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It looks like another Batman game is on the cards, and it's coming as soon as this year. That's all the concrete information we have so far, however, details like who the developer will be and whether it will be released on next-gen consoles are currently left to rumour and speculation.
I love Batman: Arkham Asylum and its sequel, Arkham City, so I'm looking forward to hearing more about this new Arkham game. However, sources at VG24/7 claim that Arkham Asylum/City developer Rocksteady won't be developing this game. If this turns out to be the case, then who can step in and offer the same meticulous attention to detail that Rocksteady gave us with the first two games?
The news of another Arkham game makes me wonder what more can be done with this particular strand of the Batman franchise. Arkham Asylum was a pretty complete package, offering a wonderful mix of satisfying combat, stealth, puzzle solving and atmospheric storytelling. Arkham City did a grand job of introducing an open-world element to the series, but it was so feature-rich and content-heavy in an attempt to avoid looking like Arkham Asylum 1.5 that some of the new additions actually harmed the experience, even if only in a small way.
This is the price to be paid for getting it right the first time around. So what can be done to change up the formula? There's always the option of giving the player control of new superheroes, although Catwoman wasn't exactly a great addition to Arkham City. A change of scenery might spice things up a bit, especially since the 'city' of Arkham City was essentially another Asylum on a grander scale. As for gameplay improvements, making the environments easier to backtrack through wouldn't go amiss, perhaps by being given the ability to fast-travel to the entrance of previously explored interiors. Also, if the new game is going to retain the open world, then not having to slavishly interrogate all the Riddler secrets out of a random succession of re-spawning goons would be appreciated.
All of this is fine-tuning, however, and it's difficult to think of any major changes that could be made without disrupting Rocksteady's excellent formula. What do you think? How could a new developer bring new, improved elements to the Arkham games?
A quick warning: the first person to say 'multiplayer' in the comments will be ejected from the face of the earth.
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11 years, 2 months ago
Open world Batman Beyond game, basically take arkham city and make that a batman beyond game...with new villains, weapons, puzzles, u got old bruce brooding in the batcave and yelling in ur earpiece. stealth missions with the suit abilities. im waiting for a batman beyond movie
11 years, 2 months ago
Being able to drive the Batmobile and Batwing would be great.
11 years, 2 months ago
...Multiplayer? No but seriously, some Co-op... Batman and Robin teaming up? No, still not sold? I don't know. Asylum was so great that it made City look kind of blah in comparison. A change in scenery may help, but where would they go? The combat is the main draw of the games and after a while, even in Asylum, it becomes more than a bit tiresome (especially those damn stealth missions). Maybe introduce bigger toys to play with? Let me fly the Batwing and other stuff. I just think a third entry to the series in unnecessary.
11 years, 2 months ago
Definitely agreeing with Sammonoske. Driving the Batmobile through the streets of Gotham City would be fantastic.
I can't help but be excited for a new Batman game, even if Rocksteady's not involved (though I'd definitely prefer it). Looking forward to hearing more news about the game.
11 years, 2 months ago
I think it's assured that they will add the Batmobile if not the Batwing. With Kevin Conroy in the mix, they may not put Bruce on the backburner to bring Terry McGinnis forward for Batman Beyond, yet.
Maybe throwing in Bruce's son or Red Hood would be next.
11 years, 2 months ago
I don't know if everyone's noticed, but there were a lot of things being set up in the sidequests of Arkham City. There was Azazel hinting at some grand plot going on, there was Hush on the loose & gunning for Bruce / Batman, Scarecrow's little secret base on that boat.. Basically, what I'm saying is that the combination of these characters sounds pretty damn interesting and could potentially create an incredible storyline. What'd be even more awesome would be having the Court of Owls involved, too. Basically just go from these setups and create an epic finale & possibly involve Robin and Nightwing more.
Gameplay wise, I agree with the Batmobile and Batwing comments, they could VERY easily create a lot of new levels and mechanics with all the tools Batman & co. has. Maybe even let us play as some of the villains and do something with that.