shock Gloves and watch as your combo goes sky high. Shield using enemy that requires aerial attack? Punch through it with Shock Gloves. Enemies with stun rod that needs to be attacked from behind? Punch through it with Shock Gloves. Why bother with Disarm and Destroy when Shock Gloves punch through everything and obtained much earlier than Disarm and Destroy?
Predator is still annoying. I think in Arkham Origin, you can only use Smoke Bomb as a defensive gadget, not offensive. Whereas I can takedowns 3 enemies at once using a Smoke Bomb in Arkham City, here, somehow enemies can still see me when I'm in the smoke and in the middle of takedown. I don't know if this a glitch or not, but I'm guessing its a glitch. There's only 1 new gadget in Arkham Origin, which is the Remote Claw you obtained from Deathstroke, it basically connects one object to another. When fully upgraded, it become so powerful that it eclipsed the other gadget and breaks the Predator segment. You can perform takedown without needing to close to the enemy. If the Predator maps has a gas canister, you can drag it to nearby enemy to cause instant takedown and immediately put the enemy into critical condition (You did just explode a gas canister into their face after all). And then you can hang enemy into the watchpoint if the enemy so much as to wander near it. I consistently got A-S rank in Predator segment after fully upgrading the Remote Claw. This game depict Batman's early experience in crime fighting and he's even stronger than he was in Arkham City.
Eventually, all good games must ends. I finished the main story, completed all the side quest (except Enigma because his sidequest is the longest and the most tedious), and having a good time throughout. But now, it's time to go back to less fun, and bullshittier game.