Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition is still an interesting metroidvania action platformer, though we expected a little more from the HD treatment.

Not a vast improvement over the Vita version, but it plays better on the PC and looks a little crisper too. Deluxe oder not, Blackgate is a fairly solid metroidvania experience that never reaches its full potential.

Created as a complement for Arkham Origins more than a unique game, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is an experience that really hit the point with its Metroidvania gameplay, although it has as much lights as shadows. Final Bosses are great in its conception, but the execution isn't good; Exploration is fun, but the constantly use of the Detective's Vision cut the flow of the experience. The truth is Blackgate may not be the Arkham we wanted to see in portables, but as a game is really entertaining. And kudos to the PC port, with its 60fps almost constant, something than home consoles cannot inexplicable presume about it.

A game that will only appease to Batman fans. While it isn't offering anything new, the story compensates for that disadvantage. 2.5D graphics and comic book influenced cinematics seems interesting but not satisfying enough for a PC game.

While it does some things well, namely its exploring and parts of its combat, almost everything seems like the “lite” version of what they should be.

A game that was born just six month ago as a portable adaptation of the original Arkham gameplay mechanics comes back on home consoles and PC in the form of a cheap Deluxe Edition. A commercial short circuit with no added value that should not be encouraged.

It has its moments. But there are too few and they are not spectacular enough. The one-dimensional action seems even more inappropriate on the big screen. It just is not interesting.