After seeing the trailer again I have to say its based on No Mans Land. There might be no earthquake in the game but everything else looks like it will be based on one of the best Batman crossovers of the last couple years.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
I read Knight fall years after it came out and I don't think its that good. Did the same with No Mans Land and loved it. Knight fall was more about the shock of a "new Batman".
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM-harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father...
Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
Sorry. It was. The only part I liked was the the endgame story at the end. That and I read the script online before the whole thing came out.
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM-harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father...
Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
Holy strategic acquisition, predictable Batman reference! Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced its purchase of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, the developer responsible for towing Batman's star vehicle out of a muddy Gotham ditch. Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum debuted in 2009 to critical applause and has since shipped over three million copies.
Jamie Walker, studio director of Rocksteady Games, expressed pride in the deal -- the cost of which has not been disclosed. "We are proud to strengthen our association with WBIE, a world class publisher that we have enjoyed working with since we began developing Batman: Arkham Asylum," he said. In addition, games director and excellent sniper position Sefton Hill noted, "The Rocksteady team is very much looking forward to creating more great games based on widely recognized Warner Bros. brands like Batman."
What Warner license will Rocksteady revive next? Whatever it is, it'll have to wait until construction is completed on the unnamed Arkham Asylum sequel.
[Update: Square Enix Europe (Eidos) has confirmed that it still retains a 25.1 percent stake in Rocksteady.]
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM-harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father...
Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
finally got to play this game all the way through. so fucking aweshome. cheap heations bewear: of course i loved it because it was a batman game, but as it did not appear on a nintendo console, the factors should balance out!
the attention to detail was awesome. the pacing was awesome. the voice acting of the main characters were phenomenal - particularly mark hammil's joker. i never really give voice acting the appreciation it's due, but his joker is always awesome. and in this game, he kicks it up a notch, giving the character a much less silly, much darker, more maniacal tone. a very subtle but very incredible difference. kevin conroy's batman is always spot on, as it has been for nearly 20 years, though the inflection (and i blame the game engineers, not the actor) was often confused -- like, the bits were angry or slow when that didn't fit in the storyline context. the other characters were passable, but often awful, particularly the commish, the warden, some of the doctors, etc. but that's mostly a passing remark.
the renders of the characters were awesome. batman looked so very kick ass, the joker looked so very evil, croc was intimidating, harley was hot, scarecrow's new design was ultimate -- maybe not as cool as the later BTAS "corpse" style, but a very close second. the lip-syncing was more off than on, and a bit of a distraction, but the mannerisms and actions were probably the best i've ever seen. i'm not sure if the character animations were choreographed in a "polar bear express" fashion, but it certainly seemed so. incredibly life like.
one related caveat i did not like was the occasional full motion video rendered cut scenes. when the in-game model characters look that good, don't break the flow by introducing a different cinematic feel.
the game's story line was to-be-expected, but they way it allowed them to position the pacing and progression was brilliant. beating up 15 thugs at once is exactly what batman should be able to do with relative ease - unlike the representation in every other batman game, where 2 or 3 regular bad guys can accidentally kill you double-dragon style. giving the player "predator view" and slowing down the action matrix-mode is such a great technique to give the player the feel of actually being batman. they're not cheats, he's just that good.
Mark Hamill has said that the sequel will be the last time he does the Joker voice.
That breaks my heart.
I don't know why. you can always go back and watch the old Batman and JL shows (or the Trickster episodes of the live action Flash show or the Hobgoblin eps of the Spider-Man cartoon from the 90's). jeebus, the man's done that voice for a long time now. let him do something else.
Mark Hamill has since said that he will be voicing the Joker in DC universe. If that game is a success you will be hearing him as the Joker for years.
The sequel to "Arkham Asylum" is now titled "Arkham City". I don't care for that title but it does sound like they are going with the No Man's Land story line, which is a very good thing.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM-harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father...
Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
"Written by Batman: The Animated Series writer Paul Dini (who also penned both Arkham games) and drawn by Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City concept artist Carlos D’anda, BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY picks up one year after the original game, where former Arkham Warden turned newly elected Mayor of Gotham City Quincy Sharp has decided to close down the infamous institution. In its stead, he establishes “Arkham City,” the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, inmates can roam free and do whatever they want as long as they don’t try to escape. To run this urban prison, Sharp has appointed Dr. Hugo Strange, a man who knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
That ending scene doesn't bode well. Are we going to have yet another session of 'Joker isn't really crazy, he's just acting up' bullshit.
i believe its a reference to the earlier trailers that showed how sick (physically ill) the joker was. and now, in this scene, he doesn't seem sick at all. still crazy, just not dying.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today confirmed that Robin will be a fully playable character in the new and improved challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City. The Tim Drake Robin pack is currently available exclusively to North American fans who pre-order the game from Best Buy for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack – Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
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