Doesn't this statement come across as entitled to you? We have three mainline Batman games over the course five years and two console generations; Final Fantasy has three lightning games in three years; Call of Duty has a game every Fall; EA promotes yearly sports games. That's playing it safe.
Yet Rocksteady creates the two best Superhero games we've ever seen, and we're clamoring at the bit to judge the completion of what they claim is a trilogy (first I have heard of it). Still - we have plenty of time to see this one out before we start calling it playing it safe. It's what we expected, but this is the one studio and one game I don't expect to be a cash cow.
How is what I said entitled?
Warner Bros. should think much bigger with their brands and in the one area where they already have an upper-hand on Disney and Marvel, they should capitalize on it. Marvel has built the Avengers into strong individual brands, and are now at the point where they can do projects like Guardians of the Galaxy.
Warner should strongly consider the same. Another Batman game is playing it safe. Just like making Man of Steel 2 a Batman and Friends movie is playing it safe.
I enjoyed playing both Batman games. Arkham Asylum more than City, but still. The narrative and overall story for both were laughably terrible. Hopefully with the final 'Arkham' game, they do much better on that front. I also hope that making area of play bigger doesn't lead to even larger deadzones of nothingness that in my opinion, Arkham City suffered from greatly.
