In fact we can’t help thinking that if Warner wanted to keep interest in Batman going then releasing three or four downloads of this length and quality, during the three years between Arkham City and Arkham Knight, would’ve been received a lot better than Arkham Origins itself. Even one of the Mr Freeze boss fights is very similar to his appearance in Arkham City.īut overall Cold, Cold Heart is better paced and far less flabby than its parent game. Most of the new environments are just generic industrial spaces and moving between exploration, light puzzling, and the signature predator stealth sections can’t help but feel more routine and familiar than it used to. Since the content is accessed as a completely separate menu option from the main game you don’t get access to your exact set of upgrades from your playthrough of Arkham Origins but you do have almost all the basic equipment right from the start.Ĭonsidering all this is being delivered for less than the price of a Call Of Duty map pack it’s impressive stuff, even if you can still argue that there’s nothing very new in the game.

Apart from a thermal batarang though the suit isn’t much more than a cosmetic difference and story crutch, but that’s fine as its inclusion is still more effort than we would’ve expected.

Arkham knight in from the cold