@iDarktread:And yes by the end of page 1 I wanted to change the title to take out death, for all the smartasses out there, but of course these shit forums won't allow title changes.
In case it wasn't clear in the story, I don't think the "spoiler" is anything more than an aggressive bait-and-switch on the part of this game's marketing. I see firsthand all the time how protective developers are of their games before they're released, and I can't imagine there's any other way Rocksteady would have let this tidbit out there three weeks before the game is released.
GAWD that's ALSO a spoiler. lol what a fail day this is for gaming journalism. And to assume such things is to make an ass out of you and me.
I'm not familiar with comics a whole lot, but I do hear on podcasts how they kill off X character and they say it's its own cannon so who's to say Rocksteady weren't given such liberties?
Of course all these editors are too suborn to listen to the majority of complaints for the sake of getting the news out there (they don't want to be censored) - NOONE'S SAYING TO CENSOR THIS, just put a warning at the beginning that involves the word "spoiler".
Don't pin this all on Kotaku. Brad's preview article has the same spoiler.
Not in the title and like I said, I don't read previews to avoid these kind of spoilers to begin with. Looks like people are complaining in his article though, I mean he doesn't have any spoiler warnings.
I swear I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I do find it odd that this kerfuffle pertains to a game and publisher who Kotaku publicly called out for their application and administration of NDAs just a few months ago and threatened/promised/stated they were withholding all coverage of that publisher. It probably means nothing, but hopefully that won't stop more baseless speculation like what I've engaged in here.
Makes sense, if Kotaku don't get their way, they like "payback". e.g. They started posting weekly gaming deals to an unknown website when clearly the majority of the deals come from Cheap Ass Gamer, but their creator decided to hold a contest to see if their members could post a blog and get featured on Kotaku and when that happened with Kotaku humiliated that's when they started posting deals to an obscure site as payback (taking away referrals from CAG who contribute lots to Child's Play).
Now I feel like pre-ordering again, I mean, a kid could of registered on the forums here and had that as their thread title and I would of been in the wrong place and wrong time and while it takes away from the grandeur of the game that I can never have back, part of it is the experience leading to and the circumstances to the outcome.
I really wish people would use the blocksite add-on for Firefox and shove it up Kotaku's asses still.
That "spoiler" has been common knowledge since the game was announced.
No it wasn't.
It was one of the first details which leaked about the game. They're encouraging people to report on it, according to that Kotaku article, so it's probably going to be the subject of a bunch of preview articles now too.
For people who DON'T READ PREVIEWS to avoid stuff like this, especially ones where they say it right in the title is most juvenile.\
Made me cancel my Amazon pre-order.
Yo, it's called marketing. If they're showing that part of the game and telling people to write about it then they're actively trying to get that information out.
But it totally makes sense that you wouldn't want to buy Arkham City now that the assuredly rich and complex story has been "spoiled" for you. How would you be able to enjoy punching guys in the face now, knowing that?
Post their thread title on these forums and see how long you last.
And who the fuck are you to tell me how to enjoy my games?
That "spoiler" has been common knowledge since the game was announced.
No it wasn't.
It was one of the first details which leaked about the game. They're encouraging people to report on it, according to that Kotaku article, so it's probably going to be the subject of a bunch of preview articles now too.
For people who DON'T READ PREVIEWS to avoid stuff like this, especially ones where they say it right in the title is most juvenile.\
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