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?

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

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.

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

As long as it's written well.

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.

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

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

Only if Jonathan Nolan got to write it.

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.

nah, not really.

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

@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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

No? No. No!

Yeah, no.

So, this happened.

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.

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

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.

@GunstarRed said:

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

...or an entireseries on which the game wasbased... :-)

@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.