Batman: Arkham City Screens Bring Us Face to Face with The Joker

by Xav de Matos, Feb 16, 2011 10:15pm PST

Related Topics – Batman: Arkham City, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, screenshots, PC

Rocksteady's 2009 title Batman: Arkham Asylum did a lot for the comic book franchise. It proved Batman could star in a great game, although he's had brushes with this in the past; it showed us that there were other people in the world that were geeky enough to care about all of Batman's "rogues gallery," even the goofy ones; and it messed The Joker up real bad.Need evidence for the last one? Warner Bros. Interactive has done just that with a small collection of fresh screens for the sequel, Batman: Arkham City.

Joker is seriously messed up.

Batman's latest adventure launches later this year for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Joker's dermatologist appointments are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Read all the News

« Previous Story
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Review

Next Story »
Sony Issues Ultimatum to PS3 Hackers

Comments

See All Comments | 7 Threads | 16 Comments

#2

Refresh Thread

By: Walterbennet x Show Full Post

Reply

I hope they really do something creative with this game, and don't simply retread Arkham's formula. What made Arkham great was the BIG SURPRISE that it was a competent action game. This folllow-up doesn't have the element of surprise, so it'll have to be more than merely competent.

Feb 16, 2011 2:37pm PST

toggle
I hope they really do something creative with this game, and don't simply retread Arkham's formula. What ... : Walterbennet
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.
- #3
  
  Refresh Thread
  
  By: ajvitaly x Show Full Post
  
  Reply
  
  I'm okay with this game retreading.
  
  Feb 16, 2011 2:52pm PST
  
  I'm okay with this game retreading. : ajvitaly
- toggle
  What made it great is that it was actually great. Bring on more of the same, thank you. : Onward, to futility!
  - Apt username for this notion. : Walterbennet
- If it's as good as the first game, but doesn't have a BIG SURPRISE, will you count it as a step backward? : radioactivez0r
- Retreading would be fine. I'd be happy to retread everything Asylum did well, as long as there is limited... : wedgeski

red	r{...}r	italics	/[...]/
green	g{...}g	bold	b[...]b
blue	b{...}b	quote	q[...]q
yellow	y{...}y	sample	s[...]s
limegreen	l[...]l	underline	_[...]_
orange	n[...]n	strike	-[...]-
multisync	p[...]p	spoiler	o[...]o
olive	e[...]e	code	/{{...}}/

Hot News

Latest News

Batman: Arkham City Screens Bring Us Face to Face with The Joker

More Batman: Arkham City

News

Batman: Arkham City

Videos

Screenshots

Comments