However, this new patch seems to have created a game-halting bug near the end of the game, during the final boss fight.
That all changed yesterday, when the game was patched on Steam to fix most of those issues. Up until now, the game lacked a fair amount of polish, with bugs making certain side missions unavailable, etc. Batman: Arkham Origins has been featured in r/games the past few days with review posts, and, notably, Sterling's very low review score focused on bugs and glitches.