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The Justice League bollocks needs dropping pronto, I want a Batman game, if I wanted to play as Green Lantern or Superman I'd buy a game with their name in the title. Superman has never had a good game for a reason, and personally I don't think he's had or will have (I'm looking at you Man of Steel) a good film either. For me he's a lame super hero as he possesses just too many abilities if makes things too one sided and dull.
Anywho, that part could be bogus or they could merely be hinted at rather than actually playing any role in the game, so back to the rest of the news article.
Prequel? Good.
Joker? Bad.
Ditching Batman writer? Undecided.
Arkham City whilst entertaining failed to live up to the heights of Asylum, and there's some simple reasons why. The first game was all about the atmosphere, it was dark and gloomy, you felt trapped and alone, it was all setup perfectly in the opening scenes the maniacal Joker had taken over, you had to delve deeper into a prison full of the biggest villains going, that knew you were there and were waiting for you. There were tricks and traps waiting for you round every corner, from some little hints at villains, to the chattering teeth or the large presents just sat there waiting for you. You had Killer Croc threaten to kill you from the off and what's worse is you knew he was loose somewhere in the chasms under the prison. The moment they through you into a city with the ability to go where you wanted the feeling of being trapped and alone was lost, you could just runaway. What's more is that this city in ruins had absolutely no residents in it which just prevented any build of of fear.
The first had a brilliantly crafted story which gave a reason for each villain you encountered to appear and everything linked together nicely. What's more everyone got decent screen time. In Arkham City what we instead got wasa how many villains can we get into the game situation. Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. What's worse is that even those villains more integral to the story were still just shoehorned in that no tension was built up, they just appeared and had very little meaningful dialogue.
Despite all this there will be a huge proportion of people who will feel that going back to the Asylum setup after having the freedom and abilities we saw in City is only going to be a step back, so the only way the developers could get away with this is to make a prequel, so I just hope this is the reason they're doing so. If they are then this is great news.
The writing in City was also piss poor, and the loss of the writer isn't that big of a deal breaker for me if he was responsible for the games narrative and it wasnt forced upon him by Rocksteady/Warner.
Finally with Mark Hamill stepping down I just don't see how they can do the Joker justice. For me the role Mark played was so iconic and perfectly acted that I don't think anyone else could provide us with the same end result. In fact I'd go as far as to say that Mark Hamill's Joker in Arkham Asylum is the definitive version, I'd say the performance given out does both Nicholson and Ledger's take on the character despite Mark only providing the voice in the game.
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