Batman: Arkham Asylum
Though the Batman: Arkham Asylum-style combat is gone, the series still manages to find a place with Origins. It’s not surprising, considering how the Warner Bros. franchise captured the complex aspects that make the Dark Knight great so well, including his alternate handle as “The World’s Greatest Detective.”
The detective abilities that were popularized in Batman make their way in a variety of main missions and side-quests in the newest Assassin’s Creed. Though the detective mode from previous entries is gone, Bayek is given the ability to scan areas in an environment to discover points of interest or evidence to aide an investigation. Items and people alike can be interacted with in order to solve puzzles at hand too, bestowing a familiar sense of accomplishment when an ancient case is solved. This is just as players had first experienced when discovering what new tricks were up Joker’s selves, making for a very welcome return in Origins.
