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Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Revealed

Rocksteady returns, and it's bringing Joker along for the ride.

Dec. 14 2009

Posted by: Jeff

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Batman: Arkham City

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Wow this game is going to be just as great as the first one. Here's the beginning it starts off batman swooping from the sky above the city of Gotham. He goes to the courthouse where he sees goons surrounding the area. He uses his exploding goo and blows the bad guys up ( ooh yea the equipment will now be included in with the combat). Also weapons you got at towards the end of the first one will be gained in the beginning. After defeating the goons, he breaks into the courtroom. Where he sees cat-women tied up by her feet dangling above a pool of acid. Next to her is two face ( he wants to gain respect with fear ) flipping his famous coin. Ready to let her fall batman comes in then gets shot by two face .Then Catwomen scratches two face after clawing the ropes off her wrist. Then she undoes the ones on her leg. Batman gets up, shoots his grappling hook and two face is now the one hanging above the acid. There is a rumor on whether robin will make an appearance. Cat women may also be used as a "side kick". The trophies hidden by the riddler will be even trickier. Their will be a puzzle to solve for each trophy in order to receive them. Besides the main story their will be side stories to complete optional of course.

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Arkham Asylum was a great game, glad to see there will be a sequel.

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@BigLemon:  yea, he did get the shit blown out of him at the end of the first game.  Easily the most disappointing last boss fight ever.  Good ending cutscene, though.
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@CarolinaFan3515: The Iceburg in the trailer is the Penguins hideout, but I see where they could add Mr. Freeze,  too.
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i was hoping also for him to be fighting 2face because at the end they say he is in the city 

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i still havent even played the first one but im hoping to get my hands on it in the coming days

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so does this mean that the inmates escaped and the city quarantined that area?
that seems to make sense

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@ViktrVaughnDoom: A setting that isn't Arkham at all (where the alternative be, I don't know, but that's not my job to figure out).  You can only do "insane asylum" well so many ways.  And a main villain that isn't the Joker (although, I do like how the Joker looks still to be recovering from my giving him a nice big beating the first time around). 
 
All things considered, though, I'm still really excited for this.
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@cstrang: It is a huge change, it will probably take place in Gotham City, not Arkham.  What more could you want?
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@doctorchin said:
" Visually this looks really nice, in game? Unreal engine? "
It's cgi
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Visually this looks really nice, in game? Unreal engine?

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wow 
good thing all these other good original games are coming out soon 
otherwise i would think the video game industry was going the way of movies

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Can't wait. The first BAA should be game of the year in my opinion. Then again, I haven't played UC2 should maybe am wrong.

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@TheHBK said:
" weak.  are they gonna have another game where you have to run around arkham?  Why can it not be about something else within batman?  How about Wayne manor?  Or more than one location?  A real progression of locales? "
Did you not watch the trailer? It clearly shows crazy people running about the streets, and the tagline 'Arkham Has Moved' indicates that shits all broke loose, son.
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Bearing in mind the amount of marketing muscle behind Batman I didn't think it was a very involving trailer. Cryostasis OTOH (is unplayable for some with lower end machines), but for a cheap game at least the trailer kept me interested.

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weak.  are they gonna have another game where you have to run around arkham?  Why can it not be about something else within batman?  How about Wayne manor?  Or more than one location?  A real progression of locales?

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I really like the logo!

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Looks AWESOME>

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Looks AWESOME>

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@TheExecutive said:

"Bah, AA2 is a terrible name.  I hope it isnt too indicative of the games location.  Moving on the mainland should be good but I would approve of a slightly more open world for this game.  Rocksteady has proven design and gameplay, now they need to expand on it. "


I was reading about this and it's called AA2 but there's reasoning - Arkham has moved location, to a much bigger, as seen, location but there is yet no reasoning for this move. I would assume it's part of the Jokers Plan but they do not realise that... I dunno. 
 
But yeah, it's not even confirmed AA2, is it( the name that is) ? No where in the video they say it (or I dont think they do) and there hasn't really been any interviews or anything.
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Bah, AA2 is a terrible name.  I hope it isnt too indicative of the games location.  Moving on the mainland should be good but I would approve of a slightly more open world for this game.  Rocksteady has proven design and gameplay, now they need to expand on it.
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@Montyboggs said:
"We haven't seen any gameplay or real story revelations. It is just something to say "Hey, remember this game? It is getting a sequel now." You guys are judging it waaaaaay to soon. "

I think people are more worried about the short turn-around time than the fact that it is a sequel. Frankly, I'm quite concerned about this as well. The first game is a gem and a cash-in sequel would tarnish its name. Let's just hope they compensate the short time frame by having a wealth of resources at their disposal to get this right.
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I am so excited for this game.  The original, I was expecting another sub-par comic book game but it totally blew me away!

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arkham asylum business continues to plummet

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The tagline is "Arkham has moved" 
Nowhere does it state that there will be another Asylum. In all likelihood it's referring to the fact that either the Arkham criminals have spilled out onto the streets of Gotham, or that crime has taken over Gotham. Either way, how could you guys be so stupid? They showed people running around in the STREETS. Obviously it will take place outside of a building. DERP DERP

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I hope this picks up right where the last one stopped - Leaving the Asylum and going to the Two-Face bank robbery.

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A pretty cool reveal. It would have been better if the Joker had got some actual dialog though.

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I hope this doesn't mean Rocksteady got lazy

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@Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

" This was my theory how they would make a sequel.  it's called arkham 2 but really it's just that all the arkham people have escaped into gotham.  my feeling is that it's goin to feel too similar to the first because it's going to be so close.  we all recognize it takes a good 3 years to make a quality game, i fear that this will be the same game with slight tweaks "

Insomniac makes a quality Ratchet game every 2 years. :P
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The mind boggles at how they make these things these days. I guess enough modellers will make great things.

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Looks awesome!!!

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Does Joker have cancer? Anyways it'll be interesting to see what they do using Gotham City this time around.

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To you people going on about why it has to be Arkham Asylum again and why we can't get out into the streets of Gotham: Best watch the trailer again. The start of it shows the camera pulling back and away from the closed gate of the asylum, then pans up to look out over Gotham itself. And next scene is Joker's gang running amock in the streets of Gotham. As for Joker, well, we KNOW at least Two-Face will play a central part this time around, and personally I can't get enough of this version of the Joker... :D

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So much for Mark Hamill claiming that he wasn't going to do the Joker voice anymore.  He must be getting quite the paycheque.

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So it's the sequel to Arkham Asylum in an amusement park... perfect. Day 1.

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Well there's no surprise this was in the works, but it is a surprise that this would be announced this early.

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Hey Rocksteady Heres Your Title "Batman: Gothom City"
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Joker must be Sick from all the Titian formula that he put in his body in the first game. Also if you look closely you can see that all the Uncle sam pictures are Two-Face and Penguin Entering The Ice berg lounge 

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So many people jumping the gun here. Was there even a hint of a release date? Remember, they took extra time to polish the first one, they may have been working on the sequel at the same time.  Either way, I would be surprised if we even see this next year. I believe it was just a teaser to let people know the game is in the works.
 
AA was an excellent title, and as long as Rocksteady takes their time and makes it as good as the first, I'm in.

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OH CRAP YES!!!

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Didn't expect this.

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We haven't seen any gameplay or real story revelations. It is just something to say "Hey, remember this game? It is getting a sequel now." You guys are judging it waaaaaay to soon.

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It's about 3am around my place, I haven't slept for 24 hours and I totally jumped when lightning struck at the beginning. It scared the hell out of me for a tiny moment.
E: And it looks pretty damn sweet.

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This was my theory how they would make a sequel.  it's called arkham 2 but really it's just that all the arkham people have escaped into gotham.  my feeling is that it's goin to feel too similar to the first because it's going to be so close.  we all recognize it takes a good 3 years to make a quality game, i fear that this will be the same game with slight tweaks

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@growl said:
" @CharkeeFarlee said:

" @Aarny said:

" Let's hope that the boss battles aren't shit this time. "
Amen. "
the boss battles weren't shit, only the killer croc one was "
No, the Joker was TERRIBLE
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I guess this is cool. I enjoyed Arkham Asylum, but not nearly as much as everyone else. I was hoping to see what else Rocksteady was capable of.

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HOLY MOTHER OF STEVE! This looks amazing. First one was off teh chain.

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 I would of rather of had a new villain instead of the Joker again maybe Rhas Al Ghul, Hush, The Riddler, or Two-Face as the main villain but still if it adds to the pure awesomeness of the first I will be happy. Now if only they can make a Daredevil game (the GBA game doesn't count) or a Superman game that doesn't suck. I'll be in nerd heaven.

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It does seem a bit quick for a sequel, but then again, no dates or anything mentioned. I'm just glad that they are moving the location. Even if it called Arkham Asylum 2 (which there was no naming of in the trailer), if they went back you can only make so many modifications to the existing layout of the island. First on was good if not a bit short (and I did everything except for some of the challenge rooms) so hopefully this one will get a boost in content and length.
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titan-like formuled poison things are really over used in both movies and games, i hope we can see something original in the sequel of this fun game.