Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Knight Arrives This Year

My other question would also be since this is targeted for current gen and not split-gen, are they using Unreal 4 and not UE3? Pretty excited for some gameplay footage which will probably come out in E3.

Are you implying that Batman is the new Link? That each story is not just a continuation of the last, but each one is totally different and exists in parallel universes? And if it was, the title wouldn't be Arkham Knight(s), it would, of course, be Batman, Batman, Batman; As Ryan intended.

Thomas Wayne would probably have amended the Will later on. That's not too unheard of, particularly considering he would have plenty of time and resources to do so. Bring in one of the hundred lawyers he has on retainer and punch the will up every few years, easy.

Pretty CG, I'll wait for actual footage though.

The Dope Knight

@hashbrowns: I guess, but it still sounds like it was written like he knew he would be gunned down in a random alley shooting with no warning

Well, I mean it is a will. So he's already considering his own death when writing it.

Huge fan of every Arkham release, Origins included. This looks and sounds even better than anything that has come before. Just need some gameplay now...

Side note: I really hope Red Hood (Jason Todd) is in this, and hopefully a playable challenge map character.

So glad they aren't releasing on last gen!! Rocksteady continues to produce the best iteration of Batman ever.

It's going to be a car combat game clearly.

Not to be a complete bummer, but could we PLEASE stop having everything be open world and have games with some actual pacing? Pretty please?

Also is it just me or does Two Face's face look exactly like Tommy Lee Jones? Because that's pretty great

I know there's a slight anti-CG trailer sentiment nowadays, and to an extent I agree with it, but this got me really pumped up.

I'm down for more of The Dark Knight.

Batman owns.

It would be really nice if we could move past the whole "Force Arkham into the name" thing.

Also can we not get stupidly hyped over pre-rendered CGI trailers?

I would have shit myself if they made a Justice League game or something. That said, I'll gladly take more Rocksteady Batman.

I think they can finally drop the Arkham in the title of these games...I think people know it's a Batman game in the same vein as the previous ones. It's not like someone will see it and think, oh there's no Arkham in the title, it's not the same.

A ninja

I forgot it has been since 2011 since Rocksteady put out their last game. With three years of development and a new set of consoles it's time to colour myself excited.

Green Goblin Batman

If this Batman will sa good as his previous parth I want play on it.

Anyone else think that the Bruce Wayne in this trailer looks like Ben Affleck? Some promotional synergy with Legendary perhaps? Maybe that's similar to the bat-suit design that Kevin Smith saw a while back

Is it my imagination or did they make him skinnier and more Ben Afleck-like?

@joshwent said:

The problem with Origins was it was more of the same but badly executed. While the story was fine WB Montreal screwed up the melee combat and did a piss poor job of QAing the game.

You have to consider that Arkham City was mostly more of the same when compared to Asylum, but it was still great fun. If this game can return to that level all's good in the world for me (and probably most Arkham fans).

@warmachine said:

I'm curious, what about this says "prequel" to you? Harley acting without the Joker is a BIG indicator that it takes place after Arkham City. Besides, that game was full of hints that the next game, chronologically, would be about Scarecrow getting revenge against all of Gotham, and lo and behold, this trailer opens up with Scarecrow declaring war on Gotham.

EDIT: I forgot to even say, as someone who thought loved Asylum and City and thought Origins was actually pretty rad, I am stoked for this game. n_n

Personally I loved the melee combat in Origins. It was definitely a change, but I appreciated the more deliberate feel of all of the movements, and the tweaked pacing allowed me to use more gadgets in combat than I ever did in the other games.

About it being a buggy, I actually only experienced two problems, but I know others had a terrible time (I played it on PC). There's no excuse for game-breaking bugs, and creators should always be held accountable, but it's a bit unfair to blame the devs outright. The game was clearly rushed out to keep in their overall release schedule, so at least blame WB games for not allocating WB Montreal the time to polish it.

