Good grief.
Again: Rocksteady is working on a BATMAN game, just not Arkham ___. It's rumored to be a Silver Age prequel, or whatever, but they are still making Batman games.
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Warner: New Batman Arkham game due in 2013 - rumored not developed by Rocksteady.
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Good grief.
Again: Rocksteady is working on a BATMAN game, just not Arkham ___. It's rumored to be a Silver Age prequel, or whatever, but they are still making Batman games.
Why would you do this to me? Now, anything short of this will be a letdown for me.
Thanks alot...
Night_Trekker
Member
No Rocksteady and no Kevin Conroy?
No purchase. Not even $5 on Steam sale 4 years after release.
No purchase. Not even $5 on Steam sale 4 years after release.
Not having Rocksteady develop this game is fantastic news. It's always good to bring in new blood to keep series fresh and more importantly it gives Rocksteady the freedom to branch out and work on new and exciting projects instead of straight continuing the Arkham formula. It's kinda like with Netherrealm, we know they can make kick-ass fighting games but why not give them a few years to make something completely different and see if you can't build two great IPs from a veteran studio?
Anticitizen One
Banned
Let the milking...begin!
SkyMasterson
Member
I think the Arkham thing is milked now. Let's do Batman: Gotham City and call it a day.
Give me that, made by Rocksteady and I'm good.
Give me that, made by Rocksteady and I'm good.
Buckethead
Banned
Are they still doing the Golden Age shit?
Hope not.
These beasts need a new challenge.
Hope not.
These beasts need a new challenge.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Just let the new guys do the silver age game, and let rocksteady do arkham three. Now arkham three is going to feel wildly different from the first two, fuck that. New devs new line of games.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
So what is this rumour about this being developed by Spark Unlimited?
indigo-cyclops
Member
I'd love to actually see an Arkham game that uses the same painterly visual style from the Arkham Asylum graphic novel. Anyone else? It would be so damn cool.
PaulExcellent
Member
Agreed. It's the first comic I've ever read, and it still blows my mind.
ii Stryker
Banned
I loved Arkham Asylum and loathed Arkham City.
I preferred the story(felt tighter) and pacing(slower and more mysterious) of AA.
Arkham City just felt really sloppy to me. If they are making another game hopefully it goes back to the first games formula.
I preferred the story(felt tighter) and pacing(slower and more mysterious) of AA.
Arkham City just felt really sloppy to me. If they are making another game hopefully it goes back to the first games formula.
AHA-Lambda
Member
On this week's episode of IW on GameTraielrs, Marcus says he heard the new Batman game is being developed by Spark. Yes, that Spark.
about the 27 min mark
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/btu3d4/invisible-walls-episode-242--before-ps4
about the 27 min mark
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/btu3d4/invisible-walls-episode-242--before-ps4
Not sure it makes sense. Lost Planet 3 + Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z + a new Batman with less than 200 employees (according to LinkedIn) ?
Aquamarine
Member
Sentenza
Member
I wasn't familiar with the Spark name before, but that's what I found on google:
http://www.sparkunlimited.com/projects.html
...and if you're actually talking about these guys, then I'm now officially disinterested in this game until proven wrong.
Discotheque
Banned
I completely agree. gamers are open-world crazy but it doesn't work all the time.
More of something is awesome, but here it just felt like they threw in "padding". All those riddler icons looked daunting as fuck. I have yet to finish the game.
edit: lmao spark making the new batman game. oh well. At least batman was done justice prior to this.
The best new series this generation is being closed by one of the worst studios around.
Fuck me.
Would buy in a heartbeat
TheBrain76
Member
What did they spoil? I don't have cable.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
What's so bad about Spark?
Legendary
I said this in the other thread. But my biggest issue with Arkham City was how rushed/ all over the place the story was. The game was a lot of fun, but the script was kind of terrible IMO.
So I fear this game is being pushed out too quickly, and will suffer a similar fate. Plus now it's not being made by rocksteady. Just seems like a quick cash crab.
So I fear this game is being pushed out too quickly, and will suffer a similar fate. Plus now it's not being made by rocksteady. Just seems like a quick cash crab.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Then again, "From the makers of Urban Chaos: Riot Response" wouldn't have helped Arkham Asylum any.
Ether_Snake
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Arkham City looked amazing.
Personally I would like a "Gotham City" Batman, but I would expect that for a next-gen title, because it would also lead to a big shift in the game's design.
My guess is on next-gen, this will be the first "successful" episode-based title. The base game itself will have Gotham city as a whole, and will be a bit like a movie. Then every X weeks, a new episode is available where "something" happens, as if it was the TV show.
edit: That rumor is wrong, AFAIK.
Personally I would like a "Gotham City" Batman, but I would expect that for a next-gen title, because it would also lead to a big shift in the game's design.
My guess is on next-gen, this will be the first "successful" episode-based title. The base game itself will have Gotham city as a whole, and will be a bit like a movie. Then every X weeks, a new episode is available where "something" happens, as if it was the TV show.
edit: That rumor is wrong, AFAIK.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
BOOLSHIT!
I didn't make Arkham City my 100th Platinum with 100% done, just for them to release a turd
Super Pissed!
I didn't make Arkham City my 100th Platinum with 100% done, just for them to release a turd
Super Pissed!
I'm 99%+ sure it's Warner Montreal given who they've been hiring.
Oh god was that game awesome.
Yeah, i'm inclined to believe this. Spark has got their hands full enough as it is.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Oh shit. Not Rocksteady. If so then no buy. The history of Batman games were not good until they took it on. So I don't have faith in anyone but them when it comes to Batman games. More so if the rumors of Spark are true. It'll be a huge turd if they get their hands on it.
Sentenza
Member
As far as I know a lot of people loved that game.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Batman being developed by Spark is really disappointing. Yet when it was rumored that they were working on Battlefront 3 I was really excited and I knew darn well who they were and their reputation, I just didn't care.
Seriously, how the heck did we make it through an entire console generation without a new Battlefront?
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Lucasarts gonna Lucasarts
The Bookerman
Member
that's funny cause I heard otherwise.
