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By: jakob187

jakob187 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:57:53 +0000

Oh…and Rocksteady is making this? *ugh* Sorry, Matt, but I can’t agree with your on Urban Chaos. The gameplay was fine, but the concept was just too worn out.

By: jakob187

jakob187 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:56:57 +0000

Really don’t know what to think about this. I mean, what is the source material for creating Arkham Asylum? If you look at something like the one-shot graphic based solely on Arkham, then yeah, there’s a lot of nutty and mad history that could easily make the game quite scary at times. At the same time, if you have Arkham, then who is housed in it? I mean, it’s not like Batman is the only graphic to ever use Arkham. Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman also used Arkham Asylum!!! So will we see those coming into play?

Will they use the history of Elizabeth Arkham and Amadeus Arkham as a basis for the backstory of the place? Will there be a backstory to the place in the first place?

What are the chances of seeing Solomon Grundy for once, dammit?!

To top it all off are two huge questions:

1. If this is really an “FPS” like many sites have been proclaiming…HOW CAN YOU MAKE A FIRST-PERSON GAME OUT OF BATMAN THAT DOESN’T SUCK?!

2. How big can you REALLY make Arkham? I mean, you are talking about comparing an entire world under the sea from Bioshock to a place that is pretty much about 200 rooms and something like five stories tall! I just don’t see anyone being able to make a very long game out of this at all!