A look at Arkham Origins so far

So with the new game in the Arkham series set to be released in just under 2 months (October 25th) and from all of the trailers and reports/ previews I've read it seems to be shaping up rather nicely compared to it's predecessors.

With the Joker's death at the end of Arkham City I was gutted at the thought that the newest game wouldn't involve everyone's favourite villain, however after finding out that this game will be set before Arkham Asylum tied into the fact that the Joker actually makes an appearance in the new instalment put my worries aside. Although Mark Hamill is no longer voicing The Joker and has actually been replaced with Troy Baker who voiced  Booker in Bioshock Infinite.

Joker isn't the only one to lose his original voice actors since Kevin Conroy, who voiced Batman over a number of different projects is also not reprising his role and is instead being replaced by Rodger Craig Smith. Personally I don't think that this is a bad thing since  it gives the younger batman a more unrefined nature led by emotions. So a good start to the game!

Next thing to look at is the villains. The fact that Black Mask seems to be the leading villain in this game is, in my personal opinion, a great thing since it allows for fans of just the game series learn a little bit more about a character who may not be known as well as he should be. This is also shown throughout the side missions in Arkham city as the player gets to meet such characters like Deadshot or Mad Hatter who they may not have initially recognised. Speaking of Deadshot, he is one of the many villains who are trying to collect the $50,000,000 bounty on Batman's head. Villains such as Bane and the Joker make a return to the game as well as the introduction of Copperhead and Deathstroke (Who I'm particularly excited about since it was announced that he will be a playable character) The strong set of villains, both old and new, will make this game awesome, hopefully game of the year.

Another pretty cool looking thing is the revamped detective mode. Shown in a number of first look videos is how Batman can recreate events such as the helicopter crash and then being able to piece it all together. As someone who is training to be a Forensic scientist that will be a very useful feature to have! However cool this maybe it does kind of take away the realism that the Arkham series has had the majority of the time. Saying this however, it will still be fun as fuck tracking down the bad guys whilst piecing all of the clues together.

Overall I think this is going to be a pretty freaking awesome game with new villains and effectiviely a new take on Batman/Bruce Wayne as a younger less experienced crime fighter. Hopefully it will make game of the year and I will definitely be queuing up for this as soon as it comes out.

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Comic Trivia of the Day- The Joker

So this is a new thing that I want to do. I want to provide everyone with a bit of comic knowledge that they may not be floating around in normal nerdy conversations.  Hopefully you'll all enjoy it :)

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So the first piece of trivia is about my personal favourite character in the whole of the comic-book land,  The Joker.

Introduced in the very first issue of the Batman Comics (Spring 1940), The Joker has been around constantly through all of the different periods and is still the most dangerous and unpredictable person that has ever been shown on the comic-book pages as well as in other media as well (notably his role in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City)

But did you know that according to one of the origin stories of the Joker (and regarded to be the most accurate one) Joker was the original Red Hood which was forced into committing the crime at the Ace Chemical Processing Plant where he worked. This is where he and Batman first encountered each other and this is also the site of the Jokers change from a bumbling frightened man into one of the most sadistic and dangerous villains of all time.

The Red Hood identity is now more famous by being portrayed by Jason Todd, the second Robin, who the Joker killed.

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day" - Joker

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