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Batman: Arkham City Screenshots [Teaser Post 535]

Pimpbaa said:
And the one on the left is skinny. Are you people purposely ignoring things just to be negative?
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Is it negative? It didn't really matter in the first game, I just don't see anything different here. It's the same theme. That "skinny" dude on the left is buff as fuck and doesn't look different than some of the "less huge" dudes in their first game. It's still ultra-buff dudes everywhere.
 
Wallach said:
Is it negative? It didn't really matter in the first game, I just don't see anything different here. It's the same theme. That "skinny" dude on the left is buff as fuck and doesn't look different than some of the "less huge" dudes in their first game. It's still ultra-buff dudes everywhere.
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I don't remember any thug being that "skinny" in the first game.
 
Pimpbaa said:
I don't remember any thug being that "skinny" in the first game.
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Exactly.

First time posting itt, let me just say HOLY WOW BATMAN :D This game looks to be amazing, I'm so glad it got delayed because I know they will get everything right.

AA was so good, I can't even imagine how good this will be.
 
AshMcCool said:
Looks like Two-Face has a similar outfit like the one he had in the animated series. Awesome.
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Yup him and Joker both looked about as good as I could have hoped for. I love that over the top animated style.
 
Harley Quinn looks a bit young to me. I think I prefer her Arkham Asylum look.

Two-Face looks awesome.

I don't care for Catwoman, but then I don't like her as a character in the comics, so that was bound to be the case.
 
zero margin said:
Yup him and Joker both looked about as good as I could have hoped for. I love that over the top animated style.
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I'm diggin his look too. The only thing I would change for Two-Face to make him complete IMO is to have sparse white hair on his burned side. Game looks sex. Day 0.
 
i cant remember if i posted in this thread, but if i did, i just wanna say wow again.

i hope the 460 can pull off something like those screen shots :o
 
Looks great, but not a big fan of that Catwoman design, if that is Catwoman. She looks more like a whacked out Batgirl.
 
Pimpbaa said:
I don't remember any thug being that "skinny" in the first game.
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They varied a little less; I don't really remember any thugs as thick as the guy on the right either. I'm just saying the art style is very obviously exactly the same when it comes to the "ALMOST ALL MEN OF GOTHAM ARE RIPPED AS FUCK" motif. There's no way around it, like it or not it is part of their design.

To be honest these screenshots are pretty much godlike for me and this game can't come out fast enough. The only thing about this batch of screens that worries me is that there are a couple of "detective mode" shots and they look really similar to AA's "detective mode" - very blue and x-ray-ish. I'd heard that they've made it so you are less inclined to be in this mode, but seeing a shot of that mode where Batman is clearly in combat makes me wonder how they accomplish that goal.
 
-COOLIO- said:
i cant remember if i posted in this thread, but if i did, i just wanna say wow again.

i hope the 460 can pull off something like those screen shots :o
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The 460 huh? Well maybe..
 
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looking decent. not a huge fan of the direction, but I'm sure it'll work like it did in AA.
 
Safe Bet said:
Makes me want to replay the first one for a third time.
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Yeah, I think Batman AA is the only game this gen where after finishing it I said to myself "I need to play that again. Now." Well, that and maybe Gears.
 
Why does Harley look like 16 year old trailer trash? Geez tattoos are lame.

Oh well, the character models were one of my least favorite aspects of the first game and it was still one of the best games of his generation, so I'm not worried. Day one.
 
Guy Legend said:
Amazing. Batman AA is one of the top games this gen. Can these guys do a Superman game after. Please.
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?

What is it about this game that makes you think they can pull off a similar Superman game ? I dont like the way how the Batman franchise is connected to the Superman one in the showbiz, first they wanted Tim Burton to direct Superman, now Nolan is somehow involved.. i mean, maybe they can do a good job, no doubt, but what is it about BATMAN that makes people go "GREAT THEY SHOULD DO SUPERMAN NEXT!" they´re like.. complete opposites, in this particular videogame case it would mean vastly different art style, gameplay, setting, etcetc.
 
TreIII said:
So very much want. I still hope that Joker will come back though. :D
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Well its confirmed that he´s back since day one. Also, this is supposedly Hamill´s last gig as The Joker.
 
