Arkham Origins is a prequel to the arkham trilogy, and is a decent attempt at the arkham formula. Though the game isn't quite as polished as the trilogy, it does a good job capturing the classic arkham gameplay while offering new toys and gadgets, as well as a compelling origin story.

PROS
+ There are a handful of detective segments in the game that let batman show his puzzle solving skills.
+ The story was interesting and is was good seeing how the joker became batman's nemesis.
+ New gadgets were fun, namely the shock gloves (and thermal gloves in the DLC)
+ The main mission design was good and each villain encounter was interesting and memorable.
+ It was good to see a young, angry batman as he learns to manage his responsibility and his strained relationship with alfred.

CONS
- Felt like DLC toArkham City due to same map being used, though there were some different internal locations.
- Riddler stuff is still tedious and i didn't bother doing it.
- A bit buggy and not as polished as i would like.
- graphics seem a little worse than Arkham City.

DLC
The Cold,Cold Heart DLC was good and showed batmans first encounter with Mr. Freeze.
The story was great and offered a few interesting segments and boss fight at the end.