Would You Pay for Dark Knight Rises Story DLC for Arkham City?

#1 Edited by realph (217 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

So, I just thought of this and I feel Rocksteady might have missed a trick here. Why not capitalise on the release of The Dark Knight Rises next week, with themed The Dark Knight Rises Story DLC for Arkham City? I'm sure it's a lot harder than just that, seeing as TDKR I believe takes place all over Gotham, but I feel it would be worth the effort have sold quite well on the back of the movie and on the back of Rocksteady's reputation with the Batman games. Maybe they could have made it standalone DLC, one that doesn't require a copy of Arkham City. I kind of feel something like this would have sold gangbusters. What do you think?

#2 Posted by Flyinnmunkee (28 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

I'd buy it, as long as they got the actual actors to do voice.

#3 Edited by Klei (1409 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

No, i'm not really a fan of the films, especially not Christian Bale as Bruce. They're far from bad, but when you can't recognize the main character even with two films, it's hard to dive in totally. I don't like the suit either. Something's wrong with the mask.

#4 Posted by Mesoian (1553 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

I'd rather have a red hood campaign, but sure.

As long as it's written well.

#5 Posted by Phatmac (5263 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

Nah, the games have done a great job of being strong without the movie's infulence. I'd also rather see Rocksteady's talent go into something else.

#6 Posted by realph (217 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

@Flyinnmunkee: I'm sure some movie tie-ins have managed to land the original voice actors. Depends on the budget I guess.

#7 Posted by Aelric (276 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

If Rocksteady made a specific separate game based on that, sure. I don't think what you want would really be 'DLC' territory.

#8 Posted by Daneian (757 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

Only if Jonathan Nolan got to write it.

#9 Posted by project343 (2658 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

Tonally, the films and the games are drastically different. I feel like doing the crossover would end up with some sort of identity-confused Frankenstein of a thing.

#10 Posted by Clonedzero (2153 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

nah, not really.

the batman i wanna watch, and the batman i wanna play as, are two different things.

#11 Posted by Yummylee (18161 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

@Mesoian said:

I'd rather have a red hood campaign, but sure.
As long as it's written well.

Complete with a John DiMaggio'd Joker!

#12 Posted by Little_Socrates (5440 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

Knightfall would not make for a fun Rocksteady game, and I would definitely not want to see a straight film adaptation. I'd much rather see them take on The Dark Knight Returns or The Long Halloween, though the latter is certainly out of fandom for the book.

#13 Posted by MariachiMacabre (5379 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

@Little_Socrates

Knightfall would not make for a fun Rocksteady game, and I would definitely not want to see a straight film adaptation. I'd much rather see them take on The Dark Knight Returns or The Long Halloween, though the latter is certainly out of fandom for the book.

I agree with this. Knightfall wouldn't be fun.

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#14 Posted by Zaccheus (1366 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

The Rocksteady Batman and the Nolan Batman are two different characters.

#15 Posted by MildMolasses (2042 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

I'd rather not have Nolan's awful vision of the Batman universe infect what is otherwise a pitch perfect version of it

#16 Posted by kindx (2241 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

Not really, I just never thought that the movies really justified a gaming release. There isn't enough freedom to make alternate side-stories like Arkham City and Asylum. Not to mention, no offence intended, but I never enjoyed the Dark Knight's version of the Joker. He just didn't lean enough into the insanity for me, but maybe I am just a Mark Hamill Joker fanboy.

#17 Posted by Daiphyer (1202 posts) - 10 months, 9 days ago

No? No. No!

Yeah, no.

#18 Posted by realph (217 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

So, this happened.

#19 Posted by xyzygy (8634 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

Nah, I'd rather keep them separate. The rumours of a silver age Batman Rocksteady game are too good to be true - they could really have a lot of fun with that project.

#20 Posted by GunstarRed (4036 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

Oh god no! I'd rather have a movie based on the game.

#21 Posted by Gamer_152 (13255 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

No. I love the Arkham games, I love Nolan's Batman, but they're two separate and distinct things, and to see Warner Bros. try to mash the two universes into one big blob just to make some quick cash would be upsetting.

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#22 Posted by OldGuy (1226 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

@GunstarRed said:

Oh god no! I'd rather have a movie based on the game.

...or an entire series on which the game was based... :-)

#23 Posted by MariachiMacabre (5379 posts) - 10 months, 8 days ago

@Gamer_152 said:

No. I love the Arkham games, I love Nolan's Batman, but they're two separate and distinct things, and to see Warner Bros. try to mash the two universes into one big blob just to make some quick cash would be upsetting.

Especially considering Bane and Catwoman are in AC and their characters are completely different from Nolan's versions.

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