Batman: Arkham City

[the dmg]

My hope is that they make the boss battles better. That was the only major gripe I had with the game.

 

[Nightwing 52]

Yeah, that was one of the flaws of the first. Ivy was the hardest out out of all of them depending on the challenge mode. So considering more villains are guaranteed for the second, I think they'll up the difficulty.

 

[lixdexia]

i hope they don't do anything like the croc level again...that was abysmal

 

[The Joker]

i hope they don't do anything like the croc level again...that was abysmal

I quite enjoyed it. Thought it was really creepy. Although it did become a little repetitive.

 

[Nightwing 52]

The atmosphere was great. But the repetitive nature of it killed it for me. I thought the end of it though was brilliant. Especially when Bats planned ahead before going into the lair.

 

[Posioned Bat]

There are some problems, i thought that it was still easy to see the criminals attacking you in hard mode without the thunder bolt flash. I agree that Ivy was the only challenging boss.

 

[Ryan]

Surprised there hasn't been any updates at all on this. Almost wish they hadn't released the trailer so early as the waiting will be painful.

 

[NotAHenchwench]

Well to be honest it was only a teaser, not exactly a trailer...

 

[mothy]

Jesus tapdancing Christ.

you do realize that by saying arkham has moved, it's just a metaphor for the inmates overrunning the city right?

Why the **** would the game makers go from one game that took place in one Arkham to another ****ing game that took place in ANOTHER ****ing Arkham?

*sigh*

Basically "Arkham has moved" refers to Arkham Asylum apparently help quarantine a part of Gotham City that is under siege (as we see in the beginning of the trailer). The reason it is under siege is due to the events of the first game (I doubt all the inmates stayed in the asylum when Joker took over).

There is no "New Asylum" being built in the city. Your thinking way into this...

This.

I can't believe this is so hard to understand.

"Arkham. Has. Moved. To another Arkham. We were actually just holding all the dangerous psychopaths that kill thousands of people a day in THIS building, well away from the city, until the REAL asylum, smack dab in the MIDDLE of the city, where thousands of people are killed daily by these dangerous psychopaths, was already. But don't worry. You're all perfectly safe."

Yeah. Makes total ****ing sense.

i revisit these comments.

jesus tapdancing christ.

i was right, and you were dead wrong.

a year has taken place, sharp took credit for taking control of the joker situation and ran for mayor. he won the election, declared arkham asylum and blackgate unfit to hold inmates, and bought part of the slums and walled it off - creating arkham city.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/102680-Rumored-Batman-Arkham-City-Details-Swoop-From-the-Shadows
http://www.incgamers.com/News/24479/batman-arkham-city-plot-and-gameplay-details-revealed
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1111550p1.html

 

[Two-Face]

I don't know this is posted:

http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/08/11/what-s-in-batman-s-belt.aspx?PostPageIndex=1

It would be great some of the new gadgets as well.

 

[Robin's Holyisms]

Two-Face
Mr Freeze
Talia (You can't use her without Ra's)
Joker

Possible villians:

Penguin
Catwoman
Black Mask
DeathStoke (Sp?)

Add Riddler, Hugo Strange, and Victor Zsasz to the villains list.

And where are you getting Deathstroke from?

 

[Two-Face]

I don't know why I mentioned him.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Harley Quinn new costume

 

[Two-Face]

Much better than last one she wore in the first game.

 

[The Joker]

Looks much better. More traditional Harley costume colors and design.

 

[Ryanman]

Twenty new screens from Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53510290@N05/

 

[Crashorama]

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/055/055051/imgs_1.html

Bunch of pics. Looks cool.

 

[antsman41]

Two-Face looks amazing, I kinda like that his whole left side is burned...

 

[Two-Face]

Yeah Two-Face looks amazing.

 

[Two-Face]

Some information about the game:

Spoiler

http://arkhamcity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=271

 

[ronny]

The more I hear about the direction they're taking with Two-Face, the more worried I become. Why's he got goons with Two-Face masks? Didn't they learn anything from Batman Forever?

And this also concerns me: His two conflicting personalities being voiced out loud.
If he starts arguing with himself like Gollum, this will be a truly forgettable version of the character.
The best villains believe what they are doing is right. Look at the best Two-Face stories, he doesn't commit evil acts because he's evil, he does it because he is so bat**** insane that he thinks he's doing the right thing. He can no longer differentiate between right or wrong, but still as this enormous ammount of belief in his right to take control of Gotham.

I wouldn't even call the guy a vigilante in a classical sense, because vigilantes don't have to flip a coin to decide what to do and they certainly don't get sent to a lunatic asylum. He's a monster pretending to be a hero, and that is far more terrifying than this:

Which they seem to have been inspired by far too much. I can't believe his whole right side is disfigured, it just looks awful.

 

[Two-Face]

This version of BAC Two-Face doesn't look anything like in Batman Forever.

 

[ronny]

It's not just about the look. Arkham City Two-Face has goons who dress like him, he's arguing with himself, he'll probably refer to himself as 'we' too.
Seriously, it is like they have taken every aspect of the character that I hate and put it in this one game.

I don't like to be negative about this kind of thing, but damn. They're not giving me much to hope for. Plus, with one sleeve he looks utterly ridiculous.

 

[Brother Jack]

Yeah, I'm not too excited about what they're doing with Two-Face either. It's not that it's and invalid characterization, it's just one that I don't particularly like. I'll just have to look past it I suppose.

 

[ronny]

Yeah, I'm not too excited about what they're doing with Two-Face either. It's not that it's and invalid characterization, it's just one that I don't particularly like. I'll just have to look past it I suppose.

I think it's all dependant on how he considers himself. I can almost accept Two-Face as a gang leader if he truly believes that what he is doing is right.
That's what makes him such a dangerous, unstable man. His constant, unwavering faith in his own intelligence and sole right to protect Gotham. He is so far gone that he could bomb a day-care centre and still tell himself "I did what needed to be done".

The only comparison I can think of is Walter White from Breaking Bad. In the show, White's actions cause a plane crash which kills a great many people. There's a memorial for the victims, and Walter volunteers to speak. And all he does is rationalise what he did. Claiming that other accidents were worse, dwelling on the low death count or the fact that people forget these immense tragedies anyway.

I think Two-Face is very similar to that. The coin is his tool of avoidance. He may not admit it, but all he does it try and escape responsibility for all the morbid **** that he pulls. And that's the difference between a Two-Face as we saw in The Long Halloween and 99% of his appearances in The Animated Series.

I don't think he's a villain who commits evil for the sake of evil. Because he sees himself as being too far above it all, a messiah of sorts. They shouldn't be trying to make him out-Joker The Joker.