The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no."

It depends on what you're looking for.

In order to TRULY immerse players into knowing what it's like to be Batman, everyone who preordered Arkham Origins will wake up on release day to find that their parents have been murdered.

Hey, moron. It is not a nomination for the acting. Read the TWO sentences, you twit!

You're comparing the wrong thing there. Comparing start of cycle vs end of cycle is pointless. Of course they will get better, the start of the cycle always looks bad by the end of it.

I'd just like to point out that Gunpoint is available for the same price at the developer's site. It's through the Humble game store so you get not only a Steam key but a DRM-free copy as well. Also the developer gets more of your money this way than he would if you bought through Steam.