But all that is besides my main point. From the time Origins was announced until it was released and even after, all I seemed to see here was a general groan of indifference. But for this one, people are excited again without really knowing anything about the game. As Alex pointed out, that could just be that folks are now interested in another Arkham game and simply weren't at the time Origins came out. But the sudden shift in sentiment just seemed a bit weird to me.

@thethirdrlm: That game came out. It's called Arshad Origins:Blackgate. It's a 2 1/2D sides rolling adventure game. Not bad if you like the other games combat mechanics.

Each sequel to Arkham Asylum further dilutes what was great about the original game. The open-world format really does a disservice to this series. But I guess Warner Bros. is entitled to wring as much money out of these games as they can while they can.

Cool trailer though.

This is some next level cg, awesome!

Im glad that silver age batman crap is nowhere to be seen and they have decided to go with the dark knight movie aesthetic.

I could not disagree more! The first game was way too confined. He's the Batman, after all! He should be gliding from building to building, not just slinking around an asylum like a common detective.

@elko84 said:

Well the game may take place at different times. Part of it could take place post Origins but pre-Asylum. Also as far I can tell, Penguin does not have the voice box which basically confirms my theory.

Yeah, if you're one of the richest men in the city, I bet you keep your will in check.

I was kinda hoping for a tonal or ascetic shift for the next Rocksteady game, but still pretty pumped as I loved both City and Origins.

Pretty damn great CG, and I really liked the trailer. Nice to see Rocksteady making the new Batman, and even better to see it just for PC and the new consoles.

@humanity: Her traditional outfit would look terrible in the Arkham verse. It wouldn't fit with the rest of the character designs or any of the art assets for that matter. She'd look like somebody cosplaying.

@elko84: This game takes place a year after Arkham City. Why would she be wearing the same outfit? None of the characters have the same designs/models between games, they always change them up a bit. Based on the last 3 games or history rather, you should expect her outfit to be different.

@lemonadepack: The guy in that pic looks more like Josh Brolin to me. Also according to Kevin Smith, the Affleck costume isn't armor(ed)

So...the Burton bat mobile jumped the fence....and humped the Nolan bat mobile...and this was the baby...didn't know that is how it worked...but yeah...cool car...too bad all cgi...I would be stoked for a GTA Batman...Gotham, Tech and Autos...one can but dream...

Can they just make a CG Batman movie?

Not super fond of the Origins vision or Dark Knight movie vision of Batman, but I believe in Rocksteady and what they've done so far, and I guess after 2 amazing games they had to move away from B:TAS eventually :(

If they're letting you play as Harley, here's hoping for some Batgirl too :D

I liked Origins, but I'm glad to here this takes place after the events of Arkham City. It means no Joker. Also glad to hear Rocksteady come out and say this is the finale to this story and hopefully this series. Go out with a bang, give us the Batmobile, give us a great finale to the story and lets move on.

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Wait, no... can it really be...

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But the gliding is so unappealing! It's mechanically tedious and conceptually absurd. You rarely get enough air off of your grapple for your glide to be satisfying and frankly, it just looks ridiculous.

As far as confined spaces, the interior story missions are more claustrophobic in the open world games (Origins especially), meanwhile the city map is a big space with nothing terribly interesting to do. Rather than have these two extremes I'm constantly itching to get out of, I'd prefer more moderate variations that I can look forward to progressing towards. Also, the Metroid feel is almost entirely gone, which I considered the strongest part of the first game.

I can say that Arkham City made meaningful improvements to the combat. I think Origins took them too far and made the mechanics a little too complex for their own good.

Good to see Bruce got himself some new wheels since the last set ended up at the bottom of Gotham harbour in Asylum.

I kind of disappointed myself, since I wanted to see a "this trailer is all in-engine footage" stinger.

I honestly thought Arkham Origins was a much better game than Arkham City. The story was much more interesting than the jumbled mess in City., with some of the best boss fights in the series. I thought Origins gets way more shit than it deserves.

Looking forward to this though. However there is a lot of focus on Batman's car in the trailer, that has me worried.

The movies should look like this.

So another game devoid of civilians huh?

@dark_lord_spam: BATMAN! BATMAN! BATMAN!