According to producer Guillaume Voghel, ”You play as Bruce Wayne learning to be a ninja. That’s a really cool one. Narratively there’s some added content that will give players a little more background story.”
The plot sounds somewhat like the opening of Batman Begins. However, Wayne’s teacher is Kirigi, who trained Ra’s al Ghul’s League of Assassins, but ”it’s not League of Assassins, it’s ninja-related. It’s when he learned to be a ninja and learned those techniques. He goes to a monastery - custom content was created for the DLC. You’ll be in Asia in the monastery. The team did a great job on that, it looks really good.”
Voghel also detailed the “I Am the Night” mode, which is a New Game Plus mode that is unlocked after completing both the main game and New Game Plus.
”The main narrative arc and side missions last about 12 hours,” Voghel detailed, ”and then you have all the collectibles. To get 100 per cent of that will take much, much longer. We have a new difficulty level, New Game Plus is coming pack - that’s really difficult - and when you’re done with that there’s I Am The Night mode - which is no saves and one life.”
Batman: Arkham Origins will be released on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the 25th October 2013.