TreIII said:
So very much want. I still hope that Joker will come back though. :D
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I keep looking at this image (left goon) and thinking he at least makes a cameo. :lol

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That interior looks suspiciously like that one
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level from AA though.
 
SalsaShark said:
Well its confirmed that he´s back since day one. Also, this is supposedly Hamill´s last gig as The Joker.
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Good that he's back, bad that he's trying to say this is the last time. Why, Mr. Hamill? You're finally being acknowledged and praised for something else besides being a certain guy from a series of movies, and you would want to put an END to that?! :lol
 
TreIII said:
Good that he's back, bad that he's trying to say this is the last time. Why, Mr. Hamill? You're finally being acknowledged and praised for something else besides being a certain guy from a series of movies, and you would want to put an END to that?! :lol
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Apparently it's actually really hard for him to do this voice (physically) and now after so long, he says it is painful to do for as much voice work as is usually required for these projects.
 
I am not a fan of the lighting but overall it's nice.

I think Catwoman looks way too friendly though, but it's really more of an expression thing, the suit design is fine (goggles should be yellow tho, it would reinforce the cat feel), and Harley Quinn doesn't fit with the Joker at all anymore (she already didn't really match in the first game really). Her original design is a Jester, why make it completely different? They didn't make the designs that much different with the other characters. Here she is just unrecognizable at all.

Don't like two-face either. Looks too much inspired by the movie. They should try to keep at least the color patterns we're familiar with; blueish tint for half the face, some white streak of hair, black and white suit.
 
TreIII said:
Good that he's back, bad that he's trying to say this is the last time. Why, Mr. Hamill? You're finally being acknowledged and praised for something else besides being a certain guy from a series of movies, and you would want to put an END to that?! :lol
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Apparently it hurts him a lot to do the Joker´s voice now. Its been a while.


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Mr Jared said:
Rocksteady is in a really tough position when it comes to how to treat the Harley Quinn character. What I think a lot of people don't realize is that while all the other DC characters had to be given the toon treatment for Batman: TAS, Harley is an original creation from that series. Everything people like about the character comes from a very goofy universe, all things considered. Even though she's a character that crossed over into the comics, DC themselves have never been sure exactly what to do with her.

There are plenty of reasons why I think the fans largely rejected her in Arkham Asylum it was largely because it was too dramatic of a leap. The gimmicky outfit, the roided-up figure and the same, tiny voice all combined into an image that was not consistent with the character. I think the Arkham City design is a lot more on the nose, considering the universe it takes place in, but I think it'd be a lot worse if she was running around in the jester costume.

I still have issues with it (the corset screams "a dude designed my outfit"), but I think it's a lot better. Harley drama aside, I have nothing but faith in Rocksteady for this game.



YES.
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It's really not that difficult; she's a jester, she should have that in her design. She doesn't at all. This is really way out of line with the character's original design. And there's no reason it wouldn't look good if she was designed no differently than in the cartoon. Same designs as the cartoons but rendered with the same proportions as in this style would work fine.

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The Joker's redesign was perfectly fine. They should stick to the same treatment for the other characters.
 
I can't wait for this game; Rocksteady came from nowhere with AA, flipped a genre on it's head and made one of the best games in said genre. People are in a huff over the multiplayer but given how they were able to pin-point what made the stealth genre great and then built a game around it I can't help be excited by whatever they've got planned for it.

I don't know if they needed to make Dr. Quinzell disturbingly attractive for a game character though.
 
FTWer said:
Well I just finished the first game a month back on the 360, so yes they are.
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No, console versions don't look anything like the Batman:AC screenshots..not even close...this is also coming from someone that beat it on console.

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they don't even look like the pc version. if anyone has noticed no one has reported these pictures except for kotaku because they are FAKE!
 
Tokyo Rain said:
:lol :lol :lol

I had actually had to jump back to page 1 and see if that was in the original.

CEILING BAT DENIED!
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That is some stalker like shit. He's just chilling out right there watching it like he's outside a window or something.
 
Finally more information on this. The games absence from this years E3 drove me nuts, but I felt confident that it would be really good.
And it does (despite Harley Quinns somewhat aged-down look). But I'm still really curious as to the whole settup of the game and how (un)limited Gotham will be.

Bring out a trailer! Come out and play, Batsy!
 
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