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[WrenchNinja]

It's not like the devs have been vague, they have explicitly denied that Arkham Knight is an existing DCU character. While it is possible they'll pull the "we had to lie to keep the secret" thing, I don't really see any reason to believe that it's the case. If I have to read one more snarky post about how Arkham Knight is secretly The Joker I may lose my mind.

All it takes is one bad day

 

[Jerkson]

Playing a Rocksteady Batman game with guns? :0

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Nononono, no Red Hood lips please.

 

[RoKKeR]

CAN'T HANDLE THE HUGENESS OF THIS REVEAL.

 

[Magwik]

Jensen Ackles for VA or else disappointed.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

That's......not the red hood. That's the world's worst red hood cosplay.

Leave Red Hoodie alone

 

[Scar Mortico]

GameStop exclusive?

Seriously...this has gotta stop. Arkham City did the same thing and I will do what I did for that game; don't pre order and wait for the goty edition.

Store exclusives are a gross practice. -_-

 

[Unhandled Exception]

What the fuck @ that design. Rocksteady strikes again.

 

[Owzers]

i look forward to renting this game, playing whatever content is left for commoners, and returning it when i finish or it gets boring.

 

[Scar Mortico]

All it takes is one bad day

...you had a bad day once...am I right? 0_0

 

[Femmeworth]

That's, uh, quite the design.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Uhhh... Red Hood uses guns. And, like,kills dudes. Though I guess so does Harley...

Either way, are they just going to try and ignore that or give some excuse like "Oh he is shooting their limbs, so, y'know, they're totally fine. Because that's how getting shot works."

 

[erawsd]

Uhhh... Red Hood uses guns. And, like,kills dudes. Though I guess so does Harley...

Either way, are they just going to try and ignore that or give some excuse like "Oh he is shooting their limbs, so, y'know, they're totally fine. Because that's how getting shot works."

Why would they need to come up with an excuse? They can just have him kill people.

 

[ShadowLag]

I already pre-ordered at my preferred retailer, Amazon. Not for bonuses, just because I want the game delivered to me as soon as possible with no hassle. I'm not going to cancel my order and switch to Gamestop because they offer ECKXSLUSIVE DLCCCC, sorry Gamestop, please stop ruining my favorite video games.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Deathstroke kills people, yet has nothing lethal in the Deathstroke challange maps of AO.

 

[BoosterDuck]

why is he wearing an actual red hood

 

[The Lamonster]

dumb looking costume.

I'm still going Amazon as usual.

 

[Village]

Best Robin, in the fucking buildin!

 

[RPGCrazied]

This game looks bad ass, but I really hate it when DLC gets announced even before the main game comes out.

 

[GekigangerV]

They couldn't even get the costume right.

It's like a Smallville costume.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Can't wait to play this. After they release a GotY Edition with everything on it.

Might as well, not going to buy a game that has content being sold separately as DLC.

 

[Femmeworth]

why is he wearing an actual red hood

Gamestop didn't pay enough to get Rocksteady's less sucky designers.

 

[LAA]

Sigh. Retailer exclusive pre order dlc... I hate it with a passion. I bet Game will get it in the UK. All this move does is hurt me. I'm not selling my soul to buy from Game, so content I will be without sadly.

 

[crimzonflame]

When are we getting a true Nightwing game?

 

[Village]

why is he wearing an actual red hood

I mean, it works if its the version thats still wearing the robim mask but red.

however if he is wearing the helmet under there thats just stupid.

 

[De_Legend]

Not a fan of this practice.

 

[Wreck-It Ralph]

Gamestop exclusive? Fuck that bullshit.

 

[Grady]

Store exclusive dlc is always useless. I'll wait a year and just get the GOTY edition.

 

[Loakum]

Already has mine pre ordered at Gamestop, so this is awesome news!

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I mean, it works if its the version thats still wearing the robim mask but red.

however if he is wearing the helmet under there thats just stupid.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I hate the design.

 

[MetalGuardian]

Fuck the character design, fuck the practice of this being retailer exclusive

That being said, looks like I'm buying this at GameStop

 

[NullPointer]

Like every Batman game I will wait for the GOTY edition.

Absolutely this. To hell with retailer exclusive content.

 

[DedValve]

1) who is jason todd?
2) Isn't the red hood one of the robins?
3) that red hood costume is shit. Why couldn't they stick closer to the actual red hood?
4) what a shit announcement.

 

[Ghazi]

Oh, man. Someone in the original thread discussion about the Arkham Knight identity thread is about to eat so much crow when this game comes out.


I mean, literally, he offered to donate his balls if he was wrong.

 

[Schweinehund]

Arkham Knight deconfirmed as red hood + awesome looking model. Hope this is buyable seperate on PC, already prepurchased game at GMG for like $38.

edit: Also I'm 99% sure that they'll have alt skins for him in his challenge mode, they already did for red robin and nightwing. Rocksteady wouldn't let easy money go away for a preorder exclusive, probably timed exclusive.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Fuck the character design, fuck the practice of this being retailer exclusive

That being said, looks like I'm buying this at GameStop

They knew they'd get away with this for this game

Did the Joker content from AA ever get released outside the PS3 version?

 

[SeanTSC]

Still buying it at Best Buy, since I'm effectively getting it for $38 new there (20% off + $10 in rewards cash). If the Red Hood DLC is worth playing I'll pick it up later for far less than the amount of money I'll have saved.

Stop this shit Gamestop, it's dumb and I still won't buy from you until you can be competitive with BB.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Deathstroke kills people, yet has nothing lethal in the Deathstroke challange maps of AO.

That's because Deathstroke is a lazy Robin reskin.

 

[redhood56]

This sucks but will probably pre order it anyway because I think red hood is awesome(hence the username)

 

[zychi]

This retailer bullshit doesn't affect the Steam release, right?

 

[Jedi2016]

This is my favorite kind of exclusive DLC... the kind I don't give a shit about so I can buy it wherever the fuck I want.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Took the redhood thing too literally

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

That's because Deathstroke is a lazy Robin reskin.

This guy's outfit looks like a palette swapped Robin so I'm not sure why I should assume otherwise. These games have never put a great deal of effort into anything retailer exclusive.

 

[Stratosphere]

Damnit Gamestop......

 

[Spring-Loaded]

This retailer bullshit doesn't affect the Steam release, right?

It'll probably only be in the GotY edition. I think the PS3-exclusive Joker stuff never left that platform though.

 

[Ghazi]

This guy's outfit looks like a palette swapped Robin so I'm not sure why I should assume otherwise. These games have never put a great deal of effort into anything retailer exclusive.

I'm happy they don't, too.

 

[The Silver]

store exclusive preorder DLC is the worst shit ever, makes me not want to buy the game at all, the fact that I really like the Red Hood makes this worse.

I remember when a bunch of pubs/devs were whining like crazy about Gamestop and yet they continue to do shit like this, guess I should buy it used.

I don't get the hate for the design, it looks fine to me.

 

[Schweinehund]

This retailer bullshit doesn't affect the Steam release, right?

They have the pc version listed so I'm assuming yes. MK9 (same publisher, WB) had classic costumes for pre order at several different retailers but eventually released them for downlaod (paid I think). Just preorder it off GMG or something and you'll save more money in the long run and just pay for the dlc.

 

[jon bones]

this is my most anticipated video game

having said that, i'm ok with never getting to play this