Watchmen Game Debut Trailer: The End Is Nigh

by Nick Breckon, Dec 15, 2008 11:30am PST

Related Topics – xbox 360, Trailer, PlayStation 3, PC

Continuing today's Spike-spurred media barrage is the following trailer for Watchmen: The End is Nigh (PS3, 360, PC).

Developed by Deadline Games, The End is Nigh is a downloadable beat-em-up title featuring characters Rorschach and Nite Owl, scheduled to debut alongside the upcoming Watchmen film adaptation in March. The game is set during the 1970s, in the era of the original graphic novel's "Crimebusters" team.

Let's hope the movie aspires to be something more than a "mature action-brawler" with "bloody, visceral combat in rich settings."

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alan moore is rolling in his grave.

Dec 16, 2008 7:17am PST

alan moore is rolling in his grave. : sanewave

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This looks great for an XBLA game... so I'm hoping they are as lax with this game as they were with Portal because there's no way this game could have any real substance to it if they limit it to 150mb or whatever the usual cap is for XBLA games.

Dec 15, 2008 4:18pm PST

This looks great for an XBLA game... so I'm hoping they are as lax with this game as they were with Porta... : getlefty

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@ 14 seconds Nightowl does a Mortal Kombat Raven move???!! WTF! When did Nightowl have super powers and lighting abilities?

Dec 15, 2008 12:36pm PST

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@ 14 seconds Nightowl does a Mortal Kombat Raven move???!! WTF! When did Nightowl have super powers and l... : Sir_Shaggy
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  GOOD LORD!! (who's Raven?) : The_Archon
  - Sorry, Raiden. : Sir_Shaggy
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  i dunno about that but didnt he have a lot of gadgets like his clone, batman : dantastic
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    Actually, Nite Owl is based on the Blue Beetle. : ShrimpScampie
    - Either way he's gadget-centric so they could take a lot of liberties with his "abilities". : getlefty

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Looks pretty good to me in terms of production quality, however I'm not a big fan of 3rd person brawler type games.

Dec 15, 2008 3:00pm PST

Looks pretty good to me in terms of production quality, however I'm not a big fan of 3rd person brawler t... : Poor Yurik

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This game's awfulness potential is so intense that there are no words. And the depressing thing is is that I'll still probably buy it if it's cheap enough.

Dec 15, 2008 2:23pm PST

This game's awfulness potential is so intense that there are no words. And the depressing thing is is th... : midnightbrave

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I hate it, sure I haven't played it, but I didn't want to miss the bandwagon. All aboard!

Dec 15, 2008 1:16pm PST

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I hate it, sure I haven't played it, but I didn't want to miss the bandwagon. All aboard! : tree8
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- Yeah, how dare someone have a negative opinion about something on the front page. How dare they!! : wytefang

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A beat-'em-up? Guess that's another royalty check for Alan Moore to give away.

Dec 15, 2008 1:04pm PST

A beat-'em-up? Guess that's another royalty check for Alan Moore to give away. : TShandy

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Just let me use Dr Manhattan and rule the cosmos.

Dec 15, 2008 12:50pm PST

Just let me use Dr Manhattan and rule the cosmos. : Wii_Tard

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So you find the most cliche superhero aspect of the graphic novel that was not at all discussed because it has no emotional substance, make a game based on that, and likely a very simplistic and derivative one at that, advertise it and pimp it with the movie and all that, and then make a lot of money?

Dec 15, 2008 11:43am PST

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- It's sad because I'd still play it. : erikman619
- It's sad, even though Veidt's a dick and corporate sell out, even he wouldn't make toys based on Rorshach... : ShrimpScampie

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Might want to add this to the article, Nick

What you may not have realized is that the sharp Rorschach gracing the cover is the actual in-game model. If that information floored you, we agree. After all, the game is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, and this model definitely reflects visuals a few notches above your average downloadable title.
from www.deadline.dk

So yeah, apparently, it's a downloadable title. Which obviously makes it a whole lot more interesting.

Dec 15, 2008 12:00pm PST

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Might want to add this to the article, Nick What you may not have realized is that the sharp Rorschach : aaarrrgh
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The novel wasn't really about the combat or fighting. It was about the characters, emotions...I'm not sure where the video game is.

Dec 15, 2008 12:03pm PST

The novel wasn't really about the combat or fighting. It was about the characters, emotions...I'm not sur... : Sturm08

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Bleh.

Dec 15, 2008 12:02pm PST

Bleh. : jason bergman

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We need more visceral games, ones that blow me away.

Dec 15, 2008 12:01pm PST

We need more visceral games, ones that blow me away. : DM7

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It looks good, and the animation looks so silky smooooth, but I don't think the gameplay will end up matching....

Dec 15, 2008 11:55am PST

It looks good, and the animation looks so silky smooooth, but I don't think the gameplay will end up matc... : bigexplosions

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Wow this definitely looks like bargain bin material.

Dec 15, 2008 11:50am PST

Wow this definitely looks like bargain bin material. : derean

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