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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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Can't wait!

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Yum.

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I was kinda hoping for a little bit more of a switch up...

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Have to agree with cstrang.

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Let's make money why this concept is still fresh in people's minds HURRY MAKE ANOTHER GAME MONEY MONEY MONEY!

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really can't wait to see what they do. although why Joker and Arkham Asylum again? the teaser site suggests 2 face will be in it

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Man, I love concrete.

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Hope this is better...not saying the first one wasn't good.

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The joker again?? Hes a great batman villian n all but would of hoped they'd fill in the main antagonist with someone else come the sequel.
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@Abyssfull: Really who else would you want as the main guy? I mean the penguin? I guess the only good ones would be like The Riddler or Two Face
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holy fuck <3

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That Titan formula certainly is taking its toll. 
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@Heartagram said:
" @Abyssfull: Really who else would you want as the main guy? I mean the penguin? I guess the only good ones would be like The Riddler or Two Face "

Two Face? Hell yes I'd prefer him.
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GOD THATS GONA BE AWSOME!!!!

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Look forward to this :)
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It seems a little a too quick, and a little too familiar. But meh, it'll probably be fun.

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@02sfraser:  where does it show two-face? geoff keighley said he spotted 4 villains in that trailer..i must be blind as a bat...see what I did there? 
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Wow what a piece of shit. The asylum again? Are they serious? How boring, why can't they bring this game to the streets of Gotham City and have your own Wayne Manor Lara Croft style
 
This game stinks of sequel and not in a good way

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@morningdrive:
Two-Face is displayed prominently on the teaser site. I'm wondering if this will pick up right after the first game. There was a reference at the end that said something about Dent hitting a bank. It'd be cool if this game picked up with that and they make Dent a prominent Villain in this one. Maybe have him and the Joker locked in some kind of gang war for Gotham and Batman has to try to deal with both.  
 
Oh, and I think I spotted the same Two-Face as Uncle Sam poster that's on the teaser site  somewhere in the trailer, but only for a second.
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Hey I got one!
 
As it goes into jokers building, there's a sign saying Sionis:
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mask_%28comics%29

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Oh yeah, milk that franchise.

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joker's cool and all but he's not the only super villian was kinda hopin' they would bring out ras al goul or somebody diffrent between the dark night movie the year before and the last game its like WB is shoving joker down our throat... no homo

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New villains would be nice. And some better ragdoll physics. And NEW knuckle heads models.

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 I bet this will have a multiplayer mode, the official requirement for cash-in sequels these days.

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@nail1080: Well... Did you see the Asylum in the trailer?
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Let the boycott/online petition stuff begin!

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@Abyssfull said:
" The joker again?? Hes a great batman villian n all but would of hoped they'd fill in the main antagonist with someone else come the sequel. "
I think so too, but who knows maybe they'll dispatch the joker quickly, or maybe one of the lesser bad guys this go round.
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The other in that trailer is Penguin, the camera cuts past the iceberg lounge.

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Yay for direct sequal!!!!
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@nail1080 said:
" Wow what a piece of shit. The asylum again? Are they serious? How boring, why can't they bring this game to the streets of Gotham City and have your own Wayne Manor Lara Croft style  This game stinks of sequel and not in a good way "
Are you unable to take even the slightest hint? Nevermind the fact that most of the trailer took place in the streets or in buildings on the streets, IT SAYS "ARKHAM HAS MOVED" AT THE END OF THE TRAILER. IMPLYING THAT THE ENTIRE CITY IS NOW THE ASYLUM. 
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@morningdrive said:
" @02sfraser:  where does it show two-face? geoff keighley said he spotted 4 villains in that trailer..i must be blind as a bat...see what I did there?  "
Pause it on 26 seconds for the Two-Face poster, 37 seconds for the "Sionis" banner. Sionis being the Surname of Black Mask.
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Man Mark Hamill is awesome. He should have won best voice!

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Edited By The_Dude_Abides

Loved the first one. but was hoping that any sequel would have gone a different direction.

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While I'd like another game from the team since they did just about everything right, this smacks of marketing bullshit all over.
 
We can't call it something different because the "Arkham Asylum" ""BRAND"" is too good to not use.  We need to have the same characters in the last game since it might not be good if we don't.  We're too scared to do anything but re-tread the same game we just did, so it's going to be more of the same.
 
Take a couple of years, make it different, no Joker, no Harley, no asylum, expand on the combat, add a vehicle or two.  Maybe it will be good, but i'm back to where I was before the last game came out, skeptical and prepared for shit.  I was pleasantly surprised by Arkham, but this looks like a rushed project trying to cash in.
 
Too soon.

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w00t!

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It seems way too early to be announcing a sequel for the game.... seriously, it hasn't even been 6 months yet. 
 
Hopefully they will hold the game till 2011, because I really don't feel like playing another Batman game for a while. A year and a half should be the minimum wait time between a game and it's sequel.
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Let's just hope some time is used on this game.

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I'm guessing that in addition to the Joker and Harley, that Mr. Freeze will be a main villain because of the building marquee that said "Iceburg" on it.  I couldn't make out the guy on the poster that was up on the wall though.  Every time I paused the video it was too blurry to make out, but I believe that is the other "announced" boss villain.

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Mark Hamill's Joker laugh never gets old.

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I can't wait for this. I'm hoping to see tons of awesome villains. Two-Face please

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Joker looks pretty ill. He's hacking up a bunch of crap AND he's hooked up to a blood drip...

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oh YES!

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Let's hope that the boss battles aren't shit this time.

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fantastic. i don't care if they keep this game exactly the same in a different location. i will be satisfied.

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@CarolinaFan3515 said:
" I'm guessing that in addition to the Joker and Harley, that Mr. Freeze will be a main villain because of the building marquee that said "Iceburg" on it.  I couldn't make out the guy on the poster that was up on the wall though.  Every time I paused the video it was too blurry to make out, but I believe that is the other "announced" boss villain. "
Using my humiliating nerd knowledge, I can tell you the Iceberg Lounge is a club run by The Penguin. As for the poster, if you go to the games official website and look at it up close, I'm pretty sure it's Two-Face.
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@nail1080: @nail1080 said:
" Wow what a piece of shit. The asylum again? Are they serious? How boring, why can't they bring this game to the streets of Gotham City and have your own Wayne Manor Lara Croft style  This game stinks of sequel and not in a good way "
"arkham has moved" clearly it is gotham and not the asylum again 
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Pretty nice trailer, it seemed to suggest you won't just be in Arkham for the entirety of the game which I'm really glad about, I wanna see what they do with Gotham. Hopefully it's a proper sequel and not just a rushed follow up that amounts to little more than B: AA+

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I played the first one, but didn't complete it. I have absolutely no desire to play another Batman game with the same story through-line. I was hoping that they would have explored some of the other wonderful stories that the animated series explored, especially since the director directed the actors very well in the game. I have no desire to play another Arkham Asylum game, I don't care how good it is.

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The Joker looks really messed up from the last game.