Who Do You See When You Look At Me? - One Amazing Scene

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I absolutely adore the dynamic between Bruce and Alfred in this game. It shows just how much Alfred matters in Bruce’s life and how much he needed to accept that.

Ever notice how from then on Bruce always says “thanks Alfred” after every conversation especially in Arkham Knight

“They need you.” “No, they need us.” Damn I got chills

It makes me so happy to see Arkham Origins getting more love and respect after all these years. I always loved Origins so much when I played it, even possibly more than the others, so I’m so glad to see it getting so much love now

I love Kevin Conroy's performance as Batman, but ever since his work in The New Batman Adventures, we've only really seen a well-seasoned and more hardened Batman. Roger Craig Smith does a fantastic job giving the impression that this Batman is very new to the job. He's more emotional, much more angry, and I love that his voice actor decided to try and convey that side of Bruce instead of doing a Kevin Conroy impression. It makes Origins!Bruce the most unique version in the games and imo one of my favorite portrayals of Batman in media.

In my opinion, this is my second favorite Arkham game, but this is my favorite scene. The reason being that it shows this outstanding dynamic built between Bruce and Alfred. Alfred, just wanting to see Bruce not throw his life away simply for vengeance, confronting Bruce next to the prepped Batwing, just for Bruce to completely brush him off, is excellent. It shows how, for lack of a better word, arrogant Batman is in his early years. It also adds further impact to Alfred's death scene, their last real conversation being an unbalanced confrontation. It's perfect story building and characterization.

i admire the story showing alfred and bruce's viewpoints on being batman , alfred being that he wishes that bruce doesnt throw his life away whilst bruce stating how he is the ultimate force that enduces fear upon the criminals and helping to make gotham a better place.Since bruce isnt concerned about dying , seeing alfred almost died really has shown how, without his allies , he would struggle and would even perish, showing how being batman can put your closest ones in danger , then alfred begins to understand why bruce is persistent on being batman, its incredible how batman then realises and becomes a better man. im glad that the devs had put more focus onto this

Something I realized is that as Batman was trying to force others to leave him alone and insists on being an “island”, Jim is the same way towards Bruce. And when Bruce asks for help, Jim does the same, and help Batman. Even when Bruce asks Jim to give him the security codes for the fire doors, Jim refuses while Bruce is still in the mindset of “I work alone”.

After playing Origins, I love to hear how much Bruce says 'Thanks, Alfred' in City and Knight. Shows that he does appreciate all the work Alfred does. Though he does fail to properly thank Dick, Tim and Barbara most of the time, but I guess he hasn't known them as long

Arkham Origins has BY FAR the best Bruce Wayne and Batman. He actually feels human, and not as a vehicle for gameplay and narrative like in Asylum, or someone who tortures himself with zero happiness or emotion like in Knight. We need more of THIS Batman. One that we as the audience can emotionally connect and relate to, unlike Asylum, City, and Knight which lack this aspect a bit, and one that needs his allies to succeed. If only we had more interpretations like this. This emotional connection to Bruce himself, proving that Bruce Wayne is just as, if not more important than Batman, is what makes Origins by far my favorite Arkham game.

The Alfred and Bruce drama appears to be a common trope we've seen for every Batman universe. The Dark Knight Trilogy, Batman V. Superman, The Batman, even Telltale's Batman had it too. Origins may be the best version of this trend after watching this video essay. Thanks a lot.

I absolutely love how rocksteady actually Arkham origins and confirmed it to be canon in arkham knight, the shock gloves, the black mask, and the anarchy gear in the evidence room, firefly and deathstroke recalling events of the game during their side missions, it's incredible

Honestly when I originally played through the game, I was so invested in the story the fact that we know Alfred survives never even occurred to me. For a brief moment I was legitimately thinking “I got a save Alfred! I can’t let him die here.” Like the character I was playing as I felt like I had failed Alfred. That is something that most prequels can’t do. Help me so invested in the story of the characters that I can overlook what I know comes later.

The story in origins was amazing. I was really surprised about the negative feedback this game received back when it released. Glad to see people are starting to like this game.

“I am not in danger Alfred, I am the danger”

I remember playing origins the first time and saying out loud to myself and my friend “Alfred isnt going to die, hes in city, i know he lives, but Batman doesn’t know this” immediately upon seeing Alfred i knew the scene was going to be very significant to the overall story of batman, and wasn’t supposed to be a moment of suspense for the player but rather a moment of character building

My favourite thing in Arkham Origins is Bane. His intelligence is highly shown here, with him finding out Batmans identity. Not to mention his strength is also good aswell, throwing Batman around like he's NOTHING. His final fight (The second half) in Origins 100% the best Bane fight we'll get. It shows his power and the monster he had to become to gain that power. His design is really faithful to the comics, but the one thing holding him back is his the fact he gets dumb downed at the end to match his other appearences.

Origins was the first game in this series that I watched. A friend gave me this game for Christmas early and told me to open it on the eve and play it at midnight. So I did and that night was one of the best gaming experiences that ive ever had. The atmosphere fit because of tje time of year and as a rookie of the series I fit in well with bruce being a rookie as batman. Alfred's death wasn't a gotcha moment to others, it was a gut wrenching moment that had me in disbelief. My introduction couldn't have been better and it is why for all of its flaws, origins is my favourite arkham game

This scene is one of my favourites in the Batman Arkham games. I can see both sides of Bruce and Alfred's argument: Alfred sees Bruce heading down a destructive path in his pursuit of justice. He is worried that one night Batman may not make it back home alive and Alfred would live with the same trauma that consumed Bruce after he lost his parents. With no one else standing up to the villains and the crooked cops on their payroll, Batman is, "the only THING" that is making an effort in cleaning up Gotham's streets. Spreading fear into the hearts of criminals, to him, is the only effective method on bringing about justice